The boy's own book of indoor games and recreations : a popular encyclopædia for boys (1890)
Stables, Gordon, 1840-1910, Hutchison, George Andrew, 1841-1913 · Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott · leaf 527
. This is managed by having two backgrounds, one the height of the performerschin, the other—a little farther back—extending to the top of the scene. Both ofthese are black, and at a little distance the break in them is not distinguishable. 522 MARIONETTES. The performers walk on a platform at a… … ^vmf^^^^ / / \ { Fig. 2. black curtains attached to them (not perceptible against the similar background),and through these wires, fixed to the arms and legs of the manikins, are pulled togive them motion. (See Fig. 2. j We have also described Living Marionettes inanother part of this volume.…
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