How to amuse yourself and others. The American girl's handy book (1887)
Beard, Lina, Beard, Adelia B. (Adelia Belle), 1857-1920 · New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 131
on the lawn, large paper Japanese umbrellas in upright positions.This is accomplished by binding the handles of the umbrellas … securely to poles which have been sharpened at one end, andplanting the pointed end of the poles firmly in the ground.From every other rib of the umbrella suspend a lighted A Girls FourtJi of July. 111 Chinese lantern by a wire long enough to prevent any dangerof setting the little canopy on fire.…
Amusements · Interior decoration
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