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 133
ashionof Fig. 51, and using large flags, low-priced colored cloth orstrong paper as a covering, Fig. 52. The corners are tieddown to pegs in the ground, and, when two or three candlesare set in the tent, the effect is very pleasing. All young people delight in the noise and excitement of Fireworks,… … One of the simplest to try is the Parachute. Cut a piece of tissue-paper five inches square, twist each cor-ner and tie with a piece of thread eight inches long, Fig. 53 ; wrap a small pebblein a piece of paperand tie the fourpieces of thread se-curely to the peb-ble, Fig. 54. Thismakes a light…
Amusements · Interior decoration
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