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 30
be more than twelveinches high, so that the fall will be only funny, not dangerous. The next diversion may be a Noahs Ark Peep-show. Make the peep-show of a box about two and a half feetlong and one foot and a half high. Remove the top and bothof the end-pieces (Fig. i). Cut from pasteboard a slide… … box, letting them meet at eachend. Stout pieces of twine,stretched across the openings atthe ends of the box, will serve toattach the drapery at these points.Almost any kind of material willanswer for this purpose, provided itis not too thin and is of some brighthue, for the peep-show should bemade…
Amusements · Interior decoration
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