How to amuse yourself and others : the American girl's handy book (1887)
Beard, Lina, Beard, Adelia B. (Adelia Belle), 1857-1920 · New York : Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 378
oks, on eitherside of the woodwork, below the first ones, placing them abouttwo feet and eight inches from the floor ; take the stick fromits elevated position and shde it across the doorway so it willrest securely on the two lower hooks. Standing in frontof it, grasp the bar firmly with both hands… … Exercise Ninth. In the top part ofthe framework of thedoorway fasten a verystrong hook by screw-ing it into the woodthen take a broomstickand, after shortening itso that when held in ahorizontal position it will readily pass through the doorway,cut notches in each end and securely tie the two ends…
