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 433
sombre dulness and monotony. Letthe room fairly sparkle and shinewith light and color. To make a tent-like covering,firmly bind a large-sized Japanese umbrella to a pole, and fasten the pole in the centre of the table. To hold it securely, make a bench of two pieces of board, with a hole through… … Fig. 338.—Construction of Frame-work for the Canopy of a Tableat a Fair.
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