Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 416
ne, you may exercise yourskill with a pair of scissors, and cut out of tissuepaper the figures that are to dance. They mustnot exceed one inch and one-eighth in length, andthey may represent absurd little ladies and gentle-men, or any animal you happen to think of. You will find admirable little… … out of thepictures in illustrated newspapers, the more comical the better.Now place the dancers upon the table underneaththe glass (see illustration), and with a silk, cotton, orlinen handkerchief, apply friction to the top of thepane, by rubbing briskly in a circular manner; thefigures soon will…
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