What shall we do to-night? or, Social amusements for evening parties. Furnishing complete and varied programmes for twenty-six entertainments (1873)
Dick, William B. (William Brisbane), 1827-1901 · New York, Dick & Fitzgerald · leaf 127
a loose jacket around him,his arms hanging down inside instead of being in the sleeves, 124 WHAT SHALL WE DO TO-NIGHT? which are pinned back out of sight. The assistant, who standibehind, as shown in Fig. 49, places his arms over the shouldersof the speaking actor; the latter thrusts his hands into… … Tig. 50. arms, and arranges the curtain in such a manner as to allownothing but the compound manuikin to be seen. They now appear as seen in Fig. 50, and the audience nowbeing admitted, the fun commences. The visible orator speaks, and selects some deeply tragic orsensational speech^ while the…
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