The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 211
ng to becompressed to half his height, and thetwo then retire from the room. Onestands in front of the other and twopoles are placed on their shouldersto imitate the poles of a bier orstretcher. A small pillow is placedacross the poles behind the rear boy,who leans his head back upon it and rests… … Compressed Man. This arrangement causes him tolook as if he were carried by twomen on a stretcher, reduced to aheighthof about three feet. Thespectators will not notice at first that
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