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 420
Fig. I. figures are painted on a canvas cur-tain, through which holes are cut HOCKEY, OR SHINNEY 411 HOCKEY, OR SHINNEY where the faces of the figures shouldbe. (See Fig. i). Into these holesthe performers put their faces, fromthe rear of the curtain, making acomical effect from the front (Fig.2).… … Fig. 2. the case may require. A showmanmay introduce the family to theaudience, giving a comical historyand description of each member. The name Hitchinson Family is in imitation of the HutchinsonFamily, a popular band of singerswho went around giving concertsfrom about 1840 to i860. HOCKEY, or…
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