Making-Up
for the ring, take some common flour and put it in a piece of mosquito-netting; with this, powder your hair, face, and neck, until all is as white as the driven snow, then wet a towel and mark out a big, laughing mouth.
You are now ready to caper into the ring and throw your peaked hat at the ring-master.
Fig. 279.—The Circus.
CHAPTER XXIII.
A BOYS’ STAG-PARTY
The only difference between the bald-headed, bearded boy and his younger brother in knickerbockers is that the latter is fond of fun and owns up to it, while the former is fond of fun and conceals the fact behind a solemn countenance and a severe and dignified frown.
But when the