Fig. 320.—The Footlights.
The greatest precautions should be taken
In lighting the Theatre, to have all wood surrounding lights covered with tin, and not to use candles or matches around inflammable substances. [Figure 320] shows a satisfactory arrangement of
Fig. 321.
The Footlights.—A piece of tin the length of the picture-frame and ten inches wide should be procured for these and bent into the shape shown in the illustration. Drive tacks through the bottom of the tin about two inches apart, and stick a short candle upon each. Then fasten the tin below the picture-frame as shown in the drawing of the [completed theatre], and paint it black upon the outside.
Floodlights, which are used to throw light from the wings on to the stage, may be made as shown in Figs. [321], [322, 323, and 324]. The case for the light is made in the same manner as the dark-room lantern, described in Chapter XI, and illustrated by Figs. [176] and [177], except that the door is placed in the side instead of the back and no glass or paper is fastened over the front opening (see [Figs. 322 and 323]). Make the opening four by five inches, and fasten two grooves, formed by nailing two strips of wood together, as shown in [Fig. 324], above and below it, in which to slide glass plates for the purpose of throwing
