Fig. 337.—Blockhouse (L in Blockhouse Scene).
By using the same background drop, G, and the foreground drop, H (Figs. [331] and [332]), trees, J and K (Figs. [334] and [335]), and making a blockhouse and stockade similar to L ([Fig. 337]), you will have the proper setting for
A Blockhouse Scene, such as is shown in [Fig 338]. The blockhouse should be fastened to a strip of wood in the same manner as you fastened the ends of the trees (see [Fig. 336]).
For outdoor scenery, and especially forest scenes, the writer remembers using
Fig. 340.—Drop (M in Street Scene).
Pine Boughs for trees and shrubbery. These were cut into pieces of the right length for trees, with their ends pointed so they would stick into gimlet holes made in the laths of the stage floor; and loose pieces were thrown in between for shrubbery. Mounds and hills were made with moss. This saved the work of making so many drops, and, of course, looked a little more realistic than paper scenery, but was not as handy to set up, and caused longer delays between the scenes.