Fig. 2.—A double-barreled scene.
Having satisfactorily completed the forest scene, bend the flap upwards, thus hiding the picture, leaving in its place a blank piece of card. Brushes and paints must again be employed, and the blank card transformed to the interior of a cottage. The result is the “double-barreled” scene represented by [Fig. 2]. A glance at this diagram makes it apparent that by simply dropping down, or lifting up, the hinged flap D, the scene can be changed at the will of the operator.
[Fig. 3] is an example of one of the wings employed in the show. Like the scene, it is “double-barreled.” A strip of white cardboard is the first requisite. Its size will be dependent upon the dimensions of the show.
Fig. 3.—Part of double-barreled wing.
Draw a line down the center of the card ([Fig. 3]). Then proceed to paint upon one side of this line a section of a tree, or some other piece of forest foliage (A, [Fig. 3]). Having done this, turn the card over and paint upon the reverse side a curtain, window, or anything else suggesting a cottage interior at B, [Fig. 3]. This double wing must then be carefully cut out in the manner shown.
Next take a piece of wood slightly longer than the wing, and about 1⁄4-inch wide by 1⁄8-inch thick. Glue this to the center of the wing as shown at C, [Fig. 3]. A closer reference to this diagram reveals that the strip of wood is whittled to a point at E; also that a wire “handle” is fixed to the other extremity, D. At present, however, this “handle” should be held in reserve.
Three other wings have also to be made. [Fig. 4] suggests the various forms they may take.
The segments of the show are now complete, and all that remains is to put them together.