The rollers should both be of sufficient length to allow a convenient amount of stick to protrude from the top of the box, as is shown in Fig. 296.
A Crank or Windlass
handle, of some kind, is necessary to turn the rollers, and Figs. 304 to 311 show how such handles may be made.
If you wish a comic panorama you have at your disposal a vast amount of material. The gorgeously-colored comic prints of to-day lend themselves readily to the process of picture-making with paste-pot and shears, and all sorts of funny combinations can be produced, which will delight the audience, and, best of all, furnish indoor amusement and work for the reader when the weather is so boisterous, wet, and sloppy that there is no chance of fun out-of-doors, and there are many such days, between January and May, each year.
Figs. 304-311.
When all is done, paint some
Big Show-Bills,
to hang in the hallway, to be read and admired by the guests. Set the frame stage upon a small table, with the panorama box close against it; over the frame a small piece of dark cloth may be thrown, to be removed when the show begins.
