“CHRISTMAS EVE.”—Engle.
CHRISTMAS WINDOW.—Brink.
SANTA CLAUS GROTTO, INTERIOR DISPLAY.—Morton.
SANTA CLAUS GROTTO, INTERIOR DISPLAY.—Shogran.
SANTA CLAUS’ CAVE.
This picture illustrates a stalactite cave, which is rendered even more attractive by a background showing the northern lights, and constantly changing by means of an automatic device. The lights are painted on an ordinary drop curtain, before which at a distance of three feet was placed a tarletan curtain to lend the effect of distance. The back scene is lighted by twelve border lights that flash automatically every minute. The front is also lighted by concealed incandescents which flash when the back lights are turned off. The stalactites used are hexagon in shape. They are cotton batting, and covered with ground frosting. The lightning was effected by rollers and an alternating current. The display was ten feet deep, thirteen feet high and sixteen feet wide.