The Marble Steps
on each of the four sides of the temple. Each flight must be made in two pieces or sections. In all there will be eight sections. Cut paper for the right-hand section of front steps nine and one-half by six inches, the left-hand front section nine by six inches. Make the two sections for back steps the same.
Cut the right-hand side steps in sections thirteen by six inches, and twelve and one-half by six inches. Make the other side sections the same.
Now be very careful in your measurements. If your measurements are not exact your steps will not fit together. Divide each section of paper lengthwise from side to side into half-inch spaces by drawing twelve lines across, beginning half an inch from the top of the paper. This will make thirteen spaces ([Fig. 357]) which, when creased backward and forward, fan fashion, will form seven steps, counting top and bottom landings or treads. Take the longest section of the front steps and square off one end with lines half an inch apart and of varying lengths running down across the first line ([Fig. 357]).
Begin at the Top
square, C, and draw a diagonal line across it; continue the diagonal lines across every other descending square ([Fig. 358]). Cut away the squared marked paper from the diagonal lines and the squares marked D D D D D D in [Fig. 358] as shown by heavy line in [Fig. 359]. This makes the corner of the stairs. Lightly score all the horizontal lines, then crease the steps backward and forward along the horizontal lines. Make the other half section of front steps same as first, with the exception that the corner must run out to the left instead of the right hand, so draw the vertical lines ([Figs. 357], [358], [359]) at the left side of the section and make that corner like the right-hand one, only reversed.
Fig. 359.—Cut away the squares as shown here.