Fig. 69.—Tack the ends of the arch at the top of the two side walls.
When the inside papering is finished, cover the outside of the stage with pretty cretonne. Make four inside wings, two for each side of the stage, to represent the foliage of trees. Cut two like [Fig. 65], from paper of a darker green than the walls of the stage and reverse one of them that they may face each other. Then make two wings, like [Fig. 66], from paper of a lighter green than the walls, and reverse one of these also. The walls of the stage with the two sets of wings will make three different tones of green forming the background. Cut the wings long enough to extend up as high or higher than the side walls of the stage. Bend each strip lengthwise at dotted line and paste the bent margin of one wing from [Fig. 65] on each side wall, running the wing up from the floor to the top of the wall about four inches from the back wall. In the same manner fasten the wings ([Fig. 66]) on each side wall three inches in front of the first or back wing ([Fig. 67]).
Fig. 70.—Pasteboard extension for front of stage.
Cut the arch ([Fig. 68]) of stiff pasteboard. The cover of a pasteboard box will do. Make the arch long enough to span the space across the front of the stage and let the lower edge of the curve in the centre of the arch be five and a half inches higher than its two ends (see dotted line, [Fig. 68]). Cover both sides of the arch with green paper, gluing it on only along the edges. Tack the ends of the arch to the top of the two side walls ([Fig. 69]).
Fig. 71.—Tack one piece of pasteboard on the front edge of each side wall of the stage.