Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum.”
The background colors are blue and black, the ship white and the fifteen men red and white.
The other stage is planned for a patriotic entertainment. The colors for this occasion are conventional.
The miniature stage in wood (page [103]) and the ensemble pictured suggests dyeing of stage properties.
SCENES FROM AN OUT-OF-DOOR PLAY
The proscenium arch of this little stage was decorated for the study of the play “Restoring the Mourners.” The dramatic story tells of the exile of the Miami Indians from Indiana to Kansas. When [!-- original location of illustration --] this event took place there were seventeen states in the Union. The Indians called these states the “Seventeen Fires” (Council Fires). These “fires” were treated symbolically in the border at the top of the proscenium arch.
The fires, realistic in color, were painted in and stopped out with wax. The panels were dyed blue. The spaces back of the fires and the council were stopped out with wax and the whole dyed a deep purple. This stage construction is suitable for the end of a room or hall where there is no balcony or for out-of-doors.
The curtain, seen through the proscenium arch and enlarged on page [108], is an interesting batik dyed in values of red, blue and purple.