Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-09-24
living Canoes and Bas-Reliers.

This fascinating entertainment can
be prepared by children, at short notice,
with very little trouble or expense. The
articles used are two sheets of large
cardboard, two sheets of pink tissue
paper, and two sheets of white wad-
ding, one ball of white and one of pink
velvet chalk, lead pencil pair of
scissors, six yards of black caIGbric and
little paste. One sheet of cardboard
is fastened on the side wall of darken-
ed room, so that the shadow of the face
of person with large and regular fea-
lures VIII fall upon the centre of it
when a lighted candle IN front of the
side of the face at a distance of three
feet. A cup should be placed between
the face and the cardboard and kept IN
position by the pressure of the head, in
order, so far as possible, to prevent any
movement on the part OF the sitter.
The candle must be so placed that the
shadow of profile is in the centre of the
card-bOard; the outlines are then to be
traced with pencil. The cardboard
can then be taken down and the profile
carefully cut out; the back of the head
usually being enlarged, so that various
methods of dressing the hair may be
permitted. This white cardboard VIII
be ready for the bas-relief after the
other edge has been cut into the form
of a circle, and made thicker by several
rings of pasteboard of the same diane
ter but only three inches WIDE. When
canoes are to be exhibited, the outer
surface should be covered with pink
tissue paper.
\ curtain of cheap black cambria or
any plain-colored material, reaching
from the ceiling to the floor, is then
hung at a distance of about two feet
from the back wall of the room where
the exhibition is to take place. The
cardboard is fastened into hole made
in the curtain, SC that the centre of the
opening is about six or seven feet from
the floor, and chair or small table is
placed close behind this curtain and
another small piece of black cloth Is
tackled to the wall behind the opening.
The person whose face is to form the
bas-relief stands upon chair or table
so that the head fits into the opening In
tie card board, about one-half of it pro-
| jecting IN front of the surface of the
frame thus formed. The side-face thus
exposed is chalked and the hair is COW
cred with white wadding, which con-
ceals it, and also can DE fastened in
waves, plaits, or classic knots; for
c1meos, pink chalk and tissue:paper
take the place of the white. Very pref
ty art studies can thus be made by
inexperienced persons.
When it is desired to show several OF
these art studies cOnsecutively, it Will
| be well to have a pink and white
frame placed side by side about foot
apart, and then they may be shown
together or separately; the one not IN
use being covered with little curtain
of black cambria. Thus pleasing va
riety can be produced by showing either
a cameo or bas-relief or both together.
Faces of children or of grown people
can be used as desired, as it IS not abs0-
lutely necessary that the features exact
| ly fill the cut profiles in the cardboard.
| The eyes are always closed, and little
chalk should be rubbed on the eyelids
| lust before the face IS shown to the
spectator. The frame may be placed
between thick window curtains draped
above and below them; this will save
the trouble of Il black curtain, as the
performers can stand in the window
behind the curtain. The best manner
of lighting them is from the top and
when the room has no chandelier. a
lump can be held at the left as high as
can be done conveniently by person
who stands upon a chair or short STEP
ladder.