The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
Paper Farms and Country Places
An Interesting Play for Rainy Days


~ NE of the most amusing plays for
rainy days for family of chill
dren who have nursery or play
room is the furnishing and equipment
OF an entire household, etc, from pic
lures cut from magazines and papers.
RMS is play that lasts long time. 1t
may go on for weeks-indeed for an
entire season.
1t is possible to use the wall as
background IL you are permitted to do
so, and this may be done by putting up
sheets of plain colored paper on the
wall to which the pictures that you cut
out may be pinned. 1t will make the
room look better, perhaps, If all these
sheets of paper are of the same color,
and green is a good hue for this pur-
pose.
If your parents do not wish you to
nave the walls used as a background
Tor yourepictures large screen will be
quite as good. You may pin your pic
lures directly on this without putting
up any additional background, unless
you want the paper background, be-
cause 1T looks prettier or more appro-
pirate.
THE FARM
If you have not the screen and the
wall is impossible then lay your pic
lures out on tables and the tops of
chests of drawers, etc. You can keep
them in a box when it is necessary, and
on rainy days when you are playing
indoors you may bring them out and
set up the paper house and farm Be
sure to keep all the objects belonging
20 each scene in individual boxes or
compartments so that they will not be
mixed.
You may furnish your house most
elaporateiy If you wish or you may Sc
lect the simpler styles of furniture.
Among the advertisements published In
newspapers there are all sorts of pic
lures of furniture, usually only in black
and white, but sometimes you may also
find colored pictures
AFTER the house has been furnished
you may furnish the BARNARD This
requires different sorts of animals
cows, horses, perhaps some pigs You
may have fine stable at one side sew
eral large trees, a fence and ANYTHING
else that is suitable for a farm yard.
Then there are the other farm animals
and the houses where they live. For
instance, you may lay out one large
section with picture of the outside
OF the house in one corner, stable and
barnyard with all the proper animals In
another; chicken yard and houses,
with the chickens, guineas and turkeys
In another; vegetable garden back of
the house and a garden in front of it.
There may be carriage house also and
big barn in addition to the stable, and
outside of the barn you may have a
fine collection of farm implements
THE LARGE ESTATE
Perhaps you do not care to lay out
farmhouse and grounds, but would
prefer to furnish fashionable country
estate You will then need a large
mansion, pleasure grounds, garage,
model dairy, fine stables and large
gardens for the outside of the house
and a great many finely furnished
rooms for the inside.
For the garage there may be a pic
ture of suitable building and a num-
ber of fine cars drawn up outside, with
perhaps chauffeur or two to complete
the scene. The pleasure grounds should
include tennis court, which you will
probably find pictured with players on
the courts. If not. you may find the
players elsewhere and paste or pin
them to the proper spots. The golf
course may also be a part of the pleasl
ure grounds. There should be a wide
stretch Of lawn about the house and a
flower garden at one side or in the
rear. This garden is especially for
flowers, and you may cut borders,
towering plants of all sorts and beds OF
bright blossoms from flower catalogues.
You may also have a game preserve
on the estate if you choose making a
background OF trees and pictures OF
woods, and on top of this pinning your
woodland animals, such as would nat
urally be found in such a preserve.
Deer, foxes, wildcats, squirrels, rabbits,
in fact all small woodland animals ma
tive to the climate, would be suitable.