Identifier: whatshallwedonow00fish (find matches)
Title: What shall we do now? Five hundred games and pastimes:
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958
Subjects: Games Amusements
Publisher: New York, F.A. Stokes company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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nish, which keeps it clean and preserves it. A simple puzzle can be made by pasting the picture oncardboard and cutting it up with scissors or a sharp knife. Soap BubblesFor blowing bubbles the long clay pipes are best. Beforeusing them, the end of the mouthpiece ought to be coveredwith sealing-wax for about an inch, or it may tear your lips.Common yellow soap is better than scented soap, and rain-water than ordinary water. A little glycerine added to thesoap-suds helps to make the bubbles more lasting. On a stillsummer day, bubble-blowing out-of-doors is a fascinating andvery pretty occupation. Shadows on the WallShadowgraphy nowadays has progressed a long way fromthe rabbit on the wall; but in the house, ambition in this ac-complishment does not often extend further than that and qn% 28o WHAT SHALL WE DO NOW ^ or two other animals, and this is why only the rabbit, dog,and swan are given here. The swan can be made more inter-esting by moving the arm which forms his neck as if he were
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Shadows on the Wall prinking and pluming, an effect which is much heightened byruffling up and smoothing down the hair with the fingers form-ing his beak. To get a clear shadow it is necessary to haveonly one light, and that fairly close to the hands. Skeleton LeavesLeaves which are to be skeletonized should be picked fromthe trees at the end of June. They should be perfect ones offull growth. It is best to have several of each kind, as someare sure to be failures. Put the leaves in a big earthenware^i^h or pan, IBU ;^ with yain-w^ter, m<\ ^teipd it ixi ^ w^m ^ud INDOOR OCCUPATIONS 281 sunny place — the purpose of this being to soak off the greenpulpy part. There is a great difference in the time which thistakes: some fine leaves will be ready in a week, while othersmay need several months. Look at the leaves every day, andwhen one seems to be ready slip a piece of cardboard under itand shake it about gently in fresh cold water. If any greenstuff remains, dab it with a soft brush

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