"We will now give a few plain directions by which effective scenes can be arranged in any room, with but little trouble or expense.

"Necessary Materials. — Ten wooden boxes of various sizes.

"Two half-length picture-frames.

"Twenty feet of annealed wire.

"Two dozen curtain-rings.

"Twelve large lamps, or a gas-rod twelve feet long, with fifteen five-foot burners inserted at regular intervals upon it.

"Six yards black tarlatan-muslin.

"Some narrow pine boards.

"The Stage and Frames. — If the room has no folding doors, a thick curtain or bed-quilt must be contrived to draw across the room at one end, leaving a space about fifteen feet deep for the stage. This space is draped with curtains of maroon or dark-colored stuff by stretching wire across the sides and back of the stage near the ceiling, and hanging them by means of rings firmly sewed upon the upper edge of the cloth. This will form a square room, draped all around except in front. Then procure four upright pieces of narrow board, just the height of the room, for posts. Screw two of the posts, one on each side, on the back of each frame, so that, when each frame is raised upright upon its supporting posts, the bottom of both frames will be four feet and a half from the floor. Set the posts, with the frames upon them, upright, two feet and a half in front of the back-wall, and secure them, leaving a distance of four feet between the frames. Then nail four strips of board five inches wide, to form a larger frame, between the two smaller ones. The dimensions of the large frame are six