winked person, who tries to touch one of them with the wand, and if he
succeeds, the ring of people stops. The player then grunts like a pig-v
hence the name of the game — crows, or imitates some animal, and the
person touched must endeavor to imitate the noise as closely as possi-
ble, without discovering him or herself. If the party touched is discov-
ered, then the hoodwinked player transfers the bandage and the stick to
that player, and takes the vacant place in the ring of persons, who once
more resume their dance, until another player is touched.
Shadow Buff : Place a tall frame covered with white cloth a little
way from the wall. Let one of the company be seated back of the
frame. Then place a lamp where the light will fall on the frame, and
the rest of the players pass between the light and frame so their
shadow will be thrown directly in front of the one behind the frame.
Let them disguise in any way they can, and the one back of the frame
must keep his seat until they succeed in naming some one of the
passing shadows by their true name. Then the one named takes the
seat.
GLASS.
CARVED JET CROSSES.
A decided novelty in crosses, and one that strongly resembles carved
jet, can be made by pounding thick black glass into fragments, heating
them very hot in the fire to soften the sharp edges, and then attaching
them to the cross by means of strong glue. A light wood foundation is
preferable to card-board, as it is less likely to warp. Blue, green, crim-
son or other colored glass may be substituted for black, if the surface of
the article first be colored the same shade as the glass. A very trans-
parent glue must be used to fasten the articles.
IMITATION GROUND GLASS.
Ground glass may be successfully imitated in the following manner :
Cut from tissue paper or white muslin, fancy figures, and then, with
transparent gum or paste, fasten the paper or muslin on the glass.
Glass doors or windows covered in this way need no other screen to
keep out questioning eyesor unpleasant sights.
The same end may be obtained by applying to the windows with a
brush, a hot, saturated solution of sal ammoniac, or of Glauber's salt, or
Epsom salts. The crystallizations, in the first instance, will be in
straight lines, diverging from a point. The Epsom salts will form four-
sided prisms, and the Glauber's salts six-sided prisms. A perfect and
beautiful screen may thus be obtained.
PAINTING ON GROUND GLASS. 129
Another and simpler manner of ornamenting window glass is by crys-
tallization. Cut diamonds, rings, circles, stars, leaves, flowers, or any
ornamental design from tarletan and paste in regular patterns on the
glass. Next wash it in a hot, saturated solution of Epsom salts, and
when dry it will be found covered with fine crystals. To make a satu-
rated solution, allow the water to take up all the salt it will possibly
dissolve. Apply with a brush, and do not allow the liquid to cool in the
least a single moment. Sal ammoniac produces the same effect, but
forms a different crystal. A beautiful effect may be reached by using
three different crystals, dissolving each in a separate vessel. The one
will give thread-like crystals, the next four-sided prisms, and the third
six-sided prisms.
PAINTING ON GROUND GLASS.
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winked person, who tries to touch one of them with the wand, and if he succeeds, the ring of people stops. The player then grunts like a pig—hence the name of the game — crows, or imitates some animal, and the person touched must endeavor to imitate the noise as closely as possible, without discovering him or herself. If the party touched is discovered, then the hoodwinked player transfers the bandage and the stick to that player, and takes the vacant place in the ring of persons, who once more resume their dance, until another player is touched.
Shadow Buff : Place a tall frame covered with white cloth a little way from the wall. Let one of the company be seated back of the frame. Then place a lamp where the light will fall on the frame, and the rest of the players pass between the light and frame so their shadow will be thrown directly in front of the one behind the frame. Let them disguise in any way they can, and the one back of the frame must keep his seat until they succeed in naming some one of the passing shadows by their true name. Then the one named takes the seat.
GLASS.
CARVED JET CROSSES.
A decided novelty in crosses, and one that strongly resembles carved jet, can be made by pounding thick black glass into fragments, heating them very hot in the fire to soften the sharp edges, and then attaching them to the cross by means of strong glue. A light wood foundation is preferable to card-board, as it is less likely to warp. Blue, green, crimson or other colored glass may be substituted for black, if the surface of the article first be colored the same shade as the glass. A very transparent glue must be used to fasten the articles.
IMITATION GROUND GLASS.
Ground glass may be successfully imitated in the following manner : Cut from tissue paper or white muslin, fancy figures, and then, with transparent gum or paste, fasten the paper or muslin on the glass. Glass doors or windows covered in this way need no other screen to keep out questioning eyesor unpleasant sights.
The same end may be obtained by applying to the windows with a brush, a hot, saturated solution of sal ammoniac, or of Glauber's salt, or Epsom salts. The crystallizations, in the first instance, will be in straight lines, diverging from a point. The Epsom salts will form foursided prisms, and the Glauber's salts six-sided prisms. A perfect and beautiful screen may thus be obtained.
PAINTING ON GROUND GLASS. 129
Another and simpler manner of ornamenting window glass is by crystallization. Cut diamonds, rings, circles, stars, leaves, flowers, or any ornamental design from tarletan and paste in regular patterns on the glass. Next wash it in a hot, saturated solution of Epsom salts, and when dry it will be found covered with fine crystals. To make a saturated solution, allow the water to take up all the salt it will possibly dissolve. Apply with a brush, and do not allow the liquid to cool in the least a single moment. Sal ammoniac produces the same effect, but forms a different crystal. A beautiful effect may be reached by using three different crystals, dissolving each in a separate vessel. The one will give thread-like crystals, the next four-sided prisms, and the third six-sided prisms.
PAINTING ON GROUND GLASS.