SHADOW PANTOMIMES FOR CHILDREN.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 16, Issue 61, 4 August 1905, Page 7

SHADOW PANTOMIMES FOR CHILDREN.

A delightful pastime when you' have your little friends at home for a party in the evening is playing shadow pantomimes, This amuse* merit maites lots of fun, and Is very easy and simple too. Here is the way it is done : Fix a white sheet across the room, or, what is better, over folded doors and place a light behind it; on the fioor. Scat the company before the screen, without lights. The actors dance and act behind the sheet, on which their magnified shadows &i'9 cast by the lamp, and thus appear to the spectators in- front as if they had Jumped upwards through the ceiling. j Some amusing scenes may be contrived with a little ingenuity. Chairs and tables may be called down from above by simply passing them across the light. A struggle between two seeming combatants may take place, and one be seen to throw the other up in the air on the same principle. Of course, the actors must promote the delusion by their gestures, moving their feet and hands as it climbing upwards. Care should be taken to keep the profile on the face ' of the screen as distinct as possible, and practice will soon suggest some highly humorous situations.