J. L. McClelland
Santa Claus: A Monologue
Hardcover
(Forgotten Books March 20, 2018)
Excerpt from Santa Claus: A Monologue
The box should be well back on the platform, with its side to the audience. One end should be connected with a covered door giving secret admission to box from another room, or from outside of building. The other end of the box should have a round opening large enough for a child of eight or ten years to crawl through. The box must be furnished with a crank, the turning of which creates a loud clattering noise by means of a ratchet or cog-wheel with a thin, tough hickory spring board working against the cogs on the inside of the box. Two piles of bricks, or of short pieces of two-inch lumber may be used on the inside, underneath the hopper, for the person to stand on who is to sink through and disappear - to be ground up. As he sways from side to side, lifting his feet alternately, bricks are removed, one at a time, by the secret assistant, and thus he gradually descends into the box while Santa turns the crank. When his feet rest on the floor, he will crouch gradually. Santa Claus may cause his final disappearance by pressing down his head.
A robe or cloth must be thrown over the machine to hide it from the audience until Santa Claus is ready to use it.
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The box should be well back on the platform, with its side to the audience. One end should be connected with a covered door giving secret admission to box from another room, or from outside of building. The other end of the box should have a round opening large enough for a child of eight or ten years to crawl through. The box must be furnished with a crank, the turning of which creates a loud clattering noise by means of a ratchet or cog-wheel with a thin, tough hickory spring board working against the cogs on the inside of the box. Two piles of bricks, or of short pieces of two-inch lumber may be used on the inside, underneath the hopper, for the person to stand on who is to sink through and disappear - to be ground up. As he sways from side to side, lifting his feet alternately, bricks are removed, one at a time, by the secret assistant, and thus he gradually descends into the box while Santa turns the crank. When his feet rest on the floor, he will crouch gradually. Santa Claus may cause his final disappearance by pressing down his head.
A robe or cloth must be thrown over the machine to hide it from the audience until Santa Claus is ready to use it.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
- ISBN
- 0365035092 / 9780365035091
- Pages
- 20
- Weight
- 6.6 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.98 x 0.25 in.