The Jolly Giant.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 327, 22 December 1888, Page 4

The Jolly Giant.

The jolly gianfc never fails to produce roars of laughter. It is necessary to have two persons represent the giant, and the method of enacting the part is best explained in tho accompanyingillustration. One boyputaonu long cloak and perches himself upon the shoulders of his companion, who arranges the folds of the cloak so that the parts shown by the dotted lines in the illustration are entirely concealed from the eyes of the spectators. The boy who does the head

and shoulders of the giant should carry a long staff as a cane, and if he wear a stovepipe hat with a feather in it it will greatly heighten the effect. The giant's wife may be represented by one person, with the assistance of a cone ard piece of cloth, the latter about eighteen inches long, fastened about four inches from the top or end of the former, thus forming a cross. The person representing the giantess attires himself in an old dress. A long shawl is pinned over the labh, an old bonnet placed on the end of the cane, and the preparations are complete. The giantess usually walks into the room and pretends to look for a nail in the wall (this gives the J performer an opportunity of concealing hia face), and after looking at the wall a minute or so he stoops down as low as he can, at -the same time being careful to lower the cane. He then gradually rises until he stands upon the tips of his toes, and as he does so he as gradually raises the cane, with the bonnet and shawl upon it, until he appears to touch the ceiling. The lath represents the shoulders of the giantess, the bonnet her head, and the cloak covers the whole deception.