McKinley Junior High School - McKinleyan Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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2 'f MANY A GATHERING QAY' rection of Mr. Smith, and carried to the stage, where they were covered and decorated so realistically by the art department. Although the wonderful efiects produced by the lighting ot the stage were really the work of professionals hired for the occasion, yet the boys from the shops with Mr. Smith in charge, helped in the wiring and the labor necessary for this part of the effect. Preparation of Materials for the Costumes The art department and the sewing department worked in real co-operation in producing the draperies and costumes for the play. Many girls with the McKinley spirit stayed after school to help with the work. Much time was spent in the libraries looking up the historical basis of the costumes. VVhen the sort of costumes desired had been selected, under direction of Mrs. Lyon, girls were sent to get many samples of material from different stores. After pictures of the costumes had been drawn, and the colors and kinds of materials decided up- on, some of the A9 girls were sent to purchase hundreds of yards of material, such as japanese crepe, sateen, silkoline, corduroy and cheese-cloth. The girls who attended to this work were: Norma Bullard, Gladys Clement, Mabel Dwyer, Nelie Gardner, I-leleu Reimer, Ethel Fenlon, Gertrude Bultman, and VV ini f red Primus. One hundred and fifty yards of unhleachecl muslin were dyed. If an article was too dark, some color had to be boiled out. If it was too light, it had to he dyed a darker color. After the goozls was dyed, it had to be ironed, cut, . A. r H ' , , ' . A 2 ' -' 'r 1 M t Y- -.- .-. as .,, c ., .-..a,,,,, ,, c -H .MMI , 1 ' 1 ': .1 li I i i 1 2 1 l 4 .l v.l ,l

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