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Carabas.

Fig. 209 shows Carabas in a bathing suit.

Fig. 210 shows the same gentleman in court dress.

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Fig. 209.Carabas in Bathing Suit.
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Fig. 210.Carabas in Court Dress.
How to Work the Puppets.

To make puss carry the bag, the operator will have to use both hands, holding in one hand the stick attached to puss, and in the other the straw attached to the bag. Then, by keeping the bag close against pussy's paws, it will appear to the audience as if he were holding the bag. In the same manner he is made to carry the dead rabbit to the king. When the rabbit seems to hop into the bag, he in reality hops behind it, and then drops below the stage.

The operator must remember never to allow his hands

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