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 An Effective Finish fuls of confetti through it. Then, putting the cover on one end, he proceeds to fill the tube

with confetti. Leveling off the heaped confetti with the top of the tube, he steps forward and draws up from the open end a silk flag attached to a pole three or four feet high, hav- ing spiral red, white and blue stripes, like a barber-pole. After waiting a moment for applause, he contiuues to extend the pole upwards till it reaches a height of thirty or forty feet. (See Fig. 12.) Explanation. — Two tubes and covers are used, one being unpre- pared and the other arranged as fol- lows : Procure a double roll of wall- paper which has a pure white back, and cut it into four pieces. This will give you four small rolls four and a half inches long, each roll containing fifty-four feet. You will need only one and the others may be put aside for future use. Paint a red stripe along one edge