And projecting wickedly through these curtains were the gleaming muzzles of six rifles, all trained on Billy Tilghman.

There were new yellow curtains, bright as a child's life ought to be, a new bedspread, lively with hopping rabbits, and hanging from the ceiling was an airy Mother Goose Mobile, spinning slowly in the breeze.

Shmoo dolls, clocks, watches, jewelry, earmuffs, wallpaper, fishing lures, air fresheners, soap, ice cream, balloons, ashtrays, comic books, records, sheet music, toys, games, Halloween masks, salt and pepper shakers, decals, pinbacks, tumblers, coin banks, greeting cards, planters, neckties, suspenders, belts, curtains, fountain pens, and other shmoo paraphernalia were produced.

Such peepholes were also used in " isinglass curtains " in horse-drawn carriages and early 20th century cars.

Supper was served from four, and curtains were to be drawn at eight.

Pots and kitchenware were typically stored on open shelves, and parts of the room could be separated from the rest using simple curtains.

The caves at Fairy Cave Quarry were formed mainly by the erosive action of water flowing beneath the water-table at considerable pressure ( so called ' phreatic ' development ), but as the water table has fallen many of the caves now lie well above it and the system now contains a variety of cave formations ( stalagmites, stalactites and calcite curtains ) which in their extent and preservation are amongst the best in Britain.

The new queen was provided with a large wardrobe of clothes, and her crimson state bed curtains made of Italian sarcenet were embroidered with red Lancastrian roses.

They tore the curtains, dashed in pieces the carved work of brass and stone, brake the altars, spoilt the clothes and corporesses, wrested the irons, conveyed away or brake the chalices and vestiments, pulled up the brass of the gravestones, not sparing the glass and seats which were made about the pillars of the church for men to sit in.

Her images of America's rural past were transferred to curtains, dresses, cookie jars, and dinner ware, and used to pitch cigarettes, cameras, lipstick and instant coffee.

The building was rewired electrically, and new curtains were hung.

Blackouts were called on all the island during nighttime hours, no fires on the beach or car lights, and house windows could not show light and had to be covered with heavy curtains, blankets or wood.

Grooms recalls, " The curtains were opened by me, playing a fireman wearing a simple costume of white pants and T-shirt with a poncholike cloak and a Smokey Stoverish fireman's helmet.

They were also responsible for making fashionable the ' box set ', which Lucia Elizabeth Vestris had first used at the Olympic Theatre in the 1830s – this consisted of rooms on stage which were dressed with sofas, curtains, chairs, and carpets on the stage floor.

The 2000-series cameras were replaced by the 200-series cameras ( with rubberized cloth shutter curtains ), which included the 201F, 202FA, 203FE, and 205TCC / 205FCC.

The words Cherub and Cherubim appear many other times in the holy scriptures, referring to the Cherubim of beaten gold on the mercy seat of the Ark of the Covenant, and images on the curtains of the tabernacle, and in Solomon's temple, including two Cherubim made of olive wood overlaid with gold that were ten cubits high.

" and appeared before the curtains after the third act, critics were more offended by the cigarette in his hand than his egoistic speech:

At its high point in 1944, the USO had more than 3, 000 clubs, and curtains were rising on USO shows 700 times a day.

This had curtains on rods on all four sides, which were closed for sections of the liturgy, as is still performed in the Coptic and Armenian churches.

" I was not only to paint some large murals to go over the fireplaces, but arrange for the carpets, curtains, textiles, all of which were to be chosen or designed by me.

The squares were shaded with tapestried canopies, the churches adorned with white curtains, the baptistery set in order, the aroma of incense spread, candles of fragrant odor burned brightly, and the whole shrine of the baptistery was filled with a divine fragrance: and the Lord gave such grace to those who stood by that they thought they were placed amid the odors of paradise.

For a horizontal Leica-type FP shutter, the image is stretched if the object moves in the same direction as the shutter curtains, and compressed if travelling in the opposite direction of them.

The velour widely used in the manufacture of theater drapes and stage curtains, is manufactured using the same weaving process as velvet: two sets of warps and wefts woven at the same time, with additional threads that will become the nap in between, then cut apart to produce the two separate tufted fabrics.

He sets her curtains on fire and Susan realizes he intends to do the same to her.

This has the same effect as a vacuum cleaner hose sucking up against curtains.

This has the same effect as your vacuum cleaner hose sucking up against your curtains.

"... the curtains were drawn across the window … the shop was packed with girls trying on the same brown pinstripe dress in concentrated silence.

In 1963, the same principle was used outdoors to construct the Bird Thicket, ten aviaries surrounded by dense bushes and designed in various habitat settings, which visitors can enter through wire netted doors and curtains of cords.

S. aureus is an incredibly hardy bacterium, as was shown in a study where it survived on polyester for just under three months ; polyester is the main material used in hospital privacy curtains.

Though much of the 20 years between the discontinuation of the 1000F and the introduction of the 2000FC was spent designing an improved focal plane shutter, the 2000-series again used corrugated metal foil as material for the shutter curtains, though now titanium replaced the original stainless steel.

This dates back to the end of the Second World War when they used material from blackout curtains to make shorts when they ran out of white material.

Sash curtains are mostly sheer fabric material used to cover the lower sash of the windows

When used as curtain material they are similar to net curtains.

These required that all windows and doors should be covered at night with suitable material such as heavy curtains, cardboard or paint, to prevent the escape of any glimmer of light that might aid enemy aircraft.

They differ, though, in usually being formed of several slats or blades, rather than single curtains as with horizontal designs, as there is rarely enough room above and below the frame for a one-piece shutter.

There was a certain ambience between the curtains and the French windows, there was a certain sound there for a ten year old.

The man – and the camera following him from behind – survey its contents: a dog and a cat share a basket, a caged parrot and a goldfish in its bowl sit atop a small table ; the walls are bare apart from a mirror and an unframed picture of “ the face of God the Father ” pinned to the wall ; there is a couch with a pillow, some blankets and a rug on it, a rocking chair with a “ curiously carved headrest ” and there is a window with a tattered roller blind with full-length net curtains to either side.

In other eastern rites, this evolved into a solid icon-clad screen, called the iconostasis, with three doorways, in each of which there are usually curtains that can be closed or drawn aside at various times.

Previously, there was a long dining table at center and the decorations consisted of heavy crimson velvet curtains, large gilded mirrors and elaborate chandeliers.

After the entrance there is an area with shoe lockers, followed by two long curtains or door, one on each side.

The final programme closed with Morris introducing a set of headlines with the line " And there is still just time to part the beef curtains on tomorrow's news ".

Curtains are among the first details which add a dramatic focal point when you enter a room, there are nearly twenty different styles of curtains and draperies which can be used in window treatment.

Nobel Prize winner George Bernard Shaw referred to an ottoman in this passage from his novel Pygmalion ; " In the middle of the room there is a big ottoman ; and this, with the carpet, the Morris wall-papers, and the Morris chintz window curtains and brocade covers of the ottoman and its cushions, supply all the ornament, and are much too handsome to be hidden by odds and ends of useless things.

The style started in Great Britain and evokes the type of decoration found in large country houses where there are worn and faded old chintz sofas and curtains, old paintwork and unassuming ' good ' taste.

At the time of the games, the facility had a temporary 50m warm-up pool located behind the locker rooms and entry concourse ( on the ground ); as well as a temporary roof, and open walls ( there were wall-like structures / curtains at the diving well and turning end of the pool ).

For such rooms that do not offer solid doors, there is usually some type of blind system with stringed beads, curtains, or other screening implements.

The traditional straw dresses have given way to pajamas, curtains, Halloween masks, and Christmas decorations, but there is still plenty of traditional Irish music to be heard.

David then briefly describes Giovanni's room, which is always in the dark because there are no curtains and they need their own privacy.

When it rained, there were side curtains that one could unroll from the roof to keep one dry.

On the first floor the curtains would have been of green silk, but are listed only for the back room ; possibly there were none in the rehearsal room in the front for acoustic reasons.

We read there: " The Arabs had such an interest in poetry, and valued it so highly, that they took seven long pieces selected from the ancient poetry, wrote them in gold on pieces of Coptic linen folded up, and hung them up ( allaqat ) on the curtains which covered the Ka ' ba.