Wehman Bros.' new book of one hundred and fifty parlor tricks and games : home-made apparatus . gin on each side. Get two pieces of wood, ortwo boxes—cigar boxes will do—and place them side byside so they are just about as far apart as the width of thepicture. Now pin the picture to the ends of the boxes, bythe margin, placing one pin in each corner, so that thepicture is suspended between the boxes with nothing behindit. Place this in the centre of the table, and exactly beforeit, on the edge of the table, lay a book just thick enough sothat the upper side is about level with the centre of th
Wehman Bros.' new book of one hundred and fifty parlor tricks and games : home-made apparatus . gin on each side. Get two pieces of wood, ortwo boxes—cigar boxes will do—and place them side byside so they are just about as far apart as the width of thepicture. Now pin the picture to the ends of the boxes, bythe margin, placing one pin in each corner, so that thepicture is suspended between the boxes with nothing behindit. Place this in the centre of the table, and exactly beforeit, on the edge of the table, lay a book just thick enough sothat the upper side is about level with the centre of thepicture. TRIOKS 93 On the edge of the book lay a toothpick and aim it at oneof the turkeys heads. Take a pencil and, holding one endin your left hand, draw back the other end so that you cansnap it forward and strike the end of the toothpick. Thiswill fly forward like a dart, and if it hits the picture it willstick in the paper like an arrow in a target. You and yourlittle brothers and sisters must take turns doing this, so asto be perfectly fair. Of course the one who hits the turkeys. head wins, and if no one is lucky enough to do so well asthat, the one who comes nearest to it is ahead of therest. If you have more than two players you can count the onewho hits the turkeys head three points, the next nearesttwo points, and the third one point. The rest do not scoreat all then, but of course you all have another chance. Thegame should be of ten points, and you can keep this up untilthe paper is full of holes from your toothpick arrows.—NewYork Herald. 94 TRICKS The Floating Ball This is more of a game than a puzzle, though it partakesof the nature of the latter. A hollow rubber ball, two inchesin diameter, is set afloat in a tub or basin of water, and theplayers are challenged to take it out, using the mouth only. Any one not acquainted with the secret will make a greatmany attempts before he finally succeeds. SohUion.—Just as the lips touch the ball, inhale vigor-ous
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