. St. Nicholas [serial]. The cent is laid in the bottom of the glass sure enough, as they say down South; thenthe dollar, which is very much larger, is laid inso that it lies in a horizontal plane at somelittle distance above the cent. Now to get thecent past the dollar and out of the glass withthe breath alone, blow sharply downward onthat side of the upper face of the dollar whichlies next to you. This will cause the coin totilt as though on an axis; and the cent will be tal; lay the piece cut out from here on theother division of the cardboard, but with thearms diagonal, and having marked i
. St. Nicholas [serial]. The cent is laid in the bottom of the glass sure enough, as they say down South; thenthe dollar, which is very much larger, is laid inso that it lies in a horizontal plane at somelittle distance above the cent. Now to get thecent past the dollar and out of the glass withthe breath alone, blow sharply downward onthat side of the upper face of the dollar whichlies next to you. This will cause the coin totilt as though on an axis; and the cent will be tal; lay the piece cut out from here on theother division of the cardboard, but with thearms diagonal, and having marked its outlineexactly, cut out that star. Stand the card onend, as shown in the figure, on a table which ispushed close to a white wall, or on which isstood a white screen. Place two lighted can-dles on the table in such positions that the starscast by the openings in the card fall togetheron the wall, making an eight-pointed , holding a piece of colored glass, paper,or gelatin, or a glass of colored liquid, betweeno
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