TRICKS FOR WINTER EVENINGS

Southland Times, Issue 23538, 18 June 1938, Page 8 (Supplement)

TRICKS FOR WINTER EVENINGS

Here are some tricks for you to do while you are sitting round the fire some night. Spread a piece of white paper on the table and put a sixpence on it. Next gum a round piece of white paper to the rim of a wineglass without letting anyone see you do it. Place the glass upside down on the white paper on the table and the piece gummed to the glass, will not be noticed. Tell your audience that when . you place the glass over the sixpence the coin immediately disappears. When you take the glass away the sixpence will appear again much to their amazement. Perhaps you do not believe that water can be boiled in a paper bag, but this is really quite simple. Take a paper bag and seal all the overlaps so that the water will not run out, then half-fill it with water. Place it over a low light, and the water will boil, but the paper will not bum. , , NOTICE Readers must send a stamped addressed envelope if they want rejected articles or verses returned.

A WIMPLE A wimple is an antique outdoor covering for the nee}?, chin, and sides of the face, of silk or linen, worn by women in Anglo-Saxon and Norman days; it is still retained as a conventual dress for nuns in some places. It was bound on the head by wealthy women by, a jewelled fillet. WOAD Woad is a plant that was used in England in the olden days for the blue dye obtained from it. It is a biennial plant, and is still cultivated in some parts. MENHADEN In Maryland, United States, the Chesapeake Bay fishermen have specially constructed ships for taking big hauls of the bountiful fish, menhaden, which has a variety of uses. Oil is pressed out of the cooked fish and sold to manufacturers of soaps and paints, while the solid residue makes rich fertiliser. The dried fish flakes also make an excellent food for poultry; especially for laying hens, and hogi fatten readily on these flakes.