FAMILY FUN

New Zealand Tablet, 18 October 1906, Page 38

FAMILY FUN

There is a word of five 'letters, and if two ofthem are taken away six will remain. What is it ? ' Sixty.' Take away « ty,' • six ' will remain. Can you tell why a hare is easier to catch than an heiress ? It is because an heiress has an i, and a hare has none. ' ~ /." Can you tell what letter it is that has been used but twice in America? It is, 'a,' it is used only twice in ' America.' There is a word of five -letters, and if two of Ihem are taken ten will remain. What word is that ? It is ' often. 1 If ' of,' is taken away ten will remain. Can you tell when there were only two vowels ? It was in the days of Noah, before you and I were born— in the days of no a, before v and i were born. There is one word which, if you change the place of one of its letters, means exactly the opposite from what -it did at first. - What •is the word? It is 1 united.' Place the 'i ' after the lt ' and it becomes " untied.' - - •, ■ The next time you -have; some of your little friends at house, offer to. turn a glass of water into milk by breathing, into it. Of course they will not believe you can do it, and will make all kinds of fun at your boast. When you have their curiosity aroused, leave the room and" get your magic apparatus together. You will need some limewater, a piece of glass and ,an- ordinary glass tumbler. Knoueh limewater may be purchased at' the chemist's for a few pennies, half a pint being more than enough for your trick. The piece of glass may be got from an old broken pane. It should be three inches long and narrow enough to - enter the twrtbler at -its widest part. " :-.<-.-•■ Fill the tumbler -with limewater and bring it into the room where the children are assembled. Place- 'it S?it it tab !S where all h^ v see, ..-but none must taste lell them the magic properties your breath will change the water into, imilk -".then breathe frequently" mto the tumbler, stirring, constantly with a piece of glass. The perfectly transparent limewater will as surae a chalky look, ' finally ' growing white until- it resembles skim milk amid the applause of the audience. Next explain, that your magic breath will in a few minutes produce, chalk. . Let the tumbler remain" perfectly quiet for a time while some diversion ismade. Tjpon looking at the water you will ihuT that a layer of chalk has 4>een deposited in the bottomd the glass.