FAMILY FUN

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 2, 10 January 1907, Page 38

FAMILY FUN

To Tell Numbers Thought of.— Multiply the number thought of say, 5, by itself, 25. ■ Take 1' fr.pm the number thought of, 4. Multiply this"' by itself 4x4, 16. Subtract this product from the former, *» leaving 9. Add 1 to this, 10. Halyc it, 5. Which must be the number thought- of, 5.

Attracting WjDod.— Lay a piece of wood across 'the palm of your left hand, which keep wide open, -with the thumb and all the fingers far apart, lest you besuspected of supporting the wood with them. Next, take your left wrist in your right hand; and grasp it tightly, for the purpose, as you state, of giving the hand more ''steadiness.- Now, suddenly turn the back of your left hand uppermost, and ■as your wrist moves in your right hand^ stretch out the fore-finger of your - right hand, and., as soon- a« the wood comes under- • most, support- it withv^such lore-finger. You may' now shake the hand, and, ' after a " moment or two, suffer the wood to drop. It is two to one but Ihe spectators will suppose it be produced, by the air, and try to do. >it themselves ; but, of course, they must, unless you have performed the- feat -so awkwardly as to be discovered, fail in its performance. If you have n 0 objection to reveal the secret, you can do it again, and while they are gravely philosophizing upon it, suddently lifU your right' hand, and expose .the stio'.c* This will, doubtless, create much amusement.- Observe' that, in doing this feat, you must keep your fingers so low that) no one can see the palm of your- left hand ; and move your fingers so carefully, that ' its action may not be. detected';, and : if it.,be not, you may rest- satisfied that ijbs absence from round the wrist of the left hand will not be discovered, some, of the fingers being naturally supposed to be under the coat ; so that, if the spectators only see two or- even one, they will imagine the others are under the 1 cuff. When you have turned your hand- over, do notvke»n> the s;tick too long upheld, lest the spectators should1 ake hold of your hands, and discover the trick ; before their 'surprise is over, remove your fore-finger,, and suffer the stick to fall.