FAMILY FUN

New Zealand Tablet, 23 July 1908, Page 38

FAMILY FUN

Mimicking. — All the players except one go out of the room. He calls in one of the others and asks : ' What did I do when I was alone?' The newcomer proceeds to guess, and tries to imitate the supposed action. The leader mimicks him as closely as possible, altering the form of the question by saying, ' What am I doing now? 1 After much fruitless guessing, the answer, ' Mimicking,' is discovered. Then the victim joins his tormentor, and a fresh guesser is called in. When the turn of the last player is reached he is much surprised and confused to find the whole' company imitating his every gesture and expression.

"A Trick' that Seems Impossible. — Can you remove a man's waistcoat without first causing him to remove his coat? This is the way to do it : Ask him, in the first place, to wear to" easy-fitting ' coat of some .sort, "say a loose overcoat. • Now, "■ unbutton his waistcoat, • unfasten tne -buckle at the back, and ask. him to hold -his arms above his head. Slip your hand down the back of the coat, grasp the bottom of ' the waistcoat, and pull it up right over the head of the. wearer. Next, take the right-side bottom end of the of the waistcoat and put it into the armhole of the coat at the shoulder, at the same time putting the hand up the sleeve and drawing down the end. This will release one armhole. Next, draw the waistcoat up again, put the same end into the left armhole, put the hand " up : the left sleeve, and draw the whole of the waistcoat down.