FAMILY FUN

New Zealand Tablet, 10 September 1908, Page 38

FAMILY FUN

Twirling an Egg. — To execute this little experiment you need a hard-boiled egg and a smooth china plate. To be sure that the experiment is going to be. successful, keep the egg in a perpendicular position while it is being boiled. Place the" plate, -upside down on the table, allowing it to stand out a- little, oveiv"" the edge of the table, to bc-able to -catch it quickly with your hand. Place the egg in the centre of the plate, and putting'the thumb of the left hand on both ends of the egg," give it a sudden twirl, causing, it. to turn .around in quick- motion. The egg will,, gradually.. stand on , one end; then you- ..grab .the plate, and all — you have to do is to keep the egg in motion, which is not difficult. How- they" Crossed. — A" 1 father' anil his two sons wish to cross' a river, which it is' impossible^ to ~do~ without a boat. They have a boat which will carry- only" sixteen stone (224 pounds), but the father weighs eight stone. Yet in less than half an hour they are all across the .river. How do they manage it? The riddle is an old one, but a new answer, offered by an English paper, is more ingenious than the,. trick solutions that the reader probably remembers.. . Here it is : The two sons crov* ' in the boat. One' comes back, to the father. The father- then, crosses. The other, son goes back again .with the boat, and "then-, the two sons 'cross together. " ;