FAMILY FUN

New Zealand Tablet, 16 December 1909, Page 1998

FAMILY FUN

How many hard-boiled eggs can a hungry man eat on an empty stomach? — One only: for after 'eatin«- one his stomach would no longer be empty. °

A mouse found in a box a number of ears of corn and set to work to carry them .to his hole. He brought out with him -three ears at each journey, and it took him nine journeys to remove the whole. How many ears of corn were there in the box?— There were nine ears of corn in the box. The mouse brought out three ears at a time, but two of them were its own.

The Knotted Handkerchief. — Required, to take a handkerchief, twisted ropewise, by its opposite ends, and •without letting go of either end, to tie a knot in the middle. — The secret lies in the manner of taking hold of the handkerchief. This is laid, twisted ropewise, in a straight line on the table. The performer then folds his arms, the fingers of the right hand coming out above the biceps of the left arm, and the fingers of the left hand being passed below the biceps of the right arm. With the arms still in this he bends forward and picks up the handkerchief,- the right hand seizing' the end lying -to the left, and the left that which lies to the right. On drawing the arms apart it will be found that a knot is formed upon the centre of the handkerchief.