FAMILY FUN

New Zealand Tablet, 11 April 1912, Page 62

FAMILY FUN

Saltpetre Magic. Dissolve saltpetre in water until the water will take up no more. Then take the ‘wrong’ end of a penholder and, dipping it in the solution, draw in thick strokes some name or device on a piece of light paper, taking care not to break the continuity of the writing anywhere.- All words, that is, must be joined. When dry, the device will be invisible. Fold down half ,an inch of each end of such a paper after it has been allowed to get quite dry, and stand it on something that will not burn. '/'Apply the tip of a lighted cigarette to some spot touched by the device (you:can make an ink-mark before applying the saltpetre to serve as a.guide), and a tiny glowworm of fire will travel all along the lines traced, and end by leaving the device burned out of the paper, noother part of ; it being destroyed. ’ / /// - .