FAMILY FUN

New Zealand Tablet, 13 September 1906, Page 38

FAMILY FUN

The entertainer known as Malini recently performed some of his card tricks before a gathering included Queen Alexandra. At the close one of the visitors asked Malini to tell him how much -money he had in his pockets. - - _^ 4 That is easily done,' replied the ' magician.' To allow of no deception, Malini was blindfolded, and at his request the visi to replaced all the money on a table, ;in j full view of the spectators. There was a dead silence j for a few seconds. ' You are sure it is-all on the ' table ? ' . j Quite sure.' -/- - ; - ' Then, sir, you have no money in your pockets.' ! . i No one enjoyed this simple* trick more than the ' Queen, who chaffed- fche ' victim ' on his temporary pov-" erty. ■ Place a clay pipe on the edge of a glass. Theprob- - lem is to make the pipe fall .without touching it, blowing upon it or- agitating it,,, and without moving the table. - - . Take another glass and rub it rapidly on the sleeve * ! of your coat. When. you bring it close to the pipeyou will see the pipe turn- after -the glass until it falls. Place a coin and an inverted wine-glass on a shallow plate, and pour enough water into the. plate to cover the coin. - Now ask your friends if they can tell you how to lift the coin from rthe plate without wetting your fingers ? They will- launch forth all sorts of wild ideas, but will not. think of the very simple answer. Cut a slice of cork, and place .on top of it some matches and paper. Float the cork on the water, light the matches and paper and cover them carefully with the wineglass. . Shortly after the matches and paper are burned out, it will be found that the water on the plate has been sucked up intoHhe glass, and that ' the coin is left quite dry. This is due to the fact that the heat causes -the air inside the glass to expand, and, in cooling, to contract, when the pressure of the external air forces the water up into the glass.. When "is a person obliged .to keep his word ? When " no one will take it. Why is a candle-maker the, most sinful and unfortunate of men? Bc6ausejall 6f ; his works' v are wicked " and all his wicked works are brought to light] ' Why is a seamstress^ always" a deceptive woman.? Because she is never. what she seams. Why are the houses of bald people the easiest to break into ?_.- Because their locks are few.-, ,'\ . Why is an author more free than a monarch ? Because he chooses his own subjects. Where did Napoleon stand when he landed " at St Helena ? On his feet." ' _ *- , What kind of a window resembles a star ? A sky- - light. " _ " ;_- - /- "_ If a man. carrying .two lamps drops one of them, what does he become? A t lamp lighter. ... What color <does flogging make a boy ? It makes ' him yell O. By what process can you make a tea table into food ? If you take away the T it will ibte eatable.