FAMILY FUN

New Zealand Tablet, 11 October 1906, Page 38

FAMILY FUN

Which, is the only way that a leopard can change his spots ? By going from one spot to another. Which would you rather— that a lion ate you or a tiger ? Why, you would rather that the lion ate the tiger, of course. What is the difference between a spendthrift and'a feather-bed ? One is hard-up and the other softdown. The strongest man can not stand against me I can knock him down, yet I do not hurt him. He feels better for my having knocked him down. What am 1 ?— Sleep.? — Sleep.

Take two goblets, and immerse them in water contained in a vessel large enough to hold them both, awl while still under water place them mouth to mouth. Then put a rubber! band, about an inch in width around them, where the rims meet. Take them out of the water, and you will find that you can swing them as a pendulum without their separating and that to pull them apart requires more force than when they were empty. The reason is that the water does not expand like air, so that, the moment you begm .to pull the 'goblets apart, the vacuum'is formed ; and the pressure of the outside air makes them adhere more closely because the vacuum is greater

To throw a coin through a hat :— Borrowing a hat • the performer places it, crown down, on top of a sodawater glass, or any heavy glass. He then "announces that he will throw, ten coins into the . -hat and one will go right through it, and fall into the ' glass, so that all may, see It. He proceeds to do IV- and,, to the surprise of every one, one coin is seen ■ to fall into the glass.- To do this trick, the performer first conceals a coin between the first ioint of. hfs second .and', third fingers. When he puts the hat on top of the- glass- he secretly introduces this coin under the ; hat, and -balances it on the edge of the -glass. ■ This requires - considerable practice and great care, because, - if , not done properly the coin will fJiL°?fc th ? outsi J e of tiie glass when the hit moves fiom the force of ■ the" pennies that are thrown • ?nto it. The coin must be so balanced that the greater «f a r L°- lt; "I- ***&? th€ .S lass - The performer should stand in a direct line with the coin when he throws the other coins into the hat.