FAMILY FUN

New Zealand Tablet, Issue 17, 25 April 1907, Page 38

FAMILY FUN

Place a sailor next a 'sailor, And though each be meek as Moses, You will find the, combination A most savage man discloses. Answer— Tar Lar .

The Paper Fish that Swims.— Make a round hole in the cenitre of a paper fish, and cut a narrow channel from 1 the hole to the tail. Float the fish in a long dish of water ; then " pour a drop of oil, or Eau- de Cologne, into the hole. The liquid "will force its way along the channel, and in so doing will force the fish forward.

To Pass a Bullet Through One's Arm-.— Place three bullets on a table. Pidk . up one with the right band and lay it plainly in the left palm. Do the same with a second, and close the left harid at once. The right hand with the fist clenched now strikes three timeswith the third bullet on the left ' upper arm. At. the third stroke a slight ncAse is heard as if the 'bullets' ware hitting each other, the left han-d is opened, and~ the three bullets are seen to be in it. The secret of the trick is that the performer has a fourth bullet concealed between the second finger and ' the third, and, when he puts the second bullet into 1 the " left hand, he drops this concealed bullet with it. The third bullet whdch he takes to t-pass -into his arm ' he conceals between his fingers, and pockets while his audience are examining the bullets in the left hand.

A good entertainment lor an evening; party is provided for in this way : — Two chairs are placed a few feet apart, and two hats are procured. Somebody — A—si-ts-on one chair, wearing one hat ; somebody else— B— sits on the other, wearing the other hat. It is required of ■both A and JB that they shall talk to one another,asking and answering questions ; but if A stands -up,B must sit down ; aiid if A puts his hat on, B must take his hat off ; while if A sits down, B moist stand ; ' and if A takes his hat off, B must put his <on. All this, perhaps, sounds rather complicated ; but therein- lies its beauty. For it will be found l.u&tenously •impossible for B to do the opposite, in the matter " of sitting arid hat-wearing, to what A does ; and a rooimhful of people may be readily entertained by poorß's 1 efforts 'to play the game, and to answer A's questions at the same time.