FAMILY FUN

New Zealand Tablet, Volume 07, Issue 45, 7 November 1907, Page 38

FAMILY FUN

Trick with Handkerchief and Coin. — All that is necessary to have in order to perform this trick are a handkerchief, a sixpence, and a piece of soap. With a knife cut oif a piece of soap about a. quarter 'of an inch in diameter, and stick this piece of soap on the hem of the handkerchief in one corner. Place the coin in the centre of the handkerchief, which must lie flat on the table. Take the corner which has the soap on it and fold it over, placing it gently on the coin; now fold the other corners over, placing each corner on the coin. The corner that has the soap on it is the one to your right. When the corners are folded the handkerchief will be in the form of a diamond, with one of the points toward the performer. Place the thumb and forefinger of each hand at the point of the diamond nearest to you. Pick it up, letting the four corners fall apart, at the same time sliding the right, hand to the corner where the sixpence is. Shake the handkerchief and show that the coin has disappeared.

Sparks from a Lamp Chimney. — From a piece of tinfoil cut a strip about Jin in width. Gum it round the middle of a lamp chimney. Cut another strip about £in wide and gum it "from one end of the glass to within of the broad band. Dry your apparatus. Then wrap a silk handkerchief round a brush, and rub the handkerchief backwards and forwards inside the chimney. In a dark room, bright sparks will be seen to pass between the pieces of tinfoil. The harder you rub, the brighter and bigger the sparks.