FAMILY FUN

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 20, 21 May 1908, Page 38

FAMILY FUN

Leading ■ Quotations.-One person, in this very delightful and instructive game, gives, a familiar quotation, which must be promptly followed by another rtuotatoon from the next player beginning with the letter tnat concluded the preceding quotation For example :— ,

First player—' [f you've 'c a rd the East a-callin', you won't never 'eed naught elsE. 1 ' y his player ~ En S land expects every man to do

PS* Pkyer-.' Young folks are smart, but all ain't fSthiV tU ? 6W ; l gU6SS th ° gran ' the ' the y taw»wed £°i^ th » P la y er — ' United we stand, divided we falL ' Fifth pflayer— • Life, what is it but a dreaM?" ' imEVttiS* *G7 ac"a c"c S but MMle h6re belW ' nor This game is not asuite so easy to play the first time, because most people are only too unaccustomed to exchange' quotations. But in a few evenings you will find yourself emoting quickly, and enjoying the pastime wonderfully well.

A Trick with Glass.— Did you ever try to cut a pane of glass in a straight line with' a pair of shears ? Perhaps you think it can't be done, but it can - Get a deep pan or bowl and fill it with water. Put your hands, the pane of . glass, and the shears completely under the water and hold them there while you do tjhe cuttdn^-. In this • way yon may cut-.th© glass in either a straight or a curved line, but you must be careful not to allow the last part of the. shears to come above the ,surface. The reason is that the water deadens the vibration of the shears and the glass, and with these vibratfions deadened the < sharp edge of the shears irakes a uniform cut.