Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-23
AMUSING AND MYsTlFyInc.
Games and Tricks Suitable for Boys
and Girls.

and Girls
Boston Herald: An amusing little
game for boys and girls, n which Will
produce much laughter and fun. is ex-
planned here. Let some boy OF the
party pretend to be a magician, claim-
ing to be able 10 show each guest any
animal he or she wishes to see. The
guests, all a v the boy acting the
part OF the magician. are invited to
leave the parlor, entering an adjoining
room. A girl assistant stand at the
door connecting the two apartments
and calls one person at q time into the
parior. closing the door securely again,
SO that the as yet unInitiatcd may not
see the fate of their fellows.
ON entering the parlor h boy or
girl is asked by the magician:
What animal do you wish most to
see?"
The person questioned names some
animal. maybe a monkey, ~whereupon
tine magician says. Close you eyes
tightly. please" Then he quickly re.
moves a small mirror from the Inside
Of his coat, and, holding II In front
OF the subjects closed eyes, he COM
mands: Behold the monkey" or
naming the animal. OF course, asked for.
The boy or girl opens his or her eyes 70
gaze at his or her own image, and the
laugh is INDUCED In at the sold ones
expense.
Then victim No. / is allowed to sit
down and enjoy seeing each guest In
turn sold in the same ridiculous man
ner, and ~ the cLQMa 81 Ep9ctal2Iz
becomes larger the nerriment come
greater, for all the boys and girls pres
sent, enjoy most keenly seeing their
friends turned into animals at the
pleasure OF the magician.
Put q set of dominoes on the table,
the pits up. Mix up the pieces and
stand some distance away. Then let
a companion take a domino at random.
Then announce you can tell the piece
he has taken without seeing 1t. Tell
hmm TO mentally double the number OF
spots on the domino's greater half.
That lis, or curse, IL he has taken the
six three. let him double the six, which
is IL. To the total Of the greater half
OF the piece he has chosen lknown to
him alone) let him add a figure that
you have taken from one TO nine at
random. Let as say you choose nine.
He then adds III 10 the former sum
six n SIX are IL and nine makes III.
Tell him TO multiply the total he has
made up by S. lie thus obtains los.
He alone knows this sum, he does. all
the operations in his head.
Now let him add the smaller half OF
the domino he has drawn. In "a ex-
ample he drew the six-three. Hence
he adds 3, making 1903. which total he
aloud. Now II Is your turn.
You remember the number you gave
him to add. II was nine.
Multiply by five-hye times nine are
Deducting this 40 from ios you have
63: all you need to do then liz to am
nounce that the domino that had been
drawn was a ix-three domino.
BY this rule you will be able TO find
out the answer.
The table being cleared by her as
sistant. the witch has brought In a
basin and small bag OF sand. She In
yites members OF the audience 10 ad-
vance TO the table and throw handfuls
OF sand in the basin, which is partly
flied with water. When all are re-
seated she dips her hand into the basin
and ~withdraws the sand perfectly dry.
This trick was long kept a secret by
the Hindu fakirs, but like most things
about conJuring. Its explanation is sur
prisingiy simple. The sand is pre-
pared beforehand by heating In a fry
Ing pan. When il becomes sufficiently
hot q small piece OF paraffine IL placed
on ii and allowed TO melt, The sand
IL then taken of the stove and allowed
TO dry. The wax coats every minute
grain or the sand. which. when dry,
does not appear TO have been thus
treated. Al gentle shake OF the hand
should be given when ii Is lifted from
the water to insure the sand being
perfectly dry.
Put three candies. peanuts or any
small article that Is eatabie, each under
a hat. and then show your audience
that You have nothing hidden in your
hands or about your person.
Next have n OF the audieAtes il he
wishes, mark the articles In order to
identity them.
THEN lift the hat from each one and
slowly eat the article that il under
each. and then tell the audience that
you will bring the three articles under
any hat they may select.