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i Card Trickery <T1HIS can be a very Impressive 1 card trick, if practiced till you do it perfectly. Show five cards. Ask a wit ness to select one mentally. Place the five in your pocket. You then draw out four cards | and throw them face down on the table. Ask the name of the chosen card. When it is given, you bring that card from your pocket Then turn up the four cards on the table, which appear to be the cards originally pock l eted. Actually, they weren t. The cards you show originally are all diamonds and hearts, ranging in value 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. In your pocket you have OTHER diamonds and hearts that are quite similar. They are the four cards that you bring out first. When you ask the name of the chosen card, you can easily count to it in your pocket, because of the regular rotation in which you have care fully arranged them. For the Backward Explain to guests that you intend to transfer a coin which you have between your teeth Into your back pocket even though your hands are about to be tied behind your back. Ask them if they know how it can be done. Can you do it? If not, study the explanation below. "jajpod b cum u jnd pa8 dn it *punoJ8 turn litBip jo atqsj b ojao aioo sir dOJ(j s-taiisirv V EYE SPY? What's Doubly Wrong in These Pictures? Who Got Most S S ? FATHER," said Smith, "left a most curious vlll. He bequeathed his whole fortune of $71,000 to bis 17 grandchildren; and in order, as he said, to encourage large families, he directed that where there was only one child in a family that child should receive $1,000, where there were two they should each have $2,000, three children in a family would get $3,000 each, and so on." •1 suppose,” I said, "your kids have done fairly well?” “Not badly,” he replied. "As a family we tied for top place with my brother-in-law Harry.” How many families benefited under old Mr. Smith’s will? ‘000*1* jo sqsanbaq SujAtaoaj ‘XiaApsadcaj aajpuqa » pus 'z *1 jo ‘sanfuiBj jaqjo aajqj aaa* ajaq) jj K\uo aiqtssod s| sixo *isqj savoys juauiuadxa ndjpimopus.xa aaA38 gniaretu -9J aqj Snoare papwp aq oj 000‘ISi Sojabsi 000'9Z* P»ajoo -9J qosa Xjjsh na« mting 8nnoX jo saq{araj aqj ‘ooooh joa pinoo 000'tiS <»qj jo 3|oqm aqq qssa 9Ag mip ja.tt.aj pajaquina Aaqj psq ‘pasq aaqjo aq) ao jsanbaq aapua aqq iraqi ajoui aaqs) aAsq pjnoM aaois Xaq) joj 'qssa najpjiqo xjs pajaquinn aAsq lonoso saniuisj 9auose-doj oam aqj, •XiaApoadeaj aajpqqa 9 pire ‘q > ‘5; *| jo pajaisnoo Xaqj :nr^ minis »qi japan pajyaaaq sanjarej BAjjj : ambit? *000*91* pas 000>* pajnqi-nsip aaaq aAsq CHALLENGING game of small counters and a diagram like this (I). A makes the first move along a straight line from circle to circle with the intent of captur ing B by landing on the circle then occupied by him. B does his best to prevent A from capturing him. They each alternate on moves and only one moves at a time. It’s possible for A to capture B at the fourth move if he knows how. Can you do it without peek ing at the answer below? g sdAom ibljm jo aAtjoadsaxij paanj -duo aq n!^ a qoiqM uiojj ‘g oj naqj ‘2 oj jxan ‘s apna oj jsjy Sqiaoiu £q g »JmdB3 pirioo v :aofjnjos wits can be played with two T oj Xjdaj uj epvui You, Too, Can Make Some Electricity A QUARTER century before a generating station was established for providing current for elec tric-lights, men were literally making sparks fly via static or friction machines. This large one was constructed experimentally in the 1840s. Our young readers can make a home static ma chine like the one at right at home from odds and ends. Use a 12-inch phonograph record for the plates, affix thin aluminum sectors on them with adhesive tape. Pieces of multiple strand electric wire, frayed out at the ends, can be the collecting brushes. Crypto- Wisdom A QUOTATION from Shake speare is to be found by "decoding” the following crypt: ESAHMTTA HZO HXSWEZ LHQA SKA KETUM MAAL MKEUS. “uoqa tnaas ejnoq aqj ajpnn aopqe ptre smswajj : j»m«oy ALCHEMY was a mystic ritu al, with distillations and in cantations through which ancient practitioners claimed to trans mute baser metals into gold. One of its 15th century practitioners, Paracelsus, was moved to turn his laboratory to more practical purposes, and contributed impor tantly to organic chemistry. Our artist was asked to draw a picture of Paracelsus’ labora tory. He failed to go to reference books, and produced a sketch filled with errors and anachro nisms, as can be seen here !.-»•]. This fact suggests to us that the drawing could be turned into an interesting test of observation powers. The artist was asked to make some changes in the origin al to produce the second drawing further to the right here. How many of the differences in detail can you detect in three minutes, before looking at the an swers given below, at right. You can also enjoy picking out the errors of factual circum stance in the original sketch, such as the radio beside the skull, and the electric light, also un known in the 15th century. •pnaq jqStJ B.Xoq jo }no ua^B} JBf Ipapjutunia jBtp oipBJ I pnno.iSa.ioj ni ajqBj uiojj paAotuaj dno IpaSaaqo aoop qSno-iqj aiqisjA aaaas npnnnom Isisbu bjbhiwp ptre jJojaa aaama L — 1 -aq jajBm jo edojp : jjo-jaj ruojj paAOtnaj jsjbm :dna b,train pjo 01 pap pa uSisap lAopuiM hbuis iuojj paAOtnaj atraidaty :i6i;ra aqi £q apBui eh ‘oiAi ptra ano E3ajMHjp uaaAiaq saouajaBKi Sum Fun With Nine Digits Arrange the nine digit*, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 0 and the rero, so they equal 1. There are several ways of doing this. One Is to compose two fractions which when added together equal 1. Speaking of 1, do you know what numbers, com posed of a succession of digit l’s, such as 11 and 1,111, may be divided by other numbers (except ing 1 and the number Itself) leaving no remainder? HO OB ptTB -£9S •‘KS'898‘9 pee 8Zi‘lW‘Z *q m‘TIT‘Tn‘iri‘inTr Jaquinu oqj, 7.8 P“e g Xq papjAjp »q Xem HT »nqj, Trt‘TII‘TII'ttI‘ITI 'ITT I pee n eaa^aq j®qoinn qane Xjsatj :jasod paoaaa oj i9MBxry *r erenb* oi !9ao 9g ntfd jbao g>x taoumoq Bills, Bills, Bills ONCE upon a time a man could have exact change In paper money for $15, but not for $10, because there were $3 bills In those days. But $3 bills do not figure in the correct answer to the following: In his wallet a man has 6 bills. They total $63. None la a one dollar bill. Then what are they? •«o4M Jtnoj pro *aq ®no *A:>JU ®aO :n«(vv Wbozit? SOME amusing synonyms can be formed to camouflage fa* rnous names. For example, Henry W. Long fellow, the poet, might be deal gnated 'Tenry Tallboy. John Dry den, another poet, could be John Aridlair. Can you identify which have been put into “synonyms” ? Further Identify ing clues ore pro vided in paren thesis. L Lewis Auto rotate (Fantasy writer). t. Anthony Pardise (States man). S. Leroy Gor don Barrelm&ker (Astronaut). 4. Ulysses Be stow (Soldier). 5. George Veg e t a b 1 e o o rpse (Philanthropist). 6. Bob Team ing (Actor). 7. W 1 n s t o n Klrkknol) (Statesman). S. Franklin Penetrate (Amer ican President). 9. James Mc Neill Shriller (Painter). 19. Booker Laundry tng welght (Educa tor). After you’ve guessed these, try making up some yourself. Test them out on your friends. ‘ao)Siriq««M ‘01 uanstqM '6 '90J»U3 8 III q » -i n q o 7 •adOH ‘9 \CpoqTOj •g ^ooif) > -jadooo 8 aapg 'z HOJ -j«0 ’i iinunf TONGUE TWISTER wylLLrE Whif W fie whistled while Wilma whip stitched a whigmaleerie for a whiffet. QUIZ-CROSSWORD TEST By Eugene Sheffer HORIZONTAL 1—Soothing ointment 5—A son of Ham (Gen. 10:6) 9—Wild hog of India. 14— Medicinal plant. 15— Island of the Inner Hebrides. 16— Oared. 17— Agitate. 18— Stringed instrument. 19— Greatly overweight. 20— Black, viscous substance. 21— El -. Texas. 22— Meditate. 23— Hermit 25— Philippine knife. 26— Summer, in France. 27— Church service in Holy Week. 31—He witnessed Christ’s trans figuration (Matt 17:1) 34— Member of Adam’s line to Noah (1 Chron. 1:2) 35— Some. 36— Leave out 37— Noblemen. 38— Quote. 39— Possessive pronoun. 40— Herod was its king (Matt 2:1) 41 —Diminishes. 42—Patriotic. 44— Hawaiian food. 45— Membership charges. 46— Putting on guard. 50—Gentle touch. 53— Flesh of swine. 54— Fish eggs. 55— Christian of an Eastern rite. 56— Strong string. 57— A bristle. 58— Declare. 59— In addition. 60— A heavy blow. 61— Blanched. 62— Numerical suffix 63— Marries. VERTICAL 1— Sew loosely. 2— God commanded Jacob to make one (Gen. 35:1) 3— River in France. 4— Mai de -. 5— He found no fault in Jesus (Luke 23:4) 6— A divided one cannot stand (Mark 3:25) 7— To (poetic) 8— Toe (Scot var.) 9— Slavered. 10— A familiar chat 11— Was in debt. 12-majesty. 13—A son of Mushi (1 Chron. 23:23) 21— Deep holes. 22— Com breads. 24— Encounter. 25— Paul preached in this city (Acts 17:13) 27— Word in the handwriting on the wall (Dan. 5:25) 28— It is sent on the just and the unjust (Matt 5:45) 29— Poker stake. 30— Organs of vision. 31— He wrote one of the four Gospels. 32— Genus of the bowfin. 33— Haze. 34— The faithless disciple (Matt. 10:4) 37— Sand hills. 38— He dwelt on the east of Eden (Gen. 4:16) 40— Tilted, as a knight 41— Labor. 43— Conceive. 44— Hezekieh asked this for the people (2 Chron. 30:18) 48—Less good. 47— Goddess of peace. 48— Observed. 49— Equips. 50— A pointed end. 51— Pilaster. 52— Coin of Iran. 53— Fishing rod. 56— Feline. 57— Plant seed. CROSSWORD PUZZLE SOLUTION There’s a Catch to This Test HE was gurrs a party figure once rIS MAZE can be transform ed into a game for two. The competitors can choose which is to start with a pencil at top. The other is to start from the bottom. Each, in turn, moves two cells at a time. The object is to see which works out the quickest line to the other. Running into a dead-end requires using two-cell moves to get back to a new starting point This can also be played enter tainingly as solitare. A home shop craftsman could make a large ooa u a playboard. Let's Just Suppose LET’S suppose you were to take a sheet of paper and fold it in two, and then fold it in two again at right angles to the first fold. You’d now have four thicknesses of paper. Now suppose you took a pair of scis sors and cut these four thick nesses in two, again at right an gles to the last fold. How many pieces would you have? Try it as a quiz stunt at a party. -B339i(l aejqj »A«q p.no* rE ELEPHANT, the donkey, the rac coon have been accepted cartoon symbols for political parties in the United States. The raccoon was made to repre sent the Whig Party after its success in electing William Henry Harrison as Presi dent. The old hero of Tippecanoe had been represented during his campaign as a dweller in a log cabin with a raccoon on the roof and a jug of apple cider beside the door. Thus the election of 1840 went down in political history as the “Hard Distributed Cider and Log Cabin" campaign, and the log cabin itself became an enduring po litical symbol helpful to Lincoln. Lesser known is the animal used by cartoonists for what’s now the oldest minority party in the U.S. You can make it appear by drawing a continuous line from dot to dot, in alphabetical order. Then color the scene appropriately. jjjoa pjo aqj jo -tqjjx ntnon o; pntpajo »! [oquiXs /CviBd sin aooua.vnt s*i troijrq -mojj JOJ •uoojj'bd Of pasn ‘\9mvo :»«nn|os by King Features Syndicate Step Words CORN IME AL CORN became a staple food of oolonisti to America. So the grinding or pounding of corn into meal was a hard domestic chore away from water or ox mills. Tou can make CORN Into MEAL easier via the stepword method of changing one letter each step, without changing the order of the letters. »no it ‘i«9ui •[i»» ‘tl»i *11©* nod '3[Od ‘9JOd ‘9J03 8109 ilUMlf It’s a Patchwork Coloring Poser nno GRANDMA, Autumn is JL time for quilting, for making colorful extra covers for bed. Her patchwork quilts are much ap preciated as Christmas gifts. This is her design for a new quilt. Granny uses only three col ors in her design, but she’ll make sure no two adjacent segments are the same color. Can vnu •• ing crayons or coin puzzle out