The Parlor Boomerang.
The boomerang is a weapon used by the savages of Australia. By them it is made of a flat piece of hard wood. The peculiarity of this instrument is, that in whatever direction it is thrown, it will return to the place from whence it started, in a curve. The Australian aborigines use it with great dexterity, making it travel around a house and return to their feet, or they can throw it on the ground so that it will fly into the air, form a perfect arc over their heads, and strike them on the back. This curious instrument can be made in miniature, and is a very amusing toy for the parlor.
Get a piece of tolerably stiff cardboard, and cut from it a figure resembling a boomerang.
The next thing is to propel it through the air so that it will return to your feet; to do this, lay the boomerang on a flat book, allowing one end to project about an inch; then, holding the book to a slight angle, strike the projecting end of the boomerang with a piece of stick, or heavy pen-holder, when it will fly across the room and return to your feet.