Home Fun

by Cecil Henry Bullivant

• Blind, games for, [538]
• Alphabet, the Braille, [543]
• Cards, [539]
• Checkers, [540]
• Chess, [542]
• Color distinction for Chess men, [542]
• Color distinction for Halma men, [541]
• Dominoes, [541]
• Halma, [540]
• Patience cards, preparation of, [540]
• Bunkum entertainments, [127]
• Ghost, a home-made, [138]
• Lectures, Bunkum, [135]
• Maids of Lee, three old, [133]
• Thought-reading, [130]
• Trick shooting, [137]
• Ventriloquism, fake, [131]
• Cartoons and “fake” sketching, [263]
• Drawing-board for, [263]
• Easel for, [263]
• Figured faces, [267]
• Leading characteristics of, [264]
• Reversible scenes, [270]
• Simultaneous drawing of, [266]
• Smoke pictures, [269]
• Subjects for, [264]
• Charades, [76]
• Scenery and “props” for, [76]-[82]
• Children’s party, [477]
• Ciphers and Cryptograms, [527]
• Appointment, a musical, [530]
• Cipher, an early, [528]
• Cipher, the fractional, [530]
• Cipher, complicated fractional, [530]
• Cipher, Government, [531]
• Cipher, a musical, [530]
• Cipher, “two letter,” [532]
• Code, the Nihilist, [529]
• Letters, “transposed,” [528]
• Lines, “bounding,” [527]
• “Sphinx,” the, [531]
• Writing, secret, [527]
• Circus, home, [367]
• Ball-balancing, [376]
• Barricade and ring entrance for, [367]
• Barricade, construction of, [368]
• Cards, trick, [376]
• Circus horses, how to make, [368]
• Conjuring entertainment, a mock, [372]
• Decorations for, [369]
• Dog, performing, [377]
• Horses for, [368]
• Indian sack trick, the, [374]
• Juggling, trick, [375]
• Plates for spinning, how to make, [376]
• Target for trick shooting, [373]
• Tilting scene, [370]
• Clairvoyance, [426]
• Character, keys to, [427]
• Crystal-gazing, [429]
• Crystal, use of, [430]
• Kingdoms, the three, [431]
• Magnetism, power of, [428]
• Sense, the sixth, [431]
• Simple manifestation, [430]
• Sphere, the mental, [433]
• Visions, to create, [431]
• Clog dancing, [244]
• Clogs suitable for, [244]
• Double shuffle, the, [247]
• Single shuffle, the, [246]
• Slide, the, [248]
• Standing position for, [245]
• Variations of double shuffle for, [247]
• Conjuring, [158]
• Dissolving coin, the, [163]
• Magic dye-works, the, [160]
• “Patter,” [162]
• Servante, the, [158]
• Table for, [158]
• Wand, the magic, [159]
• Watch and target trick, [165]
• Dissolving views, [396]
• Apparatus for, [396]
• Apparatus for lighting, [398]
• Exhibiting, [399]
• Electrical effects, some, [285]
• Arc lamp, principle of, [289]
• Battery of cells, how to make, [286]
• Battery of cells, tray for, [287]
• Compass test, the, [288]
• Decomposing water by electricity, [293]
• Electrical weathercock, an, [290]
• Electro-plating, [294]
• Electrotyping, [294]
• Force, magnetic lines of, [289]
• Granulating zinc. [287]
• Primitive electro-motor, a, [291]
• Spark-producing, [288]
• Warming water by electricity, [293]
• Experiments, chemical, [312]
• Chlorine, with, [313]-[314]
• Electric fire, [315]
• Freezing flask of ammonia to wood, [318]
• Hydrogen, preparation of, [316]
• Musical flame, a, [317]
• Niter paper, [314]
• Novel fountain, a, [319]
• Soap bubble, to explode a, [317]
• Sodium or potassium, with, [315]
• Water’s affection for ammonia, [318]
• Experiments, electrical, [272]
• Discharger, the, [278]
• Dynamic electricity, [272]
• Electrophorus, the, [277]
• Electrostatic motor, an, [282]
• Faraday’s bell chimes, [284]
• Frictional machine, for producing electric charges, [283]
• Gold leaf electroscope, how to make, [276]
• Leyden jars, how to make, [276]
• Positive and negative electricity, [280]
• Special apparatus for, [275]
• Static electricity, [272]
• Swinging mannikin, the, [281]
• Experiments, more, [329]
• Carbonic acid gas, [338]
• Coin, a disappearing, [333]
• Electrified balloons, [335]
• Electrified paper, [334]
• Exploding flour, [335]
• Flying coin, the, [330]
• Gas-making, [337]
• Lamp-glass, a cigarette-smoking, [331]
• Mirror, a novel, [333]
• Refractory cork, the, [329]
• Water swinging, [332]
• Experiments, odd, [320]
• Glass-cutting, [327]
• Illusion, an optical, [321]
• Pyrometer, the, [325]
• Revolving man, the, [322]
• Wall, mysterious writing on, [320]
• Experiments, scientific, [297]
• Bottle cannon, the, [310]
• Changing water into wine, [300]
• Electric fountain, an, [309]
• Eruption of Vesuvius, the, [301]
• Floating pins, the, [304]
• Glass-emptier, a novel, [307]
• Glass raising, [305]
• Glass raising, extraordinary, [306]
• Match trick, a, [298]
• Peculiar candlestick, a, [302]
• Swimming paper fish, the, [303]
• Syphon, [308]
• Tricolor glass, the, [299]
• Vacuum, creating a, [305]
• Fireworks, indoor, [400]
• Designs for, [401]
• Firework boxers, the, [403]
• Frame and side wings for, [400]
• Revolving wheel for, [401]
• Views, changing, [403]
• Fortune-telling, [452]
• Arcana, Major, [461]
• Arcana, Minor, [462]
• Cards, by, [452]-[455]
• Dice, by, [455]
• Dominoes, by, [456]-[457]
• Futurity, figured, [458]
• Tarocs, divinations by, [461]
• Graphology, [465]
• Character by handwriting, [466]-[471]
• Signs of, [466]-[467]
• Handbell-ringing, [105]
• Bell-ringing companies, [106]
• Flourishing with, [108]
• Handkerchief manipulation, [169]
• Bow, the double, [170]
• Knot, the disappearing, [172]
• Knot, a flick, [172]
• Knot, the one-hand, [169]
• Knot, the wrist, [169]
• Knots, the instantaneous, [171]
• Hypnotism, [416]
• Auto-suggestion, [422]
• Gaze, the, [416]
• Hands, motion of, [419]
• Hypnosis, to induce, [416]
• Hypnotizer, [422]
• Hypnotist, [422]
• Method, the mental, [416]
• Method, the physiological, [416]
• Self-hypnosis, [422]
• Subject awakening, [424]
• Test, a sure, [417]
• Timing experiments, [424]
• “Under-sleep,” [416]
• Illusions, ghost, [183]
• Coffin trick, the, [186]
• Frauds, mirror, [183]
• Ghost producing, stage for, [184]
• Nymph, the sea, [186]
• Paris, [185]
• Plan of room for, [188]
• Reflection, principle of, applied to ghost illusions, [183]
• Illusions, optical, [519]
• Black print red, how to make, [526]
• Color top, the, [525]
• Dwarf, the man, and the giant, [524]
• Hills that don’t rise, [522]
• Pins, the standing, [522]
• Zollner’s lines, [521]
• Illusions, stage, [189]
• Cupboard, the magic, [189]
• Disappearing princess, the, [199]
• Floating lady, the, [194]
• Indian basket trick, the, [197]
• Mandarin’s head, the [191]
• Mesmerism, Houdin’s, [195]
• Queen Mary illusion, the, [193]
• Reflection, principle of, for stage illusions, [189]
• Impersonations, [41]
• Rehearsing, [42]
• Stage table for, [44]
• Juggling, [225]
• Double inside fall, the, [228]
• Double over fountain, the, [231]
• Double vertical fall, the, [228]
• Falls from right to left, [227]
• Horizontal pass, [227]
• Inside and outside falls, [227]
• Parallel fall, the, [226]
• Shower, the, [230]
• Triple shower, the, [230]
• Triple over pass, the, [229]
• Triple pass, the, [229]
• Vertical fall, [225]
• Make-up, [26]
• Adhesia, [29]
• Crêpe hair, [29]
• Grease-paints, [26]
• High lights, [27]
• Juvenile, [29]
• Liners, [28]
• Lining, [26]
• Lining paint, [27]
• Lip-rouge, [30]
• Low lights, [28]
• Mustache-making, [33]
• Nose putty, [32]
• Old age, [31]
• Removal of, [33]
• Wig, measuring for, [32]
• Wig, mid-gray, [31]
• Wig-paste, [26]
• Marionettes, [354]
• Curtains, arrangement for drawing, [356].
• Curtain, movable, [356]
• Figures, home-made, [358]
• Interior decoration for, [357]
• Puppets, the working of, [357]
• Stage, construction of, [355]
• Stage for, [354]
• Stage, plan of, [354]
• Marionettes, living, [363]
• Black cloth arrangement for, [364]
• Effects, comical, [365]
• Stage for, [363]
• Stage, sectional view of, [364]
• Minstrelsy, [56]
• End-men, [56]
• Interlocutor, [56]
• Make-up, minstrel’s, [57]
• Negro minstrel troupe, seating arrangements for, [56]
• Nigger black, [57]
• Programmes, [60]-[61]
• Songs and gags, [59]
• Speeches, stump, [59], [65]
• Wig, end-man’s, [57]
• Wig, interlocutor and sentimentalist’s, [57]
• Musical glasses, [101]
• Harmonica, [101]
• Musical sketches, [86]
• Accompaniment, [89]
• After-dinner stories, [86]-[87]
• Burlesque, [91]
• Dual art, the, [89]
• Self-accompaniment, [88]
• Mysteries, black stage, [174]
• Assistant for, [175]
• Barrel, the floating, [179]
• Dimensions of, [177]
• Head, the floating, [174]
• Lighting, [178]
• Vanishing man, the, [181]
• Mystery, room of, [201]
• Electric bells for, [207]
• Ghostly sounds, apparatus for producing, [205]
• Haunted house, how to make a, [201]
• Magnet, use of, for mysterious tongue, [209]
• Mysterious hatstand, the, [206]
• Plan of, [206]
• Potato trick, the, [209]
• Palmistry, [437]
• Characteristics, distinguishing, [437]
• Hands, [437]
• Hands, proportion of, [437]
• Hands, quality of, [437]-[438]
• Hands, shape of, [437]-[438]
• Hands, texture of, [437]
• “Mounts” and their signs, [438]-[439]
• Palm, principal lines of, [441]-[443]
• Phalanges, the, [440]
• Papergraphy, [220]
• Parlor games, [475]
• Apples and nuts, [488]
• Auction, the, [482]
• Brothers, the blind, [484]
• Buff, musical, [481]
• Cabbages, [478]
• Coming, the lover’s, [479]
• Dog, the amiable, [489]
• Fan fight, the, [480]
• Gardeners, [476]
• Hieroglyphics, magic, [481]
• Jack’s going strong, [486]
• Lawyer, the, [478]
• Line, the longest, [481]
• Name divinations, [486]
• Panama Canal, [480]
• Poets’ corner, the, [485]
• Proverbs, [476]
• Ring, the missing, [488]
• Shadows, game of, [476]
• Telegrams, [479]
• Tidings, [477]
• Whistle, the, [483]
• Wizard photography, [487]
• Peep-show, [378]
• Candle stand and roof protector for, [380]
• Lighting of, [380]
• Scenes for, [380]
• Scene-raising apparatus for, [380]-[381]
• Stage front for, [379]
• Peep-show, mechanical, [383]
• Scene, a double-barreled, [384]
• Wings, revolving, [385]
• Phonograph, [97]
• Programme for, [99]
• Programme, a Sunday, [100]
• Records, [97]
• Songs, humorous, [97]
• Photo pastimes, [341]
• Blue print paper, [346]
• One person in two places, [349]
• “Photo-chemical,” [344]
• Photography, meaning of, [341]
• Photography, spirit, [350]
• Photos, fireside, [343]
• Pictures, imitations of crayon, [352]
• Portrait effects, [352]
• Printing double, [353]
• Printing triple, [353]
• “Stops,” [342]
• White light, constituents of, [347]
• Phrenology, [445]
• Chart, phrenology, [445]
• Craniology, [445]
• Side, the humorous, [450]
• Plate-spinning, [233]
• Balancing, [236]
• Plate waltzing, [238]
• Prepared plates for, [235]
• Spinning wand for, [233]
• Table prepared for, [238]
• Punch and Judy show, [387]
• Figures, working the, [392]
• Framework for, [387]
• Ghost, how to make, [393]
• Packing up, [389]
• Puppets, how to make, [390]
• Scenery for, [389]
• Stage for, [388]
• Squeaker, the, [395]
• Puzzles, [510]
• Anarchists, the dangerous, [511]
• Chain, the broken, [513]
• Checker, the traveling, [510]
• Diamond cross, the, [513]
• Donkey, catching, [512]
• Like to like, [512]
• Miter, the, [514]
• Railway problem, [514]
• Railways, the quarrelsome, [513]
• Rings, joining the, [510]
• Rows, the ten, [511]
• Solutions to, [515]-[518]
• Quick-change, [34]
• Cues, [38]
• Curtain-raiser, [36]
• Dressers, [37]
• Entrances and exits, [36], [38]
• Scenery for, [36]
• Sketch for, [39]
• Transformations, one-piece, [39]
• Recitals, [116]
• Attitude for, [116]
• Gesture, [119]
• Second-sight, mechanical, [211]
• Codes for, [211]-[219]
• Secret Signs, [533]
• “Cheek,” the, [535]
• “Eyebrow,” the, [534]
• Handshake, the, [534]
• Hat flourish, the, [535]
• Italian secret society, an, [535]
• Pass-words, [536]
• “Patteran,” the, [536]
• Shadow drawings, [271]
• Shadow shows, puppet, [256]
• Plays for, [261]
• Puppets, how to make, [257]
• Puppets, manipulation of, [259]
• Screen for, [256]
• Stage for, [256]
• Shadows, figure, [253]
• Arrangement of screen for, [254]
• Shadows, hand, [250]
• Light for, [250]
• Pictures, how to make, [251]
• Screen for, [250]
• Singing, [111]
• Accompanist, value of, [113]
• Breathing, [111]
• Pronunciation, clear, [111]
• Rehearsing, [114]
• Songs, modern, [112]
• Voice production, [111]
• Suggestions in black, [62]
• Banjo, [62]
• Bones, how to play, [62], [63]
• Jokes, [63]
• Music for minstrelsy, [66]
• Tableaux, [68]
• Lighting arrangement for, [71]
• “Props” for, [74]
• Staging for, [71]
• Table-turning, [434]
• Medium, the, [435]
• Medium, to discover, [436]
• Power, magnetic, [435]
• “Unbeliever,” to discover, [435]
• Telegraphy, [410]
• Alphabet, Morse, [415]
• Framework for, [411]
• Galvanometer, a, [410]
• Keyboard, the, [413]
• Message, transmitting, [414]
• Needle, magnetized, [412]
• Pointer, the, [412]
• Receiver, how to make, [410]
• Testing, [413]
• Transmitter, how to make, [410]
• Telephone, [405]
• Bar-magnets for, [406]
• Bar-magnets, testing, [406]
• Battery with connection, [407]
• Magnets, cases for, [406]
• Microphone, [408]
• Microphone, connection with, [409]
• Microphone experiment, [409]
• Mouthpieces, how to make, [406]
• Receivers, [405]-[406]
• Theatricals, [11]
• Back-cloth for, [21]
• Fire for stage, [19]
• Fireplace for, [19]
• “Flats” for, [14]-[15]
• Footlights, the, [13]
• Gesture for, [23]
• Graining, [21]
• Make-up for, [24]
• Plays for, [22]
• Potzentausend, play of, [22]-[24]
• Prompter for, [23]
• Proscenium, the, [21]
• Scenery for, [13]-[14]
• Scene-painting, [21]
• Stage for, [12]-[13]
• Stage door, the, [15]-[18]
• Stage-manager, [25]
• Stage porch, the, [18]
• Stage sideboard, [20]
• Stage trees for, [14]
• Stage windows, [15]
• Wigs for, [22]
• Tight-rope, the, [240]
• “Backward spring,” the, [243]
• “Backward walk,” the, [243]
• Balancing pole, the, [241]
• Fixing bars for, [240]
• “Forward spring,” the, [243]
• “Forward walk,” the, [242]
• Trick balancing on, [240]
• Tricks and puzzles, parlor, [490]
• Banana, the obliging, [500]
• Bands, the mysterious, [501]
• Bite, the magician’s, [506]
• Bottle, to blow through, [494]
• Fish, dying, [498]
• Needle-threading extraordinary, [505]
• Repeater, the magic, [499]
• Scissor trick, [494]
• Smoker’s fancy, [501]
• String puzzle, [503]
• Sunshine trick, [507]
• Tangrams, [490]
• Will-power test, [499]
• Universal hat, [50]
• Chapeaugraphy, [50]
• Vamping, [92]
• Vamping chords and relative changes, [93]-[96]
• Ventriloquism, [140]
• Breathing for, [143]
• Dialogue, ventriloquial, [150]
• “Distant,” [145], [151]
• Figures, ventriloquial, [148]
• Figure manipulation, ventriloquial, [149]
• “Grunt” voice, [146]
• Imitations, ventriloquial, [154]
• “Near,” [144]
• Speaking with still lips, [144]
• “Theek” voice, [147]
• Whistling, [123]
• Solos, [125]

THE END

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Transcriber’s Notes

The language used in the source document has been retained (including inconsistent, archaic and unusual spelling, hyphenation and capitalisation), except as mentioned below. In particular, non-English words and phrases have not been corrected unless mentioned under “Changes made”.

The (minor) deviations in spelling in the Index compared to the text have not been standardised.

Depending on the hard- and software used and their settings, not all elements may display as intended.

Discrepancies between illustrations and their descriptions (e.g., Fig. 1B in Chapter L) have not been rectified unless listed below. Items that cannot work as described (e.g. the rotating target in Chapter XX) have not been corrected or explicitly noted. Possibly offensive language (e.g. in the minstrel entertainment) and dangerous activities (as the experiments with hydrogen and chlorine gas) have been included in this transcription without further explicit warning.

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