A One-Piece Bracelet Cut from a Calling Card
It Is Hard to Imitate a Quick and Skillful Performance of This Simple Trick
A trick that will amuse and interest persons both old and young can be performed with a calling card, cigarette paper, or other similar material, cut with a scissors or knife, as indicated in the diagram. The card is shown, and the performer announces that he will pass his hand through the card, making a bracelet of it. He will, of course, be challenged, and proceeds as follows: He folds the card lengthwise and cuts through two thicknesses from 1 to 2, 3 to 4, etc.; then opens the card, and cuts from 1 to 13. By stretching the paper, as shown in the sketch, the hand may be passed through the card readily. The spectators are soon trying to duplicate the trick.—R. E. Jones, Velasco, Texas.
Device for a Finger Tug-of-War Game
Considerable pleasure and pastime was afforded by the tug-of-war game which I made. Two contestants, one at each end, take hold of the rollers with their forefingers and thumbs and endeavor to move the pointer to their respective ends. The game interests persons of various ages, and they all want to try it.
The Contestants Grasp the Rollers, One at Each End, and Attempt to Draw the Pointer Over in Their Favor
The device should be made strongly to stand the wear on it. The top and bottom are boards, ¹⁄₂ by 8 by 24 in., and four blocks, 3 in. high and 2¹⁄₂ in. square, are fastened between them at the corners with screws. The rollers are set in the blocks, and held by small nails passing through them and set against the inner faces of the blocks. The pointer is made of a strip of brass, bent to the shape shown. Cords extend from the pointer inside of the box and are tied to the rollers.—James E. Noble, Kingston, Ontario, Can.
¶In applying a white paint over a dark, or mottled, surface, tint the first coat with a little black, making it gray; then the next coat will show solid white.