Sure enough, four from seven does leave three; the children were much puzzled to know how mother knew. The next thing was always a request to try it again.
Suppose 1000 was chosen.
“Double it,” was the order.
“Add ten to it,” was the next command.
“Divide by two.”
“Take away the first number thought of and the remainder will be five.”
One might think of six, another of eleven, another of twenty. The result was the same. Mother could always guess right.
When the children grew older they were surprised to learn that mother did not know the number thought of at all. They learned for themselves that the remainder was always half of the number added.
Home Field-Sports. (a) One-Yard Dash. This race consists in the attempt to push a penny a distance of one yard across the floor by means of the nose.
(b) Tug of War. A raisin is tied firmly in the middle of a long piece of twine, and each contestant takes a firm hold of one end of the twine in his mouth, and begins to chew this string for the raisin. No one is allowed to use his hands.