o play this trick, you must take one of your friends into your
confidence. Borrow a watch and put it in your pocket, and then ask
your audience to sit at the end of the room, blindfold your friend,
and lead him outside. Now say: "Ladies and gentlemen, if you will give
me some small object to hide, I promise that the blind man will find
it, although I shall not even tell him what he is to look for, and I
shall lower the gas, so that if the bandage should slip, he will
still be unable to see." A key, pencil, or any small thing having been
handed to you, lower the gas and proceed to hide the object, at the
end of the room, mentioning where you have put it, but not mentioning
that you have placed the watch close beside it. You then request
"Silence" and lead in the blind man and ask him to begin his search.
He is guided, of course, by the ticking of the watch, and knows that
whatever he finds close to it is the object hidden. When he calls
"Found," he must slip the watch into his pocket. You then turn up the
gas and quietly ask your audience if they do not think your friend is
a very clever fellow?

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CHINESE SHADOWS

Here is a simple way of making shadow pictures: Place a candle on the
table and fix a piece of white paper on the wall at the same height
from the ground as the light is. Now place some non-transparent
object, as, for instance, a large book, between the candle and the
paper, and on one side of the table place a mirror so that it will
reflect the light of the candle on to the paper on the wall. If you
now put little cardboard figures between the candle and the mirror, a
shadow will be thrown on the white paper and you can move your figures
about just as you please.

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HAND SHADOWS

It is very difficult to explain how these shadows should be made, but
you must bear in mind the fact that it is necessary to stand between
the lamp and the wall, and extend your arms so that the shadow of your
body does not interfere with the picture shadows you intend to make
with your hands. The illustrations given will show you how to make
two very good shadow pictures, but the fun of the game is for several
people to make up pictures of their own, and see who can succeed in
making the best.

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THE GAME OF SHADOWS

For this game you require a white sheet to be hung up at the end of
the room. Then the