"shadow-makers" take up their places on low stools
behind the sheet. There must be only one lamp in the room, which
should be placed about six or seven feet behind the "shadow-makers."
Then the "shadow-makers" drape themselves with shawls, or anything
handy, and take their places so that their shadows are thrown upon the
sheet. They must, of course, try to disguise themselves, so that the
"shadow-seekers" may not be able to guess their identity. By loosening
the hair and letting it fall over the face, a girl may appear like a
man with a beard; bending the finger over the nose gives one a very
queer-looking hooked nose in the shadow, and entirely alters the
appearance of the face. Covering one's self up in a sheet and then
extending the arms gives one the appearance of a large bat. As soon as
a "shadow-maker's" identity has been guessed he must take his place
as a "shadow-seeker," and the one who guessed him becomes a
"shadow-maker." The penalty of a glance behind the sheet on the part
of the "shadow-seeker" is to pay a forfeit.

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THINK OF A NUMBER

Tell some one to think of any number he likes, but not to tell you
what it is. Tell him then to double it. When he has done that, let him
add an even number to it, which you must give him. After doing this,
he must halve the whole, then from what is left, take away the
number he first thought of. When this is completed, if he has counted
correctly, you will be able to give him the exact remainder, which
will simply be the half of the even number you told him to add to his
own.

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LIVING SHADOWS

In order to make these, you must stand in the corner of the room, near
a mirror. Let some one hold a light behind you, so that the shadow of
your head and shoulders will be thrown upon the wall, and also that
the reflected light from the mirror will fall at exactly the same spot
as the shadow of your head.

If the mirror is now covered with a piece of thick paper, from which
two eyes, a nose, and a mouth are cut out, the effect shown in the
drawing will be produced. In order to make the shadow still more
lifelike, cut out two pieces of paper, fasten one over the mirror, and
move the other over it. In this way the eyes and mouth of the shadow
may be made to move.

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TO GUESS THE TWO ENDS OF A LINE OF DOMINOES

For this trick a whole set of dominoes is