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  2. PUZZLES and PASTIMES An Optical Illusion.

    ACCORDING to an old maxim. "Seeing is believing," but optical illusions may disprove this. No doubt, you will say that the line ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 49 words
  3. Find the Hidden Quotation.

    CONCEALED in this "Jumblegram," which is an apparently meaningless maze of words is a familiar saying of a great American statesman. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 247 words
  4. A Short Cut In Spelling.

    WHERE down the names of the five familiar objects shown in the accompanying drawing, and you will see that they are spelled 'with a total of 23 ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 76 words
  5. CONUNDRUMS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 145 words
  6. Advertising

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    Advertising : 107 words
  7. A Toothpick Trick.

    A Very entertaining bit of magic with which the amateur conjurer can mystify his audience is a trick in arithmetic. First, the magician arranges 15 toothpicks in three groups of five each, as shown in the accompanying illustration. Then to have some fun with figures he challenges ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 147 words
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    Answers to the puzzles on this page will be found on the back cover (outside). ...

    Article : 22 words
  9. A Letter Cut-out Puzzle.

    BEFORE this drawing was cut into 16 odd-shaped pieces which were put together to form the letter P, it was a complete drawing of a fowl. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 59 words
  10. A PARTY "CATCH."

    This is a "sell" of almost childish simplicity, but people will be desperately puzzled over it, and even "give it up" in despair. The leader of a party takes a stick in ...

    Article : 153 words
  11. A SIMPLE TRICK.

    When with several friends, let one of the party suddenly ask: "Can anybody put one of his hands in such a position that "the other cannot by any possibility touch ...

    Article : 65 words
  12. The Shifting Numbers.

    TO solve this puzzle of shifting numbers first cut out eight pieces of cardboard of the same size as the pieces shown in the accompanying diagram, number these ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 174 words
  13. THE CLAIRVOYANT.

    This is a game suited to any party. One of the players leaves the room, after having secretly agreed with the leader of the game that certain objects are to be ...

    Article : 176 words
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