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A
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''
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TO
HOW
ENTERTAIN
PARTY
SOCIAL
A
THE
BLUE
TABLEAU.
BEARD
This effective tableau is very easilyarranged, A room
forms
of the doors
doors is the best, as the framework
with
an
folding
excellent
of rose-colored
fine pink
frame for the picture. A screen
or
gauze
the opening, so as to subdue
tarlatan is stretched very tightlyacross
the tints of the tableau ; this, however, is wholly
and
harmonize
optional. Lights are placed so as to throw out the lightand shade
colored lights,
when
they can be procured,add greatly
effect. Two
as
scenes,
depictedby the artist,constitute the
tableau.
The
first representsFatima, with the fatal key in her hand,
unlocked
and opened the door of the forbidden
closet. Li
having just
of the
to
picture;
the
the success
sits Blue
Beard, gloatingover
adjoining room
to the list of his
cunning stratagem, which is to add another
an
victims.
Both
clutchingthe key
obtain
a
nearer
glimpse,but
with horror.
are
dressed
in
Oriental
costume.
of hia
disobedient
Fatima
is
forward
to
breast, and eagerly pressing
of the strange objectsof which
she has but
to
view
the bare
her
suspicion of
which
causes
a
dim
her to shrink back
HOW
TO
ENTERTAIN
FISST
A
SOCIAL
PARTY.
TABLEAU.
and the ghastlypictnre
heads
of seven
and beautiful
young
seen
women
are
suspended by the hair from the ceiling,each face
"wearingan expression of its own, which the artist has happilyportrayed.
The pictureonly shows
the heads, but, as a matter of course,
in the tableau itself Fatima
in the foreground,cowering with
is seen
In the next
unvailed
to
tableau the door
the
is
opened wide,
specta-tors.The
horror.
SECOND
TABLEAU.
HOW
TO
ENTERTAIN
SOCI^iL
A
PAETi.
7
the expedient resorted to ia order to connext
picture shows
ceal
the bodies, which
are
A
supposed to be severed from the heads.
the background ; the heads
piece of white muslin is stretched across
thrust through this screen,
and the loose htur is fixed
of the actors are
In this manner
the bodies
to a rope
suspended from hooks above.
hidden
the
and
the
delusion
is comare
plete.
cloth,
by
effectually
optical
A piano accompaniment
the opera of Barbe Bleue, may
from
Other scenes
from
the
appropriatelybe played during the tableau.
story may be added with good effect.
The
THIED
TABLEAU
TABLEAU.
VIVANT,
FOR
ACTING.
"
DRAMATIS
George
James
McDonnel,
Brown,
Johnny
Grant,
Mrs. Grant.
Ethel,
Alice,
Mary,
her
a
a
Volunteer
a
an
PERSONS.
grent catch.
too wueX
[/io"
Etonian.
cousin
daur/hter,
to
George
McDonnel.
lady visitor.
youn/j
a ]-"oorrelation who
has to eaini her own
living.
For
this little perfoi^iame,an
tcill be required
empty picture-frame
scenery otherwise can be easilychangedby a mere
alteration
offurniture
The
b
HOW
EInTEETAIN
TO
A
SOOIaL
PARTY.
I.
SCENE
with fire-place,
and Ethel
Alice
discovered
c"c, d;c. Winter.
Draiving-room^
in the heightof the fashion. They
seated by the firedressed extravagantly,
each hold a novelsand ajyj^ear absorbed by it. At the table Mart
is seated,
"
"
or knitting.
icorkiiig
Ethel.
Oh, Alice !
has
pit
actuallypushed him over the chalk!
he
fell
the
head
of
on
a
imagine
gipsy
crushed
by the descending body !
sittingbeneath, who was
Horrid
! The poor gipsy ! What
did she do afterwards ?
Alice.
Ethel.
to dinner, after gathering a bunch
of
Oh, she went home
bee-orchis flowers for a bouquet.
How
!
Alice.
intenselyinteresting
is your book
What
about ? Is it as enthralling
?
Ethel.
as mine
don't
I
You
Alice.
Well, no,
lancy so.
see, not understanding
banker's business, and
railways,and directors, and all that, I can't
in reading about the swindling,but I fancy it will get
feel so amused
Delaval will be obliged to poison the
better by-and-by. I think
in
he has forged to such an
self-defence
Directors
of
Board
whole
sits
How
extent [yawns'].
Mary
ploddingat that knitting.
and
killed
him
She
; and
"
"
does not approve
of novels for Mary ;
Ethel.
Oh, you see mamma
read heavy books.
She's going to be a governess,
she says Mary must
you know.
ure,
Alice
Poor
girl!" but she might read a novel at her leis[kindly'].
mine.
lend
the
will
Here, Mary, I
^Offers
well as knit.
you
as
hook].
Alice, I don't care to read
make
me
quiteunhappy.
about such wretched
people.
The first
read
don't
enough novels.
Alice.
Ah, that's because you
but
the
now
feel quiteunhappy ;
novel / read made
sensation
me
I can't get them
no
horrid things make
most
impressionon me.
Mart
No,
[smiling'].
thank
you,
dear
It would
dreadful
enough.
Mart.
Dear Alice,
One's sensibility
must
is the case.
Ethel
afraid of
deadened
be.completely
are
you
not
growing quiteunfeeling?
by those books, if that
Well, Mary,
[mockingly].Sensibility!
of sensibility
nowadays ? Wouldn't
Who
dreams
if he
were
you
are
Johnny
amusing!
chaff you,
here ?
No, he wouldn't, Thel.
[who has entered unperceived].
feel
at all,nowadays.
quitea blessing to find a girlwho can
JoHNNT
Ethelweakness.
with
feminine
done
have
We
have?
you
*'
of this country, Johnny,
nowadays," as you
women
forlorn
to
a
hope.
are
equal leading
What
The
elegantlysay,
It is
would
V
PARTY.
SOCIAL
A
ENTERTAIN
TO
HOW
tliat fact.
of
quite aware
Johnny
[sarcastically^Yes, I am
where
is my
By-the-by,
and daughters do so every season.
Mothers
mother?
,_
and
bring
She has driven to the railway station, to meet
Ethel.
mmute.
them
now
his
I
and
friend.
every
back Cousin George
expect
unteer.
he became
a volis ! I wonder
that Brown
What
a muff
Johnny.
his
of
the
sound
own
of
afraid
be
I should think he would
.
"
""
^
out why Greorgeis so civil to him.
rifle. I can't make
excellent
is an
Majiy.
I heard a lady say one
day that Mr. Brown
hides excellent qualities.
bashful manner
and that his nervous,
son;
of fellow Cousin G-eorge
sort
w
hat
Ethel.
Johnny, tell me directly
a schoolboy.
him since he was
has grown.
I haven't seen
My mother
catch,
He's
Johnny
to
a
you know!
great
Maky].
[amte
You
rather.
Ethel to have him.
Oh, a last man,
means
[Aloud],
just suit him,
hope [laughing],
will
He
Ethel.
likes
girlwho
a
lead
could
I like
I am
very glad of that" I hate milksops.
A kind of Napoleon the First.
resolved, fearless man.
Johnny
T
hat's
George, exactly. But, hark!
[laughing'].
at
bell.
the
Here
come.
ring
they
Ethel.
Enter Mks.
Geant, George,
changed, George ?
She
Yes, indeed.
Geoege,
last time
Ethel
except
; she
played with
Oh,
[eagerly'].
to make
a
hammer
George
[smiling].Were
hoop myself.
then,
George ;
no,
of
above
not
was
doll
a
I
one.
you
I
there's
a
Do
you
when
high
so
Mr.
find
met
we
fancy.
I
with
foolish !
played
never
so
never
was
not?
terrible,
nephew
"
much
a
and James.
Mbs. Geant.
Ethel
George : Alice" my
your Cousin
McDonnel.
"c.]
[^Theyexchangethe civilitiesof greeting^
Ethel
forlorn
a
Well,
I confess
to
a
doll,
a
top and
Mrs. Grant.
It is so near
dinner that I think you must leave the
discussion of your childish days till by-and-by. Ethel, dear, I must
ask
you
headache
excuse
to take my
place at the table; I
that I must
go and lie down.
Mr.
Brown
and
so
severe
a
George
will
of
selves.
our-
me.
Ethel
Very well,mamma
[indifferently].
Mary.
for you.
Let
George.
has not
sufferingfrom
am
been
me
I
am
caused
come
very
by
vdth
you,
;
dear
sorry for you,
the cold air.
we
will take
aunt, and
Aunty mine;
make
I
care
a
cup
of tea
hope your pain
10
HOW
Mes.
Grant.
ENTEKTAIN
TO
SOCIAL
A
PABTY.
often
suffer in the same
Come,
way.
in
good
Mary.
my niece.
Ethel
her shoulders].I am
that is lucky for me, for
sure
[shrugging
I am
You
can't think what a baby I
utterlyhelplessin a sick room.
and how useless I feel in one.
Geoege].
am,
[to
Oh,
Geoege.
I
; I
no
a
littlenurse
can
believe the fact.
I have
You
would
doubtless
be
sadlyout
of
place^asa nurse.
Oh, my place is the saddle ! Alice, come
with me
; it is
time to dress, and
I have
mamma,
something to tell you.
Stop,
pleasestop. [Speaksto her aside]. Don't keep Mary ! Send her to do
Ethel.
my
hair. No
Mes. Geant.
one
can
make
it look
Very well,my
well
as
dear.
[Exeunt],
SCENE
the
George.
I
am
very
n..
dsawing-eoom
Unter, afterdinner^Geoege,
sorry
she does.
as
again.
Ethel, James, Alice, and Mart.
Aunt
poor
Eleanor
has
a
headache,
Ethel.
Ethel.
It is the change of weather, I fancy iiiat lias caused
convenient
scapegoat the east wind is !
What
a
The
young
about the room
to stand together
with
Ethel
Mary
Johnny
;
are
'people
with Alice
play
front.
George.
Ethel.
think what
.
George.
the
Do
"
you
ride
much,
Cousin
;
and
it.
James
conversingin byadvance to the
George
Ethel ?
Rather, I should think ! I hunt
be without hunting.
life would
I hope to go out with you
on
prettyregularly. I
Thursday, I
think
can't
that is
mentioned.
day Johnny
you'llfind this a rather stiff country for it ; ditches
but
that only adds to the fun.
wide,
I see you
are
a spirited
girl,as you promised to be when
of your doll.
a hammer
you made
But
Ethel.
You flatter me.
George, what would the
oh. Cousin
in the days
ladies of to-day have
done, had they been bom
young
!
and
when
make
had
to
sew
puddings,
girls
Ethel.
deep and
George.
George.
Ethel.
courage
George.
"
Yes
;
Really,I can't imagine.
have spirit
and
Things are so different with us ! Women
room*
do
haunted
Cousin
our
George,
you remember
in it maBy
I have played hide-and-seek
Yes, quite well.
EOTT
TO
ENTEETAIN
11
PAETY.
SOCIAL
A
been making itself
times, in spiteof the ghost. Has the apparition
unpleasant lately?
the room,
and yet
that is to say, vre reallywant
Ethel.
Well, yes
"
does
mamma
it to be
used.
Johnny
is
ghost, she
believesin the ancestral
she
that
like
not
and
so
I incline
to think
to the chamber
averse
being occupied.
like you
How
Geoege.
hanging
in that
Oh, yes
ExHEii.
;
so
to have
it is very aristocratic
had
one
charade
a
(who
; and
so
are
it
says
who
has
it.
seen
Now, George,
know
; it shows
I do want the room
for
just belore dinner, that if yoit
But
head
my
the night in
pass
believed,and we
tress
paternalances-
your
family,I
in the
ghost
sort of thing.
into
came
portraitof
!
a
brave) would
be
longer
no
all that
and
ancestors
Ethel
one
every
the
to
are
chamber,
might
have
it,the ghost story would
the
I said
room.
so
to
Alice.
Geobge.
My dear coz, I should have
no
objectionto sleepthere ;
has no bed in it,has it ?
but the room
It used to be qui-e unfurnished.
So it is now
could arrange a sofa and a little furJBthel.
niture
; but we
; and
as
mamma
could
matter, and
not
is in bed, she would
know
aud
would
have
object ;
you
nothing
the
about
laid the
ghost by
to-morrow.
[laughing].Well, I
George
have
no
objectionto try,if you
wish
it,
but
Ethel
to
[eagerlg]. Alice ! Mary ! hear him.
My
sleep to-night in the haunted
chamber
I feel like
hands].
a
lady of
the
olden
cousin
!
sending her
time
has
sented
con-
[She claps her
knight upon a
perilousadventure.
Johnny.
You'll be
What
stuff! George take mv
wretchedly uncomfortable, and-^^
advice
and
don't
do
it.
"
Ethel.
Brown
Be
quiet,sir
[timidly].But
!
A man
of spiritdisdains comfort.
if it should
be
damp. Miss Grant"
habited
unin-
rooms
Ethel
[icithgreit scorn]. Oh, you a-e
not
to do
asked
it, Mr.
and
/ don't believe in rheumatism.
It's settled.
will
You
do it,won't you, George, for
\coquettishly].
my sake?
George.
For your sake,
do much
more.
my dear cousin, I would
Ethel.
I shall rim
and
to
them
order
Charming ! Then
away
make
preparations for you there.
and help.
Alice, dearest, come
\_Theyleave the room].
Brown;
-
Brown
George
[asideto Johnny,
delicate,and
is very
hut
a
heard
very
by Mary]. My dear Johnny,
sensitive,imaginative fellow ; do
12
HOW
persuade him
not to sit up all
TO
ENTERTAIN
his
Johnny
[shrugging
eld enough to take care
A
nightin
SOCIAL
PARTT.
damp
a
room
after
a
longjourney.
shoulders].It is no concern
of himself.
[Aloud].
of mine.
He is
I say, Brown, come
and
out.
Mary, make
beats yours
out
while we are gone.
[Exit].
Cousin Mary, you are
that
did
George.
I
not
so
recognize
grown
first I amved.
Ethel told me
at dinner
all about
you when
your
My dear little cousin, I am so sorry for you.
greatsorrow.
Thank
Maet.
you, Mr. McDonnel.
Geokge,
Why are you so formal?
"Why don't you call me George?
Mart.
My aunt would not like it. She says I am only connected
with you by marriage not related.
and
see
my
retriever ; he
yourself
agreeableto George
"
George.
Nay
mind about it now.
Mary
I have something
[hurrimly].Please ncTer
much
I wish so
afraid Ethel will come
to say to you, and I am
back.
it be ?
the table], A secret ! What
George
can
[approaches
be
this
to
a
Mary.
are
played practicaljoke to-nightin
Only
; you
dear father say that even
heard
have
and
I
the haunted
the
room,
my
suffer from such folly*
bravest people may
You
George.
thoughtful and kind, my dear Mary.
are
very
is the trick to b9 ? A ghost with a turnip face ?
What
Mary.
Oh, no ! I should not have been afraid for you with that ; it
it is a much
more
cunning and terrible affair. Consin Ethel and
Ah !
stories till they think of
Alice read those horrid sensation
Hush,
here they are!
[laysher fingeron her lips].
Enter Alice, Johnny
and Ethel,
laughing James
"
follows them
at
little
a
distance.
Ethel.
room
so
Johnny.
George!
The
housekeeper has
promised
to
make
your
comfortable.
It
is all
I hope to
and
arranged delightfully,
and
the
has
ghost,
quieted
George
that
hear
that
morrow
towe
at breakfast
charade.
for onr
Christmas
have the room
I
I am
to be allowed pistols,
I shall do all in my power.
George.
?
suppose
in the house, unless
me!
I fear there are
Dear
none
Ethel.
has
a
pair.
Johnny
to Tom
I have lent mine
No.
Johnny.
D'Urfey.
has brought his rifle!
M
r.
Brown
But perhajps
Alice.
may
now
entehtaxn
TO
a
sociAii
do not use
fire-arms,Mr. McDonnel
heard them at night.
if
she
into
fits
be frightened
Don
t be afraid ; I will employ more
Geoege.
Map.v.
13
party,
Pray
; my
annt
wotild
effectiTe weapons.
tor layingghosts.
I have a certain charm
at all nervous.
I have heard such
Maey.
But I hope you are
not
into
idiotcv,'
dreadful stories of peo|)le
being frightened
I have
fear of that.
Geoege.
no
Come, Cousin Ethel, let us all
this
haunted
chamber, so that I may judge a little of
go and look at
will return, and
I
the trial to which
I shall be exposed. Then
we
shall ask you
for
a
song,
in reward
SCENE
HAUNTED
THE
A
for my
self-devotion,
]
{Exeunt,
in.
CHAMBEE.
arrangingfurnitiire Aioilet-tahh zcith candles on it; a sofa so
the person
^chich tnnist he opposite
to
lyingon it faces a portrait^
Housemaid
"
ylaced that
the audience.
and her party.
chamber
looks
that my
Unter HiTSEh
allow
I must
Geoege.
very comfortable,
about this
and has not at all a ghostly aspect. Now, Ethel, tell me
that if she should
I
ask her
fair ancestress
of ours,
so
appear
may
the legend, though I always
heard
pertinent questions. I never
that the room
"aid to be haunted.
knew
was
Ethel
[solemnly]. That
artist with whom
our
Italian
young
love ; but he preferred
the day appointed
portraitwas painted by
fell in
great-great-great-great-aunt
her
a
sister to herself.
However, on
younger
for his wedding with the latter he never
never
appeared, and was
heard
He had sleptthe previous
this
of afterwards.
in
room
night
;
but in the morning the window
was
open, and the bridegroom gone.
Geoege,
Did he carry off any of the plate?
Ethel.
Nonsense
! Our aunt, in despair,had her picture,which
he had painted (the last souvenir
of the lost one) hung in this
She died.
The chamber
has been haunted
since.
ever
Alice.
I daresay she poisoned him.
Johnny.
But then what could she have done with the body ?
Alice.
Oh ! there are many
ways of disposingof that
Geoege.
You
make
think you quit"
shudder
! Any one
would
me
such performances. But, Ethel, in what manner
does
?
That 3^ou will have to teU us.
The
a little loose in the
picturelooks to me as if it were
experienced in
the ghost appear
Ethel.
room.
Geoege,
frame,
[lieapproacJies
it].
11
now
Ethel
room,
you
ENTEPwTAIN
[Drawing him hack^
if
Texed
TO
we
hurt
it.
Please,dont ioucJi it. Mamma
interval
THE
me
a
be
your
with music],
'
IV.
SCENE
at
[seated
seen
music, if
[Exeunt'],
please.
Geoege
wonld
George, that you have
now,
to the drawing-room, and have some
[An
Let
PARTY.
And,
will go back
we
SOCIAL
A
table
near
what
little Mary
see
hand
when
I said
HAUNTED
EOOM.
the fire. He
has
to tell
takes a letterfi^omhis pocket].
She slippedthis note
me.
good-nightto her. [Opens it and reads],
take the portrait
from itsframe ; it is loose in it
she
will
the
i
n
seat
herself
midnight
frame and play Ghost, She
while
I
in
trick
her
the
was
room
beforedinner. I was afraidyau^
arranged
be
might alarmed, or that,perhaps(guessingit was a trick,)
you would thrmo
littlething! What
at Ethel and hurt her.'' Good
a trick ; and
something
alas ! what a fast girlis my
cousin.
Now
I confess my littleguardian
here
the note]has taken
[touching
my fancy. She possesses ccanmou
into
my
E. has
At
now.
*'
Johnny to
persuaded
and
sense
kindness
;
the
and
she
looked
charmingly homelike
and
dress.
Ethel would
She
working
read too, and can
tire
appreciatewell-written books.
in a week
with slang,horses
and croquet.
to death
one
[He stirs the
fire],A table with wine and books ! quite in the orthodox Udolpho
style. [Takes up the book and turns over a few leaves]. Pshaw ! a dressedHow
aunt
can
Newgate Calendar!
permit her daughter to
up
my
womanly, sittingby
in
fireside
has
her
modest
"
read
it ?
the sofa,and appears
to sleep;a curtain
on
then it is gentlydrawn
the portrait,
up again
looks at the pictwelve slowly. George
rises on his elboio and
Clock iitriJces
ture.
beckons.
the hand is raised
the finger
The eyes move
After readingawhile
fallsfor a moment
he liesdoicn
or
tivo
over
"
"
"
"
"
A Tableau Vivant,by all that's lovely! Sleepingbeauty in
George.
I am
edition ! My dear madam
a
new
glad to be
[bowingprofoundly]
character.
present at your awakening. Your story is of a most affecting
How
that Italian fellow could be blind to so much
beauty I can't
conceive.
not.
Allow me
to assure
[Thepicturebecomes
you that /am
been
We
have
the
wishing for some
long
again immovable, except
eyes.]
the w^omanly
back
would
who
bring us
sleepingprincess to awake,
modesty
lady,who
of your
You,
good old days once more.
of one
fit to be heroine
were
(ifyou are not slandered)more
favorite books, have doubtless repentedof your
grand-niece's
and
tender
softness
of the
\
committed
erimes, if you
crumbling
Jisk of your
a
ENTERTAIN
TO
HOW
any,
to dust
grand-nephew'spardon
ITe rushes
foncard.
into the
A
A
and
a
is
scream
bitterly
by
in my
tender
arms,
li)
PARTY.
SOCIAL
this time
I mean
;
therefore,at the
to bestov/
on
you
embrace.
uttered^and
the
itsface
inctitre-frame
fallson
room.
So !
Geoege.
"
aa
^jus't
I
anticipated
"
ghost is laid
!
[Curtain
Y.
SCENE
HAUNTED
MORNING
^the
CHAMBEE.
Re-enter the performers;Geoege
hy
the side
of his Aunt.
I am
sorry that the noise last night should have alarmed
of it. The
the cause
aunt
dear
ghost is laid.
; but
you see
you, my
frame
her
to
return
from
descended
The
has
The
no
more.
lady
her.
sufficed
kiss
of
a
promise
do you mean
What
"Mes. Geant.
George ? What has become of the
Tell me
what all this absurdity
? It is of great value.
directly
portrait
Geoege.
means.
dear aunt, that you have let my
pretty cousin
and
act
too
But
for
a
nonsense
long.
boyishly
friendly
warning I might have been seriouslyalarmed last night ; braver men
suffered severelyfrom
the sort of ordeal to
than I profess to be have
It means,
Geoege.
Ethel
read
which
have
I should
thrown
have
might
charming
again,even
been
the
exposed. Or,
nearest
Ethel
portrait. Dear
with
Who
missile
! pray
which
is quite as
likely,I
at hand at the head of the
don't- play practicaljokes
Johnny's approval.
told you
?
And, George, if you knew w^io
very rude indeed, and I shan't easilyforgiveyou I
you were
Mes.
I really must
Geant.
I
beg to be told what has occurred.
fear,dear Ethel, you have been very foolish. [Geoege takes Hs Aunt
and appears to he telling
her of the trick.]
toward the picture,
is
the
and
Johnny.
laid,
Well,
ghost
[asideto Ethel] you have not
Ethel.
could have
it was,
the ghost of
you
a
right,too,
chance
of
catchingGeorge, I
can
tell you
!
It
serves
I think.
mischievous
little monster.
It's very fine to call me
a monster, but
a mischievous
boy
bold
he's only natural
is.
I
a fast,
girl
hope you will take
something I heard George say when I was removing
warning. From
the picture for you, I am
certain he will ask our
mother
for Mary
is over.
So that will be the catastrophe cf
before Christmas
your
Tableau Vivant.
Ethel.
Johnny.
isn'tone
"
You
"
16
HOW
MODERN
TO
ENTERTAIN
A
SOCIAL
POPULAR
PARTY.
CONJURING,
The perfection
to "which the Art of Conjuringhas been brought of
]ate years is owing, mainly, to the inventive genius of Kobert
Houdin,
invoked
to his aid the mysteries of Electricity,
the first who
lics,
Hydrauand
other
scientific
phenomena ; together with the singular
cxpertness and manipulativsskill of Frikel and Herman, the nimble
fingersof whom, too qnick for the cheated eyes of those who watched
them, apparentlyrendered all stage accessories useless.
The display
of magical paraphernaliahas no
longer any charm for
the public. Let
the performer possess
fair amount
of skill,
a
and
there is probably no
amusement
more
readilypatronized than that
offered by the modem
Conjurer. Any one who can accomplish a tew
tricks of legerdemainsuccessfully
is naturallylooked upon
as
a very
desirable acquisition
to a small tea-party or a largeparty either,for
"
that matter.
To those who
may
feel disposed to enter
the lists and
tilt for mystic
respectfullysubmitted ; hints
and
will enable the pera little careful
thought
practice,
former
tor an hour, without necessitating
the
to interest an audience
without
employment of any unwieldy apparatus; in ".ct,apparenily,
honors,
which, with
any
the
extraneous
following hints
are
aid whatever.
It will be found
to exhibit a
advisable" if the performer proposes
of wonders
with such of his repertoire
bo
to commence
as
may
and more
the least valuable, each succeeding effect being more
tifying
myswill be found
the followingsequence
; and for this purpose
series
"
admirably arranged.
pany,
ComI"eteriMine
Selected
tlie Article
l"y the
from
tlie Performer
Absent
tlie
Room
Being^
The effect of this trick upon
Selection."
of the
at tlie Time
The
the uninitiated is little short of marvelous.
performer places
three articles in a row
the table.
As, for instance, a decanter,a
upon
To
to determine
He
then
requests the company
themselves, in his absence, which of the articles he shall touch
among
the decision
his return.
and is recalled when
He leaves the room,
on
various
from
is made.
articles
the
examine
pointsof
Pretending to
the
conjurerjDoints
view, and after an apparent mental calculation,
glass,and
a
plate.
out the article selected by the company.
In order to accomplish this mystery, the
a
confederate,agreeing with
him
perfonner simply ernploys
signsand signalj
upon
beforehand
HOY/
\
ENTEETAIN
TO
A
SOCIAL
17
PASTY.
the numbers
1, 2, and 3. For example, the confederate is
his hand
one
on
through his hair for number
; keep his hand
do
and
at
all
his Tvatch chain
for number
for
number
two,
nothing
that the articles are to be known
thres. Let it be understood
by num'bers, counting always from the performers left hand.
Thus, the
the glassnumber
decanter
is number
two, and the platenumber
one,
the operator leaves the room.
three.
The
articles being in joosition,
with the company,
will
The
who, we
confederate, of course, remains
The
is
recalled
in
the
select
the
wineglass.
; and,
operator
suppose,
to denote
to pass
of his examination
or
course
calculation,takes an opportunity of
stealinga glance at the confederate, who, with his hand on his watchtwo (the glass)to be the article selected.
The
number
chain, signifies
the
the
effect
then
questing
performance, varying
by reoperator may
repeat
to place the articles in any other positionthey
the company
please; the operator and his confederate always remembering to count
from the left
hand.
This trick
amoiuit
of curiosity
immense
and surprise. Take
Sit
an
ordinary tumbler and a nevv^spaper.
chair behind the table,keeping the audience
in front of it. Place
on
a
the tumbler
it with the newspaper,
the table and cover
on
pressing
the paper
closelyround, so that it graduallybecomes
fashionedto the
To
KnocK.
e, Tiissil"9er
is very effective,
and calculated
form of the glass. Then
into
drop the tumbler
center
form
blow
from
draw
TafoSe,"
a
TIii'OBflgrli
to excite
the
edge of the table, and
lap quicklyreturning the paper to the
paper
your
of the table ; the stiffness of the
of the tumbler ; hold theform with
it with the other, at the same
upon
the
lap
the
to
an
to the
"
paper
will still preserve
the
hand, and
strike a heavy
one
moment
drop the tumbler
floor ; and
will
have
to
positively
you
appear
the
colid
table.
be taken
Care
should
through
knocked
the tumbler
after the tumbler
is in the lap to place the legs in such a fashion that
the glass may
slide graduallytoward
the ankles,
that the fall may
so
not be sufficiently
great to break the glass. Care should be also taken
to smooth
out tbe paper
after the blovr has been
struck, to prevent
suspicionof the fact that the form of the glasswas simply preservedby
the stiffness of the
Never repeat this illusion.
paper.
To
trick
Drive
one
Twnaabler
TM'ougli
Anotlier,"
This
requires some
little practice,or tho result is nearly certain to ba
attended with considerable
destruction
of glass. Select two tumblers
of exactlythe same
pattern,and considerablylargerat the top than at
the bottom, so much
will fit at least
so, indeed, that either tumbler
into
half-way
the other.
Sit
on
a
chair,so
that the
Billingtumbler
18
EOW
ENTEB.T.VIN
TO
feillsoftlyinto the
SOCIAL
A
PARTY.
Hold one
tumbler
between
the thtimb
Then
left hand.
play the other tumbler
times in and out of the lett hand tumbler,
and during this play contrive
instant to retain the right
at the same
and
between
the thumb
hand
tumbler
first finger of the left hand*
while the other or lower
glassdrops into the lap. Well done, this
may
and
with
trick
few
has
achieve
expense
tumbler-shapedtin
glass.
to
cups
a
of
any amount
tinman
to make
practice"with.
practiceto
a coupleof
It will
save
much
in
Restored
Tlic
handkerchief,
from
and
Place
the
A
Kaiidl"ercliief."
pair of scissors,and
a
this illusion.
enough
it is worth
be desirable to get
and
superiors,
It would
it.
common
away
lap.
second
finger of the
the righthand
several
a
hat
on
a
a
plate,
table at the back
Vudience,but
in sight of them.
substitute
another
in its
dexterously
to do.
Proceed
Secrete a common
and waistcoat, the
follows
as
button
a
newspaper,
a
carry out
of the room,
that is
Borrow
place.
chief,
a handkerThis is easy
:
"
handkerchief
lower
hat,
requiredto
are
between
of the
the lower
coat
being
edge of
the coat^
that
the
fastened,
not fall. Having obtained
a lady'shandkerchief,
left hand, turn
sharply round, and, in the act of
from the coat, and pass the
concealed handkerchief
from the left to the righthand, so that the two
handkerchief
handkerchief
may
holding it in the
turning,dx^aw the
borrowed
mark
are
brought together. Pretend to look for some
borrowed
handkerchief, but reallybe crushing the borrowed
into small compass,
and spreading out the ialse one.
handkerchief
and
Then lay it on the edgeof the hat, exposing well the false article,
handkerchiefs
in
the
dropping the
observe
fetch
a
real
time
bidding the
pany
com-
leaves their sight. Then
kerchief
penknife. Take the false hand-
a
the
both paper and
with
and
return
plate to
paper
chief
handkerthe company.
Now
set fire to the edges of the destroyed
itself out in the plate. Spread the paper out
; let the fire bum
chief.
conceals the other handkeron
the table,all but the last fold which
ihe
ashes
from
the paper
Place the cut center
on
; empty the
much
as
sible,
posplateupon the center ; fold up the paper and crush it as
not betray anything. Lastly,
that the folds or
so
creases
may
pick the paper to piecesuntil the restored handkerchief is gradually
newspaper,
.
the
Lay
borrow
same
never
to hold the middle
middle.
Ask
one
some
the
hold
ner.
else
to
one
edgesin the same mansome
hat
the
the
at
to fetch a plate,
room
taking
away
two
of
a
between
flat
the real handkerchief
pages
cut out
i
n
tightly his hand ;
Leave
time.
hat, at the
handkerchief
pair of scissors,or
and
same
into the
one
that the
fold the
20
HOW
TO
ENTEETAIN
A
SOCLAX
PAHTT.
that nothingmoves
ribs,etc.,at pleasure,and taking care
-^hile the drawing is progressing. Then
manipulate with the fingers
before
the drawing, and
it
become
to
animated.
request
By pulling
below
the
it
the string
figure will,of course, kick up the legs and
throw
to the astonishment
about the arms,
of everybody.
A little music
from the piano will greatlyassist the illusion.
filling
up
To
the
Guess
":iicls
Two
of
a
I^ine
of
Doiiiiiioes.
to be shuffled together as much
Cause
a set of dominoes
as
any of
the company
You
desire.
the
to
leave
in
which
room
may
propose
the audience
are
assembled, and you assert that from your retreat,be
it where
it may,
the two numbers
see, and will be able to tell,
you can
of a line composed of the entire set,according
forming the extremes
' "
to the rule
draw
game.
All the
magic
consists
/or laying one
domino
after
another
in the
in
taking up and carryingaway,
(not a double) taken at hazard
unknown
to
domino
; for the two
it musl: be the same
the ends of the two outer
as those
on
This
Cid infinltKmby your
experiment may be renewed
each time a different domino, which, cf course,
changes the
one
every one,
numbers
on
dominoes.
taking
established
numbers
to
be
guessed.
I"oiiiiiioes
and
Seen
Counted
Tliroug^lt
alA
stacles*
Ob-
of
dominoes
their faces, odc
beside
the
on
I will go into the
other, in one black line. Then say to the company,
with
desire.
as
In
next room,
eyes as closelycovered
you
my
may
line
take
the
number
from
the
dominoes
of
absence,
you
may
you
my
at my righthand,
please,provided
you take them from that end which is now
at the oppositeend, so that, except for the change in
and place them
the line is just the same
before.
the placesof the pieces,
as
At my return, without
unbandaging my eyes, I will tell you exactly
the number
transportedfrom one end to the other, for I shall have
ered
sesn
everythingthrough tiie"wall and the handkerchief which has cov"
Lay
a
set
of these dominoes,
the midst
From
I "willdo more.
I will draw one
of which
which, by
you have changed the position,
which
the addition of its sx)ots,
will tell you exactlythe number
you
my
eyes,
took from
rightto left
perform this trick,arrange
that the spots on the
so
left,
the first thirteen dominoes, beginning
twelve ; of the
first form the number
to
a double-blank, for
second, eleven ; of the third, ten ; and so on, up
afterward in
dominoes
the thirteenth and last. You
place the other
the order in which
they happen to present themselves.
If your
are
bandaged, count with your fingersthe dominoes
eyes
To
at the
HOW
TO
ENTERTAIi^
A
far as the thirteenth.
to right,
as
from left
of
will invariablyrepresent the number
spots on this thirteenth
The
whose
dominoes
positionhas
altered.
been
other
many
of to puzzle those who
performingthis
In
can
you
21
PARTY.
SOCIAL
To
think
Make
and
Pass
Dime
a
tricks,you
may
try
will
employ
to fathom
T'lirougrlt
a
any
ruse
them.
Table."
To
in the corner
have a dirm, or counter, sewn
feat you must
of the
and
one
it
out
of
Take
pocket
request
a
your
to
must
which
carefully
lend
to
wrap
appear
you
you a dime,
company
; instead of doing this,however,
up in the middle of the handkerchief
hand, and in its place wrap up the
you keep it in the palm of your
of the
in the midst
is sewn
counter
the other dime
in which
or
corner
the dime
borrowed
from whom
handkerchief,and bid the
perform this
hankerchief.
of
you
person
feel that it is there.
Then
lay it under a hat upon the table,take a
glass in the hand in which you have concealed the dime, and hold it
the table, at the same
under
the table ; then give three knocks
upon
time crying,"Presto! come
drop the dime into the glass,
quickly!'*
Lastly,
bring the glassfrom under the table,and exhibit the dime.
to
take the handkerchief
the hat and shake it, takingcare
from under
This is a
is sewn.
hold it by the comer
in which
the counter
or dime
very
good trick
if well
managed, and
the
dime
may
he marked
pre-
yiou^ly.
THE
PLAY
ROOM.
Consists
in one
person having a handhis eyes
to completely blind lifm, and
so
as
either by the sound
of
tryingto chase the other jDlayers,
their footsteps,
scramble
their subdued
in
or
merriment, as they
away
all directions,endeavoring to avoid
when
him
Lo
being caught by
;
Slind-nian^s
kerchief bound
thus blindfolded
SuflT*"
over
in turn be blinded,
to catch one, the player caught must
manage
the game
be begun again. In some
places it is customary for on3
of the players to inquire of Buff (before the game
begins),**How
horses
father
he responds,
?"
which
to
has
got
inquiry
many
your
**
**
*'
Three."
What
colors are they ?"
The
Black, white and gray. "
can
and
round
three times, and catch
questioner theji desires Buff to "turn
he
which
may,"
request
complies with, and then tries to
you
whom
22
HOW
capture
one
blindfolded
beginning.
TO
ENTEBTAIN
A
SOCIAL
PARTY.
of the players. It is often played by merely turningthe
hero round
and round without
questioninghim, and then
The
handkerchief
be tied on fairly,
must
so
to allow
as
little Holes
Buffy to see through. In Europe they have a modified
playing at blind-man's buff, which, though less jollythan
American
our
followed with advantage on birthdays
method, maybe
and holidays,when
boys and girlsare dressed in their best,and careful
to rough clothes-tearing
parents are averse
play. The party are
not
scattered here and
the ground, but take hands
there over
and
form a circle. In the midst stands Mr. Buff, blindfolded,
and with a
short thin stick in his hand.
The playerskeep running round
in a
circle,generallysinging,while Buff approaches gradually, guided
to touch
mostly by their voices,till he manages
of the twirhng
one
circle with his stick.
Then
the dance
and
the
dancers become
stops,
no
for
of
way
and
motionless
end of the
the
silent.
The
stick in her
player who has
hand, while Buff
distinctly
repeat three
Good
morning" or
disguisinghis or her voice as
must
name"
'*
of
guess the name
becomes
caught
person
to
been
holds
touched
must
take
the other ; and she
he chooses
word
to
times alter him, any
*vGcod
night,"for instance; of course,
much
as
tries
possible. The blind man
his captor by the voice.
If he succeeds,the
blind nian ; if not, Buff must
try his luck
(igain.
This is a capitalround
Old
One
Ox
Opening'
Oysters,
and will tax the memory
and
the gravityof the youngsters.
game,
The
being seated, the fugleman says, "Owe old ox opening
company
which
each
must
oysters,'^
repeat in turn with perfectgravity. Any
who
the
in
with.
one
indulges
slightest
giggle is mulcted of a forfeit forthis finished,the fugleman begins,again ;
When
the first round
"
Two toadsytotally
tired,trying to trot to Troy;' and the others repeat
turiijeach separately, One old ox openingoysters
; Two toads,totally
third round
and
The
tiredf" "c.
is, Three tawny tigers
ticUingtrout,''
the round
One old ox, "c. ; 2 wo
kc, ;
:
recommences
toads,totally,
The fourth
"c."
Three tawny tigers,
round, and up to the twelfth and
**
"
in
' '
*'
"
"
and
last,given out by the fugleman successively,
repealed by the
other players are
follows ;
Four fat friarsfanning a fainting
as
fly;
Five fair flirts
flyingto France for fashions; Six Scotch salmon sell ng six
sacks of sour-krout ; Seveyi small soldiers successfully
shootingsnipes
; Eight
Nine
nimble
noblemen
for
Europe
nibbling
elegant
elephants
embarking
;
reils;
nonpaTen tipsytailors teasing
a titmouse : Eleven
earlycanvigscageiiy
eating
tree.'' Any
Ihoclve twittering
tomtits on the top of a tall tottering
eggs; and
in repeating this legend,or any departure from the gravity
mistake
^^
"
HOW
ENTEKTAIN
TO
A
SOCIAL
23
PAKTY.
feit
occasion, is to be punished by the infliction of a forknown
fail
in
rich
been
to
has
seldom
and
the
a
producing
;
game
harvest of those little pledges. Of course, a good deal depends on thef
serio-comic
gravityof the fugleman.
suitable to the
do
Yoia
Ho\v
do
and
Wiiere
of the company
One
L.il"e
it?
t.ik.e
ITou
retires,while
TTIieti
do
You
Oke
it I
is a guessing game.
it !" Tnis
the
rest
fix
on
some
article
or
who
etc.
The
instance, light,an
appl^, money,
object
person
round
the
^nd
out is then
has gone
recalled,
circle,asking
proceeds
like it?"
do you
each player in succession, "How
Supposing tho
*'In abundance,"
thing thought of to be money, the first may answer,
The
the second, "Ready," and so
on.
questioner tries to gain from
thus given some
clue to the nature
of the thing thought
the answers
for
"
do you like it ?" will probably help
The second question," When
of.
bills ;"
I have to pay my
One of the playersmay
him.
reply, " When
The
third
want
and
"When
I
a
new
so
on.
coat,"
another,
question
certain to
help a judiciousquestionerout of his puzzlement.
of the playerswill reply ; another,
my pocket,"one
and
is almost
to drop a
Some
"At
so
one
sure
on.
banker's,
my
Three
the
track.
hint which will set the guesser
right
guesses
upon
If he succeeds, he must
allowed him.
ar^
point out the player whoso
is almost
"AYhere?"
"In
"
him the clue,and the latter pays a forfeit and goes out to
be puzzled in his turn.
Failing to gueSs in three trials,the first
player must try another question. The art of the game consists in
choosing words with more
meanings than one, such as cord (chord) ;
answer
gave
be varied in a very puzzling manner.
for then the answers
may
will like a cord round his box ; another
a c(h)ord in a piece of mu
etc.
the piano,
another
on
; thus
key {quay),bark, vessel,are
words
to choose.
One
ic ;
good
The
Plate."
the
a
Twirling^
players sit or stand around
table covered with cloth, and one
metal
takes up a wooden
of them
or
plate,which sits on its edge, and gives it a spin. As he does this ho
of the players,who is obliged to catch it before it has
one
some
names
done
spinning,or
plate spinning in
so
on
pay
turn,
a
forfeit.
callingupon
The
some
player so called on sets tho
other player to stop it,and
around.
Cross
The comand
Crooked
AnsAvers."
pany
Questions
sit round, and each one
to
his
a
whispers
neighbor en
question
each
that each
and
then
one
an
answer:
so
whispers
the-T:ight,.
other
the
and
of tho
answers
question propounded by some
player,
of
purport of which ho is,
ignorant. Then every pbyer has to
course,
24
HOW
TO
recite the
questionhe
from
other, and
the
questions and
ENTEETAIN
A
received from
ridiculous
the
crooked
dancing
agreeable?'
Another
and
the
declare, 'I
PAKTY.
one
playerand
incongruityof
will
answers
sport. One, for instance, may
SOCIAL
the answer
he got
these random
cross
frequentlyexcite
**I
say,
asked
was
a
a
deal of
considered
good
*If I
"
answer
was,
'Yesterday fortnight.'
asked
*If I had seen
the ccmetr' and
'Ha
married
last year !" A third, "I was
answer
asked
was
was,
'What
I liked best fcr dinner?' ^nd the answer
'The Emperor of
was,
China
i'"
may
was
the
-
A letter must be taken, and the termination
Cupid's
Coinings
The first player .says to
for
instance, that P is chosen.
"iDg." Say,
the second, "Cupid's coming."
is he coming?" says the
"How
second.
"Playing," rejoinsthe first. The second then says to the
How?"
third, "Cupid's coming."
"Prancing" and so the question
and reply go round, through all the words
ing
beginning with P and endwith
ing" piping, pnlKng, pining, praising, preaching, etc=
Those
who
the question on
cannot
the spur of the moment
answer
"
"
*"
a
pay
forfeit.
ProverbSt
leaves
as
the
"All
"
One
of
the
is to guess
who
company
; the
fix
remaining x^layers
gold that glitters" A bird
room
is not
"
"
some
upon
in the hand
the
proverb
proverb, such
is worth
two
in tho bush"
"Birds
qI" a feather flock together" "Train
up a
mile."
child in the way he should
is
"Amiss
A
as
a
as
go"
good
the
the
in
words
rotation
distributed
are
proverb beingchosen,
through
he must
which
each player receiving a word
bring in in the
company,
"
"
"
answer
the
We
wiU suppose
"to
have been
go,
"train," the second
gives to any questionavsked by the guesser.
jjroverb, Train up a child in the way he should
he
"
will receive the word
The
first person
fourth
third
the
"child," the fifth "in," the sixth
"a,"
*'np,"the
"
has gone out
The person who
the," the seventh "way," and so on.
is now
called in, and begins his questionswith the first player,something
"
?"
A.
been
out
Have
in the followingmanner
: ".
to-day
you
"
He turns
No, I must train myself to like walking better than I do."
chosen.
to
the
second
player.
Q.
"Are
member
a
you
Guard?"
A. "No, I gave it up some
has an
easy task to bring in the word
a, but
chila finds
Q.
A.
be
given
at onc3
work
more
difficult.
ago."
of
The
the National
third player
the fourth with
"Are
you fond of
the word
reading'?"
the guesser, if he
that question." Now,
will
is evasive, and only
that this answer
see
sharp reasoner,
to bring in the word
child ; he will, perhaps, guess the proverb
he will go on, and finish the
personage
; but if he is a cautious
"Any
a
his
time
child
might
answer
HOY/
ENTEBTAIN
questions before
cf
round
TO
who must
tasted.
himself
by
a
on
committlEg
25
PARTY.
If he succeeds
in
guessing the
first
set him
the person
whose
answer
and go out in his turn
then pay a forfeit,
only allowed
point out
SOCIAL
A
three.
guess,
for Lo is
he h:is to
proverb,
the right track,
to have
his powers
with a poker,
forward
armed
of the players comes
*
Whence
knock.
come
floor
knock,
he taps on
the
knock,
full
ol
*'I
from
come
asks one
of the company.
poor Buff,
said Buff to you?" is the next queswhat
*'And
and care."
tion.
The intruder replies
BufT*
"
One
*
which
"
you?"
sorrow
"
*'-
And
with
this he delivers the
But
out.
in
the
best,by grimaces
emissary of
going
to
Buff said ' Baff :'
this staff.
he gave nie
And
not laugh
And
he bade me
to Buff's house
Till I came
again."
the
meantime
and
droll
questioner,and marches
spectators have been trying their
remarks, to overset the gravityof the
poker
Buff.
respectable
laugh!"
to
his
the
One
says,
"He
hasn't a
Don't he look as if he wanted
his dinner
remarks
that may
the
on
suggest themselves
Sometimes
the formula
is changed, and
Another,
*'
follows
Just look at him ; he is
staff at all it's a poker!"
1" and any other facetious
spur of the moment.
Mr. Buff's allocution is as
*
*
"
:
*'
.Earth, Air^
Buff says Buff to all his men,
I say Buff to you again ;
And
Buff he neither laughs nor
smiles,
In spite of all your
cimning wiles,
But keeps his face with a very good grace.
And
carries his staff to the very next place."
and
One
of the players is furnished
throws
suddenly and unexpectedly at
'*
another, crying out the name
ever
of ''earth," "air," or
water." whichhe likes,and then counting ten a 3 rapidlyas he can
Before ho
has come
to ten, the psrson
is thrown
at whom
the handkerchief
must; name
that inhabits
creature
thu3 mentioned, or,
a
tho element
to do this,pays
forfeit.
tlic thrower
a
of tho
failing
Thus, suppose
with
a
Water."
handkerchief, which
he
.
handkerchief says, watee"
two, three, four, five, six, seven,
one,
call the name
eight,nine, ten, the person challenged must
of some
fish ; if air, the name
cf a bird ; or, if earth, that of a quadruped.
If
the question is put
quickly counted,
very abruptly,and the number
the playerswill often be unable to
get out their replyquicklyenough,
26
HOW
TO
ENTERTAIN
A
SOCIAL
PARTY.
the forfeits come
in merrily. The best way is,to look at one
and then unexpectedly throw the handkerchief
at another.
and
son,
per-
Is very like the
Toilet"
l^ady's
Each
family coach."
of
the
toilet
some
represents
brush,
person
necessary
comb, soap,
scent, brooch, jewel-case,
etc.,and the lady'smaid stands in the middle
of the circle,
and
calls for any article her
lady is supposed to
The
want.
personator of that article must then jump up, or be fined
forfeit
for
and
a
then the abigailannounces
negligence. Every now
' that her
her
whole
the whole circle of players
toilet,when
lady wants
rise and change places. The
must
lady'smaid herself makes a bolt
for a chair,and the playerwho is left chairless in the scufde becomes
My
'*
"
lady'smaid.
s"ncl
"Fes
of the players thinks
One
No"
of any
or
person
the rest sit round
and ask him
questionsabout it,which
with **yes" or **no," taking care
to give no
other explanations.
thing,and
he
answers
"
From
the information thus gained,each givesa guess as to
If the questions
thought was.
are
ingeniouslyframed, the
solution is generallydiscovered, unless the
thought" be peculiarly
The game
is a very good one, and we
abstruse.
herewith
cally
emphatirecommend
ing
it,particularly
as affording
an
opportunityof coolthe
what
'*
**
down
"
alter
a
romp.
First procure
a long piece of tape or
twine,
Copeiitis"g'en.
the whole
sufficient to go round
must
stand in a circle,
who
company,
holding in each of their hands a part of the string; the last takes
hold of the two ends of the tape. One remains
standing in the centre
"
of the circle,who
slap the hands of
is called
who
**the Dane," and
endeavor
must
to
the
b
efore
of those who
are
string,
holding
they
be withdrawn.
is not
Whoever
alert,and allows the
can
sufficiently
to be slapped,must
hands
take the place of the Dane, and, in his
else.
the
hands of some
one
turn, try to slap
one
all form
a circle, holding
company
eral
seveach other's hands.
One, called the hare, is left out, who runs
ot the players
the ring,and at last stops,tapping one
times round
The
the shoulder.
one
on
tapped quits the ring and runs alter the
in and
out in
The hare
runs
hare, the circle again joining hands.
until
in
the
those
under
the
of
circle,
arms
direction,
passing
every
the
Hunt
caught by
circle must
every
way
Hunt
Hare*
the pursuer,
always be
The
"
Those
in the
he becomes
when
hare himself.
friends to the hare, and assist in its escape in
possible.
the
Ring""
Is
a
good
substitute
for the
old
game
of
28
HOTV
TO
ENTERTAIN
The
Interrupted
in a circle.
The one
who
hand neighbor,"*0f what
Reply."
commences
is
use
SOCIAL
A
a
PARTY.
The
company
says
in
book?"
a
place themselves
whisper to his right-
(or
any
other
article he
select.)
may
His neighbor must
correctly,** It is of no use to read," and
answer,
then ask another
question of his right-hand neighbor for instance,
*'
Of what use is a goblet?*'
The art in this game
consists in so
framing one's questions,that
"
they will produce
If the
when
the
altogetherunsuited
answers
is,
answer
**
It is of
use
;
person
who
preceding
tion.
ques-
sequence
from," a laughableconis finished, or, in other words,
the round
for, when
the game
has commenced
ensues
to the
to drink
has
been
questionedin
his turn, the
are
repeated aloud, by taking the
questionand answers
of
the
the
answer
on
player'srightas a replyto the questionof
person
the person on his left ; it follows, that to the question, Ot what use
**
is a book ?" one of the company
has answered.
It is of use to drink
from ;" and so on with the rest of the questionsand answers.
"
FOR
GAMES
THE
LITTLE
ONES.
A poet-laureate
is chosen
to lead the
Crows,"
g^ of the
sit
He stands in the middle ; the rest stand
him.
or
near
**
i
n
with
much
mock
He says,
Alas, and
grief, a mournful voice
alack-a-day! the King of the Crows is dead. Let us lament his Majesty
Kin
Chorus.
"
in a funeral ode in his own
Here he begins, Hee, haw
"
language.
the rest of the company
bird
he
animal
the
has
or
imitating
say, "Caw,
If any one
leader
the
named.
attacks
immediately
says, ''Hee, haw,"
him or her mth
absurd
some
speech,such as, ''Eh, sir [or madam],
? Is he a dull
is that the language of the illustrious King of the Crows
izen
donkey browsing thistles ? No, my friends,he is a black-wingeddenthe
of
of the air.
forfeit
You
must
for
a
pay
your ignorance
"
"
Hee
haw
!" but
caw"
must
modern
languages."
He then beginsagain, "Alas, and alack-a-day,
the
is dead.
Let us lament his Majestyin a chant of his
!
Caw, caw
King
of the Cats
composing
own
"
The
rest must
say,
**
Mew,
mew
!" if
anybody
says
"
Caw," down
HOW
TO
A
ENTERTAni
SOCIAL
29
PARTY.
-
"
him
the leader on
:^**Sir
oomes
[or madam], is thai the language
Is he a carrion fowl?
of the illustrious King of the Cats?
No, my
sharer
hearths
and
homes.
is
of
the
he
A
forfeit
our
friends,
friendly
!'^
he
Then
modem
of
for ignorance
languages
again :
goes on
ment
Alas, and alack-a-day! -the King of the Frogs is dead I Let us la!" If
his ^lajestyin a song of his own
language Mew ! mew
"
Mew, mew," the leader cries,'* that the language of the
any one
says
*'
"
? No,
of the Frogs ? Is he a wretched
gutter-climber
the
dweller
in
stream."
the
limpid
frisky
my friends,he is
has exhausted
his store of nonsensical
the poet laureate
When
reate
poet-lauspeeches,the forfeits are collected and redeemed, or a new
the
absurd
and
The
chosen.
be
more
grandiloquent
speeches,
may
illustrious
King
the
contrast
better
to
the
mewing,
and
growling,and
hissing,and
neighing,of the funeral odes.
to have
taken
small
A great many
Peccadilloes*"
Pussy's
thefts
are
posed
sup-
for, who
is seat
all
the rest of the company
witnesses ; each witness
on
as
**
is usual in dailylife. The policeman goes on questionthe cat"
as
ing
till the witness can
further.
If the policeman begins
no
answer
who
the
and
is
stole
answered, ** The Cat, to be sure,**
by asking
Sugar
all his other questionsmust
be answered
in words
beginning with ;S'.
If he asks, who stole the Butter, all the questionsafterwards must
bo
place.
A
policeman
examines
lays the blame
"
^
answered
in words
beginning with B, and
policeman goes the round of the company.
as
questionsas possible; the number
many
witness
so
of other
on
letters. Tho
Each witness must answer
is marked
the
down, and
wins the game, and becomes
who answers
the greatest number
A good deal of ingenuity
policeman next time.
be displayed in
may
both questions and answers.
The policeman
article aa
an
name
may
stolen,and the witness may reply in as much
he likes.
nonsense
as
Subjoined is an example of the dialogueintended to be employed.
When
**The
the
is at the
witness
cat stole .the sugar, or
named.
Policeman.
Witness,
P,
W.
P.
W.
P.
W.
How
I
saw
end
jam,"
Who
stole the sugar
The cat, to be sure.
of his
or
answers,
whatever
was
Smoking
Are you
Sorrow
on
sure
a
the sweet
the sill.
you
sauce
?
?
did not take the sweet
scrap, sir.
sauce
says, doggedly,
tho arbean
ticle
have
?
do you know
she stole the sugar
her seeking sweet sauce
?
Where
may
he
?
so
HOW
P.
W.
P.
W.
What
were
TO
you
Sleepingon
ENTERTAIN
SOClAL
A
doing, when
PARTY.
the cat stole the sugar ?
the sofa.
habit, Sukey, to sleep on the sofa ?
Sometimes, when
sleepis stronger than Sukey.
Is it your
should you have been
What
P.
doing when
sleepingon
you were
the sofa?
W.
Settingthe servants' supper.
o'clock do the servants sup ?
What
P.
The cat stole the sugar.
W.
[As this answer
proves the witness exhausted, the policeman marks
Witness
to
No. 1, and goes on to the next.]
six
down
answers
the
Who
stole
P.
pastry?
The cat, to be sure.
W.
the cat when
Where
she stole the pastry?
P.
was
TF.
Purring
in the
pantry.
made
her purr in the pantry ?
What
at
the Polly pirouetting
Pleasure
his perch.
on
Who
P.
taughtthe Polly to pirouetteon his perch ?
IF. Prince Peter of Prussia, w^hen a prisoner at Potsdam.
Prince Peter of Prussia when
P. Did you see
Potsa
prisoner at dam?
P.
W,
W.
pony
P.
W.
P.
IF.
I
the point of
perceived
his
Is Prince
Pretty as
What
A
is
a
Peter of Prussia a handsome
a Polish
popinjay.
Polish popinjayhke ?
Who
The
P.
Where
P.
TF
P.
TF
his
f
man
do
you
not
to witness
i.
xt
No.
stole th e butter ?
cat, to be
sure.
the butter put for safety?
On a big board in the bed-room.
Did anybody see the cat go in the bed-room
Billythe button boy blabbed it.
Is Billy the button-boy worthy of credit?
xu
respect the
next.]
W.
TF.
I.'
pert policeman.
I must
caU you to order ; why
The cat stole the pastry.
W.
[Policemanmarks down six answers
P.
TF.
outJ. ofJ.
phaeton.
P.
to the
P.
.
purplepaletotpeeping
was
?
I believe Billyblarneys beautifully.
Where
was
Billy in place formerly ?
In Berkeley Buildings, with Bishop Bloomfield.
2, and^
i
law
o
f
o
goes
on
Where
P.
W.
and
on
P,
are
A
ENTEKTAIN
TO
HOW
ol
PAPwTY.
SOCIAL
?
Berkeley Biiildings
In the borough of Bedford,
the borders
of the Boyne.
afraid you
I am
learned
never
?
Madras
Built of beech
on
the
boundaries
geography ;
of
you
can
Bohemia,
tell
mo
tho
situation of
W.
bathed
bv
billows
of
boughs,
the
on
black
Baltic,-and
^Tith beetles, badgers,bishops,and barges.
What
is the latitude of Ben BallachuHsh
P.
TT. The cat stole the butter.
ever
[Policeman marks
can
give seven
six
answers
io witness
answers
wins.
of Ben
banks
the
Ballachul"sh,
beautifullybesprinkled
No.
?
3, and goes
on.
V*Tio-
]
To
tlie
or
Around,
g^s"iiie of Families."
stationer's
and
at
a
new
a
pack
amusing game, purchase
two of small
or
plain cards, commonly called visitingcards ; divido
them
into fours, each
four
representing an entire family ; write on
the
the card. Dip, the Dyer ; on the second, Dip the Dyer'sWiie ; on
third.Dip, the Dyer's Son ; and on thefourth. Dip, the Dyer'sDaughter
with each family of four cards.
so
on
According to the
; and
number
of players,so many
be brought into requisition,
families may
allowingone, two, or three families to each player ; that is,four,
eight,or twelve cards. Shuffle the cards, and deal them out with the
downwards.
The playersare then to arrange
them
in alphanames
betical
of
order, takingcare to conceal what they hold between
a sheet
folded paper or book.
When
all are ready, the dealer asks some
ono
of the playersfor the member
of any family he chooses
; for instance,
should he hold two members
of a family,say Flounder, the Fishmonger,
and the Fishmonger's Wife, he would
ask for either their son
or
their daughter, and should he succeed
in obtainingwhat
he asks
for,
he will give in exchange some
odd member
that he wishes to part with,
but which
will probably make
united
a
family"of another player
up
he
has
then
the
for the other
of
;
privilege
bobbing around"
member
of the family ; but should he fail,the last player asked will
then go
of a family to complete
member
bobbing around" for some
hold ; and the game
thus proceeds until the scatany family he may
tared members
of every family are brought home
by the players,those
of families being the greatest winners.
securingthe greatest number
Each person on commencing must
ily,
depositone counter for every fam-
Bobbingr
perform this
*'
'*
*'
that is for every
will take up a
should
dealt to him,
ners
winwhich
counter
perlect,
every family they can
be depositedunder the right hand as soon
If the
as xoerfected.
four cards
that
for
are
so
that
the
HOW
ENTERTAIN
TO
A
SOCIAL
PABTY.
be dealt out, and eacli player
all
the
families,and the winners
only
may
for the corresponding number
take oiie counter
of families they obtain
is deposited for three families,a player
counter
; thus, if one
few,
deposit one
are
jjlayers
obtain
two
three
three families may
or
for
counter
families
before he can
obtain
counter
this
a
; but
itself
the
to
Each
should
endeavor
readilysuggest
players.
player
members
been
of a family have
asked
to recollect what
for, and by
and
whom
and
then should he hold thos^ members
whom,
refused,
by
must
will
been refused
that have
by others, he can go ** bobbing around" for
and soon
have a complete family,which will
them with great facility,
much
of the game.
cause
fun, and add to the amusement
In largeparties,
famihes
or
twenty-five
twenty
may be dealt out, for
have
which purpose
list
of
and
we
names
subjoined a
callings from
which
After this game
to that amount
may be selected.
any number
played round once
could
present
amusing
has
been
we
old
at this
participate
can
or
to
twice, it will be found one of the
readers, in which both young
our
Name.
Calling.
the Accountant
the Adjutant
..the Admiral
the Apothecary
the Auctioneer
the Advocate
the Actor
Appraise
Argue
Artistic
Astute
Bacon
Bell
Block
Bloom
the Attorney
the Butterman
the Brassfounder
the Barber
the Botanist
....
the
Blow
Bother'em
Brick
Bristle
Bun
Bustle
Butt
Camphor
Cask
Chii)
Cool
Comfit
Coui-age
Cream
Creed
Damask
Dip
Blacksmith
the Broker
the Barrister
the Builder
the Brush-maker
the Baker
the Boatswain
the Brewer
the Chemist
the Cooper
Bond
.
.
,
and
season.
Accurate
Active
All-dash
Aloes
most
the Carpenter
the Commander
the Confectioner
the Captain
the Cowkeeper
the Clergyman
the Draper
the Dyer
Name.
.
Calling.
the Doctor
the Dentist
Exciseman
the Engraver
the Editor
the Fruiterer
the Farrier
the
Furrier
Dose'em
Drav,'Eau
de Vie
Edge
Erudite
Filbert
Fire
Fitch
Flounder
Fragrant.
the
.
Furrow
Gewgaw
Ginger
Gooseberry
Hack
Helmet
Inebriate
Jet
;
Justice!.'.'.
f
the Knife-grinder
Keen
Leaf
Lease
Mainmast.
Meal
^te Librarian
the
the
Magistrate
the Miner
the Musician
the Merchant
Metal
Metronome
Money
Novel
Lawyer
the Mariner
the Miller
Mercy
Narcissus
Fishmonger
the Florist
the Farmer
the Goldsmith
the Grocer
the Gardener
the Horsedealer
the Hatter
the Innkeeper
the Jeweler
the Judge
^
the
^
Nurseryman
the
Newsman
ENTEKTAIN
TO
now
Calling,
Name.
Octave
Ocular
Olive.
Pack
.*,
Parnassus
Paste
Sable
the Optician
the Oilman
the Peddler
the Poet
Sage
the
the
Patchouli
Phial
Pigment*.
.-.
Probate
"
the
Pi'ofound
Prosy
Pullet
pumiD
Quartz
Quiet
*...
Solicitor
the
Shrewd
Sketch
the
Surveyor
Sergeant
Physician
Sculptor
Sole
the
the
_
',/....
Splice!
Shoemaker
Shipwright
Saddler
the
Stirrup
the
3;^ajj]j
.v.",
Tape.\V.*.*..V.*.'
Tauner
the Tailor
.
Philosopher
the
Unique
Upholsterer
the
Vine
the
Warp
Vinter
Weaver
the Watchman
the W^ine Merchant
the Wheelwright
the Yeojnan
:
the Zealot
Wheel
\\Tiisky...*...'.
Wrench
.1
Yoke.
.Zeno.'!.
.
tention
that will keep the atand one
This
is a good quietgame,
ducted.
conalive,and qnicken the eyes of the players,if properly
used in playinglofco may be procurThe cards and numbers
ed
"
toy-shop.
twenty-four of these
row
SurgeoK
Silversmith
the
the Quaker
the E-efiner
the Ranger
at any
the
the
the
the
the Parson
the Poulterer
the Plumber
the Quarryman
Eaw
Roebuck
LdOtOe
.
.',*.'.*
Smooth
the Publican
the Procter
Porter
Salve
Salver
*'
the
Smart
.the Pawnbroker
Pledge
Calling.
...the Sv.-eep
Schoolmaster
Perfumer
the Printer
the Painter
Pica
as
PARTY,
Name.
tite Organist
Paperhanger
the
SOCIAL
A
Tiete
cards
are
in
vided
card
is diEach
game.
into three rows, and each
contains nine squares, five
and
numbered,
four
blank.
numbers
are
arranged in
the
down
columns
card, the
first column
containing the
units, the second the tens, the
third the twenties^ and so on up
These
QQ"^^@"@""
LOTO
CASDS
ANI"
NUMBESS.
is the highest numto ninety, which
ber
in the game.
each
and
each
contains
card
fifteen
numbers,
Thus,
is contained
Besides
number
four times in the set of cards,
these
cards, there are two bags ; one containinga series of numbers, from
to ninety,on
little wooden
one
disks; the other about a couple of
hundred
round
counters
of horn, or, better still,
of glass; for these
counters
used
for
.-5
covering the numbered
squares, and the number
the
circular
the
without
through
glasses
uncovering
One of the players shuffles the loto cards, mixing them
Gquares.
well together,and then distributes them in turn to the rest,receivin^j
can
be
are
read
84
HOW
TO
ENTEKTAIN
A
SOCIAL
PAKTY.
If there are
twelve people to join in the game,
share for himself.
cards ; if only eight,each may
each will receive
two
have
three,
nnder
which
be placed one
the other, so that the playercan
must
glancehis eye rapidlydown the series of tinits,tens, "c. Sometimes,
shall receive ocly one
however, it is agreed that each person
card,
which proceedingis said to increase the interest ol the game by protracting
it. The dealer then puts his hand
into the bag of wooden
numbers,
and
draws
them
out
as
callingthem aloud, and the
they come,
the numbers
their cards as the names
on
cried.
are
players cover
A pool must
previouslybe made, of nuts, cherries,sweetmeats,
ratafia cakes, or
of
agreeable offeringsthe liberality
any similar
the host or hostess has provided; sometimes
a collection of marbles,
contributed
the
to
answer
by the players,is made
purpose.
first
The
five numbers
in a
covers
the
on
row
player who
two
covers
same
card, takes one-quarterof the pool ; he who
rows
in the same
quaTter,and the fortunate
entirely
vray has the second
first
crowned
whole
series
of numbered
who
has
the
wight
squares on
his card or cards with the littledisks of glassobtains the remaining
half. As each portion of the pool is cleared,the playerwho claims it
marks
has to read out his numbers, which are verified by the wooden
When
drawn
from the bag, to make
that there are no mistakes.
sure
for
the pool is small, it is sometimes
better to make
the
no
payment
first row, or even
for the first two rows;
tne whole
beingadjudged in
his whole card.
who
undivided
covers
splendor to the fortunate player
jects,
of small obthe pool consists of a number
On the other hand, where
such as nuts, the number
of prizesmaybe increased,a small fee
covered, a largerfor
being paid for the first two consecutive numbers
the first three,another
for the first four and five,and still largerpremiums
for one, two, and
All this is to be agreed upon
three rows.
before the game
is commenced.
a
This
is another
Geese."
of skill ; and a capital
preparation
wish to become
for those who
good draughtor
even
some
di\y,is to
jDlayers,
chess-players,
render
themselves
of the
masters
thorough
"
' '
The
of
of
Geese.
form
Fox and
mysteries
the board
is shown
in the accompanying cut.
The
representedby white pegs (or
geese are
iDoard
by pins, if the players draw their own
on
a
card), and the lox by a red or black one.
The
in number, and are
geese are seventeen
shown
in
the diagram ; while the
arranged as
The
fox stands in the centre of the board.
Fox
aiad
quiet gams
rOX
AKD
GEESE.
86
HOW
"
TO
ENTERTAIN
A
SOCIAL
PAETY.
with that placed by his adits numbers
versary.
have
the
first
to
double-six
jDlayer
played
;
suppose
the
second
play six-four ; the
may
first then puts six-five ; the second
fol^
^"lows
with
it
five-four
and
the
first
I
i
;
up
"|"oe
"""je I
the singlenumbers
playsthe double-four
*i'*^
the doubles
beingplacedlengthwise,
correspondinf^in
one
of
Thus,
,
"
"
"
s.^*_""L^.fJ
"
and
transversely
;
so
the
game
ceeds,
proall his dominoes,
In this
say six-three.
the game,
toward
that being the
case, the first playerwill count nine
number
hand.
The game
of pointsremaining in his adversary's
itself
is won
who
hundred.
The
the
dominoes
first
scores
a
are
player
by
then shuflBLed again,the second player having the j)ose this time, and
the game
continues
with a fresh deal.
the pose has
till the playerwho has won
left
domino
his adversaryhaving one
expended
"
don't go so smoothly. After two cr
been placedby the two
players,one of them is
in
his
those
hand
with
unable to match
of
the numbers
at each
any
the table.
In that case he passes, and his adverend of the row
sary^
on
of
until
the first player
him, and continues to do so
playsinstead
If both playersare comcan
pelled
again make use of one of his dominoes.
that will suit,they
to pass, neither of them
having a domino
the table, and the one
who has the
turn
their hands face upward en
smallest number
of points counts all his adversary's
pointstoward bis
Generally,however, things
three
own
dominoes
game.
The
number
have
This
is called the block game.
has the pose is to play out the
for the playerwho
in your
For
the
most
frequently
occurs
game.
four
times in your hand, the
four occurs
number
general rule
which
instance, if the
that your adversarywill have only one, or, perhaps,none
chances
are
at all of the same
number, and he will thus be compelled to pass and
It is good policy,
too, to get rid of the higher
you will gain a turn.
of a block, he
for in case
hand
in your
numbers
soon
as possible,
as
Get rid of the doubles
T"'ho has the lowest number
of points wins.
also; for they are the hardest to place.
of mingled
is one
that the game
of dominoes
It will thus be seen
^kill and chance.
Of course,
nothing can avail againsta lucky hand ;
combinations
various enough to give scope
of the game
are
deal
of
tem
good
ingenuity. Sometimes, with two players,the sysof the
one
of *' drawing" is resorted to ; that is to say, when
the
at hazard, from
jjlayerscannot follow suit, he takes a domino
if this will not ("o,a F-econd,and so on, tillhis purpose
reserve
: and
is answered.
This is called th drair game.
but
for
the
a
^
noir
TO
ENTERTAIN
A
SOCIAL
o)
PARTY.
is confined
to two
players ; but four, five,or
Generally the game
account, or divided
six, may join in it, each playing on his own
even
In the latter case, the partners sit opposite to each other,
into sides.
that they
for partners, in the same
the players having first drawn
way
the
lowest.
two
the
two
and
for the pose,
would
highest playing against
domino
has
the
The
the highest
has
di'awn
H3
who
play is
pose.
is out wins,
the side of tne
first player who
left td right,and
from
the
of
still
number
held
the
its
score
to
points
opposite
by
counting
to
not
be
or
thera
thi^
drawing
according
ment.
agreemay
party. In
game
block
a
the players don't draw, and on
occurring, and the
K
dominoes
being turned up, both sides are found to have the same
for nothing.
number, the deal counts
Another
of playing dominoes
is called Muggins. Each
method
The
five
in
the game
draws
highest double leads ; after
player
pieces.
that they bad
alternately. The count is made by fives. It the one
to
who
leads can
containing spots that amount
put down
any domino
five or ten, as the double-five, six-four,five-blank,trey-deuce,etc., he
In matching, if a piece
in the game.
that number
counts
to his score
down
be
to make
so
can
as
Q.Ye,ten, fifteen,or twenty, by adding
put
of
the spots contained
it counts
to the score
of the row,
both ends
on
the one
end, and a five at tho
settingit. Thus a tray being* at one
other, the next player in order, putting down
a
deuce-five,would
if
double
score
and
or
five;
a player was
so
at one
sucr
end,
tray was
cessful
A
as
player set
double
If
draw
exhau
get double-deuce
a
down
at the
other, it would
score
ten
for him.
end, and a four at the other, if the next
being at one
a
double-four, he counts
double-six=12-ttwenty
"
four=8^20.
player cannot
the
match
he draws
from
the
pool, the
same
as
in the
until he
either end
or
gets the piece required to match
pool. As in the draw or block game, the one who plays
the spots his opponents have
piece first,adds to his count
;
if ho gains them
is blocked, by havin-^
the game
whan
same
game,
^ts the
hii last
and
to
double-six
t'le lowest
to the score
Bat the sum
is some
thus added
count.
of five,nearest
if
his
the actual amount.
Thus,
opponents
twenty spots, and he has nineteen, he adds twenty to his score.
they have twenty-two he adds twenty, because that is the nearest
tiple
mulhave
If
tiple
mul-
of five ; but if they have
twenty-threehe would add twenty-fivo
The number
that than to twenty.
of the
twenty-three being nearer
.ed
is
hundred
and
hund
but
if
there
be
two
it*
two
one
fifty
game
play,
three or more
player^:;.
"
88
nOY,'
TO
ENTERTAIN
A
SOCIAL
PARTY,
DIVERSIONS.
This is a jollycompanion to the
Criant."
fails
like
and
to produce roars
of laughter,
Dwarf,
it,never
is
when
It
performed at an evening company.
necessary to have two
of enacting the part
persons to represent the giant,and the method
is best
explained by the accompanying engraving. It will be seen
that one
boy puts on a longcloak, and perches himself upon the shoul-ders of his companion, who
the folds of, the cloak so that
arranges
the
the partsshown
dotted
in
lines
the illustration,
by
concealed
are
Kentucky
The
German
entirely
the eyes of the spectators. The
boy who does the head
and shoulders of the giant should
carry a long staff,as a cane, and,
a stove-pipehat, with
if he wear
feather
in it,it wiU greatlyheighten
a
the effect. The giant'swife may also be
sented
repreby one person, with the assistance of a
and a pieceof lath, the latter eighteeninches
cane
fastened
about
inches
four
from
the
long,
from
end
of the
former,
thus
forming a cross.
the
giantess attires
representing
person
himself in an old dress. A long shawl is pinned
bonnet
the lath,an old
placed on the end
over
are
of the cane, and the preparations
complete.
and
walks
into
The giantessusually
the room
pretendsto look for a nail in the wall (thisgives
the performer an opportunity of concealinghis
or
face),and after lookingat the wall a minute
top or
The
so, he
stoops down
time
as
low
as
he
can,
at
the
He
lower the cane.
he stands
the
upon
tipsof his toes, and as he does so, he as gradually
raises the cane, with the bonnet
and shawl upon
it,until he appears to touch the ceiling. The
lath represents the shoulders of the giantess,
the bonnet
her head, and the cloak covers
the
whole
deception. The giantess if well done,
to be {greeted
with shouts of laughter.
is "ure
same
then
being careful to
graduallyrises,until
ro
nc
The
ilia
entsp-taut
a
is
This
JEIephaiit."
and
never
foregoing,
comical
as
party.
soci.iL
a
diyersion
as
eitlicr of
fails to elicit applause. Two
required to personate
elephant ; one
representshis lore, and the
his hind
other
legs. The
themselves
two
boys place
boys
are
the
shown
as
a
in the illustration
quiltdoubled
four times
is
placed
now
;
thr'eeor
over
on
of the boys, which
the back
to form
of
serves
ket
the elephant; a large blan-
the backs
or
travelingshawl
is then
is twisted to represent the trunk
over
them, one end of which
of the anhnal, the other end servingin a similar manner
to represent
his tail. Two
enact
the
the
and
cones
tusks,
elephant is compaper
A
should
be
selected
to
and
witty boy
X^lete. bright
perform the part
ful
wonderof keeper,and he must
lecture upon
the prodigiousstrength,
and
the
latter
extreme
docilityof the animal, proving
sagacity,
him.
qualityby lying down and permitting the elephant to walk over
thrown
It
always amuses
Tlie
Old
a
company
Man's
to show
-Is
Face
them ihs
also
and
The
a
a
elephant.
very
comical
person's hand,
little India-Ink.
show
amusement,
productive of much merriment.
for producing it is
only requisite
a
handkerchief
The
engraving
the simplicity
of the
how
and demonstrates
to form an old man's
face.
The
and
will
ment,
arrangeeasy it is
and
This
is rather
a
startlingrme,
]"ecapitatioTi.
in the sequel it is very fanny, it should not be practicedupon
those who have very weak nerves.
The
object sought to be represented is a decapitatedhead, and is
done in the followingmanner
A large table,covered
with a cloth,
:
"
though
"
reaching the floor all around,
boy with sott silky hair should
to do this he must
lie on
is placed in the centre
of the room.
A
be selected to represent the head, and
his back under
the table,with all his person
40
HOW
TO
EJsTERTAIN
A
EOCIaL
Fig. 1.
concealed
view
from
Next
hair to
a
PAKTY.
Fig.
2.
except a portion of the head, which should be exposed to
under the table-cloth,
in Fig. 1.
as shown
the
companion, in collusion with him, must carefullycomb
imitate
the
whiskers
of
(see Fig.2). He
also
must
of
the
paint
eyebrows on the under part
eyes, and false nose,
moustache, and mouth upon the forehead (see Fig 2. ) This is easily
done with the assistance of a camel's hair brush, and
little Indiaa
nected
ink, and when well completed the head appeara to be entirelydiscona
man
false
from
the
be intensified
by
has a very startling
effect may
effect. The
the
it
to
face,
made
powdering
appear x^ale.
body, and
Very few
height of the
people
of
A good
hat.
crown
a
stove-pipe
of
fun may
be created by testing
deal
it in this way : Ask a person to point
Hat
Measurement."
are
out
on
a
aware
wall, about
to be the
hat, and
usually
ground.
it,and
of the
he
height
will place
about
at
You then
to his
what
of
a
an
foot
place a
surprisehe
he
poses
sup-
ordinary
his finger
the
from
hat under
finds that
the space indicated is more
than double
The
the height of the hat.
flour
barrel is
height of a common
just the length of a horse's face, and
be derived
much
fun may
from get-
nO-W
ting a
nine
to
company
cases
LiOSt
The
the
mark
A
This
trick,requiring little apparatus," a
Go
rings being all that you need.
maker's, and
buy
a
set
is
41
PAETY.
of
a
inches too
many
Fouawl."
Riiig*
SOCIAX
supposed height
they will mark
of ten
out
ENTERTAIN
TO
a
floiir-barrel. In
high.
simple
and
piece of elastic thread
to a jeweler's,
or
You
showy rings,all ahke.
Take
a
piece of elastic thread
of
even
may
about
pretty
a
and
a
few
to
a
toyget them
three or
few cents each.
end to one
of the rings,and the
inches in length,fasten one
to have it of such a
other to the inside of your coat sleeve,taking care
lengththat it permits the ring to be placed on the finger,and that
it is pulledup the sleeve so as to be concealed
the ring is removed
when
for
four
a
from every one.
Before
yourselfwith a few lemons, and
you begin the trick,famish
cut crosswise
in each of them
a little slit in the middle, and
push one
of the rings into the slit until it lies in the very centre of the lemon.
of the rings during the whole evening, and
to wear
Take
one
care
make
trick
it
as
quietly
attached
remove
to
as
possible; and just before commencing this
the ring, and slip on your fingerthe one
that is
elastic thread.
in the
if there are
Ask
lemons
any
conspicuous
the
house, and have your
of tape and a bodkin.
own
brought
in
a
basket.
Also ask for
a
piece
take it in your hands, and send
into slices,
and
the lemon
cut
not
but
that
if
and
hold
it
so
quite severing them,
anything
nearly,
the slices it would
between
fall out.
Of course
v/ere
you take care
have
that the ring which
in the middle slice.
inserted remains
you
Xow
slipthe end of the tape through the eye cf the bodkin, and push
it lengthwisethrough the lemon, so that it passes through the ring.
Give both ends of the tape to be held, and tell the holders to stand so
to choose
Get the audience
take
Then
rest away.
the
lamon,
a
a
knife
to keep the tape afc full stretch.
Now
the forefinger
slip the ring ofT your fingerand hold ifcbetween
and thumb, taking care
cannot
to hold it so
that the s]3ectators
see
the thread.
Point your hand toward
the lemon, suddenly spread the
as
fingers,and away
if surprisedat
as
flies the
ring
up
your
sleeve.
Look
into your hand
that it is empty,
one
by one, and
'
the disappearanceof the ring, show
then go to the lemon.
Separate the divisions
them
push
and pullit ofi:the
apart. Take each outer slice alternately
to this,
When
tape, keeping the central slice to the last
you come
the ring will pull against the tape
wonder
the
matter
what
is
; you
with it ; you take
knife
and
cut
slice
the
graduallydown, taking
your
ciire
to destroythe slit through which
the ring was
introduced, and
and
42
HOW
TO
ENTEETAIN
A
continne
SOCIAL
to cut until the metal
becomes
the
lemon
the
from
imbedded
disengage
think that yon have flung it into the lemon
PAETY.
visible.
let any
Then
ring,and
and
the audience
upon the tape.
one
will
is quite transparent,and
water
clear as
common
spring water ; but if we breathe or blow into it,the bright
and as white as milk.
The best way to try
liquidbecomes
opalescent
this simpleexperimentis to put some
powdered quicklimeinto a wine
J?lill"." Lime
Maggie
them
well together,now
bottle full of cold water ; shake
and then,
for a day ; then
allow the bottle to remain
quiet till the next day,
when
be poured off from
the clear lime-water
the sediment.
may
with the lime water
Now
thus made, and
fill a wine glassor tumbler
blow
tobacco
through the liquid with a glass tube, a piece of new
of a minute
the
or
so
as
pipe,or a clean straw, and in the course
** tha
of
will be turned into milk."
water
By means
magicians say
ladies
this pastime,**Wise
in
ascertain which
are
Men "can
young
With
shrewd
and
a
not.
which
love,
guess they
gentlemen are
young
present,as a test,a glassof lime-w^ater to the one, and of pure water
"
"
to the
To
Let
other, with unerring effect.
Ligrlit a
Touchingr
TTithout
Candle
lVicl".
the
until it has a good long snuff; then blow it out with
a sudden
puff,a brightwreath of white smoke will curl up from the hot
wick.
Now, if a flame be appliedto this smoke, even at a distance of
the
down
two
will run
three inches from
or
the candle, the flame
To perj-moke, and rekindle the wick in a very fantastic manner.
form
this experiment nicely,there must
be no draught or ** banging"
"
a
candleburn
doors while the
mysticspellis rising.
NUTS
When
Why
is
a
are
man
like
a
ships called
TO
CRACK.
?
looking-glass
she ?
Because
When
he reflects.
theyalways keep
a
man
on
the look-out.
What
is that which
W3dding-r:ng.
ties two
persons,
but
only
touches
one?
A
^4
HOW
A
ENTERTAIN
TO
travelingin
subsequentlywrote
enough
he
to
his brown
note
and
left the
spot; and,
I
am
get up, and
Why
is
hope
like
a
panther, of
him
long
at
his big, glaringeyes,
capaciousjaws,when both
to add, in oppositedirections.
X)leased
between
a
pilland a hill?" One is hard
is the difference
the other is hard
JWhat
PARTY,
glossy coat,
broad, well-developedmuzzle, and
us
SOCIAL
California encountered
follows:
**I looked
as
GENTLEMAN
which
A
decayed
to
his
get
his
of
to
down.
cheese ?
"
Because
thousands
The
live
on
it.
walked
Satisfied.
industrious old lady who
in her hand
to procure
out West with a can
a
quart
human
successful in gettinga littlejam out
kindness, has been more
of the door.
She got the jam on her fingers.
"
all over
a town
of the milk of
AMUSING
EXPERIMENTS.
Provide a tin tube that is largerat
L"ig^litiiiiig^"
there are
end than it is at the other, and in which
several holes.
it is shaken
Fill this tube with powdered resin ; and, when
the
over
flame of a torch, the reflection will produce a capitalresemblance
to
Artificial
"
one
lightning.
and
Earthquake
Miniature
Volcano.
"Grind
an
equal
with pure
duced
sulphur,till the whole is requantityof fresh iron fillings
it.
Be careful not to let any wet
near
to a fine powder.
come
Then
bury about thirtypounds of it a foot deep in the earth, and in
about six or eighthours the ground will heave and swell, and shortly
If che
and flames, like a burning mountain.
after send forth smoke
miniature
bad
blance
resemwill
be no
earth is raised in a conical shape, it
of
a
burning
XiUniiiLOUS
mountain.
Writing-."
Fix
a
small
pieceof phosphorus in
a
to
be removed
and write wi(h it upon
quill,
paper ; if the paper then
When
luminous.
will
the
a dark
beautifully
writing
room,
appear
phosphorus is used, it should be handled with great care, lest any
would
bit of which
a small
portionof it get under the finger-nails,
occasion considerable,pain for some
time.
HOW
r^olorcd
Pale
Violet"
Brick
Bluish
Green"
Green"
Borax.
"
I^urple
"
The
the
same
one
twentieth
Muriate
"
Nitrate
all the
of
lithium.
of
part
fine
by
of
sensible
four
on
white
to^ the
and
wax,
add
heat,
sides,
glasses clean
any
not
thin
The
the
will
mixture
as
be
by
with
with
the
to
in
lying
nvhite
parchment
order
hold
run
out
of
if
find
you
or
poured
or
whole
a
in
any
part.
colored
a
fine
of
the
an
be
about
duced
re-
Cover
bladder,
or
and
air
egg.
introduce
except
a
following
the
hog's lard, and put
it necessary
of the
more,
between
are
you
them
before
at
between
then
the
Then
the
to
glasses by
fire, to
paste
print, with
it
the
close
up.
the
that
see
a
more
linseed
clearest
stop
to it half
render
to
oil.
space
Wipe
position
com-
picture painted
its face
to
one
of
tho
frame.
glasses, while it is cold, will quite conceal
perfectly transparent by heat, the painting
position
only a single glass before it. As the com-
the
becoming
if there
cools, the
invisible.
quite
ounces
which
and
fix the
picture, but
appear
and
substance,
glasses,and
mixed
ounce,
an
leffcin their
on
let there
effect by
th'em^ which
you
may
Join
these two
glasses together
slacked
side, in
fire six
liquid, is to
will
other, and
J
slow
a
This, when
the
the
over
glasses
one
be
corners.
powder,
thrco
pieces of glass about
exactly of
quite level, and
two
must
between
lime
of
these
of
left
opening
composition:.
one
inch
an
Take
"
they
:
them
Place
very
borders
ounce
copper.
Chloride
small
an
of
calcium.
a
Dissolve
copper.
of
their
on
pasting papers
by a luting, composed
to
it;
to
salt. )
baryta.
of
of
Chloride
size.
setting fire
potash.
Iflag'ic Picture.
long and four wide
inches
obtained
be
may
and
lime.
of
Muriate
Green"
Orange
colors
litbea.
of
Greeii
Apple
various
spiritsof wine,
(common
of
Muriate
-Muriate
Emerald
soda
of
Muriate
Ked-
Eed"
Pale
Muriate
"
of
with
following salts
45
PAETT.
SOCIAL
A
Flames
FlaMies*"
the
by mixing
Yellow
ENTEKTAIN
TO
was
picture
will
gradually disappear,
and
at
last
bo
4.6
S:0
HOW
ENTEF-TAIN
A
SOCIAL
toy
the
PARTY.
MAGIC.
ToMalte
Water
rious feat
stool before
Then
put
a
handful
into it a handful
a
short
Freeze
only be performed
the fire,throwing
cau
stick, and
of
a
Set
little water
into the
snow
This
Fireside."
'in winter.
a
cii^
quart pot upon
stool
the
upon
a
first.
pot, having "privately
conveyed
for eight or nine minutes with
Stir it about
of salt.
the congelationwill be
effected.
To
Pot
from
tlie Ceilingr, and
a
^isart
SwspcBid
li"itlioiit
tlie
Meai^ure
Middle,
^tringrintiie
You
must
"^round."
tUe
a
to
lay
this,and
Falling:
wager
upon
then tie the stringin a loop about the centre.
done
this,cut
Having
the loop,and the quart pot will of course
remain
suspended.
tite
cat
Mow
Straw*
to
lift
Take
"
a
Up
Flint
a
which
straw
is not
Olass
broken
Bottle
with
a
bruised, and having
or
of it into a sharp angle, put this curved
end
into the
that the bent part may
rest against its side ; you
then
may
lift up the bottle by it without
take the other end, and
breaking the
this
will
and
be
the
more
straw,
readilyaccomplished as the angular
bent
end
one
bottle,so
part of
the
approaches nearer
straw
to that which
out
comes
of the
$)ottle.
Get
Bird-seed
into
a
a
Chang^e
L.iving: Bird."
with a false lid, on
which
made
bird-seed ; privately
glue some
it,and it will seem
put a bird into it, under the false lid ; then show
'*
Put on the true lid, and
I will command
to be full of seed.
say,
all the seed out of this box, and order a livingbird to appear." Then
To
box
"
take off the
the bird
together,and
covers
Metlao"l
A
Curious
Two
tliat
Minutes^
This wonderful
liours.
of
v/ill ba
Kestoringr
seen.
a
Fly
to
Life
in
Head
toeeai
Twenty-four
is
from
a very
produced
simple
experiment
it
into
it
to
Take
as
cover
a
or
so
a fly,
cause.
deprive
glass cup ;
x)ut
it of air.
When
you perceive it to be quitj motionless, take it out,
it with
and put it into a place exposed to the sun, and
cover
salt; in
two minutes
it will revive and flyaway.
lias
"
To
Make
"Having
thrust
a
a
I^oaf
quillfilled
it into
a
hot
of
roll
Bread
Dance
quicksilverand
with
or
loaf, which
on
the
X'atole.
stopped close, you
will
put
it in motion.
ly
secret-
H0-V7
EIsTESTAIN
TO
CARD
Cards
"Iio^v
To
liave
been
tliey
l"y IlerBBianii.
"
l"y BilfeB'esit
aided
cards
cards
by
are
spread
the
meet, as ISxMhited
simply the result of a good
mathematical
necessityof card-
first arranged
stand
out
in
knave, ten, nine, eight,seven
knave, ten, nine, eight, seven
of diamonds
nine, eight,seven
of
eight,seven
Farties^_after
Sim
Thoroughly
trick is
This astonishing
The
the
Suppose
king, queen,
4:7
FABTY.
TRICKS.
Brawn
professionalmemory,
combinations.
SOCI.iL
A
of
;
dubs;
ace,
follows
as
the
:
"
following order
of hearts ; ace,
king,
:
"
ace,
queen,
knave, ten,
knave, ten, nine,
king, queen,
ace,
king, queen,
spades.
of spades at
Thus, the ace of hearts being at the top, and the seven
bottom, the performer takes the pack in his left hand, and with his
which
he places below, a
righthe takes the top card, then another
third at the top, a fourth below, and so on, with all the cards, one
ternately
althe
at the bottom.
at the top and
This process requiresconsiderable
done, it isdexterity; but when
evident to all that the cards have
been
thorougniy well shuffled ; and
to enable the
yet this very shufflingputs them in the very condition
the
cards
thirty-two
performer
for the
to know
of spades.
1. Seven
2. Nine of spades.
3. Knave
of spades.
4. King of spades
5. Seven
of diamonds.
6. Nine of diamonds.
of every card in the pack
positionand name
must
stand
in the followingorder
necessarily
17. Ace
18.
of hearts.
Queen
of hearts.
of hearts.
20. Eight of hearts.
19. Ten
21. Ace
of clubs.
22.
Queen
7 Knave
of diamonds.
8. King of diamonds.
9. Seven
of clubs.
10. Nine of clubs.
23.
Ten
11. Knave
27. Ten
of clubs.
of clubs.
12. King
13. Seven of hearts.
14. Nine of hearts.
15. Knave
16.
King
of hearts.
of hearts.
of clubs.
of
clubs,
24. Eight of clubs.
25. Ace of diamonds.
26.
28.
of diamonds.
of diamonds.
Eight of diamonds.
29.
Ace
Queen
of
spades.
30. Queen of spades.
31. Ten of spades.
32.
Eight
of
spades.
;
;
40"
HOW
TO
the
Now, by shtiffling
iiNTEBTAIK
cards
be in the following order,
Such
is the
only to
count
A
in like
SOCI.iL
manner
a
apparentlystill more
combination; and it is
the cards, and remember
PAETT.
evident
second
time, they will
complicated :
that
the number
"
the
of
performer has
each, to name
By dexterouslypresentingtwo cards together,back to
standing above his audience, he may pretend to be mistaken
card, then, giving the two a profesby showing the wrong
sional
cleyrattle,turn them in the act, and show the rightcard
as
erlyperformed by Hermann.
them
at
once.
back, when
"
"
Professional
Cards."
of
Packs
packs of
wider
variouslyprepared. Some of the cards are slightly
;
made
end
narrower
the
at
one
and
rest
are
some
thap
longer
;
with professional
fingers,
than the other.
All these minute
peculiarities,
cards
tricks
their
For
are
some
ensure
prepared
recognition.
tom
with
thin slip of iron invisibly
a
pasted lengthwisefrom lop to botthus
he
is providedwith a magnet, and
; the performer'swand
draws
either from
the pack or your
pocket any card he pleases,by
mrrely touching it with his magnetic wand.
The
order known
to the performer, the
cards being arranged in an
latter pretends to shuffle them, but reallyleavingthem
in their original
then
He
condition, as previouslyexplained.
requests three more
Professional
cards
others
are
to take a card, and as he knows
the arrangement of the card;',
persons
it is sufficient for him to know
that the card drawn
by the first,is the
which
it is. Now
to know
third, fcnrth, or sixth in order at cnce
HOW
A
ENTERTAIN
TO
nothing is easier,whilst
SOCIAL
carrying the pack
preceding
the cards
another, than to count
drawn
by each of the parties.
If the cards are provided with the
to
appear
them
put
by merely
49
PAP.TY.
from
or
to
one
person
following the
one
stripof iron, he may tell the parties
them
their pockets, and then he may
to
summon
insertinghis wand into their pockets.
in
This trick
depends entirelyon
table, the performer
being
that
it
is
Then
see
quite correct.
requests a party to
to shuffle and deal it in three lots.
he requests another
Lastly,he
requests three other persons to take and shuffle the lots again. Ho
card from
of
Draw
then says to one,
a
your lot; it will be the ace
to
drawn
him
The
is
without
the
card
suite).
given
(He names
being seen by the party or any one else.
ing
another
card from the second
He demands
party,naming it,declarthat the party could not di-aw any other card from the lot,which
he holds firmly in his hand.
He
does the game
by the third party;
the three parties have drawn,
and then he shows
the cards which
the lot he holds, and which
each from
are
reallythose which he first
Tlie
Three
sleightof hand.
Cards
A
Callecl."
pack of cards
it and
examine
on
the
'*
"
named.
The
explanation is as follows : The performer can conceal in his
he calls for
sleeve any card whatever, and it is this very card which
the first of the three spectatorsholding the lots. Suppose he
from
of hearts, he says to the party holding the
has in his sleeve the ace
I call for the ace of hearts."
The party will draw a card,
first lot,
"
*'
and give it to the performer.
this first card given to him is the king of spades,
Now
suppose
then the performer says to the holder of the second lot, *'l call for
the king of spades.
Suppose, again, instead of the king of spades, the second holder
I
giveshim the queen of hearts,then he says to the third holder
"
"
' '
"
call for
him
and
the queen
holder
the
by
substitute the
of hearts."
of the third
ace
And, whatever
be that card handed
to
will sleightit into his sleeve,
of hearts, Wiiich he conceals in his sleeve.
lot,he
The
MetaiBftorplfiOSis*
performer carefullycuts out the three
three of hearts,after thinning them
down
much
a
as
as
points, from
the back.
sticks these three
He
possible from
points with a little
of diamonds, and the two others at the top and
on
an
ace
soap, one
"
bottom
to make
the card appear
so
as
respectively,
hearts.
tie showR to a party,requesting
him to say what it i \
as
the three of
Of
course
tl o
50
TO
HOW
ENTEBTAIN
A
SOCIAL
PAETY.
He then shows it to another"
the three of hearts.
ing,
havparty replies,
whilst passingto him, placedhis fingeron the center point,and
the
at
He
card to be the two of hearts.
in
the meantime,
to a tnird party,having,
slippedoff the
the top and bottom
of the card, and the third party declares
second
be the
you
two,
a
great
what
see
the
nor
affirms
of hearts.
ace
be
must
party
covering
"
Ladies
**
(or gentleman), he
terrible fascinator
and
sorcerer
to
ceeds
pro-
point
it to
exclaims,
now
be
*'
I
to make
able
the
shown ; for this card is neither the three,nor
which
I
^but actuallythe ace of diamonds
of hearts
possiblysubstituted tor another card, since, as you see,
I have
ace
could not have
I have but one
Whilst
the
"
"
in my
hand!"
the
audience with this talk,he slipsoff the heart
mystifying
the ace of diamonds, which he triumphantlyexhibits to the
astonished
spectators.
properly applied, the soap leaves no trace on the card;
besides,these tricks are never
lighted;
performed on a stage brilliantly
the
the mind
is distracted in various ways
whilst, moreover,
ready
by
talk of the performer.
When
To
tlie
Produce
Card
FarticiBlar
a
IrVithout
Seeing
off. Place
draw
he
has done
and
them
all one
ask
when
to
a
a
card;
person
way,
he
that
while
he
is
at
the
when
returns
so
reverse
it,
pack,
looking
so,
the card to the pack, the corner
of it will projectfrom the rest; let
him
the projectingcard.
Hold
observe
shuffle them; he will never
them
behind
back.
You
feel the projectingcard
draw it
can
your
ishment.
out, and show it. Simple as this trick is,it will excite great astonTake
Pack."
pack
a
of
cards
with
the
corners
cut
"
is a very
This
Pack."
to whom
it is not
audience
known.
have
the
the
Seat yourselfat a table,so
vrhole
of
to
as
pany
commuch
distance.
Take
as
as
possiblein front of you and at some
the pack of cards as it usuallylies,and, in passing it under
the table
behind
the
which
be
card
or
at
to
then,
glance
happens
exposed;
you,
back to
pretending to shuffle the cards, place the one you have seen
back
the other side of the pack, and holdingthe cards firmlyby
on
the edges,raise your hand
and the company,
and show
between
you
the card you have seen, callingout at the same
time, what it is.
To
Call
for
simplo trick,but
Observe
which
Card
a^ay
v/ill
tl\e
an
have
the whole
now
which
is shown
to the spectators),
them
the
under
table
transfer
card
the
and
again,
pass
you
to the ether side of the -^ack,handling the cards as if
just seen
card
is
pack facing you, except
have
m
greatlyastonish
facing you, (for you
the
one
card
52
TO
EOTi^
SOCIAL
A
ENTEKTAIN
PARTY.
miiRfc attend to the followingdirections: Spread out the cards on the
that,in showing them to the audience,
righthand in such a manner
is
card
not a single
wholly exposed to view, with the exceptionof the
out
king of spades,the upper part of which should be clearlyseen withthe
fingers or the other cards.
any obstruction, either from
them
thus
have
out
designedlyin fact,but appaspread
you
rently
of the
them
to one
show
at random
spectators,requesting
time take care
the
him
to move
to think of a card, and at the same
of
in
describe
to
a
a
hand
circle, order that
a
as
so
segment
little,
catch sightof the king of spades,without noticing
the audience
may
all partially
concealed.
Then
cards are
shuffle the
that the other
When
"
"
not
lose sightof the king of spades,
in doing so you must
table
face downward.
the
then
will
You may then
on
lay
you
of
that
card
the
has
in his mind
who
a
the
is
tell
one
thought
person
it.
him
Should
to
he name
name
the king
the table,and request
on
be most
he would
of spades,which
likelyto do, you will of course
it to the company,
who, if they are not acquaintturn it up and show
ed
astonished.
with the trick, will be very much
If, however, be
of clubs
other card
should name
tell
some
say the queen
you must
and
that
that
card
is
his
could not have
that
him
defective,
memory
cards, but
which
"
"
thought of. Whilst tellinghim this which
must
at as great length as you can, in order to gain timeyou
without
and fipparently
shuffle the cards rapidly,
nnj particular
pur^
he
has
card
the
catches
until
justnamed
(the queen of
your eye
pose,
clubs). Put it on the top of the pack, and still appearing to be
engrossedwith other thoughts, go through the first false shuffle to
believe that you have no
make
particularcard in view. When you
take care
to leave the queen
of clubs on the top
have done
shuffling,
of the pack; then take the pack in your left hand, and the king of
spades in your right,and while dexterouslyexchanging the queen of
What
must
I do, gentlemen,
clubs for the king of spades, say,
card
do
the
been
he
first
' *
failure ?
What
card should I have in
fail
to call out the queen
will
not
of clubs,
my
will
that
have
it
and
see
been
will
which
turn
they
you
up,
upon
you
has
well
when
a
executed,
effect,
suc(;essfLTl. This
always
trick,
good
him to think of,
whether
the spectatorthinks of the card you extended
other.
desire to complicatematters, of some
It, however,
a
or, from
the
of
and
of
mind,
concealing
power
requires considerable
presence
that
trick
righthand
my
from
your
To
of
a
should
:"
Pack,
a
They
audience
Tell
be
not
lioAv
and
what
your
Many
to
real
objectis.
Cards
Specify
a
"ach
Person
Takes
To
Card."
out
perform
ENTERTAIN
TO
HOW
A
SOCIAL
53
PAHTY
dispose a piquetpack of cards, that you can easi'y
in which
tlieyare placed. Suppose, for instance
in the following line:
to
the words
they are placed according
Seven
Aces, Eight Kings, Nine Queens, and Ten Knaves ;
suite,followingeach oiher in this
and that ever}- card be oi a different
in the eight first
Then
Diamonds.
and
order; Spades, Clubs, Hearts,
of Clubs, Eight of Hearts,
of Spades, Ace
cards will be the Seven
King of Diamonds, Nine of Spades, Queen of Clubs, Ten of Hearts,
of Diamonds, and so of the rest.
and Knave
that the cards are
show
You
x^l^^^dpromiscuously,and you offer
their
backs
with
them
upwards to any one, that he may draw whq.t
quantityhe pleases;you then dexterouslylook at the card that precedes
must
this, you
remember
and
counted
order
so
the order
cards, which
give
to
which
that
the
over,
that
he
them
with
a
you
time
may
be
follows
When
he has taken.
those
is not to be done in your presence,
for recollection,
to do
you tell him
take them
then
tell him to shuffle.
from
certain),you
pack, shuffle,and
he
has
(and in
it twice
him,
mix
all this time you
recollect,by the loregoing line, all the
took out; and
ai
down, one
lay them
by one, you
you
card.
each
name
he had
has a most
excellent memory,
better not attempt
Unless a person
Daring
he
cards
the performance of the above
nesswill
spoilthe whole, and make
let
To
make
a
as
the least forgetfulridiculous.
operator appear
!"ra\v
Persons
Twenty
Cards,
-Let
draw
Same.
the
any person
it
but
where
in
the
pack again,
put
you know
and
Twenty
Draw
each
from
amusement,
the
and
pack,
a
card
where
before directed ; then let another
as
he takes the same
the other did ; proceed
the
all
but
the
be
with
who may
same
one
persons
way
to the pack, and
card, which
also return
last,who is to draw another
shuffle till you have brought both the cards together. Then, showing
the last card to the company,
the other will show
the trick.
to find it again ; shuffle the cards
person
To
on
draw
in the
a
card, and
Make
Tahle.
the
a
card
"
be
sure
Pack
out
of
the
feat if well managed, w411 appear
Jump
This
and
run
marvelous.
it up
after shuffling
of the company,
the
card
fet
will
know
by
ling. You
pack, you
nail
of your
it
the
thumb
take a piece of wax
and
under
put
righthand, and by this wax
you fasten an end of a hair to your thumb,
and the other
the table,
chosen
to the
card ; spread the cards upon
and
make
about
of some
use
when,
words,
magic
by drawing
your
the table.
round
righthand, the chosen card is conducted
Having
with
then
forced
the
rest
a
card
of the
upon
one
5J:
HOW
TO
ENTERTAIN
A
SOCIAL
PARTY.
A
and
Burn
To
Afterwards
Card,
the
This is a trick out of which
'Watcllt"
Find
it in a
the
of
art of
professors
In
order
it
to
out
capital.
carry
successfully,
legerdemain make
much
to observe
the followingdirections ; You, in the first
it is necessary
the
from
three watches, which
borrow
are
spectators
place,
placed in
table
boxes resembling dice-boxes,and then laid upon
and
covered
a
with a napkin. You then hand a pack of cards to one of the company,
at random, and it is thereupon entirely
and he selects one
burnt, and
the ashes put into a l30x.
Shortlyafterwards the box is opened, and
the spectators
are
puzzledto find that the ashes are not there. The
and one
three watches are then brought out and put on a plate,
of the
selects
at your request,
and
the spectait ; and
one
tors
company,
opens
with even
astonishment
than before,that a portion
moro
perceive,
card is below the glass of the watch, and
of the burnt
that in the
the watch
is a miniature
watch-case underneath
fac-simile of the card
that we
to the
instructed our
readers
as
destroyed. It is time now
modus
ing
operandi by which this entertainingtrick is performed. Havfor
confederate
is
it
that
informed
should
your
you
necessary
in your confidence
of the company
of the suite and
have one
nominati
de"
"
and takes
of the card chosen, he stretches forward
his arm
of
the
watches
rest
of the
from the table,and, unobserved
one
by the
The
napkin which covers
depositsin it what is necessar3^
company,
the watches
articles of a similar
be supported by bottles or
must
otherwise
the
would
be
able
confederate
not
to take away
shape,
your
watch
without
burnt
card
ashes
the
made
The
detected.
of
are
being
double
lid, so arranged that
lid will fall upon
the ashes ; and
the upper
as
it fits closelyto the bottom, the deceived
spectatorwill tbink that the
in process
ashes have reallyvanished, and
that the remnants
of
are
is
in
the
miniature
into
card
formed
which
discovered
afresh
being
the watch.
the
to disappear from
when
the box is closed
box
by having
a
of
Table."
Request one
a
Throug^li
then
examine
and
card
the
from
turn
reit,
a
pack,
company
the pass, make
it. Then
make
make
the pass"
ii you cannot
or
of the long card
and bring the card chosen to the top of the pack,
use
and
shuffle by means
before described
of any of the false shuffles
without
the
the
card.
of
After
shuffling
pack several
losing sight
the
times, bring the card to the top again. Then place the pack on
To
the
8eivf1
a
Card
to draw
"
table about two
which
the edge near
inches from
are
sitting,
you
and having previouslyslightly
back
of your righthand,
dampened the
you strike the pack a sharp blow and the card will acAere to it. You
HOW
TO
ENTERTAIN
A
SOCIAL
55
PARTY.
the table, and taking off
to your
which
stuck
has
righthand, you
your
will at once
show it to your audience, who
recognize in it the card
You
at the
drawn
of the trick.
must
be
that was
commencement
of
the
while
this
trick not to allow any
careful
performing
spectators
at the side
to get behind
of the table, but keep them
or
directlyin
then
pnt yonr hand
with
left hand
iront, otherwise
To
very
the
rapidlyunderneath
card
the illusion would
Produce
a
Mouse
be
discovered.
frou^
Pacli
a
of
Cards."
Kave
pack of cards fastened together at the edges, but open in the middle
card being glued on
and
like a box, a whole
loose
a
as
cover,
many
above
be
which
it,
ones
placed
dexterouslyshuffled,so
require to
The bottom
must
that the entire may
seem
wise
likea real pack of cards.
side only, yielding imbe a whole
mediately
card, glued to the box on one
door
which
to exterior
and
a
as
by
serving
pressure,
you
into the box.
the mouse
Being thus prepared,and holding
convey
a
to place
the bottom
tightwith your hand, requireone of the company
to produce somethinghis open hands
together,and tdl him you mean
from
this
the cards then in his
marvelous
of
cards
pack
place
;
very
his attention
in conversation, take the
hands, and while you engage
will remain
in
box in the middle, thro^ the pack aside, and the mouse
the hands
of the person
who
held
the cards.
IflaRe
fronft
a
Card
tlie Air
the
"pring^ up into
of
the
One
%vitIiout
beiiiij* Touched."
company
is shuffled up with the rest of
havifig drawn a card, the draw-card
To
Fac!t
pack. The pack is then put
a
bottle, which
upright upon
the
card which
pleasure
the
into
serves
was
a
kind
as
a
drawn
of square
placed
spoon
pany's
pedestal,and at the comin
flies
the
instantly
up
air.
EXPLANATION.
Having forced
to the exchange
of the company
one
(see explanation
upon
of card), the pack must
then be placed in the spoou,
that the chosen
card may
lean on a pin bent in the form of a hook.
so
This pin is fastened to a thread, and ascending through the pack leans
the upper
under
the stage
end of the spoon
upon
; then it descends
through
a
card
the table.
In this disposition
the confederate cannot
pullthe
thread without dragging along with it the hook and card, which causes
it to be perceived as flying in the air.
the
thread
slides upon
The
blunt edge of the spoon
if
in
it
order
In
as
as
ran
a
easily
pulley.
to place the cards in the
quick enough that the company
may
spoon
must
be taken that another pack is dexcare
perceive no preparation,
5G
HOVr
terouslyput
book
and
To
the
on
thread,
Turn
TO
EXTEBTAIN
table.
The
be
must
"ard
A
SOCIAL
chosen
card
PAETY.
in
the other, with
described.
previouslyprepared as
into
Having
live bird in your
then
draw
hand,
it into
your
sleeve
with
thumb
and
little
shake
your
a
your
finger,giving the aim
sufficient to bring the bird into your hand, which you may
then
duce
proand let fly.
a
sleeve, take
make
To
er"
Take
"
Put
a
these
card
a
Birdo"
the
in
exhibit
Court
the
Cards
the
all
pack, and separate all
together into any part of
a
it,and
come
always
Togetlikings, queens, and kinaves.
the pack you fancy,and inloim
the
of the company
that he cannot
in twelve cuts distui'li
their order.
The chances
in
500 to 1
are
comes
your favor ; but with a novice the feat beimpossible. This is a very amusing and easy trick.
This trick may
also be rendered
wonderiul
more
by placing one
half of the above number
of cards at the bottom
and the other at the
one
the
top of
pack.
ToMoldfoiflr
and
to "haii|;^e
then
iBBtO Four
King^s
Keiaves
^laddenfiy into
or
theau
four
inyourliand,
Cards,
BSanSi
You
have cards made
must
Aces.
tor the pose
purof this feat ; half cards, as they may
be
that
properly termed
half
h^
If
knaves
and
the
other
When
or
is, one
aces.
kings
ycu
the other, nothing but the king or knaves
one
over
will
lj,ythe aces
be seen.
Then
downwards, the four
turning the kings or knaves
You must
have
two
will be seen.
aces
perfectcards, one a king or
"
"
knave,
other
make
to
an
them
hiding the
cover
ace
one
to
lay
all appear
aces
of
the
aces,
the
over
blank
or
else it will be
knaves.
When
kings
cards, lay the
a
you
wish
the
to
little
fides.
exhibit the
both
will appear
white on
which
they choose, and
they
ask the company
cards
; and
seen
or
lower, and by
then
You
may
kings, aces,
or
blanks, as required.
To
the
Bring:
a
Card
into
which
has
hcen
Thrown
oirt
of
have
the
Pack
you
As:ain. "After
shuffled the pack and
let
any person
placed it upon the table, you
draw
tom
forth the lowest card, of which
two alike, at the botthere are
of the pack ; tear it in small pieces,
them
throw
oiH of the
and
IrVindow
v/indow.
You
will
then assure
out
the company
that the piecesjust thrown
the
themselves
whole
card
and
to
as
a
return
join
.togetheragain,
Then
raise
!"
You
the
pack.
window, and call come, come, ccme
' '
ENTERTAIN
TO
HOW
57
PARTY.
SOCIAL
A
approach the table,assuring the spectators that the
has returned
complete to its old place in the pack
that such is the fact.
themselves
satisfy
Card
whatever
chief,
and
Pack:,
ftie
in
Find
To
tliroiig^li
card
them
let
flandker-
a
Give
I"ra\vn."
laas
Person
a
mntilated
; and
it ; and dividingthe pack in two,
the pack for a card to be drawn
Make
the pass
card be placed in the middle.
desire that the chosen
be at the top of the pack.
Put
card will nov/
at this place,and the
from
it
the table,
on
it with
cover
rather
a
handkerchief, and
thin
first card under
it, pretending,however, to feel about
the
that this card was
the handkerchief, and show
over
Conjure
To
Card
certain
a
into
take
for it.
drawn.
one
Pocket.
your
take beforehand
a
complete pack, say
any card from
the
of hearts, and put it in y(."ur pocket, after having named
the
then
Land
the
to
You
and
latter,
pack
accompHce.
your
You
"
him
to look
at
a
card in the
the table again. Your
the
what
ask him
was
upon
then
of hearts.
the queen
show
reply, **if you would
pack,
confederate
he
card
examines
the
in the
now
cards, but
queen
card to
request
he
will
of
pack
You
course
much
obligedto you," you
confederate
again." Your
at last says
that
it is not
pack.
draw
You
now
to the astonished
To
be
that card
find it,and
me
cannot
as
and
selecte^l,
should
"I
answer
does
a
then place the
he is directed.
it, and
to note
the
Turn
Chang^e
the queen
of
hearts
from
your
pocket, and
show
it
company.
Five
four kings,and draw
where
the two busts
a
King^s
sharp
meet.
knife
Peel
into
Five
gently
the
across
Queens."
the
middle
picture carefullyfrom
You
of
take
them,
one-half
of the cards, and paste upon
the blank
part the four hair picturesof
four queens,
which
have
been
In
manner.
peeled off in the same
this way
have
four
both
each
and
a
a
cards,
king
representing
you
queen.
To
these
carrls
join an ordinary king and queen.
you
fan-like shape, from the left to the
a
spread outia
you
that only the kings are visible.
This
is
right,and in such a manner
easilydone, if you keep the ordinary king at the end of the fan to
the right, and
the queen
behind
it. You
concealed
show
the five
kings, say that you will change them into five queens, blow upon the
cards, reverse
the queen, and
them, placing the king behind
display
them as five queens.
These
cards
prepared
58
HOY/
To
tell
been
for
the
it
that
manner
placed
cards
all
which
has
broader
turning
you
the
are
cards
been
borders
none
of
of
the
as
the
cards,
a
its
other
you
a
the
border
narrow
cards.
easily
to
they
If
see
that
such
lies
try
turn
to
this
on
of
you
the
a
mystify
is
the
the
a
arc
one
discover
easily
now
in
return
your
and
of
borders
narrower
On
stripe
end
cards
spectator
room.
have
narrow
one
picture
all
wine-glass,
will
at
the
or
the
a
narrower
request
through
turned,
commonly
place
from
Cards
wliat
broader
now
absent
PAKTY.
have
usually
You
the
You
uppermost.
while
all
either
SOCIAL
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is
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the
at
picture
border
This
is
A
Wiiie-Glass
a
The
border.
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