Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1905 — FOR THE CHILDREN [ARTICLE]

FOR THE CHILDREN

The Game of Wriggles. The worst artist you are the more fun this game is. Give each player a pad and pencil, and have eaeir draw a short crooked line on the paper. Then let each exchange pads with his neighbor. The person who receives his neighbor’s pad must then make a picture—bird, beast or whatever else he pleuses—in which he incorporates his neighbor’s “wriggle” and makes it heavier in outline, so as to distinguish it from the rest of the drawing. Shouts of laughter will greet the drawings when they are hung up for exhibition. A prize should be awarded to the cleverest and also the most ridiculous one, and the artist of each one should be compelled to rise and accept his prize and bow his acknowledgments to the audience. 1 Tom Tiddler’* Ground, or Dixie Land This game is a jolly one to play and is a favorite with both English and American children. One child takes the part of Toni Tiddler. Tom is supposed to own a vast lot of buried treasure on his ground. No one else has any right to invade his territory. But the other children make a rush for his ground, and lie tries to catch them. They all shout: “Here I stand on Tom Tiddler’s land, picking up gold and silver,” or “Here I am on Dixie land—Dixie cannot catch me.” If Tom (or Dixie) touches any player* that player has to join him in defending the treasures. The Magic Bullet*. Produce two leaden bullets and tell the spectators that are going to screw them together without screws. They will doubt your success, but will you show your power? With a sharp penknife cut away part of the surface of each bullet, thus making those two parts flat Then pu? the two flat parts together and press them with a slight screwing motion, when it will be found that it will take a little force to pull them apart. You may make a number of them stick together in the same way, thus forming a sort of bullet stick. Trick With Domino*. The performer asks the audience to match the blocks of a set of dominos so that the numbers laid together correspond. While this is being done he leaves the room. Returning, he announces the number of spots on the two last blocks. Solution.—The performer secretly removes a block bearing no double number of spots. The number of spots on this block must be the end numbers on the set. To avoid detection it Is advisable to change the block when the trick is to be repeated. ■truugth of an Eagle. A bird's strength is amazing. A white tailed eagle weighing twelve pounds, with a wing spread of six feet, has been known to pounce on a pig weighing forty-two pounds, raise it to a height of 100 feet and fly with it The bird has covered a distance of half a mile before the pig's owner succeeded In shooting the thief.