The art of amusing : being a collection of graceful arts, merry games, odd tricks, curious puzzles, and new charades : together with suggestions for private theatricals, tableaux, and all sorts of parlor and family amusements (1866)
Bellew, Frank, 1828-1888 · New York : Carleton ; London : S. Low · leaf 24
Another trick of the same order can be per- THE ART OF AMUSING. 15 formed in this wise: The servant comes in toinform you that a naughty little boy—Jacky orWilly—in another room wont eat his custard, but … will cry for ice-cream, or roast-beef, or alligator-soup. Every one is invited into the room to seethis singular child. You find him seated on a high 16 THE ART OF AMUSING. chair, with a very dirty face, making grimaces.You take the dish of custard in one hand and alarge spoon (the larger the…
Amusements · Tricks
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