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 37
that a common stove-pipe hatwas as broad across the crown as it was highfrom the brim to the top (both of which statements were argued pro and con), he drew ourattention to the vast difference the position of theshoulders make in a mans height. This he illustrated by walking from the audience with… … ludicrous. All the male part of the company tried THE ART OF AMUSING. 2/ their shoulders at this experiment, even down toFreddy Nix, a little three-year-old, who, after ducking his head down on his chest, and toddling offacross the room, returned swaggering, evidentlyunder the impression that he…
Amusements · Tricks
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