Boys' own book : a complete encyclopedia of athletic, scientific, outdoor, and indoor sports (1881)
Clarke, William, 1800-1838 · New York : J. Miller, Publisher · leaf 134
O MOUTH. Many persons find much difficulty in performing this feat.Measure the distance between the outside of the elbow andthe extremity of the longestfinger; mark that distanceon a waUdng-stick or ruler,as shown by Fig. 2. Thisstick must be held horizon-tally before you, as in theannexed sketch.… … 122 boys owk book. Holding the stick in this position you must, without chang-ing the place of your fingers, lowering your head, or remov-ing your elbow from your side, endeavor to raise the leftend of the stick from your breast to your mouth. THE POKER PUZZLE. This feat is to be performed with a…
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