How to behave and how to amuse. A handy manual of etiquette and parlor games (1895)
Sandison, George Henry, 1850- comp · New York, The Christian Herald · leaf 123
lowerends of the matches may not slip. Some little 128 HOW TO AMUSE). •delicacy of handling is needful to make the singlematch fall just in the right position, but this onceachieved, the three thus slightly supported mightbe carried a mile without any fear of droppingthem. To Spin a Ce;nt Upon a… … heavy finger-ring (or two, if one is found insuffi-cient). Place the free edge of the coin on someupright point (that of a ladys bonnet-pin, forexample), and you will find that the combinationcan be made to balance itself. Furthermore, bygently blowing upon the ring, you can set the SPIN TH:^…
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