Popular pastimes for amusement and instruction : being a standard work on games, plays, magic, and natural phenomena suitable for all occasions : containing parlor games, charming tableaux, tricks of magic, charades and conundrums, curious puzzles, phrenology and mind reading, palmistry or how to read the hand, humorous and pathetic recitations, dialogues, etc., etc. : including the delightful art of entertaining, the whole forming a charming treasury of pastimes for the home, public schools and academies, lodges, social gatherings, Sunday schools, etc., etc. (1901)
Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · Philadelphia : National Publishing Co. · leaf 137
cture, air; and the rock oil,fire. PAPER PARACHUTE. To make a toy paper parachute, take asquare piece of tissue or other light paper,and fold it from corner to corner into atriangular shape ; fold it again from cornerto corner, and again a third time fold itin the same way, and then double it so… … PAPER parachute;. through; then, when the paper is openedout, it will be found to be as shown inFig. 2. Fasten threads, all of which are to be ofthe same length, through each hole ; bringthe loose ends of the thread to a point,fasten them there together, and attach tothem a piece of cardboard or…
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