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 144
seand return to their feet, or they can throwit on the ground so that it will fly into theair, form a perfect arc over their heads, and strike them on the back. This curiousinstrument can be made in miniature, andis a very amusing toy for the parlor. HOW TO MAKE A PARLOR BOOMERANG. Get a piece of… … BOOMERANG, NO. 2. do this lay the Boomerang on a flat bookallowing one end to project about an inch,then holding the book at a slight angle tostrike the projecting end of the boomerangwith a piece of stick or heavy penholder,as represented in No. 2, when it will flyacross the room and return to…
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