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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 56

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reat pleasure in tak-ing anything for his Holiness the -Pope.Every one must give something to thetraveler- (The more cumbersome or awk-ward to carry, the more fun it occasions.)When he has gathered all, he is to carrythe things to one corner of the room anddeposit them, and thus end his penance. 3.… … CHARACTERS AND COSTUMES SUGGESTED FOR CHILDREN INJUVENILE ENTERTAINMENTS 1. LADY OF THE MANOR 2. T H E M E R R Y OH IN ESE 3. THE WORK BASKET 4. QUEEKOF GOLDEN HAIR 5. M A RCH ION ESS DR ESS (LOU IS IX) 6. IRISH BOY 7. FOLLY8. SIR WALTER RALEIGH 9. SPANISH BULL-FIGHTER 10. LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

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