Here is a simple way of making shadow pictures:  Place a candle on the table and fix a piece of white paper on the wall at the same height from the ground as the light is.  Now place some non-transparent object, as, for instance, a large book, between the candle and the paper, and on one side of the table place a mirror so that it will reflect the light of the candle on to the paper on the wall.  If you now put little cardboard figures between the candle and the mirror, a shadow will be thrown on the white paper and you can move your figures about just as you please.

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HAND SHADOWS

It is very difficult to explain how these shadows should be made, but you must bear in mind the fact that it is necessary to stand between the lamp and the wall, and extend your arms so that the shadow of your body does not interfere with the picture shadows you intend to make with your hands.  The illustrations given will show you how to make two very good shadow pictures, but the fun of the game is for several people to make up pictures of their own, and see who can succeed in making the best.

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THE GAME OF SHADOWS

For this game you require a white sheet to be hung up at the end of the room.  Then the “shadow-makers” take up their places on low stools behind the sheet.  There must be only one lamp in the room, which should be placed about six or seven feet behind the “shadow-makers.”  Then the “shadow-makers” drape themselves with shawls, or anything handy, and take their places so that their shadows are thrown upon the sheet.  They must, of course, try to disguise themselves, so that the “shadow-seekers” may not be able to guess their identity.  By loosening the hair and letting it fall over the face, a girl may appear like a man with a beard; bending the finger over the nose gives one a very queer-looking hooked nose in the shadow, and entirely alters the appearance of the face.  Covering one’s self up in a sheet and then extending the arms gives one the appearance of a large bat.  As soon as a “shadow-maker’s” identity has been guessed he must take his place as a “shadow-seeker,” and the one who guessed him becomes a “shadow-maker.”  The penalty of a glance behind the sheet on the part of the “shadow-seeker” is to pay a forfeit.

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THINK OF A NUMBER

Tell some one to think of any number he likes, but not to tell you what it is.  Tell him then to double it.  When he has done that, let him add an even number to it, which you must give him.  After doing this, he must halve the whole, then from what is left, take away the number he first thought of.  When this is completed, if he has counted correctly, you will be able to give him the exact remainder, which will simply be the half of the even number you told him to add to his own.