Home Fun
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1. Front matter2. PREFATORY NOTE3. CHAPTER I AMATEUR THEATRICALS4. CHAPTER II MYSTERIES OF MAKE-UP5. CHAPTER III THE QUICK-CHANGE ARTIST6. CHAPTER IV CHARACTER IMPERSONATIONS7. CHAPTER V THE UNIVERSAL HAT8. CHAPTER VI NIGGER MINSTRELSY9. One-Act Dramas10. CHAPTER VII SOME SUGGESTIONS IN BLACK11. CHAPTER VIII TABLEAUX VIVANTS12. CHAPTER IX CHARADES13. CHAPTER X THE POSSIBILITIES OF THE MUSICAL SKETCH14. CHAPTER XI VAMPING SIMPLIFIED15. CHAPTER XII AN EVENING AT THE PHONOGRAPH16. CHAPTER XIII MUSICAL GLASSES17. CHAPTER XIV HAND-BELL RINGING18. CHAPTER XV THE ART OF DRAWING-ROOM SINGING19. CHAPTER XVI DRAWING-ROOM RECITALS20. CHAPTER XVII THE ART OF WHISTLING21. CHAPTER XVIII BUNKUM ENTERTAINMENTS22. CHAPTER XIX VENTRILOQUISM IN A MONTH23. CHAPTER XX CONJURING FOR ALL24. CHAPTER XXI SOME KNOTTY POINTS25. CHAPTER XXII BLACK STAGE MYSTERIES26. CHAPTER XXIII CONCERNING GHOSTS27. CHAPTER XXIV SOME STAGE ILLUSIONS28. CHAPTER XXV THE ROOM OF MYSTERY29. CHAPTER XXVI MECHANICAL SECOND-SIGHT30. CHAPTER XXVII PAPERGRAPHY31. CHAPTER XXVIII JUGGLING32. CHAPTER XXIX PLATE-SPINNING AND WALTZING33. CHAPTER XXX THE TIGHT-ROPE34. CHAPTER XXXI CLOG DANCING35. CHAPTER XXXII SHADOW SHOWS36. CHAPTER XXXIII LIGHTNING CARTOONS AND “FAKE” SKETCHING37. CHAPTER XXXIV FRICTIONAL FUN38. CHAPTER XXXV SOME ELECTRICAL EFFECTS39. CHAPTER XXXVI SAFE SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS40. CHAPTER XXXVII SAFE CHEMICAL EXPERIMENTS41. CHAPTER XXXVIII ODD EXPERIMENTS42. CHAPTER XXXIX MORE EXPERIMENTS TIPS AND DODGES FOR THE WINTER EVENINGS43. CHAPTER XL PHOTO PASTIMES44. CHAPTER XLI HOW TO MAKE AND WORK MARIONETTES45. CHAPTER XLII LIVING MARIONETTES46. CHAPTER XLIII A HOME CIRCUS47. CHAPTER XLIV HOW TO MAKE AND WORK A PEEP-SHOW48. CHAPTER XLV THE “MECHANICAL” PEEP-SHOW49. CHAPTER XLVI HOW TO MAKE AND WORK A PUNCH AND JUDY SHOW50. CHAPTER XLVII DISSOLVING VIEWS51. CHAPTER XLVIII INDOOR FIREWORKS52. CHAPTER XLIX HOW TO MAKE A TELEPHONE53. CHAPTER L TELEGRAPHY AT HOME54. CHAPTER LI ELEMENTARY HYPNOTISM55. CHAPTER LII THE POWERS AND MYSTERIES OF CLAIRVOYANCE56. CHAPTER LIII TABLE-TURNING57. CHAPTER LIV PALMISTRY58. CHAPTER LV PHRENOLOGY59. CHAPTER LVI TELLING FORTUNES BY CARDS, DICE, DOMINOES, ETC.60. CHAPTER LVII GRAPHOLOGY61. CHAPTER LVIII A SUCCESSFUL CHILDREN’S PARTY62. CHAPTER LIX PARLOR GAMES63. CHAPTER LX PARLOR TRICKS AND PUZZLES64. CHAPTER LXI “HOW WOULD YOU——?”65. CHAPTER LXII SOME OPTICAL ILLUSIONS66. CHAPTER LXIII CIPHERS AND CRYPTOGRAMS67. CHAPTER LXIV SECRET SIGNS68. CHAPTER LXV GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS FOR THE BLIND69. INDEX70. Transcriber’s Notes