Show I THE P UZZLE PUZZLE CORNER You Can Read Ie-ad Minds The mysterious art of f reading and answering questions written on a sheet of paper contained Ina In Ina a sealed pealed envelope Is la a a. trick which any amateur magician easily can learn to perform The fact that the reader mind collects the sealed envelopes and then stands in a well lighted room to press them to his forehead and rapidly read ead the contents of each one makes it an impressive trick There are several methods by which the reading may be be done One employs a sponge moistened In alcohol The reader mind has the sponge concealed in the hand that holds the envelopes envelope As the front of each envelope is drawn to his forehead d it is moistened with the sponge This enables the reader mind to read the enclosed enclosed enclosed en en en- closed question through the en en- The alcohol dries while the other questions are being answered and the envelope may be returned to th the person who wrote the question as u proof it hasn't been opened The method may be varied by opening certain envelopes after questions have been answered This is done with a purpose The envelopes which are arc opened arc not the ones containing the ques ques- questions which have been read although the reader mind pretends pretends pretends pretends' pre pre- tends tends' that they are axe He actually opens other envelopes and in verifying the questions he read reads the new ones one and uses them late later r on h re is fl one fact about this per that should convince the thinking person that it is not genuine The reader mind is supposedly answering a qu question which is in a persons person's mind Why then hen is it necessary that the question question ques- ques tion ion should be written at all He Helas has las wi a glib alibi for this the questions ques ques- questions are written as 1 a form Conn of ot verification and as proof that the persons person's mind is on the question Brain Drain Teaser i v to iii 9 You dont don't have to know how to play the game of dominoes t to get the correct answer to this poser You should find rind the solution solution solution tion within two minutes Dominoes Dominoes can can be played according according accord accord- in ing to several different sets o of rules but in the particular game gam we are considering today each pair of adjoining halves must total tota six With that as a guide figure ou out the starting and finishing point poin of this domino square re Answers on Page 31 |