Show I 6HOST RINGS A I PRETTY PARTY TRICK r Here is a trick that Is a very effective one to use at a party and although It appeals very strange to the spectators when well performed still it is most simple Take a pasteboaid hat box I Zulu cut a circular hole four or five I Inchesju diameter in the center of tho cover Get two pads of blotting paper each composed of sIx or eight pieces I I Place the box on a table facing the company and tell them that you arc I = J < I l 0 aboutto make some ghogls for 111cm one for each Take thc palo blotting paper into another room and tlipn pour on one a small quantity of muilatjc ucid and on the other asimilar quantity of aqua ammonia both of which you can get very cheaply at any drug store Beer Be-er careful to keep the two pads from touching each olher Carry them into the loom and put them in I the box one on top of the other clapping on the cover of the box at once The box will Immediately become filled with athick white cloud J Now turn the box over ao that tho hole in the cover Is pointed directly atone at-one of the party Tap the box sharp ly I on both sides at the same time with your hands and a ghostly white ring 1 I t I I will come out the hole and lloal dl icclly al tho person In front of It By shifting the position of the box and aiming the hole at different ones you can send l one of these rings at each person per-son In the room They will be greatly surprised and will dodge and try to get out of the way asa general rule By renewing the supply of chemicals on the pads of blotting paper you can afterward amuse the company by tak ing turns at projectIng these rings at a doorknob or some other prominent object stringing several of them xmon it before they melt away nnd disap pear If two of the rings should knock together In the air they would brnd lau l-au straighten out again without losing their form Just as an elastic body of more solid material t I I C t f J I |