Show I WILL FOOL SMART FRIENDS Ordinary Two Foot Rule Will Not Fold Up If Properly Balanced With Carpenters Carpenter's Hammer Hero Here Is a paradox to fool your our smart friends with Take an ordinary foldIng told fold Ing lug rule rille a two two foot foot rule Is best am and andI I ask your our friend what will happen If 11 you tie a hammer on the end of ot the I rule with the hinge on the rule under under un un- der den neath Of Ot course he will say Bay that thai the rule will at once fold told up for tor it Jt j Rule and Hammer Trick will do that even eyen without tho the hammer being hung bung on it However cr its it's easy enough to do Impossibilities Im impossibilities im- im possibilities provided you know how j ann ana fiat inai is me tue case casu in tills HUB You tie the hammer in tho the rule exact exact- Iy y as shown in the tile Illustration You may have hn to try several times before you will get it Just right Then when whon you ou hold up the rule it will remain sUI tiff stiff and straight and end will not fold told up In n spite of ot the weight of ot tho the hammer In n fact It is the hammer which keeps It t from folding up for the weight of or oft It t Is so placed that It produces a leverage leverage lever lever- age go upward on the end of ot the rule as as' as you ou can readily see when you OU try It |