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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[November, 
'SHADOWS ON THE 
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W A L L." — Drawn and Engraved for the American Agriculturist. 
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN THE SEPTEMBER NUMBER. 
Anagrams.— 1. Dainties. 2. Protrusion. 3. Conceu 
trated. 4. Surprising. 5. Anticipated. 6. Chocolate. 
7. Likelihood. 8. Miscellaneous. 9. Ourselves. 10. 
Remonstrate. 
Charade. — Rhino (rye-no). 
Numerical Enigma.— Washington. 
DIAMOND PUZZLE. 
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CHARACTER 
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DOUBLE ACROSTIC. 
C— llUTC — H 
I — sabell— A 
T— rai — L 
Y- el — L 
Transpositions. — 1. Her ring, herring, her grin. 2. 
Al oft, aloft, a loft. 3. Pets, step, pest. 4. O vile, olive, 
I love. 
Illustrated Rebus.— Manatee '(Man-at-tea). 
Pi.— Pardon is the most glorious kind of revenge. 
Cross-Word. —November. 
Making Shadows. 
These boys arc having a fine time with m»king shadow- 
pictures upon the wall. A great deal.of amusement can 
be made in this way, not only to divert young children, 
who arc always pleased by these shadow-pictures, but 
older ones can get much entertainment from them. Almost 
every one knows how to arrange his fingers to form the 
shadow of a rabbit, a fighting cock, and a bleating calf, but 
these are not by any means all the pleasing shadows that 
can be made. In order to have the shadows show to the 
best advantage there must be a white wall, or in absence 
of this a white cloth pinned against the wall. Then 
there must be but one light iu the room, and the shadow 
will be all the more distinct if this is a strong one. You 
must .ecollect that in shadows it is only the outline that 
showri, and in forming them \7ith the hands it makes no 
difference how the rot of the fingers are fixed if those 
engaged \v. pi-nlncing the shadow are in their proper 
places. Also, the nearer the bauds arc held to the wall 
the sharper will be the shadow. A closed fist with the 
fingers in the proper position will give a very amusing 
outline of a negro's head, and by the clever arrangement 
of a handkerchief a characteristic turban can be made 
for the head. A little ingenuity and patience will enable 
one by the use of one hand or both to produce very amus- 
ing shadows. Still more pleasing are what are called 
Chinese shadows. A sheet is hung across a door between 
two rooms ; the spectators are in one room, in which 
there is no light, and the shadow-makers are in the other, 
in which there is a very strong light. The lower half of 
the door lias a blanket or other screen, through which 
the light can not pass, across it, and the performer is 
hidden below this. When he lifts his hands above the 
Ecreen the shadow falls upon the sheet. But Chinese 
shadows are not usually made by the hands ; figures cut 
from stiff paper or pasteboard arc used and operated from 
below. As an outline only is required, the joints and all 
other parts may be made very rough. Any ingenious boy 
or girl can get up figures of men, women, and animals, to 
make these shadows, and cause them to have life-Kke 
movements, taking care that the hands operating them 
are carefully concealed below the dark screen. The exhi- 
bition of Chinese shadows can be made more amusing 
if a dialogue is kept up as if it came from the figures. 
It would not be dinienlt to illustrate some story ordialogue 
in this way, and thus furnish a pleasant entertainment. 
