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Rh Samples of Fortune Slips. [If preferred, humorous fortunes may be written on slips. They are likely to cause more fun.]
 * 1) You will receive a letter in a few days from your dearest friend. Your life will be smooth and full of glad content.
 * 2) You are going to marry and live abroad. Your life will have many clouds but will end gloriously.
 * 3) Your life will be spent in doing good to others.
 * 4) You are about to enter upon the broad ocean of life. Choose the straight and narrow way and you will be exceedingly successful.
 * 5) You will be a wanderer. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
 * 6) Sorrow approaches you through one you deem your friend. Tell no more secrets. Be a friend to yourself.
 * 7) You are not doing yourself justice. Cease hiding your light under a bushel. Show the world what you are.
 * 8) A glorious future is thine. Gold to burn—Take up thy cross.
 * 9) Be of good cheer—Thy flour barrel shall never be empty.
 * 10) Thou shalt win all thou desirest. Be noble, true, and good.

CONUNDRUM NUTS. Take English walnuts and cut them apart with a knife—do not break shells; take out kernels and make inside of shells smooth. Write suitable conundrums on strips of paper about two inches wide and four inches long. Roll up slips and put between two shells. Place opening of shells together and tie daintily with baby ribbon. Place them into deep glass dish or in several dishes, to be served at table same as if good nuts.

Samples of Conundrums. Why is the letter D like a wedding-ring? Because we cannot be wed without it.

Why is a bridegroom often more expensive than a bride?