Girls of a marriageable age do not like to tell how old they are, but
you can find out by following these instructions, the young lady doing
the figuring. Tell her to put down the number of the month in which she
was born; then to multiply it by 2; then to add 5; then to multiply it
by 50; then to add her age; then to subtract 365; then to add 115; then
tell her to tell you the amount she has left. The two figures to the
right will denote her age, and the remainder the month of her birth.
For example, the amount is 822. She is twenty-two years old, and was
born in the eighth month, (August.) Try it.
There is a good deal of amusement in the following magical table of
figures. It will enable you to tell how old the ladies are. Just hand
this table to a young lady, and request her to tell you in which column
or columns her age is contained, and add together the figures at the
top of the columns in which her age is found, and you have the great
secret. Thus suppose her age to be 17, you will find that number in the
first and fifth columns; add the first figures of these two columns.
Here is the magic table:
1 2 4 8 16 32
3 3 5 9 17 33
5 6 6 10 18 34
7 7 7 11 19 35
9 10 12 12 20 36
11 11 13 13 21 37
13 14 14 14 22 38
15 15 15 15 23 39
17 18 20 24 24 40
19 19 21 25 25 41
21 22 22 26 26 42
23 23 23 27 27 43
25 26 28 28 28 44
27 27 29 29 29 45
29 30 30 30 30 46
31 31 31 31 31 47
33 34 36 40 48 48
35 35 37 41 49 49
37 38 38 42 50 50
39 39 39 43 51 51
41 42 44 44 52 52
43 43 45 45 53 53
45 46 46 46 54 54
47 47 47 47 55 55
49 50 52 56 56 56
51 51 53 57 57 57
53 54 54 58 58 58
55 55 55 59 59 59
57 58 60 60 60 60
59 59 61 61 61 61
61 62 62 62 62 62
63 63 63 63 63 63