The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-12-07
A. Surpl Using Trick.

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Yes. boys. real Simon-pure ..magie.,,
Just such tricks as you have seen the
magician" do Just such tricks a.
some OF you may have seen your hum-
! bic servant do -4ss~---- - 20
A muslin sack large enough to- con.
tain a boy of fourteen is handed out Tor
examination, and after the audienee ara
satisfied that the seams are not, ouly Sc,
cure and perfect, but that its only open.
/ ing is at the mouth, the performefsas-
sistant gets inside. The sack is gath
cred over his head, and the mouth He'd
fast with arsilk handkerchief, and. then
with a tape, the knots of the latter be-
ing not only sealed in any way thai
seems best to the audience. but the
ends. which are left long, given to some
one to hold. - = -
A screen is pow placed between the
audienre andgthe boy in the sack, tho
ends OF the tape passing either over the
top OF the screen or through holes in its
side. sraie = "a -.
1t would seem impossible for the per-
son thus securely enveloped to get out
OF the sack without cutting or untying
the tape and handkerchief; and yetx6
mystery OF mysteries! in a few, seconds
the screen is thrown open. and the late
occupant of the sack walks Out, swhih
the sack is found still tied up. the knots
not tempered with and the seals,p
broken. + 80 90
Surprising as this appears, theresas
needed but three requisites for its sue
,cessfuf accomplishment: first, an ~
Esistant upon whose secrecy and fatk
fulness the young conjurer can rely, for
he will require his help in very nixny
tricks; second, tao sacks, exactly. alike,
made of very light material, SO thattkey
will fold intosman compass; and third
unlimited impotence, assurance, or
what ever you may be pleasedto caHM
q When about to exhibit the trickathe
performer comes, forward, holdings
silk handkerchief in one hand, and sack
MOL in the other.ss The assistant, who
is to be tied up, has the duplicate, or
sack NO. 2, concealed about him. say
place. ''A' Ssss' A'@4@ D" -
20 las soon as he gets fairly into MOL
he whips out the duplicate, and puts the
mouth OF it inside the mouth of MOL
The exhibitor who is fumbling abost
as if to gather No. over the assistants
head. seizes No. 2, and drawing cut
about nine inches OF it, at once swKaes
the silk. handkerchief over the two 50
as to cover the pointwher they msst
This he does deliberately. as an appear
ance of haste would give rise to sus-
picion among the audience. ASsitsis
now impossible for any one to distin-
glish between the parts Of the Two
sacks, the exhibitor turns to- his audi
ence with, the remark: III have. now
tied up the mouth of the sack, in suclra
way as to make it next to Impossible
for the young man to get out. But to
make assurance doubly sure. should
Like one of the audience to it again;
this time with piece of tape" As Ne
says this, he produces the tape and tes
it once around the part beti0een the HAND
kerceiet and The mouth of No. 2. the
person selected from the audience then
draws the knots tight, seals them. and
retains the ends of thu tape in his hand.
When the screen is placed in position
for home exhibition clothes-horse with
q sheet over it makes an excellent SUB
stitute for a screen-the assistant gently
pulls on the mouth of No. /, which is
readily drawn out from under the hand
kerchief, and steps out. leaving Inc
tape and handkerchief still acloseiy
wound around No. 2, 1t,takes but o
second to fold up No. I, conceal it, and
then to- walk out from behind the
screen to receive the applause OF tle
audience. Henry Hatton, tn .Rarpers
Ho'tng People, gaa&3-gga 20 bss@ ~
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