The Delta independent., 1893-12-06

ing this for granted, the woodwork OF
your magic box trick will not cost
much.
First of all make a table top two
and half feet long and two feet wide
of three-quarter inch thick pine wood.
This table must have five legs. Three
Of these must be plain, straight up
and down legs, two inches square and
thirty inches long. Put one of these
legs half way along. the long side OF
the tab BILE with one of the sharp edges
outward. Put the other two, also
with edges outward, on the two ends
of the table, half way across. The
two other legs employed may be
A-Top.
B-The hinged door.
CC-Mirrors.
D D-Props
merely props to hold the table steady
when finished. These may be put
about seven inches from either end at
the back of the table.
Have a thin groove in both of the
inner sides of the front leg, and q
groove in the side which faces the
front leg of both end legs. Now get
two pieces of thin mirror glass thirty
inches high and about eighteen inches
wide each. These must be slid in the
grooves, one edge going up fiat against
the table and the other touching the
floor. Your table now has solid
front, each mirror on different
angle.
Cut out half way down the back of
the table piece of its top one foot
square and set in a new piece which
will fit closely aid yet be easy to move.
Hinge this with two small hinges un-
der the table, and put button" un-
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this swinging door in place until you
wish to use it. If this swing piece is
nicely fitted the joinings on top can
not be seen at little distance.
Cut No. / will show the structure as
it will appear completed. You will see
A.-The opening in the bottom.
B.-1he piece which swings down
ward.
here the relative position of the legs
and the angle of the mirrors, which
are indicated by dotted lines The
back legs, or props, are also shown by
dotted lines. 1t will be seen that only
half of the side of the leg in which the
mirror slides is shown in reality. The
actual half will reflect in the mirror
lust beside it, and this little bit of re-
fiectlon does more to give an idea of a
clear, open space under the table than
any one who has not seen similar
illusion can possibly imagine.
We have now to make the magic
box. This should be eighteen inches
square inside measurement. 1t may
he carefully finished outside or not
Just as your taste dictates Make 1T
of half inch material, SO that no one
can think it has hidden chambers any
where about it. Line it with paper of
some neat pattern and have its front
swing door hinged at the bottom
edge.
Make swing door in the bottom of
the box like the one in the table,
but onlg ten inches square, with very
small fiat hinges and a thin button"
to hold it in place. AS the box is to
be set on the table during the pro-
gress of the mystifcation these door
fittings must not be thick enough to
give the box an appearance of being
set unevenly. Have leather handle
on the top of the box by which to
carry it.
Cut No. will show the box with it's
two doors opened. The ten-inch space
with its swinging door is shown at
the back of the box. The front
door, which is provided with a
little hook. can be opened or shut
when occasion demands, as we shall