Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-09-21
CON.URER>' CLOTHES.
Garments That Are Used TO De-
Ccivc the Pubic
Tho StVli>N Drr~s Coat - tho Modern
Mystiii,r u Made With Plenty of
Pocket. for the Conccalm,nt
OF His Apparatus.

suppose that ,vrryho,!y under
stands WA; CO... .'Irc! drirud- comstd-
Grady III li~ costume for assistance
in pvrfurul.u-r MANY II his most mysti-
fNInE TRICKS. The uidfa ~hioucd CON
Jurcr had au easy t.n, If il. He was
arttu. riuU-'a - appear in some fancy
costume " i3ch enabled HIM to conceal
anything from a frs NJ pan down - a
tyr-""nt piece.
But TN modern public, says a
writer IL ,ar New York World. j. too
wade awake To stand that sort Of
thing. and nowadays up t. date ar
lists must appear IN the conventional
evening dress ~ civilization. Fortu-
natcly, the swalInW-ta.l coat j. 50 cut
as L. lend considerable assistance u
one who has I" hastily proince or con-
ccal any article he may want at the
moment. and taking advantage OF this
the Conjurcr provides himself with
from Einc t. dozen extra pockets.
Two packets are al the back Of the
trousers on a level with the knuciles;
these, Of course, are carefully hidden
hv the coat tails. The swallow-tail is
thus scrvic"ahl" in cnnccaling watches,
cards, handkerchicf> or anything it
may lie Necessary To- put away hastily.
The tails of the coat themselves
contain four little pockets: the left
hand flap Of the breast coat contains
large pocket used for what is known
as loading large objects. and such
conjurcrS as still perform with live
animals ian extremely cruel practice,
10y the way conceal them here
The vanishing bird trick (Which,
regret To say, kills great number Of
canariesl is performed by means of
accessories in which the costume plays
part. The bird cage itself is made
to collapse into cigar-shaped tube.
The center of the cigar shape is natur-
ally fatter than at the ends, and, if the
bird is fortunate, it is sccreted there
and may come out of the ordeal alive.
Should, however, the bird get at either
end it is crushed to death, or should
the legs get through the bars they are
almost certain to be broken.
conjurer once told me he had
done the trick two hundred times with
one bird, but l should very much
doubt it. What happens is this: The
bird cage is rapidly hooked to the end
of piece of whipcord. which passes up
the sleeve and across the body of the
performer, and then down the other
sleeve where it is tied to the wrist. 1t
will thus be seen that the cord is con-
siderably shorter than will be required
TO stretch from each end of the arms
II they are extended.
The cage, being in the performers
hand, is rapidly compressed and made
to assume its cigar-like form, and is
dragged up the arm at lightning speed
by the simple process of extending the
two arms.
This very simple trick has puzzled
millions of people. 1t is performed so
rapidly that even if you closely watch
the conjurer doubt if you will know
what he is doing.
Afterwards the conjurer usually
pretends to find the bird in the audi
ence. As matter of fact he takes an
other bird out of his pocket, and by
one OF the simple lodges of conjuring
appears to take it from some ones
neck or head, or some other convenient
place.