Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-16

before. Pick up the handkerchief ard say
you are about to pass 1T into the box where
session of the cards. Rub the handker-
chief between the hands making it small
er and smaller till at last it vanishes en-
tirely and in place of it you have the
cards. Lay them down on your table, cross
to the side table. pick up the card case
ard open 1t and pull out the handkerchief.
Then say:
Vow. ladies and gentlemen, I propose
to show you how this trick is done, and in
order to make it palmer to you will do it
backward. first putting the handkerchief
back into this card case, thus, and then
putting the pack of cards into another case,
which you can 5 re is just like it. pass
case for examination, and then. put the
cards into it. and place on the table in
center.) Now we will induce them to
change places by simply making the rub
bing movement with the hands before.
and you see in this case where a moment
ago we had the pack of cards. we find the
lady's handkerchief take it out and throw
on the table,, and here in the other case
we find the cards.
How 1t is Done.
Take out the cards and show them, then
lay them down and cross quickly to center
table. There pick UP the handkerchief with
the right hand, at the same time a large
plate with the left, and holding the hand
kerchief over the plate. shake it slightly
and a quantity of candies pours down upon
the plate. Return the handkerchief, and
at the same time distribute the candies
among the audience.
Homemade apparatus will serve nicely
fer this. First make two pasteboard boxes
just the size of pack of cards. Cover
their insides with black paper and paste a
playing card on the front and back of each
box. so that they will look, at a little dis
lance. just like packs of cards. Each box
must be left open at one end. Then make
two cases into which these false packs will
fit rather closely and have them deep
enough to conceal the whole pack The
cases must have ordinary side-over covers
and must be black inside. Have one Of the
false packs with white handkerchief in
side on your table concealed by some other
object. and the other hanging on the back
of chair. Both the cases and an ordi-
nary pack of cards should also be on the
table.
On returning to table after having cards
and case examined, lay them both down
and show hands empty, being careful that
the pack is put by the side of the false
pack while at the same time the latter is
pushed into view and the genuine pack is
concealed. Then pick up the false pack
and put 1t in the case with the open end
up. Put on the cover and place it on the
side table. Borrow the handkerchief and
throw it over the back of the chair where
the other false pack is concealed.
In picking up the handkerchief again
take also the false pack and when rubbing
the handkerchief between the hands stand
with your side to the audience so that the
false pack is covered by the hand, and with
the fingers of the other hand push the
handkerchief into the open end. Show the
pack lay it down with the opening away
from the audience, cross to the side table,
remove the cover from the case and pull
out the duplicate handkerchief, which the
audience will take for the original, and
then turn the opening Of the case toward
them and 1t will appear to be empty The
rest IS obvious up to the time the original
handkerchief is reproduced.
AS you throw the handkerchief down on
the table be sure that one corner falls over
the back of the table so that when you
finally pick 1t up you bring away with 1t
a small cambria bag made as shown in
figure l. The bag has double hook at
the top. the larger hook being to attach 1t
back of the table and for handling it, while
the smaller one is to engage the ring shown
at the point of the flap. This bag is filled
with candies, the flap closed and the ring
caught over the small hook which holds
the contents in place when the bag is
brought up concealed by the folds of the
handkerchief. When ready for the candies
to fall slight turn Of the wrist will free
the ring, and while the audience are look
ing to see what has happened secretly
drop the bag on the table.
Ring Trick.
No magical performance would be COM
plete without at least one ring trick, but
nearly all SUCH require Aioie VI ies'S eApeH-
slve apparatus. But the following very
effective trick is easily performed and the
apparatus is simple.
Begin by saying: Ladies and gentlemen,
YOU have all heard of the wonderful rifle
shooting of Buffalo Bill Captain Bogardus,
Annie Oakley and others, and, on the other
hand, 1 very much doubt If any of you
have ever heard my name mentioned in that
connection Yet l can show you feats with
this little pistol that none of these marks
men ever dreamed Of" Coming forward
with the pistol In your hand. you continue:
"You notice that have piece of paper in
the muZzle of the pistol, and I require
number of finger rings to use as missiles.
These 1 must borrow from you, as 1 wish
to prove beyond the possibility of a doubt
that there Is no humbug about my shoot
ing"
Having obtained one ring from some one
of the audience, you add: Now, to SHOW
there Is no deception, will ask you to dro"