Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-19

pure water. When you pour these back In
to the pitcher the whole quantity will be
bleached, and there you are. AS oxa!ic
acid Is poison, the mixture must be immedi-
ately thrown away at the conclusion OF the
trick.
A Choice of Wine.
Another pretty wine and water trick is
worked partly by the use Of chemicals.
First show a wine glass filled with port
wine. and say: Il would offer you glass
of port, but some people think 1t rather
heavy. 1 will show you how easy it is to
change II to sherry" Borrow a handker-
chief, throw it over the glass and remove
Immediately, when the wine will have turn
ed to sherry. Now, as these are strong
prohibition days." you go on, perhaps l
would better offer you a more popular and
harmless drink" Throw the handkerchief
over the glass again, quickly remove as be-
fore and the glass will be found to contain
nothing but water. AS you go into the
audience to return the handkerchief take
that 1t Is water and an ordinary glass.
Finish by saying: Il am rather thirsty and
If you will allow me 1 think 1 will drink
this water myself AS you raise 1t to
your lips it changes to milk.
The glass should be about two-thrds full
of lime water at the beginning. and in it
there should be two pieces of sheet glass.
one red and one yellow, each cut to fit the
inside of the glass (see fig. y and forming
a partition in the center of the glass. When
you show it first. turn the red glass
toward the audience. and 1t will look
like a glass of port wine. When you
throw the handkerchief over it nip the
edge of the red glass and carry it away
under cover of the handkerchief. The wine
glass will then appear to contain sherry.
Drop the red glass out of the handkerchief
behind some article on your table while
showing the sherry. Repeat the same
movements to change to water. To change
to milk you have only to breathe in the
glass and shake it slightly and the lime
water will become white and will look eX
actly like milk.
Manipulating Coins.
The ordinary method of palming a coin
is rather difficult for beginner, and many
good coin tricks can be performed equally
we'll by using the more simple pass
known the French drop" To accom-
plish it hold the coin in the left hand.
in fig. 2, and move the right hand toward
the left as if to take the coin in that hand,
The thumb should pass below and the
fingers above the coin. Close the right
hand as if the coin were in it, but in reality
allow the coin to drop into the palm OF the
left hand. as shown in fig. 3. AS YOU carry
the closed right hand away from the left
follow it with the eye, thus directing at
tentiCn away from the left and after a
short pause let the left hand fall careless
ly to the side, keeping the fingers bent suf-
ficiently to hold the coin. The special val
ue of this pass lies in the fact that it is
available for coins of any size, also for
vanishing balls. corks. Jumps of sugar.
small oranges. &c. 1t can also be used for
making number of coins disappear at
once, and the ''chink' made by the coins
as they fall into the left hand seems to
help the illusion, notwiths standing the fact
that if the coins were really taken in the
right hand there would be no sound. Like
palming, this pass is first principle, used
in a great many tricks, and by all capable
performers.