Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-12

| him to take them in his hands and count
| them back into the plate one by one. He
| does SO and finds twenty. Then ask him to
| hold his hands in cup shape, and you pour
| the coins into them and request him to
hold the twenty tightly. Then turn away
as IL about to do something else, but pre-
tend you see some one in the audience
whispering to his neighbor. Stop short and
| say: "Ah. see you whispering there; you
think am going to do the old trick and
have placed more than twenty in his hands.
How can you so misjudge me? Please, sir.
count them into the plate once more" CThe
count shows just twenty coins and you pour
them into his hands as befOre.)
Nov, hang on to them and be sure not
| to let me get near enough to tamper with
them. You have twenty? Yes VIII you
count out four on the plate? That leaves
sixteen. Now shall load these four coins
into this beautiful pistol and see If 1 can
shoot them into your hands drop the
ccins. one by one. into the pistol tube.) But
I must have something for wad. VIII
some lady loan me a glove? l assure you
it will not be injured, unless one or two
of the fingers happen to be blown off by the
explosion, and, l am sure, you will not
mind so slight sacrifice in the interest of
science. (Put the glove in on top of the
coins) Now, sir, are you ready? Don't be
nervous there is very little danger. don't
injure my assistant once in fifty times, and
1 promise to be very careful this time.
Gross behind table to opposite side Of
room, turn and fire. Take tube from pistol
and show it empty, lay down pistol and
pick up plate) Now, sir, please count the
coins once more, and see II really sue
ceeded In shooting them into your hands.
(He counts and finds twenty) Thank you,
sir, you did it very nicely"
AS you go back to your table he VIII
naturally start for his seat. Stop him with:
"By the way, the lady's glove; We must re-
turn that He will probably say he hasn't
it. But you must have it somewhere
about you, it went along with the money:
May put just my two fingers in your vest
pocket?' Hold up two fingers of left hand,
showing the hand empty. He consents but
you find nothing. Look him all over. being
careful to show both your hands empty. At
last discover a bunch in back of his coat
turn him back to audience. push back his
collar and pull out the glove and return to
owner. Use a long glove if possible. and
pull out by the end of one finger.
The Apparatus Used.
Figures three and four in the accompany
ing diagram show the apparatus needed in
these tricks. The plate is of tin and Is
called a Multiplying plate" 1t has
double bottom with a space of about an
eighth of an inch between the two. in
which there is flat tube to contain four
ccins with opening under the edge OF
the plate. The first time the coins are
poured from the side opposite the opening,
and, of course, the number remains as at
first, but the second time the plate is held
WITH the opening over the aSSiSldHt manu-
so that when it is tipped the four coins
slide from the tube and mingle with the
others.
The tube for the pistol is of tin or nickel
plated brass, made to fit closely over the
barrel Of the pistol 1t is about seven
inches long and two inches in diameter at
the mouth. Within the mouth fits a cup
about an inch and three-quarters deep.
with the edge turned down all around so as
to be easily gripped by the palm when ne
cessary to remove it. After loading the
glove and coins the performer turns to
cross the room, and, he does So he slips
out the cup and drops it behind the table
on the servante. On the return to the table
with the coins, after the final count, pick
up the glove. palm it in the right hand and
when you feel in his vest pocket with
fingers of left hand push the glove up under
his coat behind with the right. He knows
what you are doing, but the audience can
not see. as you stand close to him, and he
will not say anything. Disclose 1t as above
described.