The morning times., 1896-10-11
Some
Easy
Magic.
BY ]. CARTER BEARn-

bl = GARTER BEAR
There Is sometimes described AN old form
or ring and egg trick in which specially
prepared egg cups, manufactured Of some
dark coIored wood. with m"rtises IN IN.
bnttom TO receive aud support the ring are
required, and the trick II played by the
substitution or these for others In all re-
n1ritses that are shown 10 the audience.
As. however, TIE constitution OF such 81
outfit Is quite beyond tne skin of any but
pracliccd craftsman, and Is quite ea-
peusive If bought or mace % order. and
as 1t is not worth while To occupy space
with descriptions and equipments IN tbe
interest OF the manufacturers or dealers
III magical apparatus, very much simpler
aud inore effective way Of performing 3
similar illusion is here given.
All that is required Tor this Illusion Is
common egg cup, bat of shoemakers'
wax, sandpaper, = tent wirc. two or three
eggs and handkerchief IL may lie
added that any near fingered person, WITH
out practice. such as would be required To
substitute before the face and eyes OF
your audience one egg cup for another,
can readily perform the trick as here de-
scribed
Borrow as many rings nt those present
as you have eggs, perhaps two or three,
or, at most, four. Let the rings be passed
around among those present that all may
see them. Show your egg cups and that
they are nothing more "r less than con-
mon. ordinary earthenware egg cups. Set
them in row before the audience. Bring
some eggs In a Basket or plate, and let
any one who chooses to do so examine
them and ASK that the name of the owner
OF each of the rings be written with
pencil on the she'll Of each. Wipe out tb.
egg cups, place the eggs in them, 81 that
every one can see you do So Now cover
up Ill the rings you have left on the table
in q handkerchief that haPpeus To be
lying near them aud taking hold Of the
extreme edge OF the handkerchief and So !
ing, 'once and once for all pass into the
Gigs. jerk, W. y,>ho wing the rings have
disappeared. Break the top of the egg
shells without jO;:vhnR Them with tn
fingers, using tight Canc OF wand for the
The purpose, and handing The egg cups IL
turn TO each OF the owners OF the rings,
together with u plate and napkin and "a
bent wire; ask them To fish for aud find
their property in the egg. Each one, of
course. brings out the ring belonging to
her and him and deposits on the plate
from which 1t is a(terwar,i taken, washed
and returned to its owner. The trick In
this form never fails to ast.oish aud puz-
zie Spectators, for hcw,h rings could have
been iuggied into at unbruken egg de-
log tsz.sr
wildcrment attending the result are only
equailed by the simplicity OF the means
used in attaining il.
Explanation-Whilc the performer pre-
tends to wipe the egg cup inside and out
with handkerchief o. napkin, he secretly
introduces a wad 81 shOemaker's WAX IN
which he sets ring on its edge. The eggs
are sandpapered on the end, which Is
placed downward in the cup, until q very
slight blow is required a. break the shell
and setting down the egg into the cup tn,
upper part Of the ring is forcedin5o the egg
ifinurawing the ring sonIc ur all of the WAX
comes up with II, The former is In such
state from having been pulled through
the contents II the egg that tn" M turG os
what adheres TO IL is not noticed. This,
however, selduIn occurs. The arrangement
of the handkerchief is nnc OF many ways
of making the rings disappear The rings
that lie upon it are, Il course, not those
lent the performer but either cheap bras
ones that belong TO him or some previously
borrowed for the occ2sion They ore
sewed Ia the hant!Se rchirr with silk thread
the color of the handkerchief and thrown
down upon the table by the performer after
he has wiped ont the esr cups, seemingly
they are the rings which, ia reality. are now
In the egg cups. and as the performer tn
Jerking the handkerchief is careful to turn
the side upon which i''S are SECURED
away srnni his audience, they incontlnently
vanish and are not again seen.