The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-01-22
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CABINET AND BASKET.
A PAIR OF ACTS IN THE ZAMLoCH
"PALACE OF MYSTERY"
How the Bound Men Manage To Get
Around-A Basket Built Out Of
the Ordinary.

Two of Zamloch's best tricks ar,
what he calls Cabinet Manifesto
tons" and the Indian Baske'
Trick" Both of these captivatet
his Honolulu audiences. They
were cleverly executed. Yet they
are extraordinarily simple. In the
Cabinet Manifestations the hands
feet and neck of the Professor ano
his assistant are tied. The cabine,
is closed and in on instant the men
show their hands free. But when
the cabinet is again opened they
are seen to be securely tied with
the same knots put on by the COM
mittee.
The trick can be explained in
this way: Down through each front
leg Of each chair is a metal rod.
The strings for the legs and hands
are attached to these. The rod is
easily loosened with the hand and
draws up and out. That releases
the foot. The rod, suspended on
the string, remains on the arms.
Only three fingers are shown over
the Cabinet. The neck string is
each time united and tied again. 1t
takes less than ten seconds to get
loose from the chairs. When the
men change seats they merely drop
the rods, hanging from their arms,
through the holes in the chairs
legs and the moose in the leg strings.
The rods fit either chair. When
ready to unite and emerge from
the Cabinet, the rods are drawn out
(releasings hands and feet) all knots
are united, the rods are dropped
back into the chair legs, with the
strings hanging from them as be.
fore.
The Indian Basket Trick is per-
pormed by two men, the Professor
aud BILLY" Marx. Billy" after
leaving the Professor, dresses in
hurry, comes up through a trap
back Of the dressing screen and
gets into the basket. Zamloch
slides through the trap, goes around
the house and comes in the front
door. The best part Of the trick is
in the basket itself. Its front side
is double, the parts separating.
The bottom is loose at the back
and both ends, and falls back under
weight. When the Professor says
GAS l can't be in two places at
once, etc." and turns the basket
forward, BILLY" and the loose bot
tom drop behind on the boards
and the second part of the front
side, by hinge fastening, drops
down and forms another bottom.
The second bottom is thicker than
the frst, which can be seen
through, and thoroughly conceals
BILLY" hehind it.
The watch, glove and handker-
chief trick is series of sleight-of-
hand performances in which Marx
does much of the heavy work.
Two watches are used, and BILLY"
may be detected arranging the Dor
rowed one III the mirror in the ear
lier stages of the trick. The bottle
trick, where flags, ribbons, wine,
etc, are taken from the same vessel,
small tube extending beneath the
stage is used and the articles are
pushed through it.
The slate writing trick is old
but nevertheless clever. The
writing and cards for it are
prepared beforehand. Zamloch
performs it with three states.
Two are washed before the audi
ence. A third, heretofore hidden,
with the writing on it, is cleverly
substituted and Nos. aud A are
tied together. When the cards are
collected from the audience, the
Professor "stirs" them up in the
hat. Instead of doing that, how
ever, he removes them and drops
another lot in the hat, all with
same name upon them-the name
signed to the letter on the slate.
When card is drawn from the
hat, the result is Of course ap.
parent.
BILLY" marx, the man never in
la hurry, is indispensable to
Zamloch. Almost every lazy
stride made by him across the
stage is for purpose. He it is he
who prepares the tricks. works the
wires, throws the triggers and does
a number Of other things that