Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-23

In reality palming them in b;s r,.ht
,ihand. and soon dropped them urohl
Eserved into his right pocket The
person was asked how many coins he
had at first; the reply was Il "cor-
rect said Hermann, "and how MANY
did you give me?" The answer We
five Every well" replied the nrofes-
sor then YOU have 10 left. Please
count them out OH to the plate one at
a time. so all can see" This was done
ami to the surprise Of all Is co;ns were
counted out-the original number This
simple trick was worked by the plate
having a hollow space in the bottom Of
it. open at one end. Five coins were
placed in this space. and when the
coins were poured into the person s
hands of co,rse these coins fell ont
With the others from the plata. which
was held down low. This would put
20 coins into his hand. and after he
had handed back five to the per-
former he thought he had only 10 left.
nut had Il.
Passing on to illusions q. other
professors of the magic art, the read
er may be interested in learning the
secret Of The Vanishing Elephant"
The Magician moves to the front Of
the stage a small wooden stand with A
circular tor The top IL supported by
single upright rising from a broad
nase. Between his thumb and finger
the magician holds a little figure of an
~. 4, Ill,
Taking his position near the stand, he
thus speaks to the audience.
During my visit to East India, la
dies and gentlemen. | witnessed
strange disappearance. ] am going 10
reproduce that disappearance this eve
ring. and / trust that it may interest
YOU as much as it did me- The little
wooden stand here serves to isolate the
silver elephant which ] now introduce,
cutting K off from all communication
with the stage and surroundings. |
mount the elephant on the little col
un!n, and thus make miniature
statue of it, The little animal Is
pretty heavy. as YOU may know from
the sound it makes as l drop it on the
table. There, We will now place
glass shade over the statue.
"par,on me If now cover the shade
with this colorrd handkerchief; II docs
not reach all the way to the bottom
but that does not matter. am gong 70
cause the little silver elephant TO dlsdt-
pear by making ii pass through the shau''
and away into space. Where would you
like to have it rcappear? Shall IL be In
the pocket Of some one in the audience
Very well. take my wand and com
mand the elephant To leave, one. Two
three, He has gone, Let MS remove tht
handkerchief and see for ourselves.
The cover is taken OF, showing the
stand without the elephant. "hlch I
found in the coat pocket OF a gentleman
in tn. audience.
plest thing in the world-when You learn
tn, secret THO statue IL frozen ntr-
curry The conjurer OF the present "a
knows q great deal about science. ana
he can freeze mercury rs hard rs sion"
hy .vaporatng solid carbonic acid diS-
solved in ether lie pats the f'uid mo-
curry into q mold shaped Ike an ci'-
phant. and thus makes the statue oE
freezing. Til" disappearance of the ,lI
uhnnt is simply its melting into fJid
mercury again. which runs down IN"
hollow upright OF the stand. The htlt'
taken from gentleman III ti%
audience is Il real figure. mad" OF metal
and then silvered 1t gets into TINS gen
some trick Of the magician.
The floating wand illusion Wa: ir5t
intrndrred to-th public bl an English
conillrpr known puiI!cly rs III" Fakir
OF Oolu" Few tricks have occaslHnet
more genuine wondcrment. IN me nist
place he reader must ID" pfoNi"e'
with an ordinary conJuring "ahu or q"
small round stick - To Is inches i""t
and a half-inch IN diameter. and blark-
ered an over. Before performing IN"
trick the wand is passed Tor EXAMINE
ton. 1t is then taken in one hu an"
apparently m.smeriZcd when II S'GN
throlgh series OF feats tnit en'lrei,
unset the laws of siS,ritatiOn. The trick
depends on a black SILK thread. wheel
is passed around the performer neck
in the form OF q laIee !"oP. ENret NV
will at once determin" the proper lthgt".
which will naturally vary with inc phSs-
ical proportions Of each periorntf.
When the wand is returned il is al onct
done without fear of detection. as th'.
thread is invisible against clothes "l
dark shade. 1t will he found that whc.i
the thread is stretched outward IRON,
the body by means of the wand ac'''.
mon hy the hands. IL supports the WanN
hv drawing it hard against the fingers.
At first th,, wand is taken in the 'r-r
hands. one near each end ana he'u "u'
pipserlv When the thread is felt TO "
tightly stretched the fingers are opened.
ana 4 swinging movement given 10 the
hands To the surprise of the %pcct"
tors the wand Will cling ~ tn 'ht-
stretched fingers. The hands Shouih
then BE- drawn together and parted asAi't
a slight swinging movement being kept
up. and two or thre"-or Sngie-IInStT
may be employed. as may tn" sih''S -
backs OF the hands When enough ",. n"t
may be employed. The finale IS start
ling, the wand being suspended by. oar