Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-11-18


Let it pass" The third time the pos
SCISSOR of the wand holds II over some
head and inquiries. The wand rests
over whom?"
Then II the exile promptly to an
sver, "Over soald-so." naming the
right person. The trick IL ACCOM- 4
Dlished BY having 1t arranged that the
confederate who remains In the room
shall hold tho wand ever tho person
who spoke last before the announce
ment, The wand passes" All the OK
lie in the next room need be able to
do is to distinguish the voices of the
company.
Another mystifying game IL called
Chinese writing" Take grandfather's
cane in your hand; request your COZ
federate to step into the hall. All de-
eide upon rather short word, say,
''meat." Both Of you understand that
you will tap with your cane for the
vowels according to their regular or
der; q, one tap; 9, two taps; i, three
taps; 0, four taps; u, five taps, and
that the first letter of the first word
of every remark that you make after
your confederate enters will be con-
sonant of the word she is to guess.
The taps of the cane will be the VOW
els according to their order.
AS she enters you begin marking
on the floor with your cane marvel
lous characters, which the whole COM
pany will watch eagerly. AS you
write you say casually, Must write
fast?" Here she gets the M" Then
you make two heavy taps as you
write, which, according to the code
means e." After little more writ
ing make another single tap for the
"a" Then say naturally, Try to fol-
low me very closely" which gives her
the 'T" to complete the word. Go on
writing mysteriously for moment
or two and then ask her II she has
read the word all right. She will
doubtless be able to tell the company.
to their great establishment. With q
little ingenuity you can mako your re
marks sound very natural and hence
make the trick seem very pulling.
In another clairvoyant trick one
person goes ~out OF the room while s
word. representing some object, Is
chosen. When he returns. his con.
federate asks him, "1s 1t -" nam
ing some article the first letter OF
which is the first letter Of the word
he is to guess. The guesser replies
in the negative. The questioner then
asks, lis it . -" naming some ar
ticle the initial letter Of which 10 the
second letter of the word 10 be
guessed, and % on until the word is
complete.
Thus, suppose tho word was cur
tain. The questions might be, us it
a GAMBLER" rs 1t IN umbrella?" "Is
it rat?" as 1t q tablet" "Is it an
apple?" "It is ice?" rs it needle?"
To all of these the person questioned
has answered, NO." but he has been
following the first letters Of the
words, and when the next question
comes, els it a curtain?" he answers
"Yes." II it is preferred to make the
trick seem more magical, when he
has heard the word spelled out he
may suddenly interrupt his question
er and. rubbing his forehead, say
"Wait, know what 1t Is. It is cur
tain" However, the company viii be
more apt to guess the trick II It Is
done in this way.
II you have In your company any
person good natured enough to ap
preciate q joke on himself, the follow
ing trick will furnish much fun: An
nounce that you wiz hypnotic any
friend who Il willing to follow you
directions. Retire from the room
and take two cups and saucers. Pu1
your own carefully aside Then take
the other saucer and hold Il over /
lamp or candle until the under part ii
covered with SCOT Put the cup bac1
in the saucer. Fin the cups with va
ter Then ten your friend who u K
be hypnotised that Il II impossibl,
for the spen TO work unless Ne follow
your directions sxaet.y. Present HIN
With : CUP a1d a1neet. Tsal him q
hold tAsse = m ~ hand. and, look
Ing straieAt Ito ysur szss and No
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