The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-11-18

SCISSOR OF the wand holds il over some
head and inquiries, THE wand rests
oyer whom?"
Then is the exile promptly to an
swer, over s~o-and-so," naming the
right person. The trick is accom-
plished by having it arranged that the
confederate who remains in the room
shall hold the wand over the person
who spoke last before the
ment, THE wand passes" All the ex-
lie in the ne1t room need be able to
do is to distinguish the voices of the
company.
Another mystifying game Is called
Chinese writing" Take grandfather's
cane in your hand; request your con-
federate to step into the hall. All de-
eide upon a rather short word, say,
meat" Both of you understand hat
you will tap with your cane for the
vowels according to their regular or
der; a, n tap; e, two taps; |. three
taps; o, 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 a con-
soGant 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 &c" After a 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 IT" to complete the word. Go on
writing mysteriously for a moment
or two and then ask her IL she has
read the word all right. She will
doubtless be able to tell the company,
to their great establishment. With a
little ingenuity you can make your re-
marks sound very natural and hence
make the trick seem very puzzling.
In another c~lairvoyant trick oce
person goes out of the room while a
word, representing some object, Is
chosen. When he returns, bis con-
federate asks him, rs IL a -" 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 q~uestioner then
asks, us it a -" naming some ar
ticle the initial letter of which is the
second letter of the word to be
guessed. and SO on until the word is
complete.
Thus, suppose the word was cur
tain. The questions might be, Us 1t
a candle?" as 1t an umbrella?" as
ii a rat?" "Is it a table?" is it an
applet" 1T is ice?" "Is II a 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, as 1t a %curtain?" he answer
Yes" II 1t 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. 1t is a cur.
tain" However, the company will be
more apt to guess the trick IL 1t Is
done In this way.
IL you have in your company any
person good natured enough to ap
p~reciate a joke on himself, the follow.
ing trick will furnish much fun: An.
nounce that you will hypnotic any
friend who is willing to follow your
directions. Retire from the room
and take two cups and saucers. Put
your own carefully aside. Then take
the other saucer and hold 1t over a
lamp or candle until the under part is
covered with SCOT, Put the cup back
in the saucer Fill the cups with wa.
ter. Then tell your friend who is to
be hypnotized that ii is impossible
for the spell to work unless he follow
your directions exactly. Present him
with a cup and saucer. Tell him to
hold these in his left hand, and, look.
ing straight into your eyes and no
where else, to do exactly what you do.
Then dip the fingers of your right
hand In the water, rub them on the
unoer side of his u is thick with
catalistic passes owe your forehead
and cheeks. The patient to be hyp.
Noticed will do the same. and as the
under side OF his saucer is thick with
SCOT every cabalistic pass will leave
its mark. The effect on the part of
the company who are entirely unpre.
pared for this denouement soon en-.
lightens the victim. The SCOT scrubs
off easily and there is no harm done,
provided o have been wise enough
TO select a good natured person for
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