Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-18

-0OJSO0 SenSfnef OF SCpt. los 1919.
company. the exiled member will be
able to tell over whom. The door
must be left open. The c~onfederates
explain that this in order not to in.
terrupt the current of electricity be.
tween them.
The magic.monger allows the com.
pany to chat a few minutes after his
confederate has departed. Then he
suddenly breaks in upon the converse.
ton. waving the wand and saying in
a sepulchral tone, The wand passes"
The exile answers from the next
room very solemnly, LET 1t pass"
Again comes the announcement, 1.-The
wand passes" and again the answer,
Let It pass" The third time the pos.
SCISSOR of the wand holds it over some
head and inquiries. The wand rests
over whom?"
Then is the exile promptly to an.
swer, "Over ~so-and-so." naming the
right person. The trick is accom-.
plished by having it arranged that the
confederate who remains in the %
shall hold the wand over the person
who spoke last before the
ment. 1.-THE wand passes" All the ex.
lie In the next 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 that
you will tap with your cane for the
vOwels according to their regular or.
der; a, one tap; e, two taps; |, three
taps; o, four taps; Il, five taps, and
that the first letter of the first word
your confederate enters will be a 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 an" Then
you make two heavy taps as ,,ou
write. which. according to the code
mean &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.
II you have in your company any
person good natured enough to ap
preciate 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 IL to
be %hypnotized that 1t is impossible
for the spell to work unless he follow
your directions exactly. Present him
with a cup and saucer. Tell him tc
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 RICH,
hand In the water. rub them on the
under side OF his saucer Ia thick with
cabalistic passes over your forehead
and cheeks. The patient to be hyp.
Noticed will do the same, and as the
under side of his saucer Is thick witt
SCOT every cabalistic pass will leave
Its mark. The effect on the part OF
The company who are entirely D
pared for this denouement soon en-
lightens the victim. The SCOT scrubs
on easily aud there Is no harm done
provided you have been wise enough
to select a good natured person 10.
! your hypnotic influence.