The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-09
4 FEAT OF CONJURING,
The Popular Coffee Trick and
How It Is Performed.
METHODS OF THE MA1aclal

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Paper Int Mseha and Bran Int Cut
Sugar u Comparatively 6Asy When
Ysu Have Been shcwn the Way.
A trick always popular with the pro-
fessionai copjurer is that known A.
the coffee trick" though some high
falutin title, as, for instance. Mar.
about Mocha" Is better for Z pro.
gram. 1t has the advantage. too. -
not conveying any idea Of what tho
trick u to b.. The trick Il as suita-
BILE for the drawing room 10 for rho
stage. and an amateur with little
practice may do 1t easily, Remember.
with : iittis practice. for. Ike every
thins In coajuring. not only = little
but sometimes great deal Of practice
II necessary II the performer desires
to do his tricks with ease and skill
and 30 ~ 10 bewilder his audience.
When about to present this trick the
performer has on 4 table three wooden
boxes. large goblet shaped glass jar
and two German silver shakers" or
cups. such AZ are used In mixing lem
on juice. leo, ETC.. for Z glass Of lem
onade. In one Of tho boxes II 4
quantity Of bran. In another some
pieces OF chopped up white paper and
In the third a similar lot OF blue pa
per. These. with two pieces Of black
velvet. each about nine inches square,
and paper cylinder. am al that 'ap-
pear to be used in the trick. Picking
up one shaker. the performer oils Il
with white paper and Immediately
nours It back into the box. Again he
dips the shaker into the box and. with
a shoveling motion. nlls Il and stands
It on table 90 that every ono may
see It. The other shaker he ilils In
tina same way. but with the blue pa
per. Finally the glass jar ID dlled with
bran and stood on Z table BY itself.
Over one shaker IL spread one Of the
velvet squares and on top Of It 10
placed small. round metal plate. The
other shaker Ii covered with the SEC
opd velvet square. but without any
metal plate.
"Remsmber,v says tho performer.
this cup ID niled with white paper
and that one with blue" and. pulling
the velvet piece OF one cup. he pours
from It into q small pitcher about Z
pint Of milk-.'The milk OF human
kindness ~ extracted from the daily
prsss." Removing the metal plata and
the velvet from tho SECOND cup. h0
pours from It into the Arst cup "stsam.
ing Mocha coffee; no grounds for
complaint" Picking UP the paper cyl
inder. he drops Il over the upper part
OF the glass Jar, and, lifting Il up al
most Immediately. It II found that the
bran is gone and the Jar Il oiled With
lump sugar.
It ID . showy trick which IL general
" followed By applause, that sweetest
Of music to : performer. Here u the
explanation:
In each box Of paper II Z duplicate
shaker. one Oiled with milk. the other
with coffee. Fitted into the mouth Of
each shaker y shallow metal saucer.
the edges daring out % % to rest on
tho mouth Of the cup. At one point on
the edge Of each saucer II soldered =
semicircle OF stir wire about the size
Of dime, 20 that the performer may
easily grasp 1t. On each saucer r
glued some bits Of the papsr with
which the shaker u supposed 70 b
Oiled. These shakers stand upright in
the box in such position that the wire
piece Of the saucer will be toward the
performsr whan b. II ready 70 temove
the velvet cover. A. he shovels the
paper into thu shaker he leaves that
one In, the box. grasps the other fiiled
with milk OF coKse and brings Il out
some Of the loose bits of paper cling
ing round the top. These 10 bFushss
OF carsleasly and 10 doing -. when
necessary. adjusts tho shaker - that
the wire finger piece Will Be In the
proper position. II covering the shak-
ers the performer takes hold Of tho
velvet covers 90 that the thumb and
the third and fourth fingers are under
the cover. and with these he catches
hold Of tho projecting hnger piece,
lifts up the saucers and draws them
on, dropping them instantly Into pad
ded box or bag fastened at the back
Of the table.
A 4 glass Jar II transparent. II fol-
lows that 1 mere saucer Of bran n IT.
mouth would not do. % resort IL had
to another device. 4 hollow ehApe or
TN, 0u8Ouy E0pSI1u6p tuAJ H. sOOO&AJ
in the jar IL used. The larger end.
which II the top. II closed white thu
bottom u open.. From the top = . due
stir wire passing from one side 70 ths
other. II describes small bow that
serves ~ 4 handle 10 lift out the
shape. Bran y glued over the outside
Of the shape. and some loose bran II
spread over the top. The shape r.
filed with lump sugar, placed inside Z
second Jar and stood inside thu boz Of
bran. When the nrst jar i put into
tho Dor. ostensibiy % b Allsd. the ple-
former exchanges It for the second.
This no takes out and shows 4 ap-
parently alIed with bran. II = Gov
cred with the pap1e cylinAeF. which
goes on loosely. and il removing this
the performar slips one finger under
the wire handle. lifts out the shape.
and the sugar falls into the jar. A
the shape II taken out the performers
hand passes carelessly over the box Of
bran. into which the shape n dropped.
At almnst the Same moment the PAPER
Is crumpIed up and tossed into the an
dience. The trick IL 20 neatly done
and b withaI % simple that be must
b . h1nejR. indeed, who cannot de-
enlvA even 4 elaYar nf6i0Dce