The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-03-16
A FEAT OF CONJURINC,
The Popular Coffee Trick and
How 1t Is Performed.
METHODS OF THE MAGICIAN.
Changing White Paper Into Milk, Blue
Paper Into Mocha and Bran Into Cut
Sugar IS Comparatively Easy When
You Have Been Shcwn the Way.

Sugar IS Comparatively Easy When
You Have Been Shewn the Way.
A trick always popular with the pro-
fessional conjurer is that known as
the coffee trick" though some high
falutin title. as. for instance. Mar
about Mocha Is better for pro-
gram. II has the advantage. too, of
not conveying any idea of what the
trick is TO be. The trick is as suita-
Bile for the drawing room as for the
stage. and an amateur with little
practice may do II easily. Remember.
with Il little practice. for. like every
thing In coniuring. not only a little
but sometimes II great deal of practice
is necessary IL the performer desires
TO do his tricks with ease and skill
and SO MS to bewilder his audience.
When about to present this trick the
boxes. large goblet shaped glass Jar
and two German silver shakers or
cups. such as are used In mixing lem
on juice, Ice. etc. for glass of lem
onude In one of the boxes Is a
quantity OF bran. In another some
pieces Of chopped up white paper and
In III" third similar LOT of blue pa
per rheSe with two pieces Of black
velvet. each about nine inches square.
aud n paper cylinder. are all that ap-
pear In be Used In the trick. Picking
up one shaker, the performer fills It
with white paper and Immediately
pours II back Into the box. Again he
dips the shaker into the box and. with
a shoveling motion. fills 1t and stands
II on II table SO that every one may
see II. The other shaker he fills In
the same way. hut with the blue pa
per Finally the glass jar Is filled with
bran and stood on n table by Itself.
Over one shaker Is spread one of the
velvet squares and ON top Of Ii Is
placed small. round metal plate. The
other shaker Is covered With the sec
ond velvet square. but without any
metal plate
"kemcmber," says the performer.
this cup Is lilled with white paper
aud that one with blue" and. pulling
the velvet piece off one cup. he pours
from Il Into small pitcher about Il
pint of milk THE milk of human
kindness as extracted from the daily
press" Removing the metal plate and
the velvet from The second cup. he
pours from II into the first cup steam
Ing Mocha coffee; 10 grounds for
complaint" Picking up the paper cyl
inder. he drops II over the upper part
of the glass jar. and. lifting IL up al
most Immediately. It Is found that the
bran is gone and the jar is filed with
lump sugar
1t Is n shuwy trick which Is general
Iy followed by applause. that sweetest
OF music To performer. Here Is the
explanation
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shaker one filled with milk. the other
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the mouth Of the cup. At one point on
the edge of each saucer IN soldered a
semiclrclc Of stiff wire about the size
OF dime. SO that the performer may
easily grasp IT. On each saucer Is
glued some bits of the paper with
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