The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-26
CLEVER FAKE IS
THIS COFFEE TRICK
Young Amateurs Can Have a
Great Deal of Amusement
With This.
Is SUITABLE FOR DRAWING
ROOM AS WELL AS STAGE
Sweetest of Music Always Fol
lows Clever Work of
Performer.

"coffee trick though some "high'
falutin' title. as for instance, Mar
about mocha,' is better for pro-
gramme, SAYS ''thc Methods of Magl
clans in March St. Nicholas. 1t has
the advantage. roo. of not conveying
any idea OF what the trick is 10 be.
The trick is as suitable for the draw
ing room as for the stage, and the
amateur, with little practice, may
do ii easily. Remember, with little
practice. for, like everything in CON
iuring. not only a little but sometimes
great deal of practice is necessary if
the performer desires 10 do his tricks
with ease and skill and SO as to be-
wilder his audience.
When about to present this trick the
performer has on table three wooden
boxes, a large gobletshaped glass jar,
and two German silver 4" shakers or
cups, such as are used in mixing lemon
Juice, ice, etc, for glass of lemonade,
In one of the boxes is n quantity of
bran, in another some pieces of chopped
up white paper, and in the third a simi'
lar lot of blue paper. These, with two
pieces OF blacl. velvet, each about nine
inches square, and paper cylinder,
are all that appear TO be used in the
trick. Picking mp one shaker. the per,
former fills IT with white paper. and
Immediately pours it back into the box.
Again he dips the shaker into the box,
and, with a shovcling motion, fills 1T
and stands 1T on a table so that every
one NAV see. The other shaker he
fills in the same way, but with the blue
paper, Finally the glass Jar is filed
with bran and stood on A table by it
self, Over one shaker is spread one of
the velvet squares and on top of 1t is
placed small, round metal plate The
other shaker is covered with the second
velvet square, but without any metal
plate.
Remember, - saws the performer.
''this cup is filed with white paper,
and that one with blue; and pulling
the velvet piece of one cup he pours
from it INTO small pitcher about a
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
ing mocha coffee. No grounds for
complaint Picking up the paper cylin.
der, he drops it over the upper part of
the glass jar, and lifting it up almost
Immediately, II is found that the bran
is gone and the jar IS filled with lump
sugar,
1t is snowy trick which is generally
followed by applause, that sweetest of
music TO a performer
In each box of paper is duplicate
shaker, one filled with milk, the other
with coffee. Fitted into the mouth OF
each shaker is a shallow metal saucer,
the edges flaring out so as 10 rest on
the mouth of the cup. At one point on
the edge of each saucer is soldered
semIcirclc of stiff WIRE about the size
of dime. so that the performer NAV
easily grasp IT, On each saucer is
glued some bits of the paper with
which the shaker is supposed to be
filed. These shakers stand upright in
the box, in such position that the wire
piece of the saucer Will be toward the
performer when he is ready 10 remove
paper into the shaker he leaves that
one in the box, grasps the other filed
with milk or coffee. and brings it out,
some Of the loose bits Of paper cling
ing round The top. These he brushes
off carelcssly, and in doing so, when
necessary, adjusts the shaker so that
the wire inger-piece will be ii the
proper position. In covering the
shakers the performer takes hold OF
the velvet covers so that The thumb
and the third and fourth fingers arc
under the cover, and with these he
catches hold of the projecting finger
piece, lifts up the sauceTs aud draws
them of, dropping them instantly into
padded box or bag fastened at The
Dack or the tapIe,
As the glass jar is transparent il fol
lows that a mere saucer of bran i'll its
mouth would not do, so resort is had
to another device 4 hollow shape of
tin. slightly tapering, that fits loosely
in thc Jar is used, The large end,
which is the top. is closed while the
bottom is open, From the top is a fine
stiff wire passing from one side to the
other 1t describes small bow that
b1nHlo n l1it Shana
Bran is glued over the outside OF the
shape and some loose bran is spread |
over the top. The shape is filed with
lump sugar, placed inside second lar
and stood inside the box of bran,
When the first lar IS put into the box, !
ostensibly 10 be filed. the, performer
exchanges 1T for the second. This he |
takes ont and shows it apparently
filed with bran. il is covered with the
paper cylinder. which goes on loosely. |
and in removing this the performer
slips one finger under the wire handle.
lifts out the shape. and the sugar falls
into the Jar, AS the shape is taken
out, the performer s hand passes care
lcssly over the box Of bran, into whicn
the shape is dropped Al almost the
same moment the paper is crumpled uU.
and tossed into he audience. The trick !
is so neatly done. and IS. withal, so
simple. that he must be a bunglcr. IN
deed, VINO cannot decclVc even cleNer
audience.
As pretty winA-up for the trick let
me suggest the following; Have a
large cup, in the shape Of a coffee
cup. made of tin and painted white
so as TO resemble. china The inside
of the cup is divided in two by a par
tition Al one side Of this partition.
in the bottom of the cup. is cut Il
small hole The other side of She par.
tjtion is flied with paper "snow,'
that is, tiny birs Of white papc:
Set the cup in very dcep saucer.
After the performer has produced the
coffee, he pours out some for himself, |
using the trick cup. OF course. the
coffee is poured into that side Of the
cup tina, has the hole in the bottom.
The result is. the coffee runs out into
the saucer. but the audience canno, see
this. When the cup is apparently full,
ne performer walks down 20 ,hc foo;
lights, cup in hand, INDUCES IN lit
tie pantomime 10 convey the idea that
he is about TO drink the health of the
audience. and then. suddenly. aud 10
their Rstopishmcnt. blowing into the
pu., fhrnws tbp contents Of tbp To- |