The Washington herald., 1911-07-02
3 THE MAGICIANS' ARENA g

Nc" Dorrow from some lady handker-
chle', and place this over your right hand, at
the same time drawing the coin into the palm
anu hoIdlng the circular glass between the fin
ger ana thumb.
., AK the lady il she can feel the money
Trough the handkerchief, and the glass being
c tnetc she will naturally conclude it to be the
CON and answer in the affirmative
request the lady to hold the handkerchief
~ tne centre by grasping the coin between
a a niger and thumb Of her right hand, and at
t1 tTa1 II resume possession of your wand. so
..;a uiaI you may continue to hold the real coin
"ithGut exciting suspicion.
Iakc a tumbler holding about a quarter of
t the lady to hold it with her left hand so that
omt CON, still held in the right, shah be ex-
MY I "Dovc the water, you taking care, mean
Mh.e' that the ends Of tbe handkerchief fall
81 a. to exclude it from view.
l'H the gentleman from whom YOU bor-
rowed the half-dollar that you will have to
N I?N nm Tor further assistance and 20 be-
hD,a a your screen. Here quickly thrust the
this forward. ""N '''"s
sticking the knife in the slit, you as. the
gentleman to stand up and hold the orange
on .nr point OF the knife as high as he con
;nrn,rn!ly ;ry can, so that every one may see it.,
inc tbbng tba eo ihe audience that you intend max.
grange exhibited by the gentleman.
ASK the lady to release the coin when you
rd{, one, two, three-pass!" The lady then
tSo leases her hold upon what she supposes to be
the t"mhIa InhdIoLaE. and it is heard to fall into
cb;ef u'n;toier; but. upon removing the handker-
GSniiel, Gi, u remains invisible, and, the orange
Ss Spens cut open, the marked half-dollar is
found inside it.
q. The Ink and Water Trick.
lake piece Of black silk three inches wide
and SIX inches long, carefully stitching along
one pl ils euges thin wire. Bend this round
IL
Hde tumbler, the wire pressing against the
glass ABOUT an inch from the top Fill the
gas with water nearly to the top oil the
NIX and then place it behind the screen in
in it. ' N
having procured at a druggists an ounce
OF suIphate of iron and two drains of tan
NC aGid and bruised the iron to powder and
mixed m tE 1t with the acid, place teaspoonful
upon the table, ready to pick up when re-
CURED Have a white card on the table and
IN view, on the undermost side Of which YOU
"aXe No,pr previously rr;n blaeked one corner.
now brlng forward the tumbler of water
and stand it upon the table; borrow two large
hahdEeTShlets, throwing one of them over your
p2X race your hands under this handker-
chlet and lift it over the glass of water, at
and aut same @ tine picking up the mixture of iron
served. 'e' '"oO
:, BRING the glass containing the black silk
lining from behind the screen to show YOUR
audience that it is ink. and, with this view,
take the white card from the table and, hold.
ing It with its black corner toward yourself,
dip IT in the LIQUID, at the same time turning
u round, so that when withdrawn, il will ap.
pear to have been recently ,colored by the
tGntsntS con Of the glass, Cover the tumbler with
thG second handkerchief which you borrowed,
and inform the audience that any one can per'
iorm TINS trick. as the only thing to be done
places. W S~se
Having got some one to desire this trans
formation, You say, II told you it was easy
enough and, removing the handkerchief from
the glass believed to contain ink. YOU express
ast9alshment that no change has taken place.
However, you suppose the gentleman did not
speak sufficiently loud; so you replace the
handkerchief and desire another person to at.
tempt the feat. W ~
Again. a failure! Well, suppose must
attempt it myself" and, holding the eilk.lined
glass IN your left hand, you call for the ink
to pass from that to the other tumbler, and
pure water to appear in the one YOU hold.
Iress the handkerchief with the fingers of your
right hand into the glass, and, graspng the