The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-21
THREE SIMPLE TRICKS FOR THE
BOY MAGICIAN.

To be successful in the art OF con-
Turing, even to small degree, boy
must acquire the quality of patience,
for only by SO doing will he be able
to master those little movements of
the hands necessary to deceive the
eyes of an audience.
Very often the simplest magical
tricks are the most battling, and as
they usually require but little appar-
atus and are thus quickly prepared,
they are always popular among boys.
But when trick is OF simple ma
ture, lis success Is generally largely
due to the cleverness with which it is
performed; therefore, it should be
practiced repeatedly before being ex-
hibited, until every step is thorough
ly memorized and it can be gone
through gracefully without single
blunder
Three excellent tricks are described
below.
To Make II Coins Increase to 20.
In this trick II coins (nicke,5 and
pennies will do) are dropped into a
plate, each being counted as dropped;
then in order to impress the number
OF the coins upon the minds OF the
audience they are picked up one by
one, counted, and dropped into a Sec
ond plate, and a member OF the audi
ence is invited to count them over for
{. third time, placing them back In
the first plate. With everybody salts
fled that there are but IA coins, a
wand is passed around the plate, and
the magician declares that the coins
have Increased to the number of 20
TO prove his statement he requests
one of the audience to bring his hat
to the table. and after pouring the
plate of coins into the hat, asks tina,
they be counted. To the surprise oil
all, the owner Of the hat actually
finds 20 coins as stated.
This is the secret of the trick. OR
the bottom OF the first plate there is
small pocket that contains the ex
ira coins. The plate used should be
| an old one, because the rim upon the
| bottom must be cut to form an open
| ing to the pocket. The cutting shoulc
be done with metallic and a piece
of the rim about one inch in length
should be removed. Zig. - Out Of
q piece of thick cardboard cut disl
to fit inside of the rim: then from
the center Of this remove strip Ont
inch wide (the width OF the opening
cut out of the RIM, and glue th'
two remaining pieces to the bottom o
the plate, as shown In Fig. 2, wit!
the space between left for the pocket
A white piece OF paper Of as nearl.
the color OF the china as possible
should next be fitted inside OF thu
rim and be pasted to the pieces o
cardboard, to form the bottom of tn
pocket Fig. 3 shows a sectional view
of the. plate and pocket.
OF course the coins must be slippe'
into the pocket beforehand, and dul
ing the performance OF the trick tn
plate must be held with the open en-
of the pocket either level or tippe
up, until il is time to turn the coin
into the hat. 1t is we'll to roll IL
your coat sleeves before doing th1
trick SO no one will suspect that tn
coins have dropped out of them.
To Break a Match; Then Restore y
This trick is not only a good on
for show, but is splendid one t
do at party. In full view OF tn
audience, match is placed in til
center of handkerchief, the hant
kerchief is rolled up, and some on
is requested to take hold of it an