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Tricks in Magic, Illusions,and Mental PhenomenaVolume I J
Tricks in Magic
Illusions and Mental Phenomena
Volume I
J.H. Burlingame
Handkerchief Multiplication
Get two silk handkerchiefs and put each in a small paper tube, and place each
behind ear and keep in place with a small piece of wax. Show silk handkerchief
and hand empty. Take handkerchief between hands by corners and lay over
head. Take tubes from behind ear and produce in course of time.
Now You See it; Now You Don't; Handkerchief
This trick although simple is one of the prettiest sleight of hand feats in
existence. Use a fine small silk handkerchief, between the joint and thumb and
forefinger of left hand conceal a small piece of the same silk rolled up in a ball.
Roll up your sleeves, show hands empty, have handkerchief examined and
taking it between the hand roll it up into a ball which you pretend to pass into left
hand, but really palming it in right. Let silk at rear of thumb expand in left hand,
letting audience see it, they are now sure that the handkerchief is really there;
meanwhile you get rid of the handkerchief proper. In due time join hands roll up
the bit of silk into a ball again and press it back in its former hiding place, then
show handkerchief gone and hands empty. Cause handkerchief to reappear by
causing silk to expand and let it be seen, vanish the silk as described above.
Soup Plate and Handkerchief
The handkerchief is rolled up very small and is held between the soup plate and
hand, while the performer is calling attention to the plate. When in the act of
laying the plate down, under cover of the plate drop the handkerchief. Vanish as
follows: A small ball of any suitable material about an inch in diameter and with
an opening on one side of it about half an inch in diameter is attached to a wire
loop. This loop is slipped over the thumb of the left hand. Performer takes a
small silk handkerchief and works it into the hollow ball and under cover of the
right hand slips the rubber ball over the hand and allows it to hang down at the
back of left hand. Palms of both hands can now be shown empty, performer
picks up soup plate in his left hand and exhibits the duplicate handkerchief
underneath and holds soup plate in his left handk and under cover of the plate
drops the handkerchief and vanisher on servante and carelessly calls attention
to the back of the hands. This can be done very quickly.
Mephisto's Glass Cylinders
Effect-- Two glass cylinders are shown and then placed opposite to each other
on the stage. Performer borrows a dozen handkerchiefs and has them all tied
together; he then places them in either cylinder, as selected by the audience.
Performer now commands the handkerchiefs to vanish, which they instantly do,
and appear in the other cylinder which was previously shown empty. These
cylinders can also be used for the vanishing and appearing of birds, rabbits,
liquors, flowers, etc., etc.
Secret-- Have a cylinder of opaque glass about two feet high; also two shells of
same colored glass which fit over the genuine cylinder that has bottom in it; also
have two pedestals (imitation of marble), which are hollow; these are placed
over traps in stage at each side. Assistant under stage has a long rod on one
end of which is a wooden disc; this disc is a little smaller than the inside of glass
shells. Performer shows shell and cylinder together, then places them on one of
the pedestals; assistant pushes up rod from below so that disc is flush with top
of pedestal. Performer now places the other cylinder (shell), on the second
pedestal. He now borrows some handkerchiefs and has them tied together,
these he places in first cylinder and, on command to vanish, assistant quickly
lowers rod and disc (cylinder containing handkerchiefs is resting on disc), down,
and quickly shoves it up into the shell on second pedestal, from which the
performer produces the handkerchiefs. Performer steadies outer shell, by
placing his wand across top of it and bearing downwards, meanwhile
addressing the audience upon some point of interest, while assistant pushes up
inner cylinder. Of course you must have audience imagine that both cylinders
have bottoms in them.
The Flight Through Crystals
Effect-- You hand to audience for examination, three silk handkerchiefs; one
red, one white, and one blue. Next you show the two crystal cylinders, such as
is used on gas jets. Have someone in audience to tie the corners of blue and
white handkerchiefs together and roll them into a ball, which you place in one of
the cylinders, and give to someone to hold. You next take the red handkerchief
and place it in the other cylinder, and hold one hand over each end of cylinder,
and away from your body. Younow command the red handkerchief to vanish,
and instantly the cylinder is seen empty; hands are still covering both ends.
Person holding the other cylinder removes the two handkerchiefs and unrolls
them, and to their astonishment they find the red handkerchief which had
disappeared from the other cylinder between the blue and white handkerchiefs,
all being tied together. Very effective.
Secret-- After person has tied blue and white handkerchiefs together, you
request him or her to roll handkerchiefs into a ball, rolling the white one inside of
the blue one, and place ball on a plate which you hold. On returning to stage
you palm duplicate ball from under your vest, and drop it on plate and palm first
ball which you place under your vest. The ball now on the plate is composed of
three handkerchiefs, the blue one being on the outside of the ball. Now take one
of the cylinders from table and place on plate with ball; going to someone in
audience, have them place ball in cylinder and hold the palms of their hands
over each end of cylinder. Performer returns to the stage and picks up red
handkerchief and slips it through loop of "pull," which until now has been over
left thumb. Now you take up the cylinder and place handkerchief in it and,
holding palms of hands over each end of cylinder, you command handkerchief
to vanish, at the same time raise hand a little from end of cylinder on the side
which pull is, in order to allow handkerchief to slip out easy, which is drawn up
your sleeve by pull, as you extend your arms a little; place cylinder on table and
walk to person holding the other cylinder and have them remove ball, which
they unroll and find the three handkerchiefs all tied together; red, white and
blue.
The Chameleon Handkerchiefs
Three silk handkerchiefs perfectly white, are given for examination; also a small
sheet of paper, all of which is found to be free from deception. The paper is then
rolled up in the form of a tube, the three handkerchiefs pushed in one at a time,
a few "passes" and the paper is unrolled, when the handkerchiefs will be found
to have changed to red, yellow and blue.
Secret-- For this trick you have a tin tube 3 inches long 1-1/4 inch in diameter;
also a piece of white paper 8 inches square, and six handkerchiefs; three white,
one red, one yellow and one blue. The three white handkerchiefs are laying on
your table, also the paper for cone. Under paper have the tube prepared as
follows: Cover the tin tube with one end of the red handkerchief, and sew it
nicely, so that when you take the red handkerchief out of the paper cone, the
tube hangs behind the handkerchief. You tuck the red handkerchief into the
tube first, then the yellow one, then the blue one, and all is ready.
To perform, show the three white handkerchiefs one at a time, to prove that
they are unprepared; then lay them on your table and take up the paper. The
three white handkerchiefs conceal the tube that was under paper. Show paper
and roll into a cylinder, then take up a white handkerchief at same time the tube
containing the colored handkerchiefs, which is not noticed by audience as it is
concealed by white handkerchief. Get the tube into the paper cylinder behind
white handkerchief, in the act of pushing in the white handkerchief. As it is
pushed in, out comes the blue handkerchief.
Next push in second white handkerchief and out comes the yellow
handkerchief, then push in the last white handkerchief and out comes the red
handkerchief, allowing it to hang over the paper cylinder, then catch it near top
of cylinder and pull it out, tube and three white handkerchiefs are drawn out as
the tube is sewed to red handkerchief, lay it on table, no one suspecting the red
handkerchief contains a tube and three white handkerchiefs, now open paper
and show it empty.
Another method of loading tube into cylinder is as follows: Have a fine wire loop
attached to one end of tube, and concealing tube under vest at bosom, allowing
loop to hang out. In the act of showing the paper (which you hold in both
hands), catch thumb of left handk into loop, and as you start to convert paper
into cylinder, secretly pull tube into same.
And still another method is to have the tube concealed on back of chair, and
when you show white handkerchiefs throw them over back of chair, then show
paper and make it into cylinder, taking up one of the white handkerchiefs you
secretly take tube with it and push into cylinder, etc.
New Postal Card Trick
First take a postal card and prepare it with writing, then fold it twice, but before
folding tear a square corner off, place the folded card in one of your vest
pockets and the corner in the other. Now fold your card in the middle lenghtwise

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