Magic Trick 81-90

How to Prevent Lighted Cigaret From Burning a Handkerchief

Spread Cloth Over Half Dollar Concealed in Hand and Metal Will Prevent Damage.

HOW TO PREVENT A LIGHTED CIGARET FROM BURNING A HANDKERCHIEF

Conceal a half dollar in your hand, and spread a handker­chief over the hand. Then ask someone to give you a lighted and freshly-puffed cigaret, at the same time telling the audi­ence that you will put the cigaret out by pressing it against the handkerchief, which will not be damaged. When you do this, have the half dollar in the palm of the hand, draw the handkerchief tightly over the hand, and press the cigaret into the handkerchief on top of the half dollar. If the cigaret is pressed hard against the coin, the handkerchief will not be burned, as the metal prevents this.

Thread Prevents Lifting Up an Umbrella

Small Loop Between Fingers Covering Tip of Article Makes It Impossible for Any But Strongest to Budge It.

BUCK THREAD BETWEEN FINGERS IS LOOPED AROUND TIP OF UMBRELLA

THE UMBRELLA STRENGTH TEST

Prepare for this trick by drawing a black thread through your sleeve, fastening one end to a button of your vest, and making a loop in the other and placing it between two of your fingers. Let the loop extend about one-half inch above the fingers, and you are ready for the trick. Ask someone to hold an umbrella extended, grasping it in the center of the handle. Extend your hand, back upward, place the tip of the umbrella upon the hand, and while doing so slip the loop of the thread over the umbrella tip. Then ask the person to try and raise the umbrella from your hand. Although it is held by only a thin thread, it will be found practically impossible to budge it. Ask the person to try using both hands, and unless he has unusual strength in his arms, it will be found equally as difficult to raise the umbrella. Even if the thread should be discovered, this would be a good trick.

Mirror Becomes an Oracle and Answers Questions in This Trick

'Yes' and 'No' Written with Hard Chalk and Wiped Off with Silk Reappear When Breathed Upon

MIRROR BECOMES AN ORACLE AND ANSWERS QUESTIONS IN THIS TRICK

Take a piece of hard French chalk and write on a mirror the words, "yes" and "no." Write each word at opposite ends of the mirror, and with a silk handkerchief, lightly wipe the chalk off so nothing is seen on the mirror. Then tell someone to ask a question, and it will be answered on the mirror. After the question has been asked, you judge whether the answer should be yes or no. Then instruct the person to breathe on the mirror where you have written the word that answers the question, and the word will become visible. It can then be wiped off and another question answered.

Make Sound Travel From a Fork to a Glass

Lindhorst Makes Table Carry Vibrations Although Audience Thinks Wave of Hand Does It All.

SOUND IS PRODUCED BY HANDLE

FORK TOUCHING

HOW TO MAKE SOUND TRAVEL FROM FORK TO A GLASS

This trick must be done on the bare surface of a table. Hold a fork in your left hand, let the hand rest on the table, and place a glass near your right hand. Then pick the points of the fork's prongs with the index and middle fingers of your right hand, immediately transfer the hand to the glass, and as you do so, tip the handle of the fork down so that it touches the table. The fork vibrates when you pick the prongs, and as the handle touches the wood surface of the table, a vibratory sound is produced. The audience cannot see the handle of the fork beneath your hand, and their attention will be focused on the movement of your right hand. It seems that the hand transfers the sound from the fork to the glass.

A Rose Appear in Your Lapel

Artificial Flower Concealed Beneath Arm Until Released and Snapped Into Place by Elastic.

ROSE WILL APPEAR ON lAPEL SO QUICKLY — IT WILL LOOK AS TUOUGH IT MATERIAL­IZED OUT OF THE. AIR.

RUBBER IS STRETCH­ED AND ROSE UELD UNDER THE ARM.

HOW TO MAKE A ROSE APPEAR IN YOUR LAPEL

Here is a little trick that will startle your friends. Buy a small artificial rose and a piece of black elastic, fasten one end of the rubber to the stem of the rose, and pull the other through the button hole of your lapel, under which it is pinned. Grasp the rose, stretch the rubber to which it is attached, and place the rose beneath your arm, as shown in the above draw­ing. By holding the arm against your body, the rose will be out of sight, until an opportunity arrives to do the trick. Then you can lift your arm slightly and the rose will appear in the lapel so quickly that it will seem as though it materialized out of the air.

Change One Card Into Another

Make* Device Which Almost Works Itself—All You Have to Do Is Keep Audience From Seeing Too Much

HOW CARDS ARE WASTED TOGETHER, AND WOW TRICK IS DONE

CHANGING ONE CARD INTO ANOTHER

Three cards are used in preparing for this trick. Two of the cards are folded in half, and one-half of each is pasted on the face of the third card, which remains straight. The cards are pasted so the creases meet in the center of the third card, and this leaves the other two halves standing upright with backs to each other. These are then pasted to­gether, and you will then find that by bending them in either direction, you will be able to change one card into the other. When you are ready to present the trick, hold the cards in your left hand with the upright part flat, so that it appears to be one card. Then pass your right hand over it, in the manner shown in the above drawing, and release the fingers of your left hand which holds the cards flat. As the hand passes over the cards, it draws the bent part down or up, accord­ing to which way it is moved, and at the same time covers the move­ment of the card, so that when the hand is withdrawn, the card will have changed into another. It is necessary to stand away from your audience so that the creases in the cards do not show.

Here Is a Number Trick With Which to Baffle Your Friends

How to Foretell Total of Five Rows of Figures as Soon as the First Is Written

FORETELLING THE ANSWER TO A PROBLEM IN ADDITION

In this trick a person in your audience writes down three rows of figures, you write two, and the five rows are then totaled. After the first row is written, you can always foretell the answer by subtracting 2 from the number, and placing the 2 in front of the row. Suppose this number is chosen, 6224. By subtracting you get 6622, and by placing the 2 in front, you arrive at the figure 26,622. The person then is asked to write another row under the first. You write the third row, and each figure you write must total 9 when added to the one directly above. The person writes the fourth row, and you the fifth, again making each figure total 9 when added to the one directly above. (Of course, you do this addition in your mind, allowing the other person to think you are choosing the figures at random.) Then the five rows are added, and the answer will be the one you foretold.

MAKING A MATCH BOX RISE ON YOUR ARM

Hold your arms extended with the hand tilted slightly upward, so the skin around the wrist will be loose. Then turn a penny match box upside down, open it slightly, and press the opened side against your wrist. As you hold the box there, gradually close it, and a fold of the skin will be caught between the drawer and the cover. It is necessary to squeeze only a little of the skin in the box, as too much would make it rise abruptly and spoil the trick, and at the same time close and tense your hand. This will cause the skin to be drawn tight, and one end of box will slowly rise from the arm.

Clever Trick With a Knotted Handkerchief

After Apparently Binding It Around Someone's Wrist He Snatches It Off Without Untying Its Ends

A KNOTTED HANDKERCHIEF TRICK

Have some one hold out an arm, then you take a handkerchief, twist it, and place it over the arm, so the ends, A and B, hang beneath. Hold it there, as shown in No. 1. Then grasp B, twist it around your thumb beneath the arm, and double it back to the top, as shown in No. 2. Do the same with A, as shown in No. 3. You then release the thumb, withdraw the hand, and the handkerchief will hold together beneath the arm. In the meanwhile you are holding both ends above the arm with your right hand. Tie these ends into a knot, and grasping this knot, suddenly jerk it, and the handkerchief will come off the arm.

Make Egg Hop From One Glass to Another Without Touching It

Blow Sharply at Rim and Air Pressure Lifts Egg Into Adjoining Container.

MAKING AN EGG HOP FROM ONE GLASS INTO ANOTHER WITHOUT TOUCHING IT

Stand two egg cups or wine glasses side by side, place an egg in one, and ask if anyone present can transfer the egg into the other cup without touching it. The trick is done by blow­ing sharply at the rim of the cup, and the air, forced inside and under the egg, will make it hop out of the cup and fall into the other. Of course, you should blow on the side farthest from the other cup, so your breath will direct the egg, similar to a putter driving a golf ball into a hole. After the trick is done, you can say that you have actually made a hole in one.

A Puzzling Trick of Angles

If You Learn the Key to This Mystery You Can Confuse Friends Who Try to Solve It

A PUZZLING TRICK OF ANGLES

To do this trick you must draw an eight-pointed star like the one shown above, making the lines between points cross each other and from various angles. Mark each point with a letter of the alphabet, beginning with A, and lay eight coins on the table beside the star. Then explain to your audience that the coins are to be placed on the points of the star, but in doing so, each coin must be moved from a point opposite to where it is placed. For instance, if a person decides to lay a coin on point A, he must move it from either F or D. This is how it must be done. After the first coin has been placed, the second is moved from a point opposite to where the first started, so that it will arrive and remain at the point from which the first coin was moved, and each succeeding coin is handled likewise. For instance, if a coin is moved from A to D, the following one must be pushed from F to A. After each coin has been properly placed, there will be one left over and one point vacant. As there is nothing else to do, you simply lay this coin on the remaining vacant point. A person not knowing secret of the trick will usually have two or three coins left over.

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