THREE JOLLY TRICKS

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 3, 4 January 1941, Page 2 (Supplement)

THREE JOLLY TRICKS

HOW TO CHANGE INK INTO WATER. on show the audience a glass which you say is full of ink. In order to prove the truth of this statement vou dip ;i playing card into it. The half of U„ curd which has been, in the liquid immediately heroines black! Then you hold a handkerchief over the glass ami mumble a few magic words, and when you remove the handkerchief the ink lias been turned into water! Hiia is how it is done: It is water 111 tho glass. but you have previously put a piece of thin black material inside it so that the material sticks txj the eides of the glass. It will look as though the glass were nearly full of a black liquid—see the picture on the light. And now you glue two identical playing cards together, back to backOne of the cards is painted black, as in the diagram, in the top right-hand corner. Before dipping the card in the "ink" you produce the clean side, then without the audience being any the wiser vou tllin the card round and produce the black one! In holding the handkerchi.-f over the glass you manure to slip two fingers underneath it .111,1 remove the material inside the handkerchief. THE MAGICAL BALL. Vou show your hand* to be quite empty, then you make a few complicated passes with one of them— and smldculv a little hall appears betwee.ll your lingers! The solidity of the bail can be demonstrated by knocking it again. t the t-aMe. This ball you can make ili.appear and appear again at will and balance 011 your fingers with the of ease.

II Explanation: Tlie hall is of wood, a *1 little smaller than a billiard ball. At- % inched to it is a loop of thin fuse win, which is rouml your thumb as shown il ~ ~' • *? tlie picture. When your turn your palms upward to show that your hands ars empty the hall is at the back of your hand. \\ ith a little practice you wijl l>e able to swill™ the ball backwards and forwards over your thumb and make it M appear and vanic.li lietween your fingers. ;X A neat little trick! THE TRANSPARENT CARDS. After shuffling them thoroughly yoa J spread a pack of cards face downwards on the table. Now yon can a>-k the audience to choo?e any card tliev wish and you will tell them whether it is red _<r| or black. And it is quite true. What i* mure. Mm can continue in the same way until all tlie cards have been used. a 1 \ p!a nat inn : You haw previously dcall Ihe cards inio red and black. :<n<l nuv pile you haw b»-i'! L'ciitly. a- »hown in the boti.mi ,'i.m Vow ynii hava only to rcmciiilicr which colour are bent and yen will i'md it the ea<-ie~t thin;: in the world to announce the colour of each card, while it i- difficult for the audience tn discover the Mi-ret. 011 can quite comfortably allow one of til® audience to rhutrie the card? lirst.