TO SMOKE WITH TWO EMPTY PIPES.
JFhe conjurer declares that he would ,|fko to have a smoke, and as he makes it a rule never to borrow any tobacco he will endeavour to gratify his tasto with two empty clay pipes, which' ho hands round for examination. Upon receiving them back he places them bowl to bowl, and, putting the mouthpiece of one between his lips, sits down and begins to draw, blowing
out dense volumes of smoke, and apparently enjoying his pipe. At any moment he can separate the two pipes and show them to bo quite empty. The secret of tho trick is this: Prior to the performance you rinse out the bowl of one pipe with a small quantity of ammonia, and prepare the other in a similar manner with a few drops of hydrochloric acid. This is soon absorbed by the clay and leaves no trace. You can smoke the pipes by using them as described above.
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Waipa Post, Volume VII, Issue 327, 30 June 1914, Page 5
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161TO SMOKE WITH TWO EMPTY PIPES. Waipa Post, Volume VII, Issue 327, 30 June 1914, Page 5
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