Causes Consternation.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXVIII, Issue XVIII, 3 May 1902, Page 871

Causes Consternation.

Any cousin who is thinking of giving a party should read the following and try the effect of the trick explained or his friends. Take all the guests to a dark room and ask them to sit round a table, in the middle of which place a soup-plate. In the soup-plate put some common salt and a little alcohol. Light the alcohol, and tell them to look at each other’s faces. The latter will look natural at first, but

as the alcohol burns out and the salt becomes ignited, the flame changes from yellow to blue, and the changes in the faces are very startling. Eyes stick out. and the skin looks as though it is drawn tight like parchment. Then the faces become almost black, and when the flames die out. ami the guests go into a lighted room. they unconsciously try to wipe the black off. But it doesn't come. It is only an illusion caused by the light from the salt.