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War Wit, Volume 1, Issue 6, 1 July 1941, Page 17

Become Popular at Parties — BE A MAGICIAN Easy Conjuring Tricks that anyone can perform THE BALANCING CARD. THE SILK SERPENT. WONDERFUL, BUT QUITE EASY. WEIRD! NO SKILL OR PRACTICE NEEDED. The serpents of India are said to have wonderful S p . q* p powers, and it is even claimed that the skin of a rnce Six Pence, certain snake from Northern India 1 retains its power with full directions. - ® Ml to live for 1,000 years. With this introduction, the A Good Pocket Trick for' HwSif entertainer shows a green silk handkerchief with n . „ . lr uOF a of red attached to one corner, the whole repreer Dinner or Party. senting a silken serpent. A knot is tied in the cenThis is a surprising and effec- re of the /serpent” and the “serpent head” allowed live trick. You take a glass of O //rf- d ° Wn ’, P^ se “ tly . and in full view, the feygT nead is seen to slowly rise upwards to the knot water and balance it on the edge ; through which it passes and completely unties itself, of a card, that you hold out at A weird effect - Easily operated by anyone. Price 6/6 arm’s length. A good trick to ■■ — — perform between more elaborate CHANGING THE NAZI FLAG, feats.,.' ‘ AMAZING. ' Both sides of a Nazi Flag are shown. The per- ——— — — — former now, simply by a stroke of his hand, causes EGC RAC TRICK t° i ns^an tly change its colour, and lo! instead of rPYTR AOPniv a nv\* t^ie Old g* nad Nazi flag we now have a red, white and Th • tn r X RA S >RD I/\ blue handkerchief tied together. A very pretty tl-e S !d> h e am ° US • gg gn ’ 38 d ° ne by effect Easily operated by anyone. Price for apparh -!h W <ih S magicians, y et it ,s so S’"? that atus (with full directions) 6/6 : post free, with it the beginner can bewilder an audience. An ■ ■ - ■ ' egg is passed for examination, and a small bag is shown, both inside and outside, to the audience. The MARVELLOUS MEMORY, Performer puts the egg in the bag, and while holding A MOST MYSTIFYING AND SENSATIONAL it, from the outside of the bag. taps it on the table FEAT, or against something to show that it is there. Yet, ' Price sixpence on the word of command the egg leave's the bag, " ’ 1 which is turned inside out, and shown to be O The performance of this clever lately empty. Even the onlookers fail to find it in tliCk causes P rofound surprise. It the bag. ; A spectator is now asked to hold the bag, seems absolutely impossible for when the performer, with sleeves rolled up, im- even the most phenomenal mental mediately produces the egg from inside the" bag. expert to commit to memory ninety Full instructions. Price 6/6 groups of six figures, and to be •— ;—■- ' :,' able to remember any one of them at a moment’s MAGIC CARDS notice. In some respects this demonstration is even START! mr 'cwQATiniuAi more wonderful and astonishing than .the so-called/ STARTLING - SENSATIONAL. « second sight „ „ « clairvoyance ~ The Budience is Performer hands pack of ordinary cards to a invited to call out any number from one to ninety, ; em er of the, audience to shuffle. Cards are cut and the performer instantly announces the six-figure . and performer places half in each of trouser’s group that appears in the section of the selected j9 C e S Audience is requested to name a card (for <. number. , A diagram with the ninety groups of figis ance, 7of Spades) and high presto! in an in- ures and full directions for performing this amazing , / an per oimer produces the selected card. Easily trick can be had for sixpence. It is quite easy when -: operated by anyone. Price 6 /6 you knowhow. Write, enclosing Postal Note, to STEWART, LAWRENCE & CO. LTD. ; II Manners St., Wellington