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New Half Lady Illusion
In the centre of the stage or on a platform is seen a half lady
resting on a wooden horse with 4 legs.
The stage or platform must be 4 feet high. The trestle is 3 feet
high and 3-1/2 feet long. On the top of the centre of the trestle
make a bust like that used in "Swinging half lady" and have if,
ironed on the trestle and finely finished. Black cloth is tacked to
the back of the two rear legs. The walls at the back are draped
with the same kind of goods. Have a framework in front and
partly over lady, on which you hang curtains.
When you open the curtains audience sees the half lady resting on
the trestle. The lady is behind the trestle resting on her knees, and
leaning against the bust, which should be dressed in some light
color. No lights are needed to shine inside as the front curtain
hides everything. Have it very dark at back of front curtain and the
trestle fastened to the floor.
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Edgar Poe's Raven in the Garland
of Thebes
A fine raven sits in a beautiful garland of roses, suspended in
midair by two ribbons, bird talks, sings, whistles and tells fortunes
with startling effect. Raven is a fine stuffed bird surmounted by a
garland of flowers which is suspended by attaching the silk
ribbons to garland at sides opposite the bird's mouth. These
ribbons are double and contain a rubber tube, the ends of which
are concealed among the flowers. Assistant behind sings, speaks
and whistles into a metalic chamber connected with one of the
tubes, the sound passing out in a direct line with bird's mouth,
apparently coming from it.
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Samuel's Cartomantic Floral
Charm
A pack of cards transformed to a profusion of flowers.
Secret--A hollow metal fake pack is loaded with spring flowers,
(roses) having a loop at end, hanging out, and through which
performer passes his thumb, and produces flowers, vanishing pack
up sleeve by the usual clip.
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Samuel's Mystic Percolator
A glass percolator (two gallon size) is used for this experiment.
Percolator is shown to company perfectly empty, covered with a
shallow silver cover, and given to a lady or gentleman to hold
upright. A large silk handkerchief is thrown over it to exclude the
light. Performer now empties a cornucopia of paper roses, which
were a few moments before mysteriously produced from cone,
right into tube of his blunderbuss, (large size tube) and shoots
flowers into the percolator, where they are found as soon as the
handkerchief is removed from it.
Flowers are concealed inside silver lid of percolator (on principle
of coin cork) so that pressing a small projecting pin on top of
cover when throwing handkerchief over it, the trap door bottom
gives way and the spring flowers fall out, a spiral spring closing
door again.
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Samuel's Wonder Kraut
A cabbage is transformed to an Aquarium containing live fish. A
small aquarium having mouth closed by rubber cap, same as fish-
bowl trick, is inserted inside an artificial cabbage, made of cloth,
or cloth and rubber, nicely painted to resemble the genuine article.
Colored silk handkerchief is thrown over cabbage and both covers
removed at the same time.
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Samuel's Magic Squeezers
Performer, during the performance of some trick, requires a glass
of wine, taking a deck of cards in hand he squeezes them tightly
several times until a whole glass of wine is extracted from them.
Secret--There is a faked deck, picked up with four or five cards in
front to spread out to prove genuineness. Remove pellet of wax or
wooden plug from air hole and wine runs out of small hole in
bottom of fake. The fake pack is made of tin, having nicely
painted edges and real cards glued on front and back. Fill fake
with a small fine-tubed syringe. A very effective trick used in
conjunction with flying glass of water or wine.
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Samuel's Wine Tassels
Two tassels hang in any appropriate place on the stage, apparently
for mere drapery effect. They are made to resemble the ordinary
heavy, every-day tassel, used to tie up heavy curtains, etc. The
body of tassel is hollow spun metal of sufficient capacity to
contain a full glass of wine. Air hole in top of fake. Plug in bottom
drawn out of fake by performer pulling smartly on thread which
hangs below tassel, at a very short distance thread is not visible.
An extraordinary improvement can be made by having a rubber
tube covered to represent cord, connected with one of these tassels
by an opening made in the top of the hollow receptacle. Rubber
tube fitting over a hollow metal connection.
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Samuel's Bloodstone Wonder
A large white stone is inspected. Performer remarks that the old
adage declares that you cannot get blood out of a stone, but this is
now made possible by the Charmed bloodstone. Here he taps the
stone several times with the hollow metal wand, at third blow
wand and stone are lowered over a tray on table and blood pours
from the stone into a glass tumbler on tray. Blood comes from
wand. Blood is then vanished by vanishing glass of water, etc.
Stone is wrapped in paper and the package exchanged on servante
for one containing a loaf of bread of same size, this is placed on
run down. Performer fires wand at package, opens it and states
that Satan has commanded the stone to change to bread. This
bread can contain previously borrowed articles, or cards to be
produced from it.
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Samuel's Handkerchief Tassel
Tassel is made similar to wine tassel, except a slight alteration in
base, this one. being perfectly open. When performer desires a
large and beautiful silk handkerchief, he simply puts his finger
through a loop at end of a silk thread hanging a few inches below
the fringe of tassel and while calling attention to something in the
air, he makes a downward sweep of the right hand instantly
disclosing the handkerchief, flag, glove, etc., silk ribbons or
anything else capable of being hidden beneath its mystic recess.
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Samuel's Golden Flash of Light
A ladies' handkerchief is borrowed, ring for flash handkerchief of
same size. Handkerchief is ignited and disappears instantly in a
flash leaving in sight nothing but a heap of gold coins in
performer's hand.
Purchase from Western News Co. a Columbus souvenir pile of
gold coins sold for paper weights, attach a cat gut or wire loop to
it and suspend it on back of left hand, under cover of flash
handkerchief, swing it into palm, when you place handkerchief
there to vanish.
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