Show 1 I r c ct j t ART 1 rry Pa S lou oas OD lEave Have Been Veen Blada ach S I Recent Years Tears Very fe of importance I have been n n b to t tho the repertory of the professional proCessional magician within recent recent re re- cent years year rs Sli an an expert in i prestidigitation prestidigitation to t a n Washington t n Star report report tricks all er en The new now al required elaborate mechanical contrivances es It may be bo that they draw drw the tho public ton lor awhile but they do not tur furnish ih lasting last last- attractions I lag ing lg Take ake tho the vanishing lady for ex ample In its ita way it vas was a wonderful thing and the mechanism necessary was wn elaborate and costly costy but every overy everyone one ono knew that the tho woman must necessarily feces feces- sarly disappear through a n trap in La the stags stage and the tho only mystery lay in i the tho cleverness with which the feat was ac ao Here was wa no illusion properly speaking nor anything g to excite won dot der del A trick to t bo bro re really ly worth anything any anything thing must bo be seemingly a miracle inexplicable to the ke je mind of the spec spec- spec Later A AThe The e best tricks are those requiring requiring ing lag the tho least apparatus No feat of ofra ra iQ ever attempted on the stage has a more profound sensation than did the fatuous famous when it i first frt appeared l In ir Europe Europe Even the scientific men wc wont t wild vid over it it It I was wa the first frt thing of its kind ever seen and for a long time no DO one suspected that th the body to t which the tho talking head belonged was wa concealed behind two mirrors that stood at an angle angle an an- gb gle with each other beneath the table The Tho extreme simplicity of the means used for deceiving was the most effective tive tive point point But tho the performer is i most successful successful successful success success- ful when he be employs for th the purpose of of- legerdemain e every day IY ery-IY articles such as n people are accustomed to Audiences Audi Aud are aro always always' entertained to see seo rabbits guinea guInea p pigs and other articles anti arti art art- cles des taken hand off out of the hat of the fat genteman gentleman who hn has been so as t to take a front seat near n nun tho the middle aisle This his sort of Irick r c. c is much mon simple and easily performed than you might Ight suppo suppose e 1 11 1 descend fron the tho and borrow silk bat from stage a sik any gentleman genteman who will iWi give Ive me one one The Tho first things io o be bo be taken from tho the t hat are already concealed on the inside inside iside in in- i- i side of ot my coat coat As Aa I turn and regain tho the stage with my back for foy a moment mom t to th the tho spectators I quickly drop these those articles articles arti arti- cles des into int the te hat hat Then I face the audience once more more and draw drw the tho thin things s out one ono by one ono exhibiting much surprise surprise Somo Some live lve animal anial may come first because i It is desirable to dispose of that as a quickly as possible Next Next perchance perchance per per- chance chance I pull pul out outa a wig which always excites a roar of laughter The other othet articles to bo be brought forth have been previously done dono up in i many compact little bundles Sometimes a single Ingle s small al package package contains a a quantity of h hen n nf f leathers feathers S. S so so o tightly done dono up that when they tey are shaken out there thore seems to bo enough h hof of them to t gli l a mattress ss Each bundle Is so fixed that Its is wrapping c can n bo be disengaged ed hi in i a a second Having pulled out of the hat all al the thin things s which had been previously taken from un under underpay my coat and put into it t It I eo to a Mer pretense of brushing the tile tie and incidentally slip a a number of other articles into int it it Then I come como down do toward the tho audience audience as a if i for the tho purpose of restoring re re- storing the borrowed stovepipe but suddenly pause and beg begin n to draw out of it many things several tunes times ties the tho size of the hat hat such as M bird cages cages trunks trunks etc et all al of which are aro a so made mado that they close up in very small smal com corn pass pass The springs that that hold them in shape are aro r released as a each ench ah one ne e is taken out out S Of f trick like this f course course a n thi requires a great deal of practice and skill ski but Its It effectiveness is almo almost t wholly due duo duoto to the fact tact that Itis Wi performed with so commonplace an object as a n borrowed borrowed borrowed bor bor- rowed silk sik hat hat Perform a a seeming miracle with a a broom broom a brick or or r any anything anything thing else that ij is i exceedingly commonplace com com- and familiar and feat r your excites infinitely more moro wonderment than tan if i it were accomplished with au elaborate mechanical mechanic l contrivance contrivance When Pharaohs Pharaoh's magicians turned their walking sticks walking sticks Into snakes snakes they know knew how to t impress mo most t stron strongly ly lythe the minds of 01 observers observers |