Show OR CHRISTMAS necromancy clever tricks with balls cards and dominoes dominges Dom inoes AMATEUR MAGICIAN H HINTS IN TS prof Hoff hoffman nian explains some simple duties to be performed by means of which A n company of friends may be and thoroughly mystified the means and appliances ances cheaply procured cop copyright right IM hy by bac no aler johnson Bach bachmier lier most houses contain a box ot of domi noes these may be utilized for of the p performance erf 0 armance ot of a very little teal cat as follows the performer lays upon the table ten dom dominges dominoes inoes side by side face downward any one la Is thou then at liberty the per founer meanwhile retiring from the room to shift any ally number of 0 tho the dollia roca noes from one to nine inclusive front from the light hund hand end of 0 the row to the left retaining the order of tile the doull rims so shifted tit chii performer for tiler on oil ills 1114 leburn makes a little sp bech to something like tho the follow inn no now w ladles cind ami gentle mOll sou iou h AN e at I 1 gifted a certain number of oc thi th me hf cortilli dominges dominoes dom dor tilli inoes as many or as aa few as you pleased on now ow I 1 dou don C t intend to ask you a single question ly hy a film pie mental c I 1 can ascertain the cumbe numbe t you have moved and by my claira clairvoyant yant faculty tile dominoes dominges dom inoes 0 ore are face downward I 1 shall P pick ick out one corresponding with that number lot me see pretends pie tends to calculate and presently auina tuina ell up a domino say gay a three two representing live you S gifted live dominoes dominges dom inoes and I 1 have turned up tip a five the exact number be r tile the dominoes dominges dom inoes moved are not replaced but the performer again ie retires tires and a second person la Is invited to move a few more front from right to left again tit the pet coriner on his turns up tip the d domino amino indicating tile the number shifted the trick unlike most may be repeated ad libi turn without fear of detection 11 the ali principle Is 13 arithmetical to becia with the dom dominges dominoes inoes are arranged without the knowledge ot at the spectators spectator in tile the foll following oming order tile the total of if each domino being alone regarded ten nine eight seven six lit five four three two one such being tile the case it will be found that however many tire are shifted irom right to left the first domino of the new row will indicate their number thus suppose are shifted t the new older dominoes dominges dom inoes will then be three two one ten nine eight seven six five four and in like manner whatever were the number movel moved so tar far the trick Is s very plain sailing but the method of continuing it Is 3 a trine trifle more complicated to ascertain the position of the indicating domino titter after the see second arid removal the or cr c r privately adds tile number of oc that last turned up in this case three to its ils place e in the row one the total being I 1 ng fou tour r the domino to be turned up 4 0 O 4 p I 1 eff 1 I 11 i I 1 I 1 1 l I 1 I 1 ej hf 0 W t I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I I 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 C t I 1 1 I G I 1 i I 1 one two three pass after the next transposition will be the fourth now suppose elx bix dominoes dominges dom inoes are now shifted the new order will li nine eight seven six five file four three two one ten had live five dominoes dominges dom inoes only been shifted shit ted the five would have been fourth in the row and so on the performer now adds six the number of the domino to its ita place in ili the row tour four tile the total ten gives him the position of the In indicator dicato for the next attempt thus suppose four dominoes dominges dom inoes art are shifted the new order will be three two one ten tell nine eight seven six live tour four the next calculation four plus ton ten gives a total of fout foul teen the ten Is in this case cage caric canceled cled and the fo fourteen arteen regarded as four which will be found to be the correct ct indicator for the next transposition while the dominges dominoes dom inoes are on the table they may inay be made to serve for another feat of divination an old trick but a very good one and comparatively little known in this case the whole set twenty eight I 1 Is employed these are to be arranged by the company during the pl absence in lilly any way they please according to rules a six beins being placed next a six a live five next a five and po flo on the PC performer perfo rooi mer imer on returning to the room or of even before doing so will state without seeing them what flat are the lium numbers bess at either end ot of the chain tilt secret lies iles in the fact that tile the complete set ret of oc twenty eight dominoes dominges dom inoes arranged As aa above mentioned forms a circle or endless chain the precise Be sequence quence may of at course vary it arranged in ili a line the two end numbers m will ill be found to lo 10 tho the rame mine and arnay ile bo brought together the circle the performer insures a break in tha e chain by privately ch ab orr acting orle oile domino not a double doub lii 11 the numbers left at the ends endl ot of the line will then be the same rame as aa those of the missing link say the three five or the six two which the performer has in his pocket the attick may bo be repeated but the performer must first privately exchange the stolen domino for another good care that no one sees him do so BO the reason for avoiding a double is that its removal toes does riot not force a linak iti in tho the chain at the particular partA pai cular point the numbers on either cither side of it being ban alike would simply be hi ought brought together arid and the circle would wool either be complete or the th break would occur at some other point as to I 1 which tile performer would have no indication WHICH Cli WAS AS THE catta for this teal feat tho the concurrence concur renco ot of two persons Is necessary necess oxy for greater clearness wo we designate them tho the performer and the mc medium dJuna the theory belner being that the trick Is performed by means meana of some sort bort of 0 clairvoyant faculty ity during the absence ot at tho the medium from tho the room the performer lays out in rows of three nine alno cards face upwards as in figure 1 and invites the spectators to couoh ono one of oc them this aona no tho the medium returns to tho the room the th cazes at him fixedly but does riot not speak or make any visible blan after a momena consideration tile the maillum sacs bais the card touched was waa the queen of diamonds or as the case may iw bit again he h ret lrea I 1 and another cat d li Is touched m ILIA lh ill like result finally to show thill that ile hie rnell afas clairvoyant faculty facility Is not hot de dc upon the pvc pic ut thi hw inin opal lial performer the latter after steps into an ther room mom or behind a screen boi loral a ro the return of the th medium and mill tic curd card li correctly named the secret Is of tile the int pleat the perr performer ormer having lold out the nine 1 cards keeps heeps cho rubt brebt of at tile the pack in fit ills hl bif nt hand the burbace of the tup top eard by pre previous vinus agreement with his confidant bents the ili area occupied occupy c d on the lati ati 1 c v 4 4 F N 4 0 OO 00 ov O A 4 4 ma f 4 14 4 6 1 4 i 0 1 AM 4 1 0 ii to 1 0 I 1 0 06 4 11 M 0 0 f iea 0 0 6 u ter by the three cards ca itly and is ii ili mod into nine imaginary bliazes corresponding ond v walli till them see sec fiaui e 2 the performer lifts only to lot let the tip 0 of fl ills its thumb rest on the proper space und the noting its position knows at once which card has boob touched now the thumb in the position 0 0 I 1 I 1 L a f shown in ili figure 3 that the tell ot of spades has beon touched a shade lower but still in the twiddle the see ace ot hearts at tile the left hand bottom corner the nine of diamonds the same information n aclan Is conveyed in the perfo performers absence by the position in chich he leaves the pack on the table the nine cards are placed on oil the table in such buch it a manner as it to leave space cor car nine more imaginary cards similarly arranged to nr artt of them see fidure when a card lias has been touched tho the poi pet former carelessly loaves leaves the pack on the table in the position occupied by the corresponding imaginary card thus suppose the ten of 0 spades was wag touched lie will lay the pack on the spot marked the medium noting its poti position tion again knows mith certainty which caid has been touched and points it out accordingly according 1 Y the principle it will be observed Is the same as in fit the case with table substituted lor for UT ili lop vaid find and the paek pack tor for the thumb as indicator the felt feat Is made still till more effective by laying out tit tin cardi faco face downwards instead of 0 upwards thi the medium u still naming the caid which lias has I 1 aaa 0 aaa el 0 r ED 1 r I 7 q q to he be turner turned up to see whether he be Is right the pack Is in tills this case arranged according to some easily remembered formula as for instance the time honored eight kings threaten to save gave ninety live five ladles allies for one sick knave suggesting eight kings three ten two seven wile nine live queen four ace six fix knave the sulta must also be arranged in a determinate older the alphabetical club diamond heart spade being as good as any in arranging the pack the performer takes face upwards the eight of 0 clubs and on it lays the cintr of diamonds on this the three of hearts then the ten ot of spades two ot of clubs seven of diamonds and so on an till the pack Is if complete this must be done prIvat privately cly beforehand before laloff a ing out the nine cards tile the performer invites some borne one to cut the pack lie he then places the lower halt half on the upper and takes the nine cards needed front from the top when hen the medium re rc euins tui ns lie first notes the bottom card winch which the performer pel pei former takes care that he be shrill shill have full opportunity of seeing this rives gives him the lust card of 0 the nine being the one next following in the formula thus thua if 1 the bottom card be a queen lucen of spades tile the first caid on the table will be the tour four of clubs and knowing ahli it ij I 1 easy to calculate calculi te the names of tile the others TUG THU SILVER TUBE AND DALL BALL thia Is it a more ambitious teat feat the vis vistula lible apparatus appa latus consists conEl hta of 0 an all c ebony bony ball au inches in ili diameter and a blasa tube six elx inches in length and of such a Ell dlamater arnater as just to admit the ball midway bet between een the t e two L ends its internal Int ernil diameter Is restricted by tile application of minute dabs daba of metal at four points of the circumference to the extent of lather less than une me sixteenth of an inch the projections aro are rubbed down to smoothness i and lire are so slight slight that ihal no one a casually looking lookin cr through g I 1 h the tubo tub could even perceive their presence besides tit the ball the performer Is supplied wit with two others one tit of them I 1 exactly like the visible hall ball which Is of such it a size that it will drop freely into tile the tube but Is just too large to pass the constriction in the center the child bull ball Is a shade smaller and passes freely through the tube notwithstanding the central impediment the difference Is however so slight that to casual inspection all three appear precisely alike when about to bhoj the trick the pel former conceals the smaller ball about ills bin person or cl elsewhere e h C so 0 that flat i st it mill lie he instantly so pet at able the r he professional conjuror for this purpose tucks I 1 it just u under the front of his vest if the garment be fairly tight there li is little ff fear ar of its falling of the two equal sized balls one Is concealed in the palm of the left hand and the other with the tube I 1 11 exhibited to the company tills this last tor for convenience of reference we will call no 1 2 the ball in the left lisp hand no 2 9 and the one concealed under the vest no a 3 the spectators spi it will be remembered are only aware of 0 the lie existence I 1 of one ball here says tile hie performer showing y N I 1 11 I 1 1 ill 13 J I 1 ar I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 A I 1 I 1 I 1 A I 1 I 1 the tit tube be in such a manner that the aud audience lenee rall met fight t brough it 1 I dilvo it a litti lilt if hlll tube alad heie etc I 1 hamoi L bull ball no I 1 able h 1 ius I 1 ahtes ich A ine re ly till ough it As AB ir if suiting thu I 1 action to the word he takes taken the tube in ili the loft loff hand canil see gee fig fie 5 t it ng the lower end fall over and conceal ball no 2 and drops ball no I 1 in in at tile the upper end lie ile then tho the ube tube anil and allows no a 1 2 in the lio lat nd this thi the spectators naturally take to be tho the fall they had just reen believing that it ila liao fallen rallen through tho the tube As it a matter of oc fact that ball no 1 I has bag stopped midway mill ivay and has jam med itself very y slightly in tile tho middio 11 II of the tube see isco vis fig G proceeding with his hl demonstrations the performer turns the tube the other way up again holding it upright in the left ho lia hoid id but this time clear of 0 th the e palm 1 lie then drops in ball no 2 which by its impact forces out no 1 which Is 13 now low I 1 ahr he tube bay having ng I 1 bion on reversed be below I 1 a the in the center 4 I 1 fc A A P r J 11 I 1 I 1 t I 1 T I 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 le 6 no 2 remains in the center of the tube though to tile the eye of 0 the audience it has dropped through anti anil la Is in the hand tile the pei former continues 1 I IN will ill now place the tube here on the table As he does so he again turns it the other way up anti and brings it down with a slight rap this frees the concealed ball which falls within tile the tube on tile the table as in fig fie 7 I 1 1 I 1 will now go eo to the further side of the room and thence pass the ball into the tube III ho then pretends to arons transfer f c r tile the isible e ball no 2 from tho the right hand to the left in reality retaining it in the right hand by a slight contraction of th the second arol third lingers fingers against the lower joints or of v I 1 S 4 I 1 i t xi f is T g 5 7 which the ball rests one two three pass pais at ane last word lie he mikes a throwing motion with the artt h ft hand in the direction of the tube at the same time opening the left hand which Is seen empty will somebody pick up till the tube and see sec it 1 the ball Is there tho the tube Is lifted and the ball found while all eyes are arc drawn in that direction illa dia lie he drops ball N no a 2 into any convenient pocket and gets into t the 1 ia light hand in its place ball no 3 perhaps one of the company would like ke tn in try tile the experiment he offers the tube and ball for that purpose but in doln doing so iio deftly changes no 2 tor for no 3 which as the reader la Is already aware passes freely through tile the tube and with which therefore the modus operandi ope randl cannot possibly be discovered |