Show I I CROSS OF ORIENT PUZZLE i Clever and Mystifying TricK That j Can DC Performed by Using I Ordinary Straws For this splendid ana mystifying trick you will require nix ordinary I drinking IItrnWfI These straws must bo fashioned Into tlit form of a cioss iby i being bound with thread at tho place whire the cross deco joins the upright As an additional security and ns a help to keep the cross perfectly per-fectly tint small pins nee passed k Q ir Cross of Orient through tho three straws at about halt an Inch from each extremity as Indicated In-dicated In the first illustration Decides these straws a tiny wooden plus just largo enough to nt Inside tho center upright straw will bo required re-quired A bent needle point Is fixed Into this plug which Is shown In tho drawing marked X Now tho cross Is laid Hat upon the palm or one hand while the other makes passes round and above It Suddenly the cross Is seen to move I I e I I I I e I I II I I Performing the Trick I I and slowly It rises until It stands perfectly erect all this while you can I pass your wand above and round tho I I cross to prove that it Is not suspended I In any way by wires or strings i The trick Is worked in this manner man-ner The cross with the plug In its it-s laid upon the fleshy part of the base of the fingers so that the needle f joint is Inserted Into the flesh The I hand is now held In the position Indl t cited In the illustration with the fin f gers slightly bent upward supporting t the cross Now gradually straighten f your hand and as the Uesh tightens t he cross will assume an upright post I ion by an almost imperceptible movement of the finger the cross can 00 made to rise or fall at the performers I formers inclination |