One doesn't have to say strange words in order to annoy an enemy, or friend. At the local drug store a 10 cent portion of potassium nitrate is the most important requisite, that is, next to the desire for downright mischievousness. Put it in a bottle and add some water for a nice and powerful solution. Then take a camel's hair brush and a cigarette. Dip the brush into the concoction. Starting one-half inch from one end of the cigarette, stripe the "coffin nail" hand around in a continuous spiral fashion until you reach within one-half inch of the opposite…
This amusing little puzzle is done with a coin the size of an English shilling or an American quarter. You need also a pack of cigarettes of the type with a slide drawer. These are very common in England and are obtainable in several different brands in the States. The coin is placed at the bottom of the cigarette packet... just inserted so that it protrudes slightly from the bottom... coin being between outside of the packet and the back of the drawer that contains the cigarettes. The problem is to get the coin to the top of the package…
Deveen's fine cigarette act is consistently working the best vaudeville halls in England. World traveler, his experiences in magic and knowledge of magicians prove most interesting. His book Expert Cigarette Magic was a best seller a few years ago and still is a standard item of literature. In Deveen's own hands the following sleight, with the flourishes that hallmark the professional artiste, is a complete illusion. -- Cedric. Commence with the cigarette between second finger and thumb of right hand. The cigarette is held at one end. The third finger now replaces the grip of the thumb, cigarette thus being…
A NEW TORN CIGARETTE PAPER WRINKLE Versions of the torn and restored cigarette paper with duplicate waxed to thumb nail were deceptive close-up methods. For a small audience and under more stringent conditions, try this. Wax rolled duplicate to front or ball of the thumb instead, this portion of thumb being kept downward while presenting. Thumb should be dry and free from perspiration. For best results, apply wax, either diachylon or magician's wax, after slightly warming. In presenting, after tearing and rolling the first sheet, remove the duplicate roll, squeeze the two together, and show them as one between the…
There is little that is strikingly original about this effect, but I have found the routine to be an extremely successful table trick, particularly in a tavern that is not too well lit. A black thread about fifteen inches long is used. At one end is a safety pin and an ordinary pin is at the other. The safety pin is fastened to the front of your coat, about an inch inside and just below the lapel. Stick the other pin into the inside of the coat somewhere where it will be out of the way until you want to…
Undoubtedly this is the most rapid cigarette penetration through cloth yet devised. It takes a little practice to master the move and care must be taken to have the audience directly in front of you. The cigarette may be lit. Hold it upright in the right fingers as shown in Fig. 1. Actually the lower end is grasped only by the thumb and third finger. The left hand holds the handkerchief over its palm as shown in Fig. 2. It carries the cloth in front of the cigarette, then tosses it back over the right hand, cigarette and all. But…
In this one man magical program for clubs and homes there are seven effects, although The Itinerant Dollar trick runs a little longer than the others and makes use of practically three different tricks. The routine, as a whole, runs about twenty-five minutes and is effective for an audience of 10 to 250 people. Necessary adjuncts are as follows : One rubber novelty cigarette.One bag of tobacco.One package of cigarette papers.A cigarette lighter.One genuine cigarette.One unopened pack of cigarettes.A cigarette pull.Three prepared dollar bills.One wallet for the Card in Wallet trick.Some business size envelopes.2 pieces of waxed paper about 3…
One of the cleanest, and most novel forces which I have seen is with the use of one of the novelty cigarette boxes of Japanese make and on sale at many five and ten cent stores, as well as novelty shops. From the sketch it can be seen (end view) how the box operates. The outside container has a center upright the length of a cigarette, and curved in at the top to allow of a cigarette laying there. Into this is put a sort of inverted container with a slot in the top to match the center upright. As…
Old Gold having started the idea of trying cigarettes blindfolded, there were many effects and methods based on this theme. In my notebook has been an idea for the presentation and working of such an effect, and to me, it was about the simplest of all. Bringing forth about four packs of cigarettes, the performer has them opened and dumped into a hat or a bowl of good size. This is placed on a table or stand close by, and now the performer is blindfolded securely. The committee of one who has done the blindfolding has been given a package…
Here is a new pantomime cigarette and match effect which has been called at other times, The Cigarette From Nowhere. The working and presentation, however, is original with the writer and differs from other methods. Place a lighted cigarette into any of the well known tank holders for lit cigarettes and put this in your left lower vest pocket. Now do your best pantomime of taking a cigarette case from the inner pocket, open, remove a cigarette, close, tap the cigarette on the case in the usual fashion, pocket the case and put the imaginary cigarette between your lips. Reach…