Wehman Bros.' new book of one hundred and fifty parlor tricks and games : home-made apparatus . nger No. 3, and the jointNo. 1. The Double Meaning* Place a glass of water upon the table. Put a hat over itand say, I will engage to drink the water under that hat,and yet Ill not touch the hat. You then get under thetable, and after giving several knocks, you make a noise withyour mouth as if you were swallowing the water. Then get-ting from under the table you say, Now, gentlemen, bepleased to look. Some one, eager to see if you drank thewater, will raise the hat, when you instantly take the glas
Wehman Bros.' new book of one hundred and fifty parlor tricks and games : home-made apparatus . nger No. 3, and the jointNo. 1. The Double Meaning* Place a glass of water upon the table. Put a hat over itand say, I will engage to drink the water under that hat,and yet Ill not touch the hat. You then get under thetable, and after giving several knocks, you make a noise withyour mouth as if you were swallowing the water. Then get-ting from under the table you say, Now, gentlemen, bepleased to look. Some one, eager to see if you drank thewater, will raise the hat, when you instantly take the glassand drink its contents, saying, Gentlemen, I have fulfilledmy promise. You are all witnesses that / did not touch thehat. 46 TRIOKS Imitation Thunder^ Ask some one to place his hands over his ears and passabove the hands around his head a cord in the manner shownin the accompanying illustration. If you rub the stringlightly between the finger and thumb, drawing the handalong the cord, he will • hear a loud rolling, as of properly produce the desired effect some precautions are. necessary. We will mention them. Before reaching theend of the string you must seize it with the other hand atthe point of departure; by so doing it will be possible to pro-long the experiment for some time. If you grasp the string with the nails and draw the handback by jerks, you will produce short, sharp peals of thunder,which can be changed into rolling peals at will by continu-ous rubbing. TRIOKS 47 Pool Table Tricks/ Carom Through a Hat. Place a hat on the table, either a high hat or a derby (acurly brimmed one), the same way as you would on yourhead, and place two balls about two inches apart two feetfrom one side, and place the other ball, the one you are toplay with, about three feet the other side of the hat, so thatthe middle of the side of the hat is in an exact line betweenyour ball and the other two. The trick is to make a straightcarom without taking the hat from the table or
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