St Nicholas [serial] . BLOWING THE PAPER. TEARING THE PAPER. bits of paper whirling through the air. The effectis decidedly Japanesque. THE EGG CHING CHING Many years ago a professional magician in Lon-don who played under the stage name of Colo-nel Stodare, introduced a trick with an egg anda handkerchief to which he gave the above proved very successful, and Carl Herrmannexhibited it at, I think, his first performance inNew York, and afterward Alexander Herrmannoften included it in his program. In its firstform, an egg was placed in a glass goblet, overwhich was thrown a large handk
St Nicholas [serial] . BLOWING THE PAPER. TEARING THE PAPER. bits of paper whirling through the air. The effectis decidedly Japanesque. THE EGG CHING CHING Many years ago a professional magician in Lon-don who played under the stage name of Colo-nel Stodare, introduced a trick with an egg anda handkerchief to which he gave the above proved very successful, and Carl Herrmannexhibited it at, I think, his first performance inNew York, and afterward Alexander Herrmannoften included it in his program. In its firstform, an egg was placed in a glass goblet, overwhich was thrown a large handkerchief. Stand-ing at a distance, the performer picked up a pieceof thin red silk, about ten and a half inches them concealed in his right. As he picks up thefan he drops the wet papers on the table. As hebegins to fan his left hand (which is supposed square, which he began to gather into his handsVol. 546 METHODS OF MAGICIANS [April, When it was completely within his hands theywere opened, wher. it was s
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