Wehman Bros.' new book of one hundred and fifty parlor tricks and games : home-made apparatus . tpassed right through the hat. TRIOKS f03 The Mesmerized Cross of the Orient* For this splendid and mystifying trick you will require sixordinary drinking straws. These straws must be fashionedinto the form of a cross by being bound with thread at theplace where the cross piece joins the upright. As an addi-tional security, and as a help to keep the cross perfectly flat,small pins are passed through the three straws at about half an inch from each extremity, as indicated in the first illus-tration.
Wehman Bros.' new book of one hundred and fifty parlor tricks and games : home-made apparatus . tpassed right through the hat. TRIOKS f03 The Mesmerized Cross of the Orient* For this splendid and mystifying trick you will require sixordinary drinking straws. These straws must be fashionedinto the form of a cross by being bound with thread at theplace where the cross piece joins the upright. As an addi-tional security, and as a help to keep the cross perfectly flat,small pins are passed through the three straws at about half an inch from each extremity, as indicated in the first illus-tration. Besides these straws, a tiny wooden plug, just largeenough to fit inside the centre upright straw, will be bent needle point is fixed into this plug, which is shown inthe drawing marked X. When desiring to present this illusion, the cross can bepassed round for examination, and the plug secretly insertedon receiving it back; or, better still, the cross can be fash-ioned with loose straws in front of the audience, who willthen be satisfied that it is quite ordinary and i Of X 104 TRICKS Now the cross is laid flat upon the palm of one handwhile the other makes passes round and above it. Suddenlythe cross is seen to move, and slowly it rises until it standsperfectly erect; all this while you can pass your wand aboveand round the cross to prove that it is not suspended in anyway by wires or strings. The trick is worked in this manner: The cross with theplug in it is laid upon the fleshy part of the base of thefingers, so that the needle point is inserted into the hand is now held in the position indicated in the illus-
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