Wehman Bros.' new book of one hundred and fifty parlor tricks and games : home-made apparatus . clubs. Proceed in this manner until six cards have been substitute the last card drawn (which is of course awrong one) for the ace of spades, and conceal it in the palmof your hand. Then strew the others on the table, and whilethe eyes of the spectators are fixed upon them get rid of thecard in your left hand. It is a good plan to ask some one to write down thenames of the cards as they are called, and then to have thelist called over, in order that every one may see that therehas been no
Wehman Bros.' new book of one hundred and fifty parlor tricks and games : home-made apparatus . clubs. Proceed in this manner until six cards have been substitute the last card drawn (which is of course awrong one) for the ace of spades, and conceal it in the palmof your hand. Then strew the others on the table, and whilethe eyes of the spectators are fixed upon them get rid of thecard in your left hand. It is a good plan to ask some one to write down thenames of the cards as they are called, and then to have thelist called over, in order that every one may see that therehas been no mistake. 82 TRICKS i y A Thanksgiving Dinner Tricks As the Thanksgiving dinner is drawing to a close and thedessert is being eaten, very slowly, indeed, because of all thegood things that have gone before, the time is ripe for one ortwo clever tricks that can be played with ordinary tablearticles, and you may be sure that every one at the tablewill enjoy them immensely. Here is a trick that is always effective, and, while it isvery simple indeed, still it is bound to appear just a wee bit. mysterious, and many, especially your little brothers andsisters, will be unable to explain it. Take two ordinary claret glasses; fill one to the brim withclaret and the other equally full with clear water. Coverthe top of the glass containing water with an ordinary visit-ing card, so that there are no places around the edge uncov-ered by the card. Turn the glass upside down and place iton the top of the glass containing claret and adjust the TRIOKS 83 glasses so that their edges meet exactly all the way move the card slightly to one side so that there willbe a little space at one side of the glasses, inside, uncoveredby the card. At once a thin stream of claret will begin torise through this space, not mixing with the water at all,but with its edges clear and sharply defined. The water,too, will begin to descend into the glass containing claret,a pure, glistening white stream aga
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