by Sheridan | Jul 24, 2013 | Tricks Explained
NOVEL IDEAS FOR THE DRAWING ROOM. by J. Chalmers. The following will be found to be a very pretty trick, and it has the further advantage of requiring very little practice for its performance. A blue thimble is produced, and this the performer sticks on the middle...
by Sheridan | Jul 24, 2013 | Tricks Explained
A square cabinet is erected upon a short platform, which is examined by a committee who assist to erect the same. A lady is now introduced, and seated upon a chair inside the cabinet, her wrists being fastened by two ribbons, one hand showing at each side of the...
by Sheridan | Jul 24, 2013 | Tricks Explained
I am indebted to my friend, G. W. Hunter, for the little idea I shall endeavour to illustrate this month. The trick consists of borrowing a match, placing it into a handkerchief and breaking or allowing it to be broken into several parts The handkerchief is now...
by Sheridan | Jul 24, 2013 | Tricks Explained, Uncategorized
Effect. Performer sketches a picture or cartoon on a sheet of white paper, with a border all round it, which is then taken off and rolled up tube shape. Now, after a few passes, the paper is unrolled, when the sketch or cartoon is seen to have vanished. SECRET....
by Sheridan | Jul 24, 2013 | Tricks Explained
At the present time no stage act is complete without an illusion. Stage Managers do not welcome the idea of illusion acts, for the reason that the stage is cut here, there and everywhere, to allow the performer to fit his traps. This illusion has been presented to us...
by Sheridan | Jul 24, 2013 | Tricks Explained
AN ENDLESS PUZZLE. Remove your coat and then take a piece of twine some three yards long, tie the ends together, place it over your right arm and put your right hand in your waistcoat pocket. The trick is to take the string off your arm without cutting the twine or...
