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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: Book of parlor tricks, Multum in parvo library, vol. 2, no. 16, - April, 1895 - How to perform them - -Author: anonymous - -Release Date: June 23, 2022 [eBook #68386] - -Language: English - -Produced by: Demian Katz, Craig Kirkwood, and the Online Distributed - Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy - of the Digital Library@Villanova University.) - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BOOK OF PARLOR TRICKS, MULTUM -IN PARVO LIBRARY, VOL. 2, NO. 16, APRIL, 1895 *** - - -Transcriber’s Note: - -Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_) and text -enclosed by equal signs is in bold (=bold=). - -Additional Transcriber’s Notes are at the end. - - * * * * * - -MULTUM IN PARVO LIBRARY. - -Entered at the Boston Post Office as second class matter. - -=Vol. 2.= APRIL, 1895. Published Monthly. =No. 16.= - - - - -Book OF Parlor Tricks. - - - How to Perform Them. - - Smallest Magazine in the world. Subscription price - 50 cts. per year. Single Copies 5 cts. each. - - PUBLISHED BY - A. B. COURTNEY, - Room 74, - - 45 Milk Street, - BOSTON, MASS. - - - - -The Diviner. - - -The point of this trick consists in divining a word which is named, -together with several others. Two of the players commonly agree -between themselves to place it after an object that has four legs; for -instance, a quadruped, a table, etc., etc. - -_Example._--If Emily wishes to have Henry guess the word which Susan -has secretly told her, she says to him, “Susan has been shopping; -she has bought a rose, a dress, some jewelry, a table, a bonnet, a -shawl----” Henry, of course, will easily guess that the object in -question is a _bonnet_, for the word “_table_,” which precedes it, has -four legs. - - - - -To Walk Upon a Hot Iron Bar. - - -Take half an ounce of camphor, dissolve it in two ounces of aqua vitæ, -add to it one of quicksilver, one ounce of liquid storax, which is the -droppings of myrrh, and prevents the camphor from firing; take also two -ounces of hematis, which is a red stone, to be had at the druggists’; -and when you buy it, let them beat it into a powder in their great -mortar, for, being very hard, it cannot well be reduced in a small one; -add this to the ingredients already specified, and when you purpose -to walk upon the bar, anoint your feet well with it, and you may do so -without the slightest danger. - - - - -The Restored Ribbon. - - -Have two pieces of colored ribbon of exactly the same size and -appearance, one of which, being damped, may be secured in the palm of -the hand, previous to exhibiting. The other may be cut in pieces and -burned in a plate by the audience. Taking now the ashes, you call for -a basin of water, with which you moisten them, stating by the magical -influence of the “cold water cure,” the color and form of the burned -ribbon will be restored. Rubbing the damp ashes in the hand, you draw -forth, at the same time, the concealed ribbon, which will appear to be -the same that had been consumed. - - - - -Interesting Problems. - - -By steeping an egg in vinegar for some time it can be made pliable -enough to be stuffed into a bottle. Then restore the egg to its natural -shape by pouring water into the bottle. - - - - -How to Drop a Tumbler on the Floor Without Breaking It. - - -This requires a steady hand and smooth table. You simply set a tumbler -upon a table near the edge and gently push the tumbler with your -forefinger until it is very nicely balanced upon the edge of the table. -Now by giving the tumbler a very gentle push again it will fall to the -floor, striking upon its bottom edge, and remain standing either upon -its bottom or lying upon its side perfectly sound. Be careful and have -no covering upon the table, as the less friction you can get the surer -you are to perform your trick. - - - - -Magic Money. - - -This conjuring trick is performed thus: Procure two quarters and a -half-dollar; conceal one of the quarters in the _right_ hand; lay the -other quarter and the half-dollar on a table, in full view of the -audience; now ask for two handkerchiefs; then take the half-dollar -up, and pretend to roll it in one of the handkerchiefs; but, in lieu -thereof, roll up the quarter, which you had concealed, and retain the -half-dollar; give the handkerchief to one of the company to hold; now -take the quarter off the table, and pretend to roll that up in the -second handkerchief; but put up the half-dollar instead; give this -handkerchief to another person, and beg him to “hold it tight,” while -you utter, “Presto! fly!” On opening the handkerchiefs the money will -appear to have changed places. This is one of the best tricks in this -book. - - - - -Sorcery. - - -This is a somewhat singular trick. One of the party is placed behind -a screen in an adjoining room, where he cannot possibly see the -players--or may be blindfolded. One of the party must then call out, -“Do you know Miss ----?” naming a lady’s name. “Yes.” “Do you know -her dress?” “Yes.” “Her wreath, her slippers, her gloves and her -bracelets?” “Yes.” “Her handkerchief?” “Yes.” “Her fan?” “Yes.” “Well, -then, since you know her dress so well, tell me what article of her -costume I am now touching?” If the one behind the screen is acquainted -with the trick, he will, of course, answer directly, “her bracelet,” -the only article mentioned which has the word “and” before it. - - - - -Odd or Even. - - -To tell in which hand of a person, having an odd number in one hand -and an even number in the other, the odd or even number is. Desire the -person to multiply the number in his right hand by a figure which is an -odd number, and the number in his left by an even one; and to say if -the products added together are odd or even. If even, the even number -is in the right hand; if odd, the even number is in the left hand. - - - - -To Discover Card by Weight. - - -Desire any person in company to draw a card from the pack, and when he -has looked at it, to return it to you with its face downward; then, -pretending to weigh it nicely, take notice of any particular mark on -the back of the card, which, having done, put it among the rest of the -cards, and desire the person to shuffle them as much as he pleases; -then, receiving the pack from his hands, you pretend to weigh each card -as before, and proceed in this way until you discover, from the back of -it, the particular card he selected. - - - - -How Money is Saved. - - -Why pay a dollar, or even twenty-five cents each for books when we -offer to send you the following set of twelve volumes on receipt of -only ten cents. Read the list. - -Book of Short Stories. A collection of interesting sketches. - -Mormonism Exposed, by a Mormon Slave Wife. Telling about the secret -rites of the Danites, doings of Polygamists with their numerous wives, -etc., etc. This book is of thrilling interest. - -Prize Cook Book. A collection of valuable household recipes from the -best cooks in America. If you don’t need this book yourself, some lady -will appreciate it. - -Dr. Parkhurst’s Exposures. This book tells about the celebrated -exposure of dens of iniquity in N. Y. Low life in the Metropolis is -laid bare. - -Art of Love Making, and Guide to Etiquette. This little volume is -indeed interesting. - -Book of Brief Narratives. Never before published. Very interesting. - -Guide to Fortune Telling and Dream Book, compiled from the secrets of -Madame Le Normand. - -Book of Detective Stories. Thrilling adventures of detectives in -ferreting out crime. - -Secrets of the Harem. A description of the beautiful wives and slaves -of the Sultan, by one who has been there. - -How to Get Rich. Secrets for coining wealth, many of which have never -been published before. - -Marriage Manual. If you are married, or expect to be, you should get -this important book and keep it securely under lock and key. - -How to Become a Lightning Calculator. By a glance at this book you can -learn to add, subtract, multiply and divide instantaneously. - -To get the complete set, send ten cents, silver or stamps, to Keystone -Book Co., P. O. Box 1634, Philadelphia, Pa., or to the firm from whom -you purchased this book. You will receive the books promptly and will -be well pleased with them. - - - - -Eatable Candle-Ends. - - -Take a large apple and cut out a few pieces in the shape of -candle-ends, round at the bottom and flat at the top, in fact, as much -like a piece of candle as possible. Now cut some slips from a sweet -almond, as near as you can to resemble a wick, and stick them into the -imitation candles. Light them for an instant to make the tops black, -blow them out, and they are ready for the trick. One or two should be -artfully placed in a snuffer-tray, or candlestick; you then inform your -friends that during your “travels in the Russian Empire,” you learned, -like the Russians, to be fond of candles; at the same time lighting -your artificial candles (the almonds will readily take fire and flame -for a few seconds), pop them into your mouth, and swallow them one -after the other. - - - - -The Wonderful Hat. - - -Upon a table place three pieces of bread, or any other eatable, at a -little distance from each other, and cover each with a hat, take up -the first hat, and removing the bread put it into your mouth, letting -the company see that you swallow it, then raise the second hat, and -eat the bread which was under that, then proceed to the third hat in -the same manner. Having eaten the three pieces, ask any person in the -company to choose which hat he would like the three pieces of bread to -be under, and when he has made his choice of one of the hats, put it -on your head, and ask him if he does not think they are under it. By -the way, if you are interested in tricks, let us call your attention to -Prof. Roltair’s celebrated cabinet of magic. It contains twenty-five -new and startling tricks with complete apparatus, so that you can -easily give a two hour’s entertainment. Among the numerous tricks -are: The load of articles from a borrowed hat, such as cannon balls, -cabbages, boxes, etc.; the famous ink and water trick, with apparatus, -so that you can instantly change a glass of ink to clear water, new and -surprising card tricks including a pack of wizard’s cards, the famous -dancing skeleton, true secret of ventriloquism, by means of which you -can learn to throw the voice into hay-lofts, closets, trunks, etc., -magic wand, and many other wonderful sleight of hand marvels are all -contained in Prof. Roltair’s cabinet. The regular price is two dollars, -but you can now obtain it, complete, postpaid, by sending fifty cents -in stamps or money order to W. S. Everett & Co., 113 Munroe Street, -Lynn, Mass., or the firm from whom you purchased this book. - - - - -The Invisible Coin. - - -“Is silver a visible or invisible thing?” What a singular question! -You will reply, certainly silver is a visible thing. A good many poor -creatures, however, are of a different opinion; and possibly they are -not altogether wrong, as we are about to show. - -Will you kindly lend me a quarter, having first marked it, that you -may know it again. Very well! There is a little handkerchief which -will serve for me to make the experiment I have promised you. In -the middle of this handkerchief, as you will perceive, I will put -the quarter, which you have marked with a small cross. I am only -folding the handkerchief that the quarter may be well wrapped up in -it; you can have no difficulty in recognizing its shape. However! -You are suspicious! I will make an improvement. There, sir, hold the -handkerchief yourself, first above the little parcel formed by the -coin. You may touch it, and convince yourself that it is still in its -place. Now, I take the handkerchief by the opposite corner, I draw it -toward me, unfolding it entirely; I then turn it over, shake it, and -wave it in the air, to convince you that the coin has disappeared. The -fact is evident. But, did you see it go? No! Certainly, then, silver is -sometimes an invisible body. - -Which fact you may prove by the foregoing process, if you have a -handkerchief in one corner of which a quarter dollar has been sewed. -You appear to put the borrowed quarter in the middle of the said -handkerchief; then, instead of this coin, which you retain in your -hand, concealed between the fore and middle fingers, you fold the -handkerchief making the little parcel in the middle with the quarter -sewed in the corner, in a sort of hem, so that the coin is not seen, -and cannot drop out. When you quickly pull the handkerchief out of the -hand which held it, the illusion is complete. - -As to the marked coin which it is easy for you to have put on the -table, or in your pocket, you may make it reappear in a cup, a box, or -anything else, which adds to the effect of the trick you have performed. - - - - -The Wizard Skeleton. - - -This is an animated figure, fourteen inches high. It represents a -skeleton, miniature but lifelike in appearance. You may pass it around -for examination, then stand it upon the floor and it will begin to -dance without any visible motive power. Just think of it! People will -imagine that ghosts or demons are near. This trick can be done in any -room very easily. The skeleton will dance to music, jump, lie down, -etc., just as you command. We will send the apparatus and secret of -Wizard Skeleton for 6 cents in stamps. Address, A. B. Courtney & Co., -493 Washington street, Lynn, Mass., or the firm from whom you purchased -this book. - - - - -Magic Writing. - - -Present a person with a slip of paper, a pen and a tumbler of water, -and desire him to dip the pen in the tumbler, and write down whatever -he pleases. When dry, the words will be invisible, but, if the paper -is immersed in the contents of the tumbler, the writing will make its -appearance quite distinctly. To perform this the pen should be a quill -one, and new, and the water in the tumbler should have one or two -crystals of sulphate of iron (green vitriol) previously dissolved in -it, while the writer should be careful the pen does not get dry in use. -When the writing has been executed, the tumbler should be taken away, -on pretence of the water being rather dirty, and wanting changing; -another similar tumbler is brought back, filled to the same height with -water, in which a few drops of tincture of galls have been poured. When -the paper is immersed in this, the writing will quickly appear. - - - - -The Columbus Egg Trick. - - -To make an egg stand on one end on any polished surface seems very -extraordinary, yet it can be done, even on a looking-glass. Now, from -the form of an egg, nothing is more liable to roll, and on nothing more -so than on a looking-glass. To accomplish this trick, let the performer -take an egg in his hand, and while he keeps talking and staring in the -face of his audience give it two or three hearty shakes; this will -break the yolk, which will sink to one end, and consequently make it -more heavy, by which when it is settled you may make it, with a steady -hand, stand upon the glass; this would be impossible while it continued -in its proper state. - - - - -The Ring and the Handkerchief. - - -Previously provide yourself with a piece of brass wire pointed at -both ends, and bent round so as to form a ring about the size of -a wedding-ring, which conceal in your hand; then commence your -performance by borrowing from a gentleman a silk pocket-handkerchief, -and from a lady a wedding-ring; request some person to hold two of -the corners of the handkerchief, and another to hold the other two, -keeping them at full stretch. You next exhibit the wedding-ring to -the company, and announce to them that you will make it pass through -the handkerchief. Then place your hand under the handkerchief, and -substituting the false ring which you have previously concealed, press -it against the centre of the handkerchief, and desire a third person -to take hold of the ring through the handkerchief, and to close his -finger and thumb through the middle of the ring. Hold the handkerchief -in this manner to show that the ring has not been placed within a fold. -Now desire the persons holding the corners of the handkerchief to let -go, the person holding the ring (through the handkerchief as already -described) still retaining his hold. Let another person now grasp -the handkerchief as tight as he pleases three or four inches below -the ring, and tell the person holding the ring to let it go, when it -will be quite evident to the company that the ring is secure within -the centre of the handkerchief. Then request the person who grasps -the handkerchief to hold a hat over it, pass your hand underneath and -open the false ring, by bending one of its points a little aside, and -bring one point gently through the handkerchief, the remainder may -easily be drawn out,--be careful to rub the hole you have made in -the handkerchief with your finger and thumb to conceal the fracture. -You then put the wedding-ring you borrowed over the outside of the -handkerchief, and desiring the person who holds the hat to take it -away, exhibit the ring (placed as described) to the company, and while -their attention is engaged, taking the opportunity of concealing, or -getting rid of the brass ring. - - - - -The Smashed Watch. - - -You request some one of the company to lend you a watch, and put it -immediately into a mortar; a few moments afterward you cause it to be -pounded, by another person, with a pestle; you exhibit the wheels, -face, mainspring, and drum barrel broken and smashed; and finally, -after a few minutes, you return the watch, whole and safe, to the -proprietor, who recognizes it. - -After all that we have said, it will easily be perceived that the -mortar must be placed near the trap in the table of which we spoke -in the last trick, and covered with a napkin, in order that the -confederate may substitute another watch. - -To produce a complete illusion in this case, you must take care to -put in the mortar a second watch, the hands, works, and case of which -should, in some degree, resemble those of the borrowed one. And this is -by no means difficult; for you can either have an understanding with -the person lending the watch, or you may manage to ask the loan of some -one whom you have seen elsewhere, and whose watch you may have had an -opportunity of examining shortly before, with a view of procuring a -similar one. - -After replacing the fragments in the mortar, cover them a second time -with the napkin, and amuse the company with a riddle or conundrum, or -by some other tricks, to give your partner time to collect all the -bits, and replace the perfect watch in the mortar. - - - - -The Magic Stick. - - -The principal actor in this trick takes his place in the center of the -room armed with a long stick, with which he describes several circles, -etc., on the carpet, at the same time muttering a mock incantation, -after which he touches one of the company (his accomplice) on the -shoulder, bidding him quit the room, preparatory to guessing on whom -the magic stick would pause in its evolutions. The magician then -touches several of the company, one after another, lightly, with his -wand, each time saying, “The wand passes,” until he allows it to pause -at one particular person, saying, “The wand rests.” His accomplice -immediately names the person _who has spoken last_; this being the one -indicated by the stick. The person leaving the room must, of course, be -within hearing, and the magician must artfully encourage the company to -keep up a conversation. - - * * * * * - -Transcriber’s Notes: - -Variations in spelling and hyphenation were retained as they appear in -the original publication, except that obvious typographical errors -have been corrected. - -Punctuation has been made consistent. - -*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BOOK OF PARLOR TRICKS, MULTUM -IN PARVO LIBRARY, VOL. 2, NO. 16, APRIL, 1895 *** - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the -United States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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