Water Wizardry: A collection of tricks in which water is the chief agent

am greatly indebted to him for his permission to include a full desc

and Water," and he had an object in doing so, for the prepara

r's left hand) were inverted. Behind the glasses there was a large glass lamp chimney with a piece of

ad been tucked into the tube at the commencement of the trick). He then filled the tube with water and placed the other piece of paper on the top. He then removed his hand from the lower

rge hat pin and held the tube over the bowl. He pierced the upper paper with the pin and held it there for a moment. Directly he withdrew the pin with the paper impaled on it the water fell out of the tube into the bowl, carrying the

rfectly level and the glass discs were made with a "shoulder" (or sunk edge), so that when once they were placed on the ends of the tube they c

e the commencement of the trick, with a little piece of moistened soap. If the soap were

isc with the hole in it was placed on the top of the fourth tumbler-and therefore to the per

imney was half of a double sheet of note-pa

the actual

icking up the hat pin and rattling it inside the chimney-th

alf a double sheet is to enable the conjurer to tear it easily; the crease is ready fo

p the other piece of paper into the glass bowl, shake it a little, and lay it on the top of the second tumbler.

king with it the glass disc (which, of course, is under the paper) and place it on the top of the tube, taking great care not to let

should be moulded round the end of the chimney. Fill the chimney with water, and see that it is really full. Put the bowl down an

the hole in it at the bottom of the chimney. Press on the disc and then slightly relax the pressure; if it

the right hand, peel the paper away slowly from the bottom of the tube and put the paper between the lips for a moment while you

ience know that it is full of water and cannot see that there is anythin

other piece from the lips and mould it firmly round the top. Then invert the chimney, thus bringing th

the trick Mr. Devant had an excellent line of patter which I hope he will forgive me for givi

f soap in the glass disc. As you take the pin out again the air naturally gets in and the water begins to fall. (It will be understood, of course, that at this

while you do this you can lift the first paper slightly out of the bowl, so that the top disc sinks to the bottom on the top of the one already there. Then remove both papers and hold up the bowl of water. All trace of the method you employed for bringing

or their money. If that be true-and I, for one, certainly think it is-then, thanks to Mr. Devant, purchasers

top paper he may have a slight difficulty in finding the exact place for it. A

nerves," but if he will see that the discs fit the ends of the glass chimney p