by Sheridan | Aug 3, 2013 | Tricks Explained
Audiences, as a general rule, like tricks wherein the element of surprise is greater than that of mystery. At first reading, this statement sounds absurd, for every mysterious trick is surprising, yet, an effect might surprise an audience, but not mystify it. The...
by Sheridan | Jul 29, 2013 | Tricks Explained
How To Get Through A Postcard. By a curious cutting trick this apparent miracle may be performed by following directions. Cut out the picture of the boy upon outside border lines, then with a sharp knife cut this oblong piece of paper, using as a pattern the design...
by Sheridan | Jul 29, 2013 | Tricks Explained
Here is a good trick with a few matches which will keep your friends guessing for a long while before they finally see how the trick is done. Take any number of matches; 15 will do nicely; lay them out in a row and state that you will draw one, two or three,...
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
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...
