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2. Now assistant pulls string. This causes the dummy hands to fold
behind screen 2 and performer extends his hands from behind
screen 1, and then he steps out before audience.
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Noah's Ark
On stage is seen four uprights, upon which rests an elegant casket,
in appearance of an antique boat; in the front side of it are two
windows. Performer removes the cover and lets down all four
sides to the stage, to show that nothing is concealed in it; the sides
are closed up again and cover put on.
A large funnel is now placed in a hole in top of cover and the
performer proceeds to fill the casket with water, bringing on pails
of water to do so. After water is poured in performer opens the
windows and takes out a large number of doves, rabbits, ducks,
cats and all kinds of articles, etc., then removing cover, white
clouds ascend and a lady is seen rising out of the casket, dressed
to represent the rainbow. This is a first-class sensation, and a sure
hit. No mirrors, black curtains or reflections used.
Secret--The front and back and both ends let down to show
empty. There is a small shelf on back of boat where girl is. You
let front down first, then ends and back. Front and ends keep
audience from seeing girl on back when it is down.
Put back up first then ends and front. Then pour in water and put
on the boxes. As soon as front is up girl opens back and connects
rubber hose to end of funnel which is placed in hole on top, the
other end she places in hole on top of one of the legs, (all four of
the legs are hollow and will hold a large pail of water,) after each
pail of water she places rubber tube in different leg until four pails
of water have been poured into top of boat.
As soon as done girl takes animals out of one of the compartments
and places same in box nearest that end and then she takes some
out of the other end and then back to first end, and soon until all
the things have been produced. Then in due time she pushes up
the lid of boat and makes her appearance on top of boat. Lady
should be dressed in a very handsome costume.
While performer takes stuff out of one of the boxes girl is loading
other box, these boxes form the ends of ark.
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The Oriental Barrel Mystery
On stage is seen standing a platform about twelve inches high.
Performer going behind platform pushes a sword through
underneath it in order to show that audience can see beneath it.
He then shows an ordinary newspaper and places this upon the
platform. Then he brings forward a common ash barrel and puts
this on top of the paper and platform. He then introduces the
young lady with whom he is going to perform the illusion, gives
her a pistol and places her in the barrel, and tells her to crouch
down so that he can put the cover on.
Performer then asks lady to hold out the revolver and one of her
hands from beneath the cover so audience can see that she is there
all the time. The barrel is held together with two hoops, one at the
top and one at the bottom, and by a piece of string tied around the
centre. Performer commences to remove the hoops, the bottom
one first and then the top one. The barrel is now held together by
the string only.
Lady is instructed to shoot when he says three. Performer counts 1-
2-3 and at the word "three" pistol is heard, the barrel falls apart,
the lady is gone; audience look up in the gallery and see lady
standing there.
Secret--When performer introduces lady all eyes are naturally
turned upon her and audience fail to see that a curtain is lowered
between the two front legs, by an assistant beneath the stage.
There should be a screen of the same color behind the platform.
The barrel platform and stage each have a trap in them so the lady
can go down. The newspaper is also prepared by being mounted
on stiff cardboard and this also has a trap cut in it.
When the performer tells the lady to crouch down she goes
through the trap, beneath the stage and hurries up into the gallery
or other place of appearance. The assistant immediately pushes
up, by the aid of a rod a pistol and dummy hand. The hand is
made of a stuffed glove which is the same color as the one the
lady wears.
The performer takes his time in removing the hoops of the barrel
in order to allow the lady opportunity to reach her place, when he
starts to count l-2-3, the assistant underneath the stage takes in the
pistol and dummy hand and closes the traps. At three the lady in
gallery shoots the pistol. At the same instant the performer cuts
the string and the barrel falls apart.
The construction of this illusion is as follows: The bottom of the
trap is a solid wooden rim with a star trap in the centre, each stave
is fastened to this rim with a hinge which helps to hold the staves
together when the string holds them without the hoops, but which
will allow them to fall outwards when the string is cut. The lady
should wear an Eastern costume.
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The Artist's Dream
This wonderful and charming illusion is meeting with great
success in England. A large frame with a curtain in front rests on a
three step platform on stage. Artist pushes aside the curtain,
removes canvas with picture of lady on it from frame, turns
canvas and frame around to show that no one is concealed
anywhere about the frame and canvas. The canvas is then replaced
in the frame, curtain drawn in front of frame and the artist seats
himself on a chair, apparently goes to sleep and dreams that the
picture came to life.
While in pretended dream curtain opens and a living lady steps
from the frame, artist awakens and sees her. They exchange a few
words, then she goes hack into frame; artist says, has my model
come to life or have I dreamed it? He goes to the frame opens the
curtain and there finds only his painted canvas; the lady having
vanished.
The canvas with the painting on it is on a separate frame or
stretcher which is very heavy, the top piece of this frame is hollow
and contains a roller on which the canvas rolls up the same as the
curtain in the watch frame.
On the back of the stretcher on each side is a handle, these handles
are apparently placed there for the artist to lift the frame in and out
by. But they serve another purpose which will be stated below. At
the top corners of the stretcher are fastened two wires which lead
up to the flies, over a pulley and then down behind the screens to
the assistant, when the wires are slack the stretcher may be turned
around just the same as if they were not there. The large frame is
on rollers and may be turned around to show that there is nothing
concealed in or behind it.
After showing frame and back and front of canvas artist sets the
canvas back into the frame. When the canvas stands on the floor
in position to replace, the lady comes up through trap door behind
the canvas which conceals the movement, she takes one of the
handles referred to above in each hand and places her feet on the
lower part of the stretcher which projects enough for her to get a
passable footing.
The artist now raises the canvas back into the frame. The wires
attached to the stretcher are pulled by your assistant, this makes
the lifting of the stretcher with the lady on it easy enough. Now all
the lady has to do is to unfasten the canvas and let it roll up into
the stretcher, she now steps out on the stage from under the
curtain. After she goes back she lowers the canvas and hooks it.
The artist then pushes aside the curtain and finds only the painted
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