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latestmagicbeing00hoff.pdf | 162 | 146 LATEST MAGIC ing over the question. Now it has come to rest, and it says the answer will be found in the" (name suit.) "And now to find out which is the right card of that suit. I take off the glass and turn the dial over. Please concentrate your mind on your question. I put the glass and the pointer on again. Again the pointer thinks it over, and finally decides as you see, for the (naming number of card.) "Now all we have to do is to look out that card" (does so) "and here we have the answer to your question." Before inviting a fresh querist to breathe into the glass, it is well to wipe it out carefully with a silk pocket handkerchief, professedly to dispel the personal magnetism of the last enquirer, any remains of which, left within the glass, might imperil the correctness of the anticipated answer. THE MYSTERY OF MAHOMETĀ¹ The reader is probably familiar with the trick known as "The Silver Tube and Ball." If not, it may be stated that the "tube" is of metal, nick- elled, and about eight inches long by one and a half in diameter. With it is used an ebony ball, which is made to pass into and out of the tube in a very surprising way. The secret lies partly in the fact that half way 1 A description of this trick will be found in The Magician for March, 1914. |