TryThese PARTY M A G I C Stunts

TINY PIECES OF
iS PHOSPHORUS, PRESSED
" ON SIDE OF WICK TO-
WARDS MAGICIAN, ARE
IGNITED BY HOT GASES
OF GUN

BLANK CART-
RIDGE GUN

.MYSTIC
CANDLES
CAUTION; PHOSPHORUS
IGNITES (F EXPOSED TO
AtR FOR MORE THAN FIVE
MINUTES. DO NOT HOLD
IN FINGERS

The amateur magician arranges four candles as shown

above, lights the first two, then fires a blank pistol. This
uts out the first two, but lo! the second two are now
timing. Another shot extinguishes these. The secret
—warm air from the pistol ignites the phosphorus
grains pressed against wicks of the last two candles.
Perform trick quickly to prevent spontaneous ignition.

The magician touches a match to liquid in a metal cup,

then waves right hand near purple flame to make finger
tips sparkle mysteriously. Secret is illustrated below.
Iron filings are blown into flame by rubber tube.
MAKING
WATER
RUBBER TUBING LEADS FROM RING ON
-j£- RIGHT HAND THROUGH CLOTHING TO
BULB FILLED WITH IRON FILINGS
BURN
HELD IN LEFT HAND

SPARKLING
1 FINGER
. 1 '$<' I1 ^
TIPS
CUT FROM THIN SHEET METAL

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SLIP RING
WITH RUBBER
TUBE ON
FINGER

METAL CUP FILLED

WITH ALCOHOL AND
SMALL QUANTITY
OF LITHIUM CHORIDE
TO PRODUCE PURPLE
FLAME

Hair will not be singed or harmed by

contact with flame if first soaked in the
solution described below. Many spec-
tacular fire demonstrations are possible.
ADD AMYLACETATE,
THEN POUR SOLU-
©I ) PREPARE SATURATED SOLUTION
OF TABLE SALT IN HOT WATER TION INTO KEROSENE
LAMP
© DISSOLVE ONE
HEAPING TA6LE- To show that you can make water burn, add a few
!; ; / / SPOONFUL OF BORAX drops of sulphuric acid to a tumbler of water, boil
7.*' (WASHING SODA) IN
WARM WATER the mixture violently for five minutes (to give to the
room the atmosphere of a chemical laboratory), then
add a few drops of amylacetate, a colorless liquid,
MIX THE TWO allow to cool, and pour into a kerosene lamp. The
SOLUTIONS; wick will burn! The secret—amylacetate floats on
FIREPROOFING H A I R ToeHAmPPLV water and burns like kerosene. Water is not changed.

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