Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1911 — Simple Parlor Magic Again. [ARTICLE]

Simple Parlor Magic Again.

The Mysterious Watch- —For this feat you need no preparation. After a few moments of merry chafer yon borrow from some one in the audience a watch. Having obtained this —an open-faced watch Is best—ask some other person to loan you a small hammer. Almost any one. will have this implement to his possession. Taking the hammer to your right hand, approach some one with a smile and ask him for an anvlL Naturally, he will not have It. Prior to the performance, you will have concealed an anvil to your sleeve. Pretending to search the last person’s pockets, you will produce the anvil. Now, lay the watch on the anvil, and heat it to fragments with the hammer. Then ask any lady to lend you her handkerchief. Into this place the pieces of the watch. Fold the handkerchief neatly and give it to a third party to hold. Now pronounce some mystic word? slowly, and then unfold the handkerchief, taking therefrom the watch In pelYect condition. It is best to practice this feat many times until you Attain perfection. After you are sure of yourself you can do the same trick with a grandfather's clock.