Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1911 — A Simple Parlor Trick. [ARTICLE]

A Simple Parlor Trick.

The Magical Eggs—For this feat you require half a dozen eggs, which you may provide yourself with before beginning the performance, if you wish. In that event, the eggs may be deftly palmed in the left hand until the moment when they are wanted. It lends more finish to the trick, however, if you borrow the eggs from different ones in the audience, thus convincing them that you do not require any special brand of eggs for the trick. Showing the eggs to the audience, ask some young manyto come to the platform. When he stands beside you, entertain your audience with some merry chatter about the price of eggs and the lackadaisical attitude of hens toward the exigencies of existence. Meanwhile, break each egg .swiftly, and allow the contents to drop into the different pockets of the young man. Push the shells in also. Now make a few mystical passes and utter some calabistic words and then take the eggs out whole. If you do this properly It will greatly surprise the beholders. Should you make a mistake, ask the young man to stand aside while you distract attention by beginning another clever trick.