Judge, 1928-08-04 · page 8 of 36
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# Analysis This page features "Yogi Seuss" (a fictional magician character) describing three magic tricks. The humor is straightforward performance-magic comedy rather than political satire. **The tricks described:** 1. **Multiplying-Olive Pips**: A classic sleight-of-hand illusion where the magician plucks olive pits from guests' ears, creating wonder at a funeral gathering. 2. **Cow-out-of-Pocket**: The magician extracts a live cow from his vest pocket, accompanying it with a humorous insult ("You old milk-sop, you!"). 3. **Floating-Damosel-and-Kitten**: A Hindu maiden and black cat float horizontally in air—explained as using helium-filled waterwings hidden beneath clothing. The framing note mocks Yogi Seuss's dubious reputation: he escaped from a police chief's elaborate trap (locked in a safe, thrown in a river), but was later imprisoned in Sing Sing for failing to escape a cell. **Context for modern readers**: This celebrates early 20th-century stage magic as entertainment, with exaggerated, impossible tricks presented matter-of-factly. The humor relies on the absurdity of the explanations and the magician's deadpan descriptions.
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