Life — April 23, 1896 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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A SRS A NLS Cart HERTZ, the illusionist, was talking of some of he accidents that manieeeerr the art of the conjurer. “Tt was in Nash »" he said that I experienced a eal knock-down blow. I was performing the well- nown trick of passing a marked coin into the centre of An uncut orange—at least that’s what a good many peo- ple thought I was doing. I useda silver dollar, and em- hasized the trick by passing the coin into the pocket of bome boy whom I had enticed on to the stage. “*T will openly confess that the boy had to be a con- ‘ederate, and that the marked dollar had its tellow in one ly prepared by me. One night as I was entering he theatre I looked around for a likely youth to aid me n my double dealing. I picked a boy, and promised to >ass him in if he would follow my instructions. “*Lam a conjurer,’ I said. ‘I want you to put his dollar in your right-hand trousers pocket. I'll get you aseatin the front row, When 1 ask for somebody 0 come on the stage, you must come. Then | will ask ‘ou to produce the dollar.’ “The boy promised everything, and, after making rrangements for him at the door, I left him. When I as ready for the dollar trick, I saw my young confeder- pte sitting open-mouthed in the front row. 1 had pre- railed upon another member of the audience to lend me dollar marked exactly as the one I had given tothe boy. “*T passed that borrowed dollar into the orange, cut he fruit open, and out dropped the coin. Then I went 0 *** And now, ladies and gentlemen, I will perform a till more difficult feat. I have passed that dollar into n orange. Now I will ask some member of the audience 0 step on the stage, and, without going anywhere near him, I will pass the same dollar, marked, as you have seen, into his trousers pocket.’ “ True to his bargain, the boy stepped to the stage. 1 stepped opposite him and asked : “** Now, sir, have you ever seen me before ?’ “*No, sir,’ was the answer. “*T have here a dollar,’ 1 continued. ‘I am going to pass it into your right-hand trousers pocket. One— two—three—go!' “I made the proper magician’s pass and smiled con- fidently upon my audience. “ ©Now,'" I said to my assistant, * put your hand in your right-hand trousers pocket and give me the dollar.’ “The boy looked a bit sheepish, but he dived his fist down. Then, to my unutterable horror, he produced a handful of silver and said: ‘I've only got ninety cents of it left, si phis Commercial Appeal. Mem- Apropos of the passage of the Raines bill a good story is told of one of the country legislators who helped it through. 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