The Smoker’s Fancy
Although most ardent smokers will admit there is little pleasure in smoking in the dark, there are few who will not be surprised at the following trick.
Induce a cigarette devotee to have his eyes bandaged, and make him moisten the ends of two cigarettes. Having lighted one of them, allow the victim to have a few whiffs and then take it out of his mouth and replace it by the unlighted cigarette. Continue changing the cigarettes in this manner for a few minutes, and you will presently find that he is quite unable to tell which he has in his mouth, and is quite at a loss to know whether he is puffing away at the lighted “cig.” or not.
Fig. 23.—The mysterious bands—first stage.