Fig. 51.—The Illusion Explained.
The explanation is simple. The bag is made of the usual coarse bagging, and a few threads are pulled out of the part that will come in front of the juggler’s face when the bag is over his head, thus allowing him to see between the remaining threads as though looking through a coarse screen. (Fig. 51.)
When the bag is being placed over his head, and during the seeming effort of passing the arms through the armholes in the bag, the performer or assistant has no trouble in pushing the handkerchief up from the eyes to the forehead, thus allowing him to see through the open work of the bag. In removing the bag after the act, there is no trouble in pulling the handkerchief down over the eyes.
The Chinese Rods and Cords.
Nothing excites curiosity in the public mind more than a simple and clever puzzle, and the “Fifteen Puzzle” and “Pigs in Clover” have given enjoyment to hundreds of thousands. The Chinese rods and cords, which forms the subject of our engravings, is in the line of ingenious inventions, and is really more in the nature of a trick than a toy. (Fig. 52.)
Fig. 52.—Chinese Rods and Cords.
Fig. 53.—The Illusion
Explained.