THE GLASS TRICK Revealed

This trick has been titled by my audiences. It is as standard an effect with them as something I do. They always ask for “The Glass Trick.” It will be discovered equally efficient as a gap trick shut-up, on the night time membership flooring, or on the stage. In actual fact it may be proven underneath any, and all, conditions. Basically the trick will not be new however the adjustments made in it have enhanced its audience appeal to an unlimited extent.
The magician enters, holding in a single hand two men’s dimension silk handkerchiefs by their corners. One of many handkerchiefs is crimson and the opposite is white. These colors are not essential, however the handkerchiefs should be of various colors. He broadcasts that he desires one among these handkerchiefs chosen-the one chosen will be the one used in the trick. The handkerchief not chosen is pulled away from the other and thrown over his arm. He picks up a highball glass together with his empty hand and pushes the chosen handkerchief down into the glass. It's going to fill about half the glass. The magician then takes the other handkerchief and pushes it into the glass, as he explains, to behave as a stopper. He then calls attention to the fact that the chosen handkerchief is within the glass and can't come out the bottom due to the glass and the opposite handkerchief closes the mouth of the glass. He takes the glass between the palms of his two hands. One hand covers the underside of the glass and the opposite the mouth of the glass. The fingers of the fingers are held straight out so that each one plainly can see the glass and each handkerchiefs. He waves the glass a little or no and the chosen handkerchief instantly disappears. Immediately the glass may be handed for examination. Not only will or not it's discovered intact, however the second handkerchief can be wedged within the mouth of the glass like a stopper.
To prepare for the trick, all that is needed is a length of braided silk cord. It probably could be found in a retailer selling materials for women’ clothes, but I do know that such cord is also carried in upholsterers’ shops. It needs to be fairly strong and mine is about an eighth inch in diameter. Incidentally, this silk wire is much more versatile, and due to this fact better, than fishline. A one inch loop is made at one finish and the cords at the end of the loop bound with thread. This fastening of the loop must be most secure. That loop is for the handkerchief as will be explained later. I additionally make the identical dimension and form of loop at the different finish, for I slip it on to the strap of my wrist watch. The length of the twine relies upon upon the size of one’s arms and the width of one’s back. The twine should be simply long sufficient to go from the fingers of 1 hand to the alternative wrist-up one sleeve throughout the again and down the opposite sleeve when the arms are bent and the elbows held flat on the sides. When the magician walks on the stage, the ends of both handkerchiefs are via the loop of the cord. This not solely makes it easy and pure to hold the wire but it takes away the fumbling which might be required to thread the loop with a handkerchief in entrance of an audience. When the choice of handkerchief is made, the left hand (I hold the handkerchiefs in my proper) takes maintain of the bottom corner of the opposite handkerchief. The correct hand is raised, seemingly the higher to point out the chosen handkerchief, and the left band pulls the other handkerchief free. That silk is straight away thrown over the suitable arm. The left band then takes the highest nook of the chosen handkerchief and the precise hand-loop and all-moves to the center of the silk. Apparently, this is completed merely as a result of it is simpler to push the handkerchief into the glass when it is held by the middle, and that is quite true, however at the same time the loop is put within the position the place it is going to do essentially the most good.
The glass is picked up by the left band. In night time golf equipment, I choose up a glass from one of many tables. The ends of the handkerchief are dropped first into the glass and the remainder of the silk pushed down on top. The handkerchief is pushed down till it is a bundle filling the bottom half of the glass. The glass is then taken by the appropriate hand while the left takes the second handkerchief again. That silk is pushed down on high of the first. There is nothing special to know about putting in the second handkerchief. Do it simply as you ordinarily would push a bandkerchief right into a glass.
The glass is held between the 2 palms. The pressure is made with the base of the fingers somewhat than the heel of the palms. A slight forward movement of the arms and the chosen handkerchief might be jerked, past the second handkerchief and up the best sleeve. In doing this move, the heel of the fitting hand is lifted out a couple of quarter inch. As a substitute of jerking the second handkerchief out, as would appear to be the natural thing to happen, all that pulling the silk out by the twine does is to wedge the opposite handkerchief into the mouth of the glass. When the glass is handed out for examination the remaining handkerchief is a ball of silk which stays in place corking the mouth of the glass.
It is perfectly potential to do the trick with a milk, or cream bottle, or with a relatively small necked glass vase. In either case the selected handkerchief will slide out previous the opposite handkerchief with out the least difficulty. Personally I've always most popular utilizing a highball glass, as a result of it appears to be more convincing to an audience. Nevertheless, for certain acts a bottle or vase may be discovered more effective.
The truth that the handkerchief vanishes immediately while the attention of the viewers is focused on it, and the added truth that a glass with both ends closed surrounds the handkerchief, makes the effect significantly interesting to audiences. That it is so putting a trick, and yet is a brief one, makes it an excellent trick with which to open a magic program.
The best patter to use with the trick is a mere explanation of what's happening. The trick is strong sufficient in order that the little fairy story plot is not needed.