4. THE TWENTIETH CENTURY SILK
Effect. An easy but effective method of this favorite trick.
Two silks are knotted together and dropped into a hat; a third silk is vanished and appears between the first two. The chain of three silks is then vanished and the three are found in the hat separate, as at first.
Articles required. Six silks—two red, two green, and two white—a hat, which can be borrowed; and a handkerchief pull.
Preparation. Tie one white silk between a red and a green and roll the three in a compact bundle, which will unroll quickly when taken by one end and shaken. If you use your own hat, place this bundle under the sweatband and set the hat on the table, crown downwards. The duplicate set of silks may be lying on your table or be taken from those you have produced magically.
Method. If you borrow a hat you must have the knotted silks under your vest and load the little bundle under the sweatband as you return to your table. In either case you show the hat empty by grasping it with the fingers inside, covering the spot at which the bundle is hidden; then set the hat down, mouth upwards. In doing this lift the sweatband with the tips of your fingers so that the bundle will fall inside. Show the duplicate red and green silks and tie them together with the fake knot (see trick 5, the Sympathetic Silks) and drop them into the hat beside the bundle.
Pick up the white silk and vanish by rolling it up in the left hand and palming it in the right hand. Tap the left hand with the wand and show it empty. Thrust the right hand into the hat and drop the palmed white silk; seize the corner of the knotted bundle and jerk it out, showing the white silk tied between the red and the green silks.
Finally vanish these three with the handkerchief pull; show your hands empty; take up the hat, turn it over, and let the three separate silks—red, white, and green—drop from it onto the table.
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