2. THE RING AND THE EGG
Effect. The effect is that a ring is borrowed, vanished, and made to reappear in an examined egg.
In the original method, which is a very old favorite, a prepared egg cup is used, in the bottom of which there is a slot into which the ring is secretly inserted. The borrowed ring having been vanished, the egg is put into the cup, the top is cracked, and the ring fished out with a wire hook. The modern method is much simpler, more direct and more effective.
Preparation. The only accessory required is a little metal plate with a hook, which is attached to a plate under the rim with a pellet of wax (Fig. 5). The hook is of such a size that any wedding ring, no matter how thick, can be slipped onto it. Prepare by placing on your table the following articles: the plate with the hook under the rim at the rear, a glass of water, and a serviette.
Method. Begin by borrowing a wedding ring. Now you may use either of the two prepared handkerchiefs already described, or simply switch the ring for a duplicate. In any case, after the switch, hold the borrowed ring pinched between the first and second fingers of the right hand, approach your table with your left side to the front, and pick up the plate with the egg on it with both hands—the left hand on the front edge, the right hand on the rear. Let the projecting part of the ring slide onto the hook under the rim and then open the fingers. Because of the angle at which the hook is attached to the plate, the ring will be quite secure. Bring the egg forward and have it examined.
Your right fingers cover the borrowed ring and the little hook so that you can show the plate freely. Put the plate and the egg back on your table.
Vanish the duplicate ring by one or the other of the methods described above; then return to the left side of your table, take the plate in your right hand, and show all parts of your left hand (the sleeve well back). Take the plate in the left hand and show all parts of the right hand. Then take the plate again in the right hand, covering the hook; pick up the egg with the left hand and show the plate, first lowering to the front to show the top side, then raising it to show the bottom—the ring naturally falling into the hand. Put the plate on the table and take the egg in the right hand so that it hides the ring. Proceed to break the egg in the customary way over the plate—first cracking it, then dividing the shell to let the contents fall—and at the same moment let the ring fall onto the plate.
Finally wash the ring in the glass of water; wipe it, and your hands, before returning it. Be careful to do this very openly, so that the ring is visible at all times. If the plate is to be used for any further experiment, it is a simple matter to detach the waxed hook and dispose of it.
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