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On the table on a tray is a jug of water and a glass. There is also a sheet of paper, paper clips and a towel.

The performer takes a glass and, showing it to the audience, pours water into it (Fig. 29), then pours it back into the jug. Putting the glass on the table, he asks one of the spectators for a small silk handkerchief and puts it in the glass. He rolls a cylinder from a sheet of paper (a little more than a glass in diameter) and cleaves it from above and below with paper clips.

Focus Magic glass
Fig. 29

The cylinder prepared in this way is given to the audience for inspection. Then the illusionist covers the glass with it (Fig. 30) and, slightly taking out the upper tip of the handkerchief, puts it on the upper edge of the cylinder.

Focus Magic glass
Fig. 30

Picking up a "magic" wand, he says that with its help you can create the most incredible things, you just have to touch the object. He takes a glass covered with a cylinder in his left hand, and a stick in his right hand, then touches the cylinder with it and puts the stick on the table.

Slightly raising the cylinder, very slowly pulls out a handkerchief from below - "through the wall or bottom" of the glass (Fig. 31). Gives the handkerchief to the owner. He slowly removes the cylinder from the glass, shows it to the audience, pours water into it again to prove that the glass is not full of holes.

Focus Magic glass
Fig. 31

If desired, you can give the glass to the audience for inspection, after wiping it with a towel.

Props:

Water pitcher, tray, two glasses.

A sheet of thick paper approximately 9x30 cm.

Several paper clips.

Focus secret:

In the glass, just above the bottom, an oval hole was made of such a size that a silk handkerchief could be dragged through it (the hole was not larger than 4x8 mm).

The glass is best taken from thick glass, otherwise part of the finger pressed against the hole may enter inside the glass, and this will be noticeable to the audience. The edges of the hole should be carefully rounded and sanded so that the handkerchief can be easily pulled through. A hole can be made by any mirror or optician, it can be drilled with a drill, wetting the drill with turpentine. Drilling must be done very carefully.

When you first show the glass, try to cover the hole discreetly with the little finger of your right hand. When you pour water into a glass, take it in your right hand and press the hole with your thumb so that the water does not flow out (see Fig. 29). Then pour the water into the jug, and wipe the glass with a towel and put it on the table. To prevent the hole from being visible to the audience, it is best to put some object in front of the glass, such as a "magic" wand.

When you put a handkerchief into the glass, imperceptibly slip its corner a little into the hole: it is easier to take hold of the handkerchief and pull it out.

On fig. 30 shows the moment of closing the glass with a paper cylinder. For clarity, the hands are not shown. On fig. 31 shows the moment of removing the handkerchief from the glass.

After you have practiced this trick, you may decide to make the top hat a little wider. By removing the handkerchief from the hole, you can slightly raise the cylinder. Having passed the right index finger under the cylinder, at the bottom of the glass, pull out with it the tip of the handkerchief, which you had previously stuck out a little from the hole. This way of execution will undoubtedly be more effective.

Wiping the glass with a towel after the second pouring, you can easily exchange the "prepared" glass for an ordinary one with the help of a towel, which should be given to the audience for viewing.

It is best to use your own handkerchief. If you do not show it to the audience, then it will be possible to make a simplification: sew a thin soft wire into the edge of the corner of the scarf; this will make it easier to insert the tip of the handkerchief into the hole and pull it out.

Author: Vadimov A.A.

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