Disappearance of a vessel with water. Effective trick and its solution

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Disappearance of a vessel with water. Focus Secret

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Focus Description:

The performer puts a chair and covers it with some kind of scarf - a coverlet, so that the edges of the matter hang slightly.

There is a liter glass jar on the table. It is poured to the top with water and, having shown the audience, they put it on the table again. Taking a handkerchief from the table, you carefully cover the jar with it, and, slightly lifting it with your left hand (Fig. 32), take the "magic" wand from the table with your right hand.

Focus Disappearance of a vessel of water
Fig. 32

Carefully walk, being afraid to "splash" the water, and put the jar on a chair. Then you quickly touch the top of the vessel with a stick and instantly press your left hand with a handkerchief to the chair, "crumpling" the jar (Fig. 33). You pull off the handkerchief that remains in your left hand and throw it crumpled on the table. The water bottle has disappeared.

Focus Disappearance of a vessel of water
Fig. 33

Suspicion falls on a chair. The performer, as if embarrassed, wants to take it away, but stops, abruptly pulls off the coverlet and throws it on the table too. He turns the chair over and shows that he did not have any special devices.

Props:

Liter glass tin can or glass.

A scarf - a cover for a jar about 45x45 cm in size.

The scarf should completely cover the jar. It is made double, preferably dark in tone. A cardboard circle with a diameter slightly larger than the neck of the can is inserted into the middle. After her "disappearance", the handkerchief together with the circle can be easily crumpled and thrown on the table, which will not arouse any suspicion among the audience.

Ordinary chair.

A large shawl-cover for a chair measuring approximately 75x75 cm. We recommend taking a shawl made of dense, beautiful-looking material for this purpose.

Retractable sideboard (Fig. 41).

Focus Disappearance of a vessel of water
Fig. 41

Usually, professional magicians make a ladder in the table, that is, an inconspicuous hatch with a door that is kept closed by a spring. One has only to put a jar of water on the hatch door, as the vessel falls down, and the door immediately falls back into place.

We do not advise amateurs to use this method. Firstly, you will either have to cut through the table or make a special table. Secondly, no matter how experienced the illusionist is, failures are possible with the ladder. Several years ago I had to see the performance of this number by one of the oldest circus artists. He unhurriedly covered the jar, put it on the ladder and, releasing his fingers over the throat of the jar, cautiously walked away from the table, pretending to be afraid of splashing water. But the bank, having entered halfway into the ladder, treacherously swaying, revealed the secret. The artist, seeing nothing of this, finished the number with deathly silence and complete bewilderment of the audience.

For amateur artists, such breakdowns are even more possible. It must be remembered that there is no sadder and more unpleasant sight than a failed magician.

The sideboard offered by us (Fig. 42) is simple and trouble-free in operation. It is made of plywood (Fig. 43, A), to which is attached a bag of so-called "children's" oilcloth (Fig. 43, B), and two skids for the frame (Fig. 43, B).

Focus Disappearance of a vessel of water
Fig. 42

Focus Disappearance of a vessel of water
Fig. 43

They are attached to the bottom board of the table. On these skids, shown in Figure 41 by a dotted line, the frame moves inside the table. If you pull it out, then it will be easy to imperceptibly lower the jar into the bag. Then, pressing sideways on the extended sideboard, push it inside the table.

The bag is made of such a size that the jar could hide upright in it.

Secret. It's probably clear from the description of the props. You cover the jar with a handkerchief, in the middle of which a circle of cardboard is sewn. Then when you lift the jar and "drop" it into a retractable sideboard. That's the whole secret of this simple and interesting number.

On fig. 44 shows the same moment as in Fig. 32, but only from the reverse side: you can see how the can falls into a retractable sideboard.

Focus Disappearance of a vessel of water
Fig. 44

It should only be remembered that the table during the session should stand so that the audience could not see the sideboard.

It is more convenient to cover the table with a tablecloth.

When you lower the jar into the sideboard, the audience can hear the splash of water, the noise from the fall of the jar. At this point, you need to divert the attention of the audience with a conversation, or it is best to drown out the noise with music.

Author: Vadimov A.A.

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