How to amuse an evening party : a complete collection of home recreations .. (1869)
New York : Dick & Fitzgerald · leaf 69
table, take a glass in the hand in which you have concealed the dime, and hold it under the table ; then give three knocks upon the table, at the same time crying, “Presto! come quickly!” drop the dime into the glass, bring the glass from under the table, and exhibit the dime. Lastly, take the… … THE MAGIC SPLICE. Here is a very simple, but not the less effective trick. Take a piece of string or tape, at least six feet in length, and as much longer as can conveniently be obtained, and hold each end with a finger and thumb. In order to render the description more intelligible, we shall call…
Indoor games · Entertaining · Amusements
Internet Archive · Boston Public Library · Public domain (published before 1931). Free to use for anything.
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