out (the handkerchief, not
the chair), and the egg is "found" to have disappeared, proving (?)
that the egg seen on table is the identical one which was wrapped up at
commencement of trick.

I am indebted to my esteemed brother magicians, Messrs. T. HAYES, W. G.
MALVERN, and J. HEMPSTEAD, for the description of the following
original and novel experiments:--

A NEW HANDKERCHIEF COMBINATION.

BY W. G. MALVERN, COIN AND CARD MANIPULATOR.

The requirements for this excellent trick are as follows:--A glass gas
chimney, four silk handkerchiefs--one red, one blue, and two white. A
small _feke_--consisting of a brass tube about two inches long and just
large enough to slip over the forefinger of the right hand. There must
be soldered at the top of the _feke_ on the outside, a piece of wire
forming a small hook. The _feke_ should, for obvious reasons, be
covered with flesh-coloured silk.

A sheet of cartridge paper rolled up to form a tube and of such a size
as to fit over the glass cylinder is also required.

The presentation of the trick is as follows:--The performer commences
by showing an ordinary glass cylinder to be unprepared and free from
deception. The three handkerchiefs are next shown, and in placing them
on the table the blue handkerchief is casually dropped over the _feke_
which is lying there loaded with a duplicate white handkerchief. The
red handkerchief is then picked up along with the cylinder and placed
in one end; then the blue handkerchief (and with it the _feke_) is
inserted in the other end of the cylinder. The hook on the feke engages
the rim of the cylinder, which prevents it from slipping down. The
performer now covers the cylinder with the tube of paper, and in doing
so the forefinger is pushed through the _feke_, which action causes the
concealed handkerchief to appear between the blue and red
handkerchiefs, and when withdrawing the finger, the _feke_ is brought
away on it, which, of course, cannot be seen owing to the
flesh-coloured silk.

[Illustration]

The trick is now practically finished; all the performer has to do is
to vanish the white handkerchief into the _feke_, which is removed from
the finger, and command the white handkerchief to appear between the
red and blue handkerchiefs in the cylinder. On removing the paper tube
this is seen to have been done.

THE "PHANTOM" COIN TRICK.

BY J. HEMPSTEAD, MAGICIAN.

The coin trick I am about to describe is most suit