Effect
The Candle, the Silk, and the Paper Tube
Harlan Tarbell · The Tarbell Course, 1926
- Time
- 1 min read + 10 min practice
- Materials
- In the library
- Prerequisites
- None
Take care. Working with these objects and effects is inherently dangerous; anyone who attempts them does so at their own risk. Anybody under 18 is advised to undertake them only with a parent's permission and supervision.
Another version of the preceding effect.
Performer produces a silk from the flame of the candle and tucks part of it into his vest pocket. He then covers candle with a tube which does not completely conceal it. The top is still seen, lighted. Magician then removes candle from tube and wraps it in a piece of paper. Suddenly the silk handkerchief vanishes from his pocket. He tears open the wrapped candle, and there is the silk instead of the candle. He removes the tube from the candlestick and, to everyone's astonishment, there is the candle in the candlestick.
How it is done
The method and all it needs, inside the library.
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