Ghostly Silk

This is a modification of Ralph Read's “Ghostly Silk” designed for comedy.

Effect

Performer shows a square of paper which he folds into a cone. Into this he drops a silk handkerchief which he says will disappear. He makes a sudden motion into his pocket with the silk and brings out hand empty. Audience knows that performer has slipped the handkerchief into his handkerchief. He then casually reaches into the cone and removes the silk.

However, he turns pocket inside out and shows it contains no He pushes silk back into paper again and while trying to misdirect audience holds cone far out with outstretched arm to the right near the wings of the stage.

A hand reaches out and reaching into cone jerks the handkerchief backstage.

Performer reaches into the cone and removes the handkerchief showing it has not gone.

This time he again places silk in the cone and upon opening paper shows it has vanished. Silk is produced from a formerly empty glass tumbler on the table.