The Disappearing Trick
At a party, a necklace a woman was wearing was much admired. She took it off to show it better, and it was passed from hand to hand. Later it was not forthcoming. “The joke has gone far enough,’ said the host. “I’ll put this silver dish on the table, turn out the electric light, count one hundred, and expect to find the necklace on the dish when I turn up the light again.” When he turned up the light the dish also had vanished.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7277, 3 October 1933, Page 10
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88The Disappearing Trick Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7277, 3 October 1933, Page 10
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