AN EFFECTIVE FINISH

It is always desirable to secure a telling effect to close an act. For this purpose, in the case of a paper act, I suggest the following as a sure-fire applause producer.

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The performer introduces a pasteboard box about twelve inches square and eight deep, half full of mixed red, white and blue confetti, also a pasteboard cylinder about two and a half inches in diameter and five inches long, with a slip cover which fits tightly over one end. (See Fig. 11.) After having these examined, he holds the cylinder over the box and pours a few hand-