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There is a famous magic trick with the effect of a handkerchief suddenly appearing in a decanter. We might try a similar invention right now, using that decanter trick as the basis. At random, we substitute a photograph for the handkerchief. This substitution suggests a frame in which it may appear. We must have a place in which to hide the picture prior to its appearance. A hollow back immediately comes to mind. The picture could be rolled up in one edge of the frame as well.

To meet modern conditions we might borrow the indirect method of applying the power to pull the thread. Spinning the frame, as Orrin spins the web, would do. The frame might be mounted, spinning around vertically. Or it might spin from back to front, horizontally, on a shaft extending from side to side. Of course, we could spin it as the web is turned.

We then have to do experiments to make sure the props work well. Only by trial and error can you determine what the best way to set up the trick is. You have to find out the best way to hook up the picture, the best place to hide it before the production and other details. You must work it out and ensure it works at least 99 out of 100 times. Things like the suitable smoothness of the passage and the material of the picture will require you to do even more trials.

But you do not necessarily have to spin the frame. You may, instead, merely secure a thread of the proper length to some convenient fastening-a chair or a piece of apparatus-and walk forward quickly, holding the frame in front of you with both hands. The picture will appear in a bewildering fashion.

The change of the container can also bring a different flavor to the magic trick. Try an elegant vase and make a rose appear in it. The vase could be glued to a turntable. Spin the turntable quickly to cause the rose to fly into place from a secret hiding pocket behind the table.

This thread pulling device can be applied to more than stage props. You can setup the system on your body and make things like handkerchief or cards to appear at your finger tips. Secure a thread on the object you want to produce. Fix the other end on a place like your belt. The object then can be hidden within your clothing. When you want to produce the object, hook your thumb onto the thread and extend the hand quickly to cause the object to fly into your hand.

Using this device, you can make a silk, a rose or other props to appear in your hands and get into another magic routine.

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