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TRICK No. A !
A Paradox
T h e peanut is a paradox. W h ile it develops its fru it underground, it is not borne on the roots o f the plant, but on the branches. T hese carry yellow flowers o f a pea-like form . W ith the shrivelling o f the flowers their stalks bend downwards until they pierce the soil for several inches. T here the you ng seeding pods form and develop into the rich nut used in the m aking Peanut plant showing how o f E T A P E A N U T B U T T E R and other delicious Pfanut* ar* 1rmed under _ , the ground but not on Eta products. roots.
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TRICK No. A4
A Balancing Feat
perform er an n o u n ces that h e w ill balance a pack o f cards o n the back o f his h and s. S o lu tio n . A n y ordinary pack o f cards is u sed to p erform this trick. H o ld a pack o f cards in th e le ft h and b e tw een th e ball o f th e thum b and fin gers, th e cards facin g the p alm o f that hand. T h e card nearest th e p er form ers b o d y is th en slow ly m o v ed dow nw ard b y th e little finger u n til it is abou t ^ o f an inch b elo w th e others. T h e right h an d now grips this card b etw een th e first an d seco n d finger so as to form a resting p o st fo r th e cards w h en p laced o n th e back o f th e fingers, as in illustration. T h e pack o f cards can n ow b e balan ced o n th e back o f th e fingers. A little practice will enab le y o u to perform this balancing feat with ease.
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TRICK No. A5
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-S. H E perform er has his two wrists tied with th e ends o f a piece o f tap e. A b an gle is th en passed round for in sp ection , and th e perform er remarks that h e will m ake it appear on th e tape. S o lu tion . B efore com m en cin g this trick, secretly slide a duplicate ban gle up your arm, under th e sleeve, so that it will stay there w ithout falling. N o w ask so m eo n e to tie you r wrists with the en ds o f a piece o f tape, leavin g th em about 15 inches apart. T ak e the other bangle in your hand, turn your back to th e audience, place this bangle up your vest or jum per, and th en slide the oth er o n e from under your sleeve over your wrist o n to the tape. D o these m ovem en ts quickly th en face you r audience with the bangle sp innin g on th e tape.
TRICK No. A6
A Perfect Food
In ev e r y peanut, M other N atu re has fitted up a fo o d storehouse in miniature. In this are fo u n d all the essential food-stuffs on which the growing girl or boy, or the grow n up man or woman, can live for a lo n g time. In every kernel used in the manufacture o f E T A P E A N U T B U T T E R there is packed a liberal supply o f proteins, fats, carbo hydrates and vitam ins. T h a t is why E T A P E A N U T B U T T E R contains one and a h alf tim es as m uch protein, m ore than three tim es as m uch fat and three times as m uch fuel-value as b eef steak.
TRICK No. A7
A Quick Change
T T *H E p erform er ann ou n ces that h e will ch an ge a silk handker c h ie f into a p in g p o n g ball. S o lu tio n . T h is trick n ev er fails to m ystify your a u d ien ce and is very sim ple to perform . B efore com m en cin g the trick, secretly cut a round h o le o f an in ch in diam eter in a p in g p o n g ball and place it on a table or chair with th e silk han dk erch ief over it, so that the ball is n o t seen.
Y o u are now ready to d o th e trick. Pick up th e hand k erchief and ball togeth er with th e right hand, and with th e aid o f the le ft h an d co m m en ce p u sh in g th e handkerchief throu gh th e h o le in to the ball until it is com p letely inside the ball. C over the h o le with the thum b an d sh ow th e ball. Be sure to m o v e th e hands up and dow n w hen p u sh in g the h and kerchief into th e p in g p o n g ball, otherw ise the effect will be lost.
A Vegetable M eat
M eat in the main consists o f protein, and no man can exist for lon g without an adequate supply o f this essential. Peanuts being particularly rich in this substance an analysis shows that they contain 29% , as against 19% in steak and 13.4% in eggs can conveniently take the place of m eat, and are, to all intents and purposes, m eat in vegetable form .
Roasting E T A Peanuts
TRICK No. A8
A Huge Acreage
In w hatever part o f the world the peanut has been introduced the people have quickly realised that in it they have a valuable fo o d stuff. By the year 1870 the w hole w orld had accepted the peanut as an excellent fo o d . I t was not, however, till 30 years later in 1900 that the industry o f peanut grow ing com m enced to grow rapidly. In the U n ited States no less than 1,750,000 ' acres are devoted to this crop. W ith the steady growth o f the dem and, the two m illion acre mark will soon be, if it is not already passed.
TRICK No. A9
with a piece of elastic band as shown T o do this cut a slit near the top of each card and pass the ends of the elastic through these slits for about iin . In order to keep the elastic in position gum a card on the back of each of the two cards, all four cards facing the same way. T he ends of the elastic band are thus hidden and the four cards have the appearance of two cards joined by the band. These cards are now placed in the pack about 12 cards from the top and the pack is held in the right hand. You ask one of the audience to select a card, which you take back in your left hand and inreturning it to the pack, place it between the joined cards,pressing it level with the pack, thus expanding the elastic. Now place the pack facing downward under your toe and at the magic word "ETA raise your toe and out jumps the selected card.
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TRICK No. A IO
W h en on ce the p e n n y b egin s to re volve, th e perform er sh ou ld keep his head p erfectly still, and blow in the sam e place all th e tim e.
TRICK No. A l I
TRICK No. A I2
A Colour Change
H E perform er shows his hands em pty, picks up a red silk handkerchief and announces that h e will change it into a b lue silk. S O L U T IO N A ping p ong ball is prepared before hand by cutting two holes Jin. in diameter opposite one another (see fig. 1). A sm all blue silk handkerchief is then placed inside the ball, which is laid on the table and covered by a sm all red silk handkerchief. In presenting the trick, casually show your hands em pty, then with the le ft hand pick up the ball and red silk in such a m anner that the ball is concealed from view by the fingers. N ow with the right hand slow ly push a portion o f the red silk into the ball and pull out a portion o f the blue silk (see fig. 2 ). Repeat these m ovem ents alternatively until the red silk is concealed in the ball, and the blue silk is drawn out. T h is trick is sure to d eligh t your audi ence and is w ell worth practicing.
TRICK No. A I3
containing the ball o f tape into your pocket, leave it there and take out the handkerchief and the other roll o f tape. Im m ediately unroll this tape and ask two assistants to h old each end. N ow place the handkerchief over the dum m y knots, announce that you will cause the knots to vanish and leave one piece o f tape. T o do this place your hands under the handkerchief and untie the two short pieces o f tape, place them in your right hand and after pronouncing the m agic word " E T A draw the handkerchief away with the same hand, and th e audience will be surprised to see the knots have vanished.
TRICK No. A 14
R ED silk handkerchief is wrapped in a piece o f newspaper. A blue handkerchief is also wrapped in another piece o f newspaper. T h e perform er waves his hand over the newspapers and th e silks have changed places. S O L U T IO N Prior to doing this trick a red silk handkerchief is placed between two pieces o f newspaper about 20ins. square with the edges gum m ed together. T his will then have the appearance o f one sheet o f paper. N ow do the same with a *blue silk handkerchief. So that you will remember in which papers are the different handkerchiefs, place a distinguishing mark on each sheet, see illustrations. Y ou will now require a duplicate red and blue silk handkerchief. In presenting the trick pick up the newspaper m arked red and in it wrap the blue silk handkerchief, and pass it to som eone to hold. In the other piece o f newspaper wrap the red silk handkerchief, and have this h eld by a different person. N ow remark to your audience that you will make the handkerchiefs change places. A fter waving your hands from one paper to the other exclaim ing the m agic word 'E T A take one paper in your own hands, gently tear a h ole in its centre and extract the hidden handkerchief, which will be the opposite colour to what the audience saw you place in it. D o the same with the other paper and the trick is done.
In Australia
It was not until thirteen years ago that the grow ing o f peanuts in A ustralia was started in earnest. In 1922 on the A therton Tableland and in Cooktown in the northern part of Q ueensland a few farm ers tried them out as an experim ent. U p to that time A ustralian buyers were only interested in the C hinese variety for roasting and in the Javanese type for con fec tionary use. C onsequently, with no market avail able, this new Australian crop was used m ostly for stock food . N u t F oods Ltd. in 1922 adver tised in Q ueensland rural papers that they were Packing tins of E T A prepared to purchase a large quantity o f pea R oasted Peanuts in shell. nuts and this encouraged the peanut pioneers to extend their acreage.
TRICK No. A I5
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In p resenting the trick the perform er h o ld s th e p en n y b etw een the first finger and thu m b o f th e right hand, h id in g the short pin. N o w , with a dow nw ard m otion , sw ing th e arm toward th e trousers, th en bring the arm up again, still sh ow in g the p en n y. R epeat this m ovem en t, but, w hen passing th e trouser leg , clip th e p en n y to the trousers, b ringin g the hand up, show ing th e audience that th e p e n n y has disappeared.. T h e m eth o d o f clip p in g the p en n y o n to the trousers will n eed a little practice, in order that your hand will m ove up and dow n w ith ou t pau sing at the trousers.
TRICK No. A I7
and is fo u n d under the soup plate. S O L U T IO N Before com m encing this trick secretly cut two pieces o f about 15ins. x 13ins. and paste three sides together at the an op en ing on one side. M ake a little b undle with a handkerchief and h old it behind the paper with the le ft the thum b in front (see fig. 1 ). Y o u are now ready to present the trick. Pick up the soup-plate with the right hand and show it back and front, then m ove towards th e table and in placing the paper on the table instantly put the soup-plate on the paper upside down over where th e handkerchief is h idden. N o w take the hands away leav ing the handkerchief, paper and soupplate where it is. Y o u now make a cone with the paper and in taking it up from the table with the right hand draw it away from the soup-plate (towards the audience) at the sam e tim e ligh tly press the fingers o f your le ft hand on the soup-plate (see fig. 2 ). T h e paper will then m ove away from the soup-plate, naturally leaving the handkerchief under it without being seen. N o w place another red silk handker ch ief down the ungum m ed opening o f the paper cone, see fig. 3. Pronounce the m agic word "E T A , u n fo ld the paper cone and the handkerchief w ill have disappeared. Y ou now lift the soup-plate and the handkerchief is underneath. T h is is an excellent trick and w ell worth practicing. newspaper each edges, leaving sm allred silk hand showing
TRICK No. A I8
B efo re d oin g this trick take an eg g , m ake a very sm all h o le at each end and take o u t th e yolk and w hite b y b low ing through on e o f the holes. W h e n th e eg g sh ell is quite dry, carefully m ake a h o le in the side about f o f an inch in diam eter, and through this h o le fill up the e g g with co n fetti (see illu stra tio n ). T h e n paste a sm all piece o f paper the sam e colou r as th e e g g over th e h o le to hide the confetti. Y o u are n o w ready to perform the trick. H o ld the eg g in o n e hand so that the audience can see it, then cover it with both hands and wave them up and dow n, at the sam e tim e break ing the e g g and allow ing th e co n fetti to fall in a show er to the ground. T h e broken pieces o f e g g will n o t b e noticed, and this trick will deligh t and m ystify your audience.
TRICK No. A I9
A Lemon T rick
A n ex cellen t little trick is that o f van ish in g a sixp en ce from a handk erchief in to a le m o n . S o lu tio n . B efo re d o in g this trick prepare b efo reh a n d th e fo llow in g articles: 1. 2. 3. A din ner k n ife with a six p en ce stuck o n near the end by m eans o f a sm all piece o f soap. A h an d k erch ief with an oth er sixp en ce sew n in on e corner in th e h em . A lem on .
T o com m en ce the trick first borrow a sixp en ce, and in placin g the han d k erch ief over it, let it fall into the right h an d and grip it betw een the first and second join ts o f the two m iddle fingers (see fig. 1 ) , at the sam e tim e let th e le ft h an d (w hich is h o ld in g th e sew n-in six p en ce b e tw een th e thum b and first finger) take th e place o f th e right h an d in the centre o f the han dk erch ief. N o w ask so m eo n e to h o ld this six p en ce th ro u g h the h an d k erch ief as show n in fig. 2. N o w pick up th e k n ife with the right h an d , in w hich y o u are still g rippin g th e b orrow ed sixp en ce, and partially cut o p e n th e lem on , taking care that th e side o f th e k n ife facin g the aud ien ce is n o t the on e o n w hich th e six p en ce is stuck. Y o u now draw th e k n ife th rou gh th e lem o n towards you , and at the sam e tim e leave th e sixp en ce in th e lem o n (see fig- 3 ) . N o w take h o ld o f o n e o f th e lo o se corners o f the h an d k erch ief and p u ll it sharply away fro m the o n e h o ld in g it exclaim ing " W h eres the six p en ce? I t will b e fo u n d in th e lem o n and is returned to th e ow ner.
C A R D is covered by a handkerchief and h eld over a glass jug o f water. It is dropped into the water, the handkerchief withdrawn and the card has disappeared. S O L U T IO N
U nknow n to anyone but yourself, you have a piece o f celluloid 1 /1 6th o f an inch sm aller all round than a playing card. T o com m ence the trick borrow a hand kerchief and an ordinary playing card. W ith the celluloid concealed in the right hand, h o ld the card between the thumb and first finger o f that hand (see fig. 1 ). W ith the le ft hand place the handker chief over the card and whilst d oing so substitute the cellu loid for the card. N ow ask som eone to take h old o f the card (in reality the cellu loid ) through the handkerchief, then withdraw your right hand and casually place the card in one o f your pockets. T h en ask your assistant to h old the card over a ju g o f water and to drape the handkerchief around the ju g. S ee
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Pronouncing the m agic word 'E T A ask him to let go the card. T h e hand kerchief being withdrawn the card is foun d to have vanished.
Rigid Inspection
M any essentials enter into the m anu facture o f the many lines put up by N U T FOODS LTD. T h e first o f th ese is quality. T h is is safeguarded "by a rigid system o f grading, while a staff o f h ig h ly trained chem ists exam ine daily, not only the raw material, but also the finished product. A ll E T A these rigid *hat purity f o r which products have to withstand tests, in order to maintain and excellence o f quality, the nam e E T A stands.
The Magic Jo in
.A k C IG A R E T T E paper is . h eld be tween the thum b and fingers and torn into several pieces. T h e pieces are rolled in a sm all ball. T h e perform er then pronouncing the m agic word "E T A blows on it, opens it, and shows that the pieces o f paper have been m agically restored. S O L U T IO N Prior to d oing this trick secretly roll a cigarette paper and grip it near the tips o f first and second finger o f th e right hand, palm inwards, so that it cannot be seen. (See illustration.) Borrow a cigarette paper and tear it into several pieces. Roll the pieces into a sm all ball, press it down on the other one and then show the two balls as one. Y o u now grip the torn pieces between the fingers as before and slowly unroll the untorn paper. T h is trick will need a good deal o f practice but is certainly worth your while.
Australian Wide
E T A P E A N U T B U T T E R and E T A B R A N D raw materials from which they are derived, are E T A brand can be foun d in shops all over the public popularity created by the excellence o f standard o f m anufacture has resulted in the nam e am ong A ustralians being as "fam iliar in their P R O D U C T S , like the great travellers. T h e Com m onwealth. T h e quality and the high of E T A PR O D U C T S m ouths as h ousehold
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The " E T A " fleet of Sales Vans that deliver E T A Products fresh to your grocer and confectioner.
Before doing thistrick, secretly prepare two fancy handkerchiefs of the same pattern bysewing a ring the same size as the rim of the tumbler be tween them. This ring is sewn in the centre of the handkerchiefs and they
are then stitched around the edges as in fig. 1, appearing as one handkerchief. N ow show an em pty hat and place it in position on your left, as indicated in fig. 2. N ext, picking up the tum bler with your right hand cover it with the handkerchief h eld in your le ft hand so that the ring lies on the rim o f the tumbler. Y ou now h old the tumbler through the handkerchief by the le ft hand as in fig. 3. A nnounce to the audience that there are two m ethods o f passing the tumbler into the hat, one visibly and the other invisibly. T o pass it visibly all you have to do is to place the tum bler into the hat. T h e perform er does this and leaves the tumbler and handkerchief in the hat. A t this stage you remark that anyone could pass a tum bler visibly, but to pass it into the hat invisibly seems im possible. T o do this pick up the ring through the handkerchief with the le ft hand (leaving the tum bler in the hat) and m ove away from the hat. T h e shape o f the ring in the handkerchief gives the audience the im pression that the tumbler is still under the handkerchief. Y ou now remark that the tum bler will vanish invisibly into the hat. T ake one corner o f the handkerchief with the right hand and flick it away from the le ft hand and then im m e diately go to the hat and take out the tumbler. A c_H n c P
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