| The Anti-Gravity Marlboro Cigarettes. A cigarette is laid on the table so that about two-thirds of it protrudes over the edge. Yet the cigarettes does not fall. There are two methods of performing this trick. The first requires a prepared cigarette. A bit of metal is hidden in one end of the cigarette, and as that end is much heavier than the other, the cigarette can easily be set so that it apparently overbalances the table edge. The trick was improved after further experiment, so that an ordinary cigarette may be used. Simply moisten one side of the tip of the cigarette. Press that side firmly against the table edge, and the cigarette will stick, although more than half of it hangs over the edge of the table. Do not moisten all the tip of the cigarette as that would give the trick away. Use plain tipped cigarettes in both methods. A cork tip would arouse suspicion. |