cheap cigarettes

The Rising Cheap Cigarettes.

This is one of the best of Virginia Slims Cigarettes mysteries. A pack of cigarettes is taken from the vest pocket. It opens itself, and a cigarette rises from the interior.

The preparation necessary for this trick is worth the trouble. Make two holes in the side of the pack (which is of the type that slides open) and run a rubber band through, tying knots in the ends. These holes are near the center of the pack, and the rubber band provides the motive power for the self-opening pack.

Remove all wrapping from the pack, so that the cigarettes are loose inside. Take a very short needle, thread it with black thread, and run it through the back of the pack-through both cover and sliding drawer. It should, however, go through the cover at the center, and through the drawer at the bottom. The needle is then pushed point upward into the bottom of a cigarette.

The thread is five or six inches long, and the loose end is wound around a button of the vest. The pack, filled with cigarettes, is placed in the vest pocket.

The operation is not difficult. Remove the pack from the pocket, taking care to push the slide shut. To prevent the slide from opening, press the bottom of the cover firmly between the left thumb and forefinger.

Wave the right hand over the pack, and release pressure with the left hand. The rubber hand will force the pack part way open. Continue to wave the right hand, and at the same time move the left hand slowly forward. The thread will become taut and then the cigarette will begin to rise until it is half way out of the pack. Lift out the cigarette with the right hand, and put the pack back in the vest pocket with the left hand.