Japanese Varieties

Kleine summary: This is an extremely clever sleight-of-hand performance. A Japanese magician enters upon the scene and bows reverently to an immense idol which is placed at one side of the room. He then takes a cloth and shakes two live ducks out of it. Next he turns the cloth around in his hands a number of times to show the audience that there is nothing in it, and then, placing it on the floor, produces a jar of water containing goldfish. He now wants the fish, and to secure these he produces a pole, and casting in the air, catches them. After numerous tricks of this kind, he enlists the services of a pretty Japanese lady, and from a tea box, which she holds for him, he takes lanterns by the score, and ends by taking a little Japanese girl from it.