The East Indian Needle Trick

My own original way. The same old effect but you can defy all the physicians and surgeons in the world to find anything in your mouth before and after. No secret loading and I have worked the stunt for two months now and got some good write-ups on it.

You have a little work basket setting on table and inside have a paper of needles, a spool of white thread and your bundle of needles already threaded and rolled up in usual manner. This bunch is rolled, of course, so the thread is all at one end and if bundle is picked up between thumb and finger at this end, the thread is out of sight, just the packet of needles showing. This bunch is stuck into the hole in the spool with the threaded ends up. Spool sets upright in basket. A glass of water is close by.

Call up your doctor or spectator to examine your mouth. Take from basket the paper of needles and open and remove same, dropping one or two to show they are loose and otherwise freely allowing them to be seen. Roll them in a bunch and hold between thumb and forefinger of right hand at same time addressing your audience. State you also use two yards of white cotton thread for the experiment, at same time reaching into basket with right hand, dropping needles, picking up bundle from spool and picking up and bringing forth the spool. This is one continuous move. Reel off about two yards and breaking same drop spool into basket. Now state you are ready. Bring packet to mouth and place on tongue but bring upper teeth down on them and this covers the threaded ends but needles can be clearly seen. Draw them back Into mouth and shift them over on right side and clamp between teeth as far back as possible and this will not prevent you from talking and swallowing water freely.

Now take about half of the glass down. Now loop the thread over tongue and chew it up into small ball and with tongue push up between gums on left back side. Drink rest of water and be sure and tip glass over and 'shake same showing empty. Now bring thread packet over in mouth and with tongue get loose end of thread free. Pull about a foot out and have assistant hold end, you backing away slowly and the bundle will unroll the needles slipping out. As you get to the last end, bring down the ball of thread with tongue Into mouth and when you remove last end with thumb and forefinger you have the little wad of thread also, leaving your mouth free. Try it and watch the effect.