Penetration Most Extraordinary
by Tan Hock Chuan

Into a glass tumbler are put three colored silks, brown, green and blue. The blue silk is put in first with the others on top. A lady's handkerchief is put over the tumbler and secured around its mouth with a rubber band.

Pinching at the bottom of the tumbler, the magician pulls out the blue silk, which is seen to leave the tumbler gradually. The tumbler is left intact with the lady's handkerchief, the rubber band and the two other silks undisturbed.

Method: A black thread is attached to one corner of the blue silk. Shove the blue silk into the tumbler first, leaving the thread over the edge and hanging down. On top of the blue put in the other two silks. Put the lady's handkerchief over the mouth of the tumbler and fasten it in place with the rubber band.

Hold the tumbler so that the left hand is around the lower end. Show it on all sides. Then with the right hand, make a series of pulls on the thread until the corner of the blue silk appears below the tumbler. Then pull it slowly. The illusion that the silk is emerging directly through the glass is uncanny. Pull the blue handkerchief completely out. It is strange that the silk can leave the tumbler with the elastic band and covering handkerchief still intact.