Pip of a Pipe
By George Andrew

While the stunt of touching a piece of palmed flash paper on your cigarette is very good, it is far more effective with a pipe, when done as follows:

Pack your pipe lightly with a rather dry, crumbly tobacco. After it is burning well, palm a piece of crumpled black flash paper into the bowl. The paper should be big enough so that it doesn't fall down on the fire. The palming can be done in a very natural way as you grasp the bowl. Now you are ready to set it off at any time you wish by simply blowing into the pipe through the stem. Blow strongly enough to raise a few hot ashes and sparks up to the paper.

Not only will you find this very effective when the hands are nowhere near the pipe at the time of the flash, but the flash is not screened by the hand and is thus more startling.

It is very funny to use this at odd moments during an evening with some friends. Pretend to notice nothing out of the ordinary when the flashes occur.