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very recently, has had to look on with envy each 
time his brother, the fly-caster, made preparations 
for a day’s fishing with his dainty fly book that 
could easily be slipped into a side pocket; no 
bulky tackle box to be bothered with, stepped on, 
fallen over, or left behind on some bank. 
We frequently hear more or less moth-eaten 
South Bend Detachable-Hook Minnow. 
jokes on the home town of Willie Penn—Phila¬ 
delphia—but it has been left to Klinger and 
Langbein of “the sleepy town” to arise to the oc¬ 
casion and furnish the bait-caster with a bait 
case that can be rolled up and tucked into the 
T O BEGIN with you require a black back¬ 
ground and a supply of balloons such as 
street venders sell. These are painted black 
and inflated to about six inches in diameter. 
They are affixed to the background and small 
white spots one inch in diameter are painted on 
them. From a short distance the outlines of the 
balloons are invisible and you have a target of 
some thirty inches to fire at. A repeating rifle is 
used and it is an easy matter to make ten targets 
in as many seconds. A shot anywhere would 
puncture one of the balloons and with its instan¬ 
taneous collapse the white target would vanish. 
Where lighted candles are extinguished with a 
rifle, candles are placed in compartments or open 
boxes on a background. The whole is painted 
black to mask the partitions in the boxes. At the 
back of each box is placed a loosely hung plate 
of steel, suspended only by the top and free to 
swing slightly. Before this is placed the lighted 
candles and the shooting begins. It should be 
remarked that these plates are six inches square, 
and consequently give an area of large size to 
shoot at. When a bullet strikes a plate anywhere, 
the concussion of the air caused by the quick 
movement of plate anywhere in response to the 
impact of the bullet, blows out the candle in¬ 
stantly and the trick is accomplished. 
side pocket of a fishing coat. Philadelphia may 
be asleep but two of its citizens at least have an 
eye to the needs of the bait-caster—and what is 
more, supplied it. 
This bait roll which is made of black seal grain 
leather is divided into six compartments or 
spaces for six plugs—enough for any fishing 
The K. & L. Bait Case. 
trip. The case when spread out and open for 
business measures sixteen inches long and six 
and one-eighth inches wide with a flap four and 
five-eighths wide which folds over the six com¬ 
partments and clasps down each compartment 
separately. The entire case when folded rolls 
up into the smallest and neatest kind of a bundle. 
Get away from carrying a trunk when you go 
fishing. “Go light but right” is well illustrated by 
the K and L bait roll. It sure will take the eye 
of any plugger on sight. 
“Surprised” I should say so, when I received 
this minnow. I was for the moment afraid the 
little cuss was alive, it was so natural and I 
The old familiar trick of shooting glass balls, 
cracking eggs, etc., thrown in the air is believed 
to be done with a rifle. It usually is, but the 
rifle cartridge. is filled with a good charge of 
bird shot. 
In the feat of disrobing an assistant with rifle 
bullets, the garments are made in halves, front 
and back, fastened together with thin glass 
globes, about two and a half inches in diameter 
and of dark material, and the usual white spots 
painted on them, while the assistant invariably 
stands against a black background. If you can 
shoot reasonably straight it is not at all difficult. 
Nearly everybody has seen marvelous revolver 
shooting at moving targets. This is generally 
done with cartridges filled with bird shot, also. 
You have probably seen the man or woman 
who goes up into the top gallery and snuffs out 
the lighted candles or breaks a small balloon. 
This is sometimes done the same way as de¬ 
scribed above, although many use a steel funnel 
with a twelve-inch opening which narrows down 
to about one inch where the object is placed. 
This opening on account of the black background 
does not show to the audience and all the marks¬ 
was not the only one fooled either for the bull 
pup nosing around to see what was doing ran 
into the thing and from the noise he made he 
must have been surprised too. 
The Pflueger people have certainly done them¬ 
selves proud in their latest creation and it makes 
an impression the moment it leaves the box and 
“Friend” Bass what is more takes to it like a 
duck to water. 
A very large percentage of the fish that strike 
the ordinary surface bait are lost by the reason 
of the bait floating too high and the fish not get¬ 
ting the hook securely fastened in its mouth 
when striking. Dont worry Brother, “Mr. Bass” 
if he ever touches this plug, is there for keeps. 
I almost forgot to say and an important item to 
the beginner too, this plug is semi-underwater or 
wobbler, and the instant the bait is stopped it 
comes to the surface, good business you’ll admit 
when that back lash occurs. 
Not only the angler but the fish is due for a 
“surprise” when this one hits the water. 
There you are, “pluggers,” seven new ones for 
you and a case to put them in. They have all 
caught fish (except the case) and no doubt will 
for you. Take one or all, you will not be dis¬ 
appointed in any of them. So, here’s to you, 
may your creel always be full. 
man has to do is shoot into the opening and the 
bullet will finally reach the small end. 
I remember a few years ago a Frenchman 
came over to America and created quite a sen¬ 
sation while playing in theaters throughout the 
country. He did about half a dozen straight shots, 
the rest were clearly fakes, and he had no 
trouble in fooling the general public. But one 
night while he was playing the piano, supposed 
to be using bullets to strike the keys, his rifle 
struck, the piano kept on playing, only for a few 
seconds, but long enough to make the audience 
sit up and take notice. I never found out how he 
worked the piano keys. Many others do it by 
striking a four-inch iron plate which connects with 
the keys and strikes a note with the assistance of 
the orchestra. They manage to play “Home, 
Sweet Home” or some other simple tune without 
the aid of the orchestra. You could call the 
tune anything. There may be some shooting acts 
on the stage now done fairly, but if there are 1 
haven’t seen or heard of them. . 
I heard of a theater manager in a small town 
who had some trouble with a man who was giv¬ 
ing shooting exhibitions. The shooter threatened 
to quit. The manager said, “All right, go ahead 
and get out, but leave your trick targets and the 
property man can do your act.” Many news¬ 
papers have exposed these acts, and as a rule 
those doing fake shooting do not stay long be¬ 
fore the public, but any one who is ambitious to 
pose as a crack shot on the stage can do so if 
they get the proper paraphernalia. But I would 
advise them not to try any of these tricks out 
doors where the spectators get near and can see 
how it is done. 
EASY WHEN YOU KNOW HOW 
THE SECRET OF STAGE MARKSMANSHIP IS 
AMAZINGLY SIMPLE, ONCE UNDERSTOOD 
By Frank E. Butler. 
