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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
190
In
the
latest
and
best
form
of
the
trick,
the
second
compartment
of
the
case
is
dispensed
with,
and
the
apparatus
may
be
handed
round
for
examination
both
before
and
after
it
is
used.
In
this
case
three
cards
are
forced
and
returned
as
already
mentioned;
but
the
performer,
as
he
reaches
his
table,
adroitly
exchanges
the
forcing
pack
for
another
already
prepared,
and
placed
on
the
servante
if
a
regular
conjuring-table
is
used,
or,
if
not,
concealed
behind
some
object
on
the
table.
This
pack
is
prepared
as
follows:--The
last
six
cards
are
arranged
with
the
thread
travelling
in
and
out
between
them,
just
as
the
six
cards
in
the
hinder
compartment
were
in
the
older
form
of
the
trick.
A
knot
is
made
in
the
silk
thread,
which
is
hitched
into
a
notch
an
eighth
of
an
inch
deep,
made
in
the
lower
edge
of
the
sixth
card.
The
knot
prevents
the
thread
from
slipping,
but
does
not
interfere
with
its
being
instantaneously
detached
when,
the
trick
being
over,
you
hand
the
whole
apparatus,
cards
and
all,
to
be
examined.
Some
performers
use
no
stand
or
pillar
for
the
card-case,
but
fix
it
by
a
short
plug
projecting
for
that
purpose
on
its
under
side,
in
a
decanter
of
water
on
the
table.
Some,
again,
in
order
to
exclude
all
apparent
possibility
of
mechanical
aid,
fasten
it
on
the
top
of
a
common
broomstick,
fixed
in
the
floor
of
the
stage,
and
broken
over
the
performer’s
knee
at
the
conclusion
of
the
trick.
To
our
own
taste,
the
trick
is
best
performed
without
any
special
card-case
whatever,
the
pack
being
placed
in
an
ordinary
glass
goblet
with
upright
sides,
first
handed
round
to
the
audience
for
inspection.
It
is
here
absolutely
self-evident
that
the
glass
can
give
no
mechanical
assistance;
and
as
the
audience
know
nothing
of
the
exchange
of
the
packs,
the
immediate
rising
of
the
cards
at
the
word
of
command
appears
little
short
of
miraculous.
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