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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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TO
MAKE
A
CARD
STAND
UPRIGHT
BY
ITSELF
ON
THE
TABLE.--This
is
a
little
trick
of
hardly
sufficient
importance
to
be
performed
by
itself;
but
as
an
incident
introduced
in
the
course
of
some
more
pretentious
illusion,
produces
a
very
good
effect.
A
great
deal
of
the
sparkle
of
a
conjuring
entertainment
depends
upon
the
performer’s
readiness
in
what
may
be
called
“by-play,”
consisting
of
a
number
of
minor
tricks
not
supposed
to
form
part
of
the
settled
programme,
but
merely
introduced
incidentally,
and
used,
as
it
were,
as
a
garnish
to
the
more
important
feats.
Thus,
when
a
coin,
an
egg,
or
other
small
article,
is
required
for
the
purpose
of
a
trick,
the
performer
may
fetch
it
openly
from
behind
the
scenes,
or
have
it
handed
to
him
by
his
servant;
but
this
is
a
commonplace
proceeding.
The
higher
class
of
performers
prefer
in
such
cases
to
produce
the
article
from
the
hair,
whiskers,
or
pocket
of
one
of
the
audience;
and
in
like
manner,
when
the
article
has
served
its
purpose,
to
make
it
vanish
by
some
magical
process,
rather
than
by
the
prosaic
methods
of
every-day
life.
These
little
incidents
serve
to
keep
the
audience
on
the
qui
vive,
and
they
further
assist
materially
in
keeping
up
the
continuity
of
an
entertainment.
In
a
thoroughly
good
performance
the
audience
should
have
no
time
to
think,
but
should
be
led
direct
from
one
surprise
to
the
contemplation
of
another.
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