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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
199
The
secret
lies
in
the
use
of
a
very
small
and
simple
piece
of
apparatus,
being,
in
fact,
merely
a
strip
of
tin
or
sheet
brass,
an
inch
and
a
half
in
length,
and
five-eighths
of
an
inch
in
width,
bent
at
a
shade
less
than
a
right
angle--say
85°;
its
shorter
arm
being
one-third
of
its
length.
On
the
outer
surface
of
the
long
arm
is
spread
a
thin
layer
of
bees’-wax
(made
more
adhesive
by
the
addition
of
a
small
portion
of
Venice
turpentine),
and
to
the
inner
surface
of
the
shorter
arm
is
soldered
a
small
piece
of
lead,
about
an
eighth
of
an
inch
thick.
When
you
desire
to
perform
the
trick,
you
have
this
little
appliance
concealed
in
your
right
hand,
the
longer
arm
between
the
first
and
second
fingers,
and
the
shorter
arm
pointing
towards
the
little
finger.
Picking
up
the
card
with
the
left
hand,
you
transfer
it
to
the
right,
taking
hold
of
it
in
such
manner
that
the
fingers
shall
be
behind
and
the
thumb
in
front
of
the
card.
As
you
place
the
card
on
the
table
(which,
by
the
way,
must
be
covered
with
a
cloth),
you
press
against
it
(see
Fig.
49)
the
waxed
side
of
the
slip
of
tin,
which
will
slightly
adhere
to
it,
and
thus
form
a
prop
or
foot,
the
little
lump
of
lead
acting
as
a
counterpoise
to
the
weight
of
the
card.
You
pick
it
up
with
the
same
hand,
and
as
you
transfer
it
to
the
other,
you
will
find
no
difficulty
in
removing
and
secreting
between
the
fingers
the
little
prop.
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