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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
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THE
HANDKERCHIEF
FOR
VANISHING
MONEY.--This
is
another
appliance
for
vanishing
a
coin.
It
is
an
ordinary
handkerchief
of
silk
or
cotton,
in
one
corner
of
which,
in
a
little
pocket,
is
sewn
a
coin,
say
a
florin
or
a
penny,
or
any
substitute
which,
felt
through
the
substance
of
the
handkerchief,
shall
appear
to
be
such
a
coin.
The
mode
of
using
it
is
very
simple.
Holding
the
handkerchief
by
the
corner
in
which
is
the
coin,
and
letting
it
hang
loosely
down,
the
performer
borrows
a
similar
coin,
and,
after
carelessly
shaking
out
the
handkerchief,
to
show
that
all
is
fair,
he
places,
to
all
appearance,
the
borrowed
coin
in
the
centre
(underneath),
and
gives
the
handkerchief
to
some
one
to
hold.
In
reality,
he
has
only
wrapped
up
the
corner
containing
the
substitute
coin,
and
retains
the
genuine
one
for
his
own
purposes.
When
it
is
desirable
to
make
it
appear
that
the
coin
has
left
the
handkerchief,
he
simply
takes
it
from
the
person
holding
it,
and
gives
it
a
shake,
at
the
same
moment
rapidly
running
the
edges
of
the
handkerchief
through
his
hands,
till
the
corner
containing
the
coin
comes
into
one
or
the
other
of
them.
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