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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
DEMON
HANDKERCHIEF
(Le
Mouchoir
du
Diable).--This
is
a
recent
improvement
on
the
above,
and
possesses
a
much
wider
range
of
utility,
inasmuch
as
it
really
does
cause
the
disappearance
of
any
article
placed
under
it,
and
is
available
to
vanish
not
only
coin,
but
a
card,
an
egg,
a
watch,
or
any
other
article
of
moderate
size.
It
consists
of
two
handkerchiefs,
of
the
same
pattern,
stitched
together
all
round
the
edges,
and
with
a
slit
of
about
four
inches
in
length
cut
in
the
middle
of
one
of
them.
The
whole
space
between
the
two
handkerchiefs
thus
forms
a
kind
of
pocket,
of
which
the
slit
above
mentioned
is
the
only
opening.
In
shaking
or
otherwise
manipulating
the
handkerchief,
the
performer
takes
care
always
to
keep
the
side
with
the
slit
away
from
the
spectators,
to
whom
the
handkerchief
appears
to
be
merely
the
ordinary
article
of
everyday
use.
When
he
desires
by
its
means
to
cause
the
disappearance
of
anything,
he
carelessly
throws
the
handkerchief
over
the
article,
at
the
same
time
secretly
passing
the
latter
through
the
slit
in
the
under
side,
and
hands
it
thus
covered
to
some
one
to
hold.
Then,
taking
the
handkerchief
by
one
corner,
he
requests
him
to
let
go,
when
the
object
is
retained
in
the
space
between
the
two
handkerchiefs,
appearing
to
have
vanished
into
empty
air.
This,
like
the
plug-box,
is
an
appliance
which
no
conjuror
should
be
without.
It
may
be
purchased
ready-made
at
any
of
the
depôts
for
magical
apparatus,
or
may
be
of
home-manufacture,
which
in
this
case
(contrary
to
the
general
rule)
is
not
unlikely
to
produce
the
better
article.
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