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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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The
wand
may
also
be
effectively
introduced
in
the
trick
of
the
Shower
of
Money,
which
next
follows.
After
having
caught
in
the
ordinary
manner
such
number
of
coins
as
he
thinks
fit,
the
performer
perceives,
or
pretends
to
perceive,
that
the
audience
suspect
that
the
coins
are
in
some
manner
concealed
in
his
right
hand.
To
show
that
this
is
not
the
case,
he
offers
to
catch
a
few
coins
on
the
top
of
his
wand
instead
of
in
his
hand,
and
finishes
the
trick
by
producing
two
or
three
on
the
wand
accordingly.
Wherever
you
can,
as
in
this
instance,
produce
the
same
result
by
two
wholly
different
methods
the
effect
on
the
audience
is
most
bewildering.
Their
conjectures
as
to
the
explanation
of
the
first
method
being
inadmissible
as
to
the
second,
and
vice
versâ,
the
more
they
puzzle
over
the
matter,
the
further
are
they
likely
to
be
from
a
correct
solution.
THE
SHOWER
OF
MONEY.--The
magical
phenomenon
known
under
this
name
surpasses
the
philosopher’s
stone,
in
the
pursuit
of
which
so
many
of
the
wise
men
of
old
expended
their
lives
and
fortunes.
The
alchemist’s
secret
aimed
only
at
producing
the
raw
material,
but
the
magician’s
quick
eye
and
ready
hand
gather
from
space
money
ready
coined.
Unfortunately,
the
experiment
is
subject
to
the
same
drawback
as
the
more
ancient
process--viz.,
that
each
twenty
shillings
produced
cost
precisely
twenty
shillings,
leaving
hardly
sufficient
profit
to
make
this
form
of
money-making
remunerative
as
a
commercial
undertaking.
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