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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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Some
performers,
by
way
of
bringing
the
trick
to
a
smart
conclusion,
after
they
have
dropped
in
all
the
coins,
remark,
“The
hat
begins
to
get
heavy,”
or
make
some
similar
observation,
at
the
same
time
dipping
the
right
hand
into
the
hat,
as
if
to
gauge
the
quantity
obtained;
and,
giving
the
money
a
shake,
bring
up
the
hand
with
four
or
five
of
the
coins
clipped
breadthwise
against
the
lowest
joints
of
the
second
and
third
fingers.
Then
pretend
to
catch
in
quick
succession
that
number
of
coins,
each
time
sliding
one
of
the
coins
with
the
thumb
to
the
finger-tips,
and
tossing
it
into
the
hat.
It
is
by
no
means
uncommon
to
see
a
performer,
after
having
apparently
dropped
two
or
three
coins
into
the
hat
in
the
ordinary
way,
pretend
to
pass
in
one
or
more
through
the
side
or
crown.
This
produces
a
momentary
effect,
but
it
is
an
effect
purchased
at
the
cost
of
enabling
an
acute
spectator
to
infer,
with
logical
certainty,
that
the
coin
seen
in
the
right
hand
was
not
the
same
that
was,
the
moment
afterwards,
heard
to
chink
within
the
hat;
and
this
furnishes
a
distinct
clue
to
the
secret
of
the
trick.
It
is
obvious
that,
in
the
above
form
of
the
trick
(which
so
far
should
be
classed
among
“tricks
without
apparatus”),
the
performer
cannot
show
the
inside
of
his
hands;
and
it
is
not
uncommon
to
find
an
acute
observer
(particularly
where
the
performer
is
guilty
of
the
indiscretion
we
have
just
noted)
so
far
hit
upon
the
true
explanation,
as
to
express
audibly
a
conjecture
that
the
money
which
the
performer
catches
is
really
the
same
coin
over
and
over
again.
There
is,
however,
a
mechanical
appliance
known
as
the
“money-slide,”
which
is
designed
to
meet
this
difficulty,
and
to
enable
the
performer
still
to
catch
the
coin,
though
he
has
but
a
moment
before
shown
that
his
hand
is
empty.
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