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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
conjuror,
however,
may
be
called
upon
to
give
a
sample
of
his
art
when
neither
regular
nor
extemporized
table
is
available;
and
even
where
he
is
sufficiently
provided
in
this
respect,
he
will
frequently
have
occasion
to
produce
or
get
rid
of
a
given
article
without
retiring
behind
his
table
to
do
so.
The
wizards
of
a
century
ago
met
this
necessity
by
wearing
openly
in
front
of
them
a
sort
of
bag
or
apron,
called
in
the
parlance
of
the
French
conjurors,
a
gibecière,
from
its
supposed
resemblance
to
a
game-bag.
This
was
used
not
only
to
carry
the
cups
and
balls,
and
other
minor
paraphernalia
of
the
art,
but
for
the
purpose
of
procuring,
exchanging,
or
getting
rid
of
any
small
article
at
the
pleasure
of
the
performer.
In
fact,
this
bag
supplied
the
place
of
the
servante,
which
was
not
then
known.
It
is
hardly
necessary
to
observe
that
the
gibecière
has
been
long
since
disused,
and
a
performer
who
should
now
appear
in
a
pocketed
apron
would
run
much
risk
of
being
taken
for
a
hairdresser.
Although,
however,
the
gibecière
is
not
now,
as
of
old,
worn
openly,
the
conjuror
of
the
present
day
is
provided
with
certain
secret
substitutes,
to
explain
which
it
is
necessary
to
say
a
few
words
as
to
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