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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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CHAPTER
X.
TRICKS
WITH
RINGS.
THE
FLYING
RING.--The
majority
of
ring
tricks
depend
upon
the
substitution
at
some
period
of
the
trick
of
a
dummy
ring
for
a
borrowed
one,
which
must
be
so
nearly
alike
as
not
to
be
distinguishable
by
the
eye
of
the
spectator.
This
desideratum
is
secured
by
using
wedding-rings,
which,
being
always
made
plain,
are
all
sufficiently
alike
for
this
purpose.
You
may
account
for
your
preference
of
wedding-rings
by
remarking
that
they
are
found
to
be
imbued
with
a
mesmeric
virtue
which
renders
them
peculiarly
suitable
for
magical
experiments;
or
give
any
other
reason,
however
absurd,
so
long
as
it
is
sufficiently
remote
from
the
true
one.
As,
however,
many
ladies
have
a
sort
of
superstitious
objection
to
remove
their
wedding-rings,
even
for
a
temporary
purpose,
it
will
be
well
to
provide
yourself
with
an
extra
one
of
your
own,
so
as
to
meet
a
possible
failure
in
borrowing.
There
is
a
little
appliance,
exceedingly
simple
in
its
character,
which
may
be
used
with
advantage
in
many
ring
tricks.
It
consists
of
a
plain
gold
or
gilt
ring,
attached
to
a
short
piece
of
white
or
grey
sewing-silk.
This
again
is
attached
to
a
piece
of
cord
elastic,
fastened
to
the
inside
of
the
coat-sleeve
of
the
performer,
in
such
manner
that,
when
the
arm
is
allowed
to
hang
down,
the
ring
falls
about
a
couple
of
inches
short
of
the
edge
of
the
cuff.
Some,
in
place
of
the
elastic,
use
a
watch
barrel,
attached
in
like
manner;
but
the
cheaper
apparatus,
if
properly
arranged,
is
equally
effective.
It
is
obvious
that
if
a
ring
so
prepared
be
taken
in
the
fingers
of
the
hand
to
whose
sleeve
it
is
attached,
it
will,
on
being
released,
instantly
fly
up
the
sleeve.
This
renders
it
a
useful
auxiliary
in
any
trick
in
which
the
sudden
disappearance
of
such
a
ring
is
an
element,
and
a
little
ingenuity
will
discover
numerous
modes
of
making
it
so
available.
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