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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
325
TO
PASS
A
RING
THROUGH
THE
TABLE.--This
also
is
a
juvenile
trick,
but
a
very
good
one.
The
necessary
apparatus
consists
of
an
ordinary
glass
tumbler,
and
a
handkerchief
to
the
middle
of
which
is
attached,
by
means
of
a
piece
of
sewing-silk
about
four
inches
in
length,
a
substitute
ring
of
your
own.
Borrowing
a
ring
from
one
of
the
company,
you
announce
that
it
will
at
your
command
pass
through
the
table;
but
as
the
process,
being
magical,
is
necessarily
invisible,
you
must
first
cover
it
over.
Holding
the
handkerchief
by
two
of
the
corners,
you
carelessly
shake
it
out
(taking
care
to
keep
the
side
on
which
is
the
suspended
ring
towards
yourself),
and
wrapping
in
it
apparently
the
borrowed,
but
really
the
suspended
ring,
you
hand
it
to
one
of
the
company,
requesting
him
to
grasp
the
ring
through
the
handkerchief,
and
to
hold
it
securely.
A
word
of
caution
may
here
be
given,
which
will
be
found
more
or
less
applicable
to
all
magical
performances.
Have
the
room
in
which
you
perform
as
brilliantly
lighted
as
you
please,
but
take
care
so
to
arrange
the
lights,
or
so
to
place
yourself,
that
all
the
lights
may
be
in
front
of
you,
and
none
behind
you.
The
trick
we
are
now
describing
affords
a
practical
illustration
of
the
necessity
for
this.
If
you
have
any
light
behind
you,
the
handkerchief,
as
you
shake
it
to
show
that
it
is
not
prepared,
will
appear
semi-transparent,
and
the
spectators
will
be
able
to
see
the
suspended
ring
dangling
behind
it.
For
a
similar
reason,
you
should
always
endeavour
to
have
a
dark
background
for
your
performances,
as
any
thread,
or
the
like,
which
you
may
have
occasion
to
secretly
use
will
then
be
invisible
at
a
short
distance,
while
against
a
light
background--e.g.,
a
muslin
curtain
or
white
wall-paper--it
would
be
instantly
noticeable.
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