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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
336
THE
HANDKERCHIEF
THAT
CANNOT
BE
TIED
IN
A
KNOT.--The
performer,
having
borrowed
a
handkerchief,
pulls
it
this
way
and
that,
as
if
to
ascertain
its
fitness
for
the
purpose
of
the
trick.
Finally
twisting
the
handkerchief
into
a
sort
of
loose
rope,
he
throws
the
two
ends
one
over
the
other,
as
in
the
ordinary
mode
of
tying,
and
pulls
smartly;
but
instead
of
a
knot
appearing,
as
would
naturally
be
expected,
in
the
middle
of
the
handkerchief,
it
is
pulled
out
quite
straight.
“This
is
a
very
curious
handkerchief,”
he
remarks;
“I
can’t
make
a
knot
in
it.”
The
process
is
again
and
again
repeated,
but
always
with
the
same
result.
The
secret
is
as
follows:--The
performer,
before
pulling
the
knot
tight,
slips
his
left
thumb,
as
shown
in
Fig.
107,
beneath
such
portion
of
the
“tie”
as
is
a
continuation
of
the
end
held
in
the
same
hand.
The
necessary
arrangement
of
the
hands
and
handkerchief,
though
difficult
to
explain
in
writing,
will
be
found
quite
clear
upon
a
careful
examination
of
the
figure.
THE
HANDKERCHIEF
THAT
WILL
NOT
BURN.--This
may
be
used
either
separately
or
in
conjunction
with
the
foregoing.
The
performer,
taking
the
handkerchief,
asks
if
it
will
burn.
The
owner
naturally
answers
that
she
has
no
doubt
it
will.
“Suppose
we
try,”
says
the
performer;
and
taking
the
handkerchief
by
two
of
its
corners,
he
draws
it
three
or
four
times
obliquely
upwards
across
the
flame
of
a
lighted
candle,
without
its
receiving
the
slightest
injury.
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