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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
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There
is
really
no
mystery
whatever
about
this,
although,
to
those
who
have
never
tried
it,
it
appears
very
surprising,
and
the
spectators
are
generally
persuaded
that
you
have
somehow
substituted
another
handkerchief,
made
incombustible
by
chemical
means.
The
performer
has
only
to
take
care
not
to
allow
the
handkerchief
to
rest
motionless
while
in
contact
with
the
flame.
In
the
act
of
drawing
the
handkerchief
over
the
candle,
the
contact
of
any
given
part
with
the
flame
is
so
momentary,
that
it
is
barely
warmed
in
its
passage.
You
must,
however,
take
care
not
to
attempt
this
trick
with
a
handkerchief
which
has
been
scented,
as
any
remains
of
spirit
about
it
would
cause
it
to
ignite
instantly,
and
place
you
in
a
rather
awkward
position.
Where
a
substitute
handkerchief
has
to
be
burnt
in
the
course
of
a
trick,
it
is
by
no
means
a
bad
plan
to
exhibit
with
the
substitute
(which
the
audience
take
to
be
the
original)
this
phenomenon
of
supposed
incombustibility,
and
appearing
to
grow
careless
from
repeated
success,
at
last
to
allow
the
handkerchief
to
catch
fire.
If
you
can
by
such
means
induce
the
audience
to
believe,
for
the
time
being,
that
the
burning
was
an
accident,
you
will
the
more
astonish
them
by
the
subsequent
restoration.
THE
VANISHING
KNOTS.--For
this
trick
you
must
use
a
silk
handkerchief.
Twisting
it
rope-fashion,
and
grasping
it
by
the
middle
with
both
hands,
you
request
one
of
the
spectators
to
tie
the
two
ends
together.
He
does
so,
but
you
tell
him
that
he
has
not
tied
them
half
tight
enough,
and
you
yourself
pull
them
still
tighter.
A
second
and
a
third
knot
are
made
in
the
same
way,
the
handkerchief
being
drawn
tighter
by
yourself
after
each
knot
is
made.
Finally,
taking
the
handkerchief,
and
covering
the
knots
with
the
loose
part,
you
hand
it
to
some
one
to
hold.
Breathing
on
it,
you
request
him
to
shake
out
the
handkerchief,
when
all
the
knots
are
found
to
have
disappeared.
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