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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
340
You
may,
however,
sometimes
desire
merely
to
gain
possession
of
a
borrowed
handkerchief,
or
to
place
it
within
reach
of
your
assistant,
without
yourself
leaving
the
apartment.
In
this
case
the
substitute
may
be
placed
as
before,
but
on
your
right
side.
Receiving
the
borrowed
handkerchief
in
your
right
hand,
you
hold
it
loosely
hanging
down
between
the
second
and
third,
or
third
and
fourth
fingers.
This
leaves
the
thumb
and
first
finger
free,
and
with
these
you
quickly
pull
down,
as
you
turn
to
go
to
your
table,
the
substitute.
You
thus
have
both
handkerchiefs
held
openly
in
the
same
hand;
but
both
being
of
like
appearance,
the
audience
take
them
to
be
one
only.
Passing
behind
your
table,
you
let
fall
the
borrowed
handkerchief
upon
the
servante,
and
throw
the
substitute
upon
the
table.
A
very
audacious
and
generally
successful
mode
of
effecting
the
change
is
as
follows:
Taking
the
handkerchief,
and
pressing
it
into
a
moderately
small
compass,
the
performer
says,
“Now
I
am
going
to
make
this
handkerchief
disappear.
There
are
plenty
of
ways
of
doing
it.
I’ll
show
you
one
or
two.
This
is
Professor
De
Jones’s
method.
He
just
turns
round,
so,
to
put
the
handkerchief
on
the
table”
(performer
turns
accordingly),
“but
meanwhile
the
handkerchief
is
gone.
Ah,
you
were
too
sharp
for
me!
You
saw
me
poke
it
up
my
sleeve?
Quite
right,
here
it
is.
I
see
Professor
De
Jones’s
method
wouldn’t
have
any
chance
with
you.
This
is
Professor
De
Smith’s
method.”
He
turns
as
before.
“The
handkerchief
is
gone
again.
Not
far,
though,
for
here
it
is”
(turning
back
breast
of
coat
and
showing
handkerchief).
“Professor
De
Robinson
does
it
like
this.”
(He
turns
away
for
an
instant,
and
tucks
handkerchief
under
waistband.)
“Here
it
is,
you
see,
under
the
waistcoat.”
(Pulls
it
out
again.)
“Now,
you
may
very
well
imagine
that,
if
I
had
intended
to
have
used
any
of
these
methods
myself,
I
shouldn’t
have
explained
them.
You
will
find
that
my
plan
is
quite
a
different
one.
When
I
want
to
get
rid
of
a
handkerchief,
I
just
take
it
to
the
candle,
and
set
it
on
fire,
so”
(holds
handkerchief
over
candle,
and
sets
light
to
it);
or,
“I
place
it
in
such
and
such
a
piece
of
apparatus,”
etc.,
etc.
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