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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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The
performer
borrows
a
lady’s
handkerchief.
Pretending
that
he
is
obliged
to
fetch
some
other
article
for
the
purpose
of
the
trick,
he
says,
as
if
struck
by
a
sudden
thought,
“But
I
mustn’t
run
away
with
the
handkerchief,
or
you
might
fancy
that
I
had
tampered
with
it
in
some
way.
Where
shall
I
put
it?
Ah!
the
very
thing.
Here’s
a
bottle
belonging
to
my
washerwoman,
which
she
left
behind
her
the
last
time
she
came.
It’s
sure
to
be
clean,
for
she
is
a
most
particular
old
lady.
We
often
hear
of
a
lady
carrying
a
bottle
in
her
handkerchief,
why
not
a
handkerchief
in
a
bottle?
First,
madam,
please
see
that
I
have
not
exchanged
the
handkerchief.
Right,
is
it?
Well,
then,
here
goes
for
the
bottle.”
Standing
behind
his
table,
in
full
view
of
the
spectators,
he
stuffs
the
borrowed
handkerchief
into
the
bottle,
ramming
it
down
with
his
wand.
In
so
doing,
he
grasps
the
bottle
with
his
left
hand
around
its
base,
which
he
rests
on
the
edge
of
the
table
nearest
to
himself,
in
such
manner
that
about
half
the
bottom
projects
over
the
edge.
When
he
places
the
handkerchief
in
the
bottle,
he
places
it
in
the
open
compartment,
and
pushes
it
with
his
wand
right
through
the
bottle
into
his
left
hand,
if
he
desires
to
obtain
personal
possession
of
it,
or
lets
it
fall
on
the
servante,
if
it
is
to
be
carried
off
by
his
assistant.
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