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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
349
THE
TRANSFORMED
HANDKERCHIEF.--This
is
one
of
Herrmann’s
favourite
tricks,
and
affords
a
very
good
example
of
his
style
of
working.
The
performer
comes
forward,
requesting
the
loan
of
a
lady’s
handkerchief.
While
it
is
being
procured,
he
produces
from
the
hair
or
whiskers
of
one
of
the
spectators
a
lemon,
which
he
carelessly
thrusts
under
somebody’s
nose
in
order
to
prove
its
genuineness.
(This
lemon,
which,
of
course,
was
palmed,
is
a
prepared
one,
from
which
the
pulp
has
been
scooped
out,
and
which
contains
a
substitute
handkerchief,
so
cannot
be
handed
for
examination.)
Turning
for
an
instant
towards
the
stage,
he
tosses
the
lemon
to
his
assistant,
who
catches
it,
and
places
it
on
the
table.
The
momentary
turn
from
the
audience
enables
him
to
get
from
under
his
waistband,
and
to
palm,
a
little
bundle
of
pieces
of
cambric,
each
about
four
inches
square.
Taking
the
borrowed
handkerchief,
he
rolls
it
into
a
ball
between
his
hands,
and
hands
it
(apparently)
to
some
one
to
hold,
in
reality
substituting
the
torn
pieces
of
cambric.
He
then
turns,
and
takes
a
few
paces
towards
his
table,
meanwhile
tucking
the
handkerchief
under
his
waistcoat,
and
taking
therefrom
in
place
of
it
a
strip
of
cambric,
about
four
or
five
feet
long
and
four
inches
wide,
rolled
up
into
a
small
compass.
This
he
palms.
Suddenly
turning
back,
he
exclaims,
“My
dear
sir,
what
are
you
doing
with
that
handkerchief?
I
never
told
you
to
do
that!”
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