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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
353
THE
HANDKERCHIEF
CUT
UP,
BURNT,
AND
FINALLY
FOUND
IN
A
CANDLE.--We
have
already
described
one
or
two
modes
in
which
a
handkerchief,
after
being
apparently
cut
up,
or
burnt,
may
be
reproduced
in
its
original
condition.
This
is
another
and
very
effective
form
of
the
same
trick.
Having
borrowed
a
white
handkerchief,
you
exchange
it,
by
one
or
other
of
the
means
already
described,
for
a
substitute
of
similar
appearance,
and
place
the
latter
on
the
table.
You
then
remember
that,
as
you
are
about
to
burn
the
handkerchief,
you
will
want
a
candle.
You
call
to
your
attendant,
but
he,
previously
instructed,
does
not
answer,
and
after
a
momentary
pause
you
determine
to
fetch
it
yourself.
You
have,
however,
no
sooner
left
the
stage,
than
you
meet
the
defaulter,
and
angrily
remarking,
in
a
stage
whisper,
so
that
the
audience
may
hear,
that
he
is
never
at
hand
when
you
want
him,
or
making
some
similar
observation,
you
order
him
to
bring
a
lighted
candle.
Your
absence
is
only
momentary,
but
it
has
enabled
you
to
throw
him
the
real
handkerchief,
which
he
forthwith
rolls
up,
and
places
inside
a
candle
made
hollow
for
the
purpose;
which
he
then
places
in
a
candlestick,
lights,
and
brings
on
the
stage.
You
have
meanwhile
taken
up
the
substitute
handkerchief,
and
advanced
to
the
audience,
getting
ready
the
while
in
your
palm
a
small
piece
of
cambric,
about
six
inches
in
diameter.
Taking
the
handkerchief
by
the
centre,
in
the
same
hand,
you
pull
out
between
the
first
finger
and
thumb
a
portion
of
the
piece
of
cambric,
which
is
naturally
taken
to
be
a
part
of
the
handkerchief.
Handing
to
one
of
the
spectators
a
pair
of
scissors,
you
request
him
to
cut
off
a
small
portion
of
the
handkerchief.
He
cuts
off
a
piece
of
the
cambric.
Holding
this
piece
in
the
one
hand,
and
taking
the
remainder,
with
the
substitute
handkerchief
hanging
down
below
it,
in
the
other,
you
offer
to
teach
the
company
your
patent
method
of
mending
handkerchiefs,
requiring
neither
thimble,
needle,
nor
thread.
Applying
the
cut
edges
to
the
candle,
you
set
them
on
fire,
rubbing
them
together.
Finally,
blowing
out
the
flame,
and
throwing
the
handkerchief
over
the
hand
that
holds
the
pieces,
you
palm
them,
and
immediately
afterwards
show
the
handkerchief
(i.e.,
the
substitute)
completely
restored.
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