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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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While
upon
the
subject
of
the
mysterious
production
of
sweets,
we
may
incidentally
mention
another
piece
of
apparatus
designed
for
this
purpose.
This
is
a
wand,
made
to
correspond
in
general
appearance
with
that
habitually
used
by
the
performer.
Internally,
it
is
a
hollow
tube,
with
a
stiff
wire
running
throughout
its
whole
length.
One
end
of
this
wire
is
fixed
to
a
moveable
cap,
which
covers
the
upper
end
of
the
wand,
while
the
other
terminates
in
a
sort
of
little
wooden
plug,
which
closes
the
opening
at
the
other
end.
A
spiral
spring
within
the
upper
end
of
the
wand
tends
to
force
the
cap
upwards,
and
so
to
keep
the
opposite
end
closed;
but
if
pressure
be
applied
to
the
cap,
the
plug
is
forced
outwards,
and
the
tube
thereby
opened.
See
Fig.
111,
in
which
a
represents
the
wand
in
its
normal
condition
(i.e.,
closed),
while
b
represents
it
with
the
cap
pressed
downwards,
and
the
opposite
end
consequently
open.
To
prepare
the
wand
for
use,
the
cap
is
pressed
and
the
valve
opened.
The
wand
is
then
filled
with
very
minute
sweetmeats,
of
the
description
known
among
juveniles
as
“hundreds
and
thousands;”
after
which
the
pressure
on
the
cap
is
removed,
and
the
plug
allowed
to
retire
into
its
place.
The
wand,
thus
prepared,
is
at
the
proper
moment
brought
forward
in
place
of
the
ordinary
wand,
which
in
its
present
condition
it
exactly
resembles.
The
performer
then
declares
his
intention
of
passing
a
shower
of
sweets
into
the
pocket
of
a
spectator,
and,
having
first
shown
it
empty,
touches
the
inside
with
the
wand,
at
the
same
moment
pressing
the
cap,
when
the
sweets
within
escape
into
the
pocket.
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