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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
362
THE
FLYING
PLUME.--For
this
trick
you
require
two
plumes,
as
nearly
as
possible
alike
in
appearance.
To
the
stem
of
each
should
be
attached
a
loop
of
string
or
ribbon,
two
or
three
inches
in
length.
You
must
also
have
a
japanned
tin
tube,
of
about
twenty
inches
long,
and
three
in
diameter.
On
either
end
is
fitted
a
cap,
of
about
two
inches
in
depth.
One
of
these
caps
is
perfectly
plain,
but
within
the
other
is
an
inner
cap,
made
after
the
fashion
of
the
middle
compartment
of
the
snuff-box
vase
(see
page
217).
The
relative
tightness
of
the
inner
and
outer
caps
is
such
that,
if
in
removing
the
outer
one
with
the
finger
and
thumb
some
slight
degree
of
lateral
pressure
is
exerted,
it
nips
the
inner
cap,
which
comes
off
with
it;
but
if
the
outer
cap
is
removed
without
pressure,
the
inner
cap
remains
on
the
tube,
forming
a
false
top
to
it.
Within
this
inner
cap,
which
is
internally
about
an
inch
and
a
half
deep,
is
glued
a
short
end
of
a
third
plume,
similar
in
colour
and
appearance
to
the
two
others.
The
interior
of
the
tube
is
divided
into
two
parts
by
a
longitudinal
division,
also
of
tin,
running
diagonally
nearly
from
end
to
end.
The
tube
is
thus
divided
into
two
wedge-shaped
compartments,
the
cap
at
one
end
giving
access
to
the
one,
and
the
cap
at
the
other
end
to
the
other;
each
being
large
enough
to
contain
a
plume.
(See
Fig.
112,
representing
a
section
of
the
entire
tube,
and
Fig.
113,
giving
a
slightly
enlarged
view
of
the
ends.)
The
tube
is
prepared
beforehand
by
filling
the
compartment
which
is
closed
by
the
double
cap
with
bonbons
of
various
kinds;
the
other
compartment
being
left
empty.
One
of
the
plumes
is
concealed
in
the
left
sleeve
of
the
performer,
as
in
the
last
trick.
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