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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
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The
performer
requests
the
loan
of
half-a-dozen
handkerchiefs,
taking
care
to
accept
white
handkerchiefs
only.
These
he
collects
in
a
wooden
box,
having
somewhat
the
appearance
of
a
good-sized
tea
caddy.
Having
got
the
required
number,
he
places
the
box
upon
his
table,
and
invites
the
attention
of
the
audience
to
an
ordinary
tin
or
wooden
pail.
This
he
fills
with
water,
and
placing
it
in
front
of
the
stage,
takes
the
handkerchiefs
out
of
the
box,
and
drops
them
in,
stirring
them
about
with
his
wand;
and
making
as
much
fun
as
he
can
by
his
pretended
anxiety
that
they
shall
be
thoroughly
washed.
Having
kept
this
up
as
long
as
the
audience
appear
to
be
amused
thereby,
he
wrings
out
the
handkerchiefs
one
by
one,
and
throws
them
into
a
little
shallow
metal
tub
or
pan
(japanned,
and
about
four
inches
in
depth),
which
his
assistant
at
this
moment
brings
forward
for
that
purpose,
together
with
a
cover
after
the
manner
of
a
saucepan-lid,
and
a
pistol,
both
of
which
he
places
carelessly
on
the
table.
Having
placed
the
handkerchiefs
in
this
little
tub,
the
performer
announces
that
having
washed
them,
he
will
now
proceed
to
dry
them,
for
which
purpose
he
pours
over
them
a
little
spirits
of
wine,
to
which
he
sets
fire.
After
letting
them
blaze
for
a
moment
or
two
he
claps
on
the
cover.
“Your
handkerchiefs
are
now
dried,
ladies
and
gentlemen,”
he
says,
“but
I
have
still
to
fold
and
iron
them.
It
does
not
take
very
long,
as
you
will
see.”
Taking
up
the
pistol,
he
fires
at
the
tub,
and
immediately
removing
the
cover,
comes
forward
to
the
audience,
and
requests
them
to
identify
their
handkerchiefs,
which
are
seen
neatly
folded,
and
apparently
just
washed
and
ironed,
within
it.
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