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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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The
intelligent
reader
will
have
already
guessed
that
the
trick
depends
upon
a
substitution
of
handkerchiefs.
The
box
in
which
the
genuine
handkerchiefs
are
received
has
within
it
a
moveable
flap,
between
which
and
the
back
of
the
box
the
substitutes
are
placed.
When
the
required
number
has
been
collected,
this
flap
is
let
fall,
releasing
the
substitute
handkerchiefs,
and
at
the
same
time
covering
the
genuine
ones.
The
substitutes
having
been
dropped
into
the
pail
of
water,
the
assistant
carries
off
the
box,
and
behind
the
scenes
damps
and
folds
the
borrowed
handkerchiefs,
pressing
them
flat
with
a
hot
iron,
if
available;
if
not,
with
a
cold
one.
The
tub
or
pan
which
is
used
for
the
conclusion
of
the
trick
has
an
inner
lining
of
such
a
size
as
to
fit
tightly
within
it,
but
about
an
inch
less
in
depth.
The
lid
again
fits
within
this
after
the
manner
of
a
saucepan
lid,
but
not
quite
so
tightly
as
the
lining
itself
fits
within
the
outer
pan.
The
folded
handkerchiefs
are
placed
within
this
lining,
and
the
lid
placed
on,
or
rather
in
it--the
two
together
as
brought
forward
having
the
appearance
of
a
lid
only.
When
the
performer
claps
the
lid
on
the
pan,
the
lining
is
thereby
introduced,
but
when
he
again
removes
it,
the
lining
is
left
in,
exposing
the
folded
handkerchiefs,
while
the
substitutes
remain
concealed
between
the
true
and
false
bottoms
of
the
pan.
The
performer,
of
necessity,
accepts
white
handkerchiefs
only,
as
a
coloured
one
would
betray
the
secret,
from
the
absence
of
its
“double”
among
the
substitutes.
Some
performers,
in
order
to
obviate
the
suspicion
which
might
be
suggested
by
an
evident
preference
of
white
handkerchiefs,
arrange
that
a
coloured
one,
of
which
they
possess
a
duplicate,
shall
be
offered
by
a
confederate
among
the
audience.
This
certainly
heightens
the
effect
of
the
trick,
as
it
seems
to
negative
the
idea
of
substitution,
and
though
in
general
we
deprecate,
as
belonging
to
a
low
class
of
art,
the
employment
of
confederates,
this
is
just
the
case
in
which
the
use
of
such
an
expedient
may
for
once
be
deemed
admissible.
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