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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
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We
may
here
mention
a
little
expedient
which
will
be
found
of
great
assistance
where
the
performer
desires
to
introduce
into
a
hat
a
bundle
of
goblets
(or
any
similar
article)
from
either
of
his
secret
pockets.
We
will
suppose
that
the
article
in
question
is
in
the
right-hand
profonde.
Taking
the
empty
hat
in
the
opposite
hand
(the
left),
he
stoops
a
little,
and
holding
it
down
near
the
floor,
with
its
mouth
toward
the
company,
gently
moves
it
round
and
round
in
circles,
gazing
at
it
intently,
as
though
anticipating
some
important
result.
This
draws
all
eyes
to
the
hat,
and
enables
him
to
drop
his
right
hand
to
the
profonde,
and
bring
out,
under
cover
of
the
hand
and
wrist,
the
article
to
be
introduced.
Continuing
the
motion,
he
gradually
brings
the
mouth
of
the
hat
upwards,
so
that
the
company
can
no
longer
see
into
it,
and
suddenly
plunges
his
right
hand
into
it,
as
though
merely
to
take
out
the
article
or
articles
which
he,
in
fact,
thereby
introduces.
This
may
be
repeated
from
the
profonde
on
the
opposite
side;
and
thus
two
successive
packets
of
articles
may
be
produced
without
even
going
near
the
table.
A
DOZEN
BABIES
FROM
A
HAT.--Among
the
various
objects
available
for
production,
may
be
enumerated
dolls,
of
which
a
dozen,
each
eight
or
nine
inches
in
height,
may
be
produced
from
a
borrowed
hat.
The
dolls
for
this
purpose
are
of
coloured
muslin,
stretched
over
a
framework
or
skeleton
of
spiral
wire,
after
the
fashion
of
the
multiplying
balls
(see
Fig.
140),
and
may
be
compressed
vertically
to
a
thickness
of
about
three-quarters
of
an
inch.
A
dozen
of
them
may
be
packed
within
the
hollow
cannon-ball,
described
above,
resuming
their
shape
as
soon
as
they
are
released.
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