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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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THE
BIRDCAGES
FROM
THE
HAT.--Not
content
with
cannon-balls,
drums,
and
ladies’
reticules,
the
public
of
the
present
day
requires
that
birdcages
and
living
birds
should
be
produced
from
an
empty
hat.
The
birdcages
used
vary
in
their
construction.
Some
are
made
to
fit
one
within
the
other,
after
the
fashion
of
the
drums
just
described,
save
that
the
birdcages,
unlike
the
drums,
are
lifted
out
by
the
solid
and
not
the
loose
ends,
which
fall
down
of
their
own
accord.
Those
in
most
general
use,
however,
are
of
the
shape
shown
in
Fig.
146,
and
are
alike
in
size,
measuring
about
six
inches
in
height,
by
five
in
breadth
and
depth.
The
bottom
is
made
to
slide
upwards
on
the
upright
wires
which
form
the
sides.
When
it
is
desired
to
prepare
the
cage
for
use,
a
canary
is
first
placed
therein,
and
the
bottom
is
then
pushed
up
as
far
as
it
will
go
(see
Fig.
147),
the
sides,
which
work
on
hinges
at
a
a
a
a,
being
folded
one
by
one
upon
the
bottom,
the
cage
finally
assuming
the
shape
shown
in
Fig.
148.
It
is
in
this
condition
that
the
cages,
generally
three
in
number,
are
introduced
into
the
hat,
either
from
the
servante
or
from
inside
the
vest
of
the
performer;
and
in
the
act
of
lifting
out
(which
is
done
by
the
wire
loop
at
top),
the
sides
and
bottom
falling
down,
the
cage
again
becomes
as
in
Fig.
146.
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