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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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THE
“BONUS
GENIUS,”
OR
VANISHING
DOLL.--While
upon
the
subject
of
old-fashioned
tricks,
we
may
briefly
notice
that
known
under
the
name
of
the
Bonus
Genius,
which
has
puzzled
many
generations
of
our
forefathers,
and,
though
now
rarely
exhibited
by
professional
performers,
is
still
a
great
favourite
with
juvenile
audiences.
The
Bonus
Genius
is
a
little
wooden
figure
of
a
man,
four
to
six
inches
in
height,
and
more
or
less
grotesque
in
colour
and
design.
A
little
cloak,
made
small
above
and
full
below,
like
the
skirt
of
a
doll’s
dress,
and
with
no
opening
save
where
the
head
of
the
figure
passes
through,
completes
the
apparatus.
There
are,
however,
two
points
about
the
doll
and
his
cloak
which
are
unknown
to
the
spectators.
First,
the
head
of
the
doll
is
moveable,
a
wooden
peg
forming
the
neck,
and
fitting,
somewhat
tightly,
into
a
corresponding
hole
in
the
body;
secondly,
there
is
stitched
on
the
inside
of
the
cloak,
just
below
the
opening
for
the
neck,
a
little
pocket,
of
the
description
known
among
tailors
as
a
“patch”
pocket,
and
of
such
a
size
as
to
contain
the
head
easily.
The
performer,
holding
up
the
figure,
and
introducing
it
to
the
company
as
his
flying
messenger,
warranted
to
outstrip
the
electric
telegraph,
covers
it
with
the
cloak,
so
that
nothing
but
the
head
is
seen.
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