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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
VANISHING
GLOVES.--This
is
a
capital
trick
with
which
to
commence
an
entertainment;
when
coming,
as
it
should
do,
unannounced,
and
before
the
performance
proper
has
commenced,
it
has
an
air
of
improvisation
which
greatly
enhances
its
effect,
and
at
once
awakens
the
attention
of
the
audience.
The
performer
comes
forward
in
full
evening
dress.
While
saying
a
few
words
by
way
of
introduction
to
his
entertainment,
he
begins
to
take
off
his
gloves,
commencing
with
that
on
his
right
hand.
As
soon
as
it
is
fairly
off,
he
takes
it
in
the
right
hand,
waves
the
hand
with
a
careless
gesture,
and
the
glove
is
gone.
He
begins
to
take
off
the
other,
walking
as
he
does
so
behind
his
table,
whereon
his
wand
is
laid.
The
left
hand
glove
being
removed,
is
rolled
up
into
a
ball,
and
transferred
from
the
right
hand
to
the
left,
which
is
immediately
closed.
The
right
hand
picks
up
the
wand,
and
with
it
touches
the
left,
which
being
slowly
opened,
the
second
glove
is
found
to
have
also
disappeared.
The
disappearance
of
the
first
glove
is
effected
by
means
of
a
piece
of
cord
elastic,
attached
to
the
back
of
the
waistcoat,
and
thence
passing
down
the
sleeve.
This
should
be
of
such
a
length
as
to
allow
the
glove
to
be
drawn
down
and
put
on
the
hand,
and
yet
to
pull
it
smartly
up
the
sleeve
and
out
of
sight
when
released.
It
is
desirable
to
have
a
hem
round
the
wrist
of
the
glove,
and
to
pass
the
elastic
through
this
like
the
cord
of
a
bag,
as
it
thereby
draws
the
wrist
portion
of
the
glove
together,
and
causes
it
to
offer
less
hindrance
to
its
passage
up
the
sleeve.
Upon
taking
off
the
glove,
the
performer
retains
it
in
his
hand,
and
lets
it
go
when
he
pleases.
He
must,
however,
take
care
to
straighten
his
arm
before
letting
it
slip,
as
otherwise
the
elastic
will
remain
comparatively
slack,
and
the
glove
will,
instead
of
disappearing
with
a
flash,
dangle
ignominiously
from
the
coat-cuff.
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