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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
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Some
performers
make
the
change
more
than
once,
and
it
is
obvious
that
the
contents
of
the
coffers
may
be
made
to
apparently
change
places
any
number
of
times.
If
this
is
done,
however,
the
secret
of
the
false
tops
is
apt
to
be
suspected;
whereas,
in
the
method
above
described,
the
audience
have,
as
they
believe,
proved
the
coffers
full
to
the
bottom,
both
before
and
after
the
trick;
and
this
greatly
increases
the
difficulty
of
accounting
for
the
transposition.
The
object
of
having
the
false
tops
bottomed
with
open
wirework,
instead
of
with
tin,
is
to
be
prepared
for
the
expression
of
a
suspicion
on
the
part
of
the
audience
as
to
the
existence
of
a
false
top.
In
such
case
the
performer,
borrowing
a
penknife,
passes
it
well
down
through
the
upper
layer
of
beans,
etc.,
and
through
the
wirework,
thus
proving
(apparently)
that
the
coffer
is
open
to
the
bottom.
In
the
trick
as
above
described,
however,
the
expression
of
such
a
suspicion
is
a
very
remote
contingency.
The
trick
is
sometimes
performed
with
sweetmeats
in
one
or
both
of
the
coffers,
and
in
this
form
has
an
added
charm
for
a
juvenile
audience,
who
complete
the
trick
by
swallowing
that
portion
of
the
apparatus.
THE
BRAN
AND
ORANGE
TRICK.--This
trick
is
performed
with
a
single
coffer,
in
appearance
very
similar
to
those
used
in
the
last
trick,
but
slightly
different
in
construction.
The
false
top
is,
in
this
case,
bottomed
with
plain
tin.
The
bottom
of
the
coffer
is
moveable,
being
soldered
to
a
circular
rim
or
shoulder
of
tin
about
a
quarter
of
an
inch
in
depth,
over
which
the
coffer
fits
pretty
tightly,
though
the
projecting
edge
of
the
bottom
enables
the
performer
to
remove
it
without
difficulty.
The
performer
must
also
be
provided
with
an
ordinary
oblong
wooden
box.
Its
precise
dimensions
are
unimportant,
save
that
it
should
be
a
good
deal
larger
than
the
coffer,
but
about
an
inch
or
so
less
in
height.
This
box
is
filled
with
bran,
as
also
is
the
false
top
of
the
coffer.
A
couple
of
oranges,
as
much
alike
as
possible,
must
also
be
provided.
One
only
of
these
is
produced
to
the
audience,
the
other
being
beforehand
placed
on
the
servante
of
the
table.
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