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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
465
The
trick
as
above
described
is
susceptible
of
a
good
many
variations.
If
the
performer
uses
a
trap-table,
the
orange
may
be
made
to
pass
through
a
trap
instead
of
being
rolled
off
at
the
back
of
the
table,
though
the
latter
method,
if
neatly
executed,
can
hardly
be
surpassed
in
illusive
effect.
A
more
substantial
improvement
may
be
made
by
causing
the
bran,
instead
of
simply
disappearing
as
above
mentioned,
to
reappear
in
some
other
quarter.
There
are
many
pieces
of
apparatus
which
may
be
used
for
this
purpose,
perhaps
as
good
as
any
being
the
improved
sweet-bag
(see
page
248).
This
should
be
previously
filled
with
bran,
and
hooked
to
the
back
of
the
table.
The
performer
in
this
case
borrows
a
handkerchief,
which
he
carelessly
spreads
on
the
table,
and
a
gentleman’s
hat,
which
he
places
mouth
upwards
beside
it.
Instead
of
announcing
that
the
bran
will
return
from
the
coffer
to
the
box
from
whence
it
was
taken,
he
states
that
it
will,
at
command,
pass
into
the
handkerchief
which
he
holds,
and
which
as
he
speaks
he
picks
up,
with
the
bag
beneath
it,
holding
it,
without
apparent
intention,
just
above
the
hat.
At
the
word
“Pass!”
he
slightly
turns
his
wrist,
thereby
releasing
the
flap
of
the
bag,
and
a
shower
of
bran
is
instantly
seen
to
pour
down
into
the
hat.
This
little
addition
greatly
enhances
the
effect
of
the
trick.
THE
RICE
AND
ORANGE
TRICK.--In
this
feat
rice
and
an
orange
are
made
to
change
places,
but
by
wholly
different
means
from
those
last
above
described.
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