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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
481
CHANGING
CADDIES.--These
are
of
various
kinds.
We
will
begin
with
the
simplest,
thence
proceeding
to
the
more
complicated.
The
conjurors
caddy,
in
its
most
elementary
form,
is
an
oblong
box,
about
six
inches
in
length
by
five
in
height
and
four
in
width.
(See
Fig.
178.)
One-half
of
its
interior,
which
is
divided
into
two
compartments
by
a
transverse
bar
across
the
top,
is
occupied
by
a
drawer,
or
moveable
compartment,
so
arranged
as
to
slide
freely
backwards
and
forwards
from
end
to
end,
according
as
the
caddy
is
allowed
to
slope
in
the
one
direction
or
the
other.
(See
Figs.
179
and
180.)
Each
compartment
has
its
own
lid,
the
caddy
sometimes,
but
not
always,
having
an
outer
lid
in
addition.
We
will
suppose
that
it
is
desired
to
produce
any
article
from
the
caddy,
first
shown
empty.
The
article
in
question
(say
an
egg,
hard-boiled
for
safety)
is
beforehand
placed
in
the
moveable
compartment,
which
we
will
suppose
to
occupy
for
the
time
being
the
space
under
lid
a,
as
shown
in
Fig.
179.
The
performer
takes
off
the
opposite
lid
b,
and
shows
the
space
beneath
empty.
Before
removing
the
second
lid,
he
slopes
the
caddy
in
the
opposite
direction,
so
as
to
bring
the
moveable
compartment
under
lid
b
(see
Fig.
180),
and
thus
is
enabled
to
show
the
space
under
a
also
empty.
He
then
proceeds
with
the
trick,
and
at
the
right
moment
produces
the
article
from
the
caddy.
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