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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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It
is
obvious
that
the
caddy
above
described
is
only
available
for
appearances
and
disappearances,
and
not
for
transformations.
To
obviate
this
defect,
the
majority
of
caddies
are
now
made
with
three
compartments
(see
Fig.
181),
with
a
sliding
drawer
occupying
two
of
them.
The
caddy
in
this
form
may
be
used
to
“change”
objects
in
manner
following:--The
sliding
drawer
being
as
shown
in
Fig.
181,
the
article
to
be
ultimately
produced
(say
an
orange)
is
placed
in
b.
The
three
compartments
are
now
shown
empty,
beginning
with
c,
and
allowing
the
sliding
drawer
to
assume
the
position
shown
in
Fig.
182,
before
in
turn
uncovering
a
and
b.
The
article
to
be
changed
(say
a
watch)
is
now
placed
openly
in
compartment
b.
The
performer
closes
the
lid,
and,
after
a
moment’s
interval,
reopens
it,
but
in
that
interval
slopes
the
caddy
so
as
to
again
bring
the
sliding
drawer
into
the
position
shown
in
Fig.
181,
when
the
orange
is
again
brought
under
b,
and,
on
removing
the
lid,
is
disclosed.
To
show
that
the
watch
has
really
disappeared,
the
caddy
may
again
be
shown
(apparently)
empty,
in
the
same
manner
as
at
first.
There
are
a
good
many
varieties
of
caddies
made.
One
is
known
as
the
“skeleton”
caddy,
from
the
fact
that
the
bottom
is
made
to
take
out,
so
that
the
company
can
look
through
all
three
compartments.
The
sliding
drawer
in
this
case
is
bottomless,
and
is
so
arranged
as
only
to
slide
when
the
performer
releases
it
by
pressing
upon
a
particular
spot
in
the
ornamental
moulding
round
the
bottom
of
the
caddy.
This
pressure
withdraws
a
little
pin,
which
normally
rests
in
a
little
hole
in
the
side
of
the
sliding
drawer,
and
thus
renders
it
for
the
time
being
a
fixture.
In
some
caddies,
again,
the
sliding
drawer
does
not
run
up
and
down
by
its
own
weight,
but
is
moved
backwards
and
forwards
from
below
by
means
of
a
projecting
pin
passing
through
a
slit
in
the
bottom
of
the
caddy.
The
caddy
in
this
case
does
not
require
to
be
inclined
one
way
or
the
other,
and
is
on
this
account
preferred
by
many
to
the
other
make.
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