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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
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There
are
various
modes
in
which
the
changing
ladle
may
be
made
useful.
For
example,
it
may
be
used
to
burn
and
restore
a
card.
For
this
purpose,
the
ladle
is
prepared
by
placing
in
it
beforehand
any
indifferent
card
of
similar
pattern
to
the
pack
in
use,
and
is
in
this
condition
placed
on
the
performer’s
table,
in
such
manner
that
the
spectators
may
not
observe
that
there
is
already
a
card
in
it.
The
performer
then
comes
forward
and
hands
to
one
of
the
company
a
pack
of
cards,
with
a
request
that
he
will
select
any
one
he
pleases.
While
he
is
making
his
selection,
the
performer
or
his
assistant
places
on
the
table
and
sets
fire
to
some
spirits
of
wine
on
a
bowl
or
plate.
A
card
having
been
chosen,
the
performer
requests
the
drawer
to
return
it
to
him,
and,
in
order
to
exclude
the
possibility
of
any
exchange
or
sleight-of-hand,
volunteers
to
receive
it
at
arm’s
length
in
the
ladle,
which
he
brings
forward
for
that
purpose,
holding
it
by
the
extreme
end
of
the
handle,
and
pressing
with
his
palm
the
knob
at
the
top,
thereby
bringing
the
moveable
leaf
into
the
position
shown
in
Fig.
194,
with
the
card
already
in
it
pressed
flat
against
the
outer
side
of
the
bowl,
and
thus
completely
hidden.
The
chosen
card
being
placed
in
the
ladle,
the
performer,
in
returning
to
his
table,
relaxes
the
pressure
of
his
palm,
thereby
bringing
the
moveable
leaf
back
into
the
position
of
Fig.
193,
releasing
the
dummy
card,
and
concealing
that
chosen
against
the
inner
side
of
the
bowl.
He
then
drops
apparently
the
chosen,
but
really
the
substitute,
card
into
the
flames,
taking
care
as
he
does
so
not
to
turn
the
face
of
the
card
toward
the
audience.
The
ladle,
with
the
genuine
card
in
it,
is
carried
off
by
the
assistant
as
having
served
its
purpose,
and
the
chosen
card
is
subsequently
restored
after
any
fashion
which
the
fancy
of
the
operator
may
dictate.
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