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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
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The
ladle
may
also
be
used
to
apparently
burn
and
restore
a
paper
on
which
one
of
the
company
has
written
any
words
or
figures.
In
this
case
a
blank
half-sheet
of
note-paper,
folded
in
four,
is
beforehand
placed
in
the
ladle,
and
a
piece
of
paper
folded
in
the
same
way
is
handed
to
one
of
the
audience,
with
a
request
that
he
will
write
what
he
pleases
upon
it,
again
fold
it,
and
place
it
in
the
ladle.
It
is
then
either
apparently
burnt
(as
in
the
case
of
the
card),
or
placed
in
some
other
apparatus,
the
operator
making
a
great
point
of
the
fact
that
he
does
not
touch
the
paper.
As
the
genuine
paper
remains
in
the
ladle,
it
is,
of
course,
very
easy
for
the
performer
to
ascertain
what
is
written
upon
it,
and
having
displayed
his
knowledge,
to
ultimately
reproduce
the
paper
under
any
circumstance
which
he
thinks
fit.
Sometimes
the
trick
is
varied
by
requesting
a
spectator
to
write
a
question
upon
the
paper,
which
is
subsequently
reproduced
with
an
appropriate
answer
written
beneath
the
question.
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