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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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Where
the
trick
is
performed
before
a
very
large
audience,
a
single
bottle
would
not
contain
sufficient
liquor
to
answer
all
the
demands
upon
it.
In
this
case
it
is
necessary
to
change
the
bottle,
sometimes
more
than
once
in
the
course
of
the
trick.
This
is
most
frequently
done
under
cover
of
a
chair
or
table;
but
where
the
trick
is
performed
on
the
stage,
a
more
elaborate
expedient
is
sometimes
employed.
The
bottle
used
has
in
this
case
an
outer
shell
or
casing
of
tin,
open
at
the
bottom,
the
actual
receptacle
for
the
liquids
being
within
this.
When
the
bottle
is
exhausted,
the
performer
with
apparent
carelessness
places
it
upon
a
small
table,
standing
against
the
side
scene,
pending
the
arrival
of
more
glasses,
or
under
any
other
convenient
pretext.
The
bottle
is,
in
truth,
placed
immediately
over
a
small
round
trap,
the
performer
being
guided
as
to
its
proper
position
by
a
couple
of
small
pins
projecting
upwards
from
the
surface
of
the
table,
against
which
pins
he
pushes
the
bottle.
The
moment
it
is
so
placed,
the
assistant
behind
the
scenes,
who
has
his
eye
to
a
hole
in
the
partition,
and
his
arm
extended
within
the
table,
opens
the
trap,
pulls
down
the
empty
interior
of
the
bottle,
and
instantly
replaces
it
with
a
full
one,
which
he
holds
in
readiness,
and
at
the
moment
when
the
performer
again
grasps
the
bottle
to
continue
the
trick
(and
thereby
furnishes
the
necessary
resistance),
pushes
it
sharply
up
into
its
place.
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