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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
516
The
above
is
the
drawing-room
form
of
the
trick.
Upon
the
stage,
it
is
slightly
varied.
The
same
kind
of
bottle
is
used,
but
the
internal
provision
of
reels
and
ribbons
is
removed,
so
that
the
bottle
remains
a
simple
tin
bottle,
open
at
the
bottom,
with
the
funnel-shaped
passage
already
mentioned
extending
through
its
entire
length.
The
performer,
having
poured
out
a
glass
or
two
of
wine,
places
the
bottle
on
a
stool
or
table,
through
the
pillar
of
which
is
a
hole
or
passage
communicating
with
a
corresponding
hole
in
the
stage.
Beneath
this
is
stationed
the
performer’s
assistant,
who
is
provided
with
a
large
number
of
various
coloured
ribbons,
and
a
thin
rod
of
three
or
four
feet
in
length,
with
a
small
point
or
blunt
pin
at
the
top.
The
performer
takes
care
always
to
repeat
in
an
audible
voice
the
name
of
the
colour
called
for.
This
is
a
signal
to
the
assistant
to
hitch
one
end
of
the
ribbon
in
question
on
the
top
of
the
rod,
and
hold
it
in
readiness
beneath
the
stage.
He
does
not,
however,
push
it
up
through
the
bottle
until
warned
by
the
sound
of
the
tap
of
the
wand
on
the
bottle
that
the
performer
is
ready
to
receive
it.
The
performer,
on
his
part,
takes
care,
before
tapping
the
bottle,
to
place
his
thumb
upon
the
mouth,
so
as
to
prevent
the
rod
passing
too
far.
Sometimes
a
combination
of
colours
is
asked
for,
as,
for
instance,
the
tricolour,
or
any
other
national
group
of
colours.
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