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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
529
The
performer
now
hands
round
the
glass
for
examination,
and
subsequently
draws
attention
to
the
box
of
bran.
While
doing
this
he
has
little
difficulty
in
getting
the
rings
out
of
the
cup
and
paper
into
his
right
hand.
He
then,
holding
the
glass
in
his
left
hand,
dips
it
into
the
box,
and
fills
it
with
bran,
which
he
forthwith
pours
slowly
back
again
to
prove
its
genuineness.
Meanwhile,
his
right
hand
is
engaged
in
fishing
up
the
bran
shape
among
the
bran,
placing
it
mouth
upwards
in
the
box,
and
dropping
the
rings
into
it.
When
he
again
dips
the
glass
into
the
box,
he
slips
it
mouth
downwards
over
the
shape,
immediately
turning
it
into
the
natural
position,
and
bringing
it
up,
to
all
appearance,
full
of
bran.
As
the
rings
were
in
the
shape,
they
are,
of
course,
now
in
the
glass.
He
brushes
the
loose
bran
off
the
top,
and
then
covers
the
glass
with
a
borrowed
handkerchief,
taking
particular
notice
on
which
side
hangs
the
loop
of
thread.
The
person
holding
the
pistol
is
now
requested
to
take
good
aim,
and
fire
at
the
glass.
He
does
so,
and
the
performer,
lifting
the
handkerchief
with
the
shape
within
it,
lets
the
latter
drop
on
the
servante,
and
advancing
with
the
glass,
requests
the
owners
to
identify
their
rings.
The
trick
may
either
end
here,
upon
the
supposition
that
the
bran
has
been
blown
away
altogether
by
the
explosion,
or
the
bran
may
be
shown
to
have
passed
to
some
other
place.
There
are
numerous
methods
of
effecting
this
latter
transposition.
For
instance,
the
pea
vase
(see
page
351),
first
shown
empty,
may
be
used,
or
the
bran
may
be
made
to
fall
out
of
a
second
borrowed
handkerchief,
by
means
of
the
bag
shown
at
page
248,
or
may
be
found
in
the
apparatus
next
described.
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
Start over
