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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
salver
is
generally
used
somewhat
after
the
following
fashion:--A
little
round
brass
box,
say
an
inch
and
a
half
in
diameter
and
an
inch
deep,
is
handed
to
the
audience,
with
a
request
that
they
will
place
any
small
article
(such
as
a
coin,
a
ring,
a
watch-key)
in
it.
All
necessary
precautions
are
taken
to
prevent
the
performer
knowing
what
the
articles
in
question
are,
and
the
box
is,
for
still
greater
security
on
this
point,
wrapped
by
the
performer
in
a
handkerchief,
and
handed
to
one
of
the
audience
to
hold.
The
reader,
with
his
present
knowledge
of
the
little
faith
that
is
to
be
put
in
the
acts
of
magicians,
however
apparently
straightforward,
will
readily
conjecture
that
at
this
point
there
is
a
substitution.
The
performer,
apparently
wrapping
up
the
box
which
has
just
been
handed
to
him,
really
substitutes
another
of
similar
appearance,
sewn
in
one
corner
of
the
handkerchief.
This
latter,
which
contains
two
or
three
metal
buttons,
or
other
objects
adapted
to
cause
a
rattling
when
shaken,
is
so
arranged
that
when
the
lid
is
pushed
home
a
piece
of
cork
within
is
pressed
down
upon
the
buttons,
and
they
are
made
silent;
but
if
the
lid
be
raised
ever
so
little,
and
the
box
shaken,
they
rattle.
This
latter
is
the
condition
in
which
the
box
is
wrapped
in
the
handkerchief.
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