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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
591
Some
performers
dispense
with
the
use
of
the
vase,
and
vanish
and
reproduce
the
borrowed
handkerchief
by
sleight-of-hand,
after
one
or
other
of
the
modes
described
in
relation
to
handkerchief
tricks.
THE
“PASSE-PASSE”
TRICK.--The
trick
which
is
specially
designated
by
this
name
(which
would
appear
to
be
equally
applicable
to
about
three
parts
of
the
tricks
we
have
described)
is
as
follows:--
The
performer
brings
forward
a
bottle
and
a
small
tumbler,
which
he
places
side
by
side
upon
the
table.
Producing
a
couple
of
tin
or
pasteboard
covers,
ornamentally
japanned,
of
a
size
to
just
go
over
the
bottle,
he
places
one
of
them
over
the
bottle,
and
another
over
the
glass.
He
now
commands
the
two
articles
to
change
places,
and
on
again
removing
the
covers
the
glass
and
bottle
are
found
to
be
transposed.
Again
he
covers
them,
and
again
the
change
takes
place;
and
this
he
repeats
as
often
as
he
pleases,
occasionally
pouring
out
wine
or
other
liquor,
to
show
that
the
bottle
is
a
genuine
one,
and
not
a
mere
make-believe.
The
reader
will
already
have
anticipated
that
there
are
in
reality
two
bottles
and
two
glasses.
The
bottles
are
of
tin,
japanned
to
resemble
the
ordinary
black
bottle,
but
with
the
bottom
only
about
a
couple
of
inches
below
the
neck,
leaving
an
open
space
beneath
for
the
reception
of
the
glass.
Each
bottle
has
near
the
bottom,
at
the
side
which
is
kept
away
from
the
audience,
an
oval
opening
or
finger-hole,
measuring
about
an
inch
and
a
half
by
one
inch.
When
it
is
desired
to
lift
the
glass
with
the
bottle,
the
middle
finger
is
made
to
press
on
the
glass
through
this
opening,
thereby
lifting
both
together
with
perfect
safety.
The
outer
cover
just
fits
easily
over
the
bottles,
and
if
lifted
lightly
leaves
the
bottle
on
the
table,
but
if
grasped
with
some
little
pressure,
carries
the
bottle
with
it.
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