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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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The
subject
of
the
trick,
generally
dressed
in
a
page’s
costume,
is
made
to
mount
upon
a
table,
and
is
covered
by
a
wicker
cone,
which
being
almost
instantly
removed,
he
or
she
has
vanished.
The
table
in
this
case
is
draped
to
within
a
few
inches
of
the
ground,
but
to
show
that
no
hidden
receptacle
is
thereby
concealed,
the
performer
before
commencing
the
trick
lifts
up
the
table-cloth,
and
shows
that
the
top
of
the
table
is
at
most
not
more
than
two
or
three
inches
in
thickness.
The
drapery
is
then
again
allowed
to
fall
into
position,
and
the
trick
proceeds.
The
table
used
in
this
trick
is
a
bellows
table;
i.e.,
it
has
a
double
top,
or
rather
two
tops,
one
above
the
other.
The
upper
one
is
a
fixture,
with
a
large
wooden
trap
(opening
upwards)
in
it,
to
allow
of
the
passage
of
the
person
to
be
conjured
away.
The
under
top
is
moveable,
being
in
its
normal
condition
pressed
against
the
upper
one
by
the
action
of
four
spiral
springs
(one
in
each
leg
of
the
table),
but
sinking
down
to
nearly
the
depth
of
the
cover
under
the
weight
of
a
person
stepping
upon
it,
and
thus
affording
the
requisite
hiding-place,
in
which
the
person
remains
until
the
fall
of
the
curtain
enables
him
or
her
to
come
forth
with
safety.
Cloth
is
nailed
round
three
sides
of
the
upper
and
lower
boards,
folding
between
the
two
when
closed,
after
the
manner
of
the
leather
of
a
bellows;
and
from
this
circumstance
the
table
derives
its
name.
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