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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
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Some
columns
have
a
large
hollow
black
or
gilt
ball
at
the
top,
divided
vertically
into
two
parts,
and
so
arranged
as
to
fall
apart
at
the
moment
of
the
inflation
of
the
glove.
THE
VANISHING
POCKET
HANDKERCHIEF,
FOUND
IN
A
CANDLE.--This
was
a
favourite
trick
of
Robert-Houdin,
by
whom,
we
believe,
it
was
invented.
The
performer
borrows
a
lady’s
handkerchief,
drawing
particular
attention
to
the
fact
that
he
takes
the
first
handkerchief
which
may
be
offered,
and
that
it
is
wholly
free
from
preparation.
Fixing
upon
some
gentleman
among
the
audience,
he
asks
him
if
he
thinks
he
could
set
fire
to
the
handkerchief.
The
person
addressed
naturally
expresses
his
belief
that
he
could.
The
performer
ventures
to
doubt
it,
and
at
once
fetches
a
lighted
candle
to
enable
him
to
try
the
experiment,
meanwhile
spreading
the
borrowed
handkerchief
over
the
top
of
a
small
round
table,
or
guéridon,
where
it
remains
in
full
view
of
the
spectators,
showing
clearly
that
it
is
not
tampered
with
in
any
way.
Returning
with
the
candle,
the
performer
hands
it
to
the
gentleman,
and
requests
him
to
go
and
set
fire
to
the
handkerchief.
Hardly,
however,
has
he
taken
the
first
step
to
do
so,
when
the
handkerchief
suddenly
vanishes,
its
disappearance
being
so
rapid
that
the
spectators
cannot
even
decide
in
which
direction
it
travelled.
The
performer
accuses
the
gentleman,
who
is
still
holding
the
candlestick,
of
having
the
handkerchief
about
him.
This
he
naturally
denies.
The
professor
insists,
and
after
keeping
up
the
dispute
as
long
as
the
audience
are
amused
by
it,
offers
to
prove
his
assertion,
and
taking
the
candle
from
the
candlestick,
breaks
it
in
half,
and
produces
from
it
the
borrowed
handkerchief,
which
is
immediately
identified
by
the
owner.
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