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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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This
startling
illusion
is
performed
as
follows:--To
begin
with,
there
are
two
ladies
employed,
in
figure
and
general
appearance
as
nearly
alike
as
possible.
Their
dress
is
also
exactly
similar.
The
little
dramatic
scene
with
which
the
trick
commences
is
designed
to
impress
upon
the
audience
the
features
of
the
lady
who
first
appears.
When
she
is
blindfolded,
she,
as
already
mentioned,
runs
off
the
stage.
The
performer
runs
after
her,
and
apparently
bringing
her
back,
really
brings
back
in
her
place
the
second
lady,
who
is
standing
in
readiness,
blindfolded
in
precisely
the
same
way,
behind
the
scenes.
As
the
bandage
covers
the
greater
part
of
her
features,
there
is
little
fear
of
the
spectators
detecting
the
substitution
that
has
taken
place.
The
substitute
lady
now
enters
the
basket,
where
she
lies,
compressing
herself
into
as
small
a
compass
as
possible,
along
the
back.
Knowing
the
position
which
she
occupies,
it
is
not
a
very
difficult
matter
for
the
operator
so
to
direct
the
thrusts
of
the
sword
as
to
avoid
any
risk
of
injuring
her.
The
chief
thing
to
be
attended
to
for
this
purpose
is
to
thrust
always
in
an
upward
direction.
The
appearance
of
blood
on
the
sword
may
be
produced
either
by
the
lady
in
the
basket
drawing
along
the
blade,
as
it
is
withdrawn
after
each
thrust,
a
sponge
saturated
with
some
crimson
fluid,
or
by
a
mechanical
arrangement
in
the
hilt,
causing
the
supposed
blood,
on
pressure,
to
trickle
down
the
blade.
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