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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
667
The
mode
of
operation
will
now
be
clear.
When
the
young
lady
mounts
on
the
stool,
and
extends
her
arms,
the
performer,
in
placing
the
upright
beneath
them,
takes
care
to
let
the
lower
end
of
A
sink
properly
into
the
socket,
and
to
adapt
the
plug
j
to
the
cavity
at
top.
The
apparatus
is
now
in
the
position
shown
in
Fig.
313,
and
when
the
stool
is
removed,
the
lady
is
left
apparently
resting
only
on
A,
but
in
reality
comfortably
seated
in
her
iron
cage,
the
different
parts
of
which
are
all
carefully
padded,
so
as
to
occasion
her
no
discomfort.
Her
legs
and
arms,
being
quite
free,
may
be
placed
in
any
position
that
the
performer
chooses;
and
when
presently
he
lifts
her
into
a
slanting
position,
as
shown
by
the
dotted
line
in
Fig.
313,
the
check
h
drops
into
the
second
tooth
of
the
ratchet,
and
thus
maintains
her
in
that
position.
After
a
short
interval
she
is
lifted
into
the
horizontal
position,
as
in
Fig.
314,
when
the
check
drops
into
the
third
tooth
of
the
ratchet,
and
so
maintains
her,
apparently
sleeping
upon
an
aërial
couch.
As
the
support
terminates
above
the
right
knee,
the
legs
are
kept
extended
by
muscular
power.
This
attitude
is
therefore
very
fatiguing,
and
for
that
reason
cannot
be
continued
more
than
a
few
moments.
To
replace
the
lady
in
the
upright
position,
the
performer
places
both
hands
under
the
recumbent
figure,
the
left
hand
easily
finding
(through
the
tunic)
and
drawing
down
the
hook
i,
thereby
withdrawing
the
check,
and
allowing
the
lady
to
sink
down
gently
to
the
perpendicular.
The
stool
is
again
placed
under
her
feet,
and
the
second
upright
under
her
left
arm,
before
the
operator
begins
to
demesmerise
her,
which
he
does
after
the
orthodox
fashion
with
reverse
passes,
the
lady
simulating
as
best
she
may
the
bewildered
and
half-scared
expression
of
one
newly
awakened
from
a
mesmeric
trance.
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