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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
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Between
each
of
the
items
above-mentioned,
there
should
be
an
interval
of
one
or
two
minutes
(filled
up
by
music),
while
the
operator
leaves
the
stage,
and
makes
the
necessary
preparation
for
the
next
trick.
It
will
further
be
found
an
advantage,
where
practicable,
to
divide
the
entertainment
into
two
parts,
with
an
interval
of
ten
minutes
or
so
between
them,
the
curtain
being
let
down
during
such
interval.
The
few
minutes’
break
is
always
acceptable
to
the
audience
(who
are
apt
to
become
fatigued
by
too
long
protracted
attention),
and
is
especially
valuable
to
the
performer,
as
enabling
him
to
re-arrange
his
servante,
removing
articles
that
have
served
their
purpose,
and
replacing
them
by
such
as
may
be
needed
for
the
tricks
to
come.
An
overcrowded
servante
is
a
fertile
source
of
annoyance
and
failure,
as
an
article
accidentally
falling
from
it
reveals
the
existence
of
a
receptacle
behind
the
table,
and
thereby
deprives
the
performance
of
half
its
effect.
When
a
re-arrangement
of
the
servante
between
the
parts
of
the
performance
is
impracticable,
it
is
well,
if
any
tricks
involving
the
production
of
articles
from
this
quarter
are
included
in
the
programme,
to
introduce
such
tricks
as
early
as
possible,
so
that
the
servante
may
be
relieved
of
such
articles,
and
left
clear
for
its
second
use
of
getting
rid
of
articles
upon
it.
We
have
known
a
professor,
performing
the
“flying
glass
of
water”
trick,
and
in
placing
the
glass
on
the
servante,
knock
down
a
cannon-ball,
placed
there
to
be
introduced,
later
on,
into
a
hat.
That
cannon-ball
weighed
on
the
professor’s
mind
for
the
rest
of
the
evening,
and
the
performance
was
practically
spoilt.
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