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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
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VI.
THE
CHINESE
PICTURES.--This
is
a
very
curious
and
surprising
trick.
You
prepare
a
number
of
plain
white
sheets
of
paper,
intermixed
with
which
are
several
sheets
on
which
are
drawn
various
Chinese
pictures.
In
showing
these
sheets
to
the
audience,
you
take
care
not
to
draw
out
any
of
the
pictures,
but
only
the
blank
sheets.
You
then
take
a
jug,
having
an
even
top,
filled
with
water,
placing
the
sheets
on
the
top.
You
then
state
that
the
water
in
the
jug
has
the
peculiar
quality
of
drawing,
but
having
been
brought
from
China,
can
only
draw
Chinese
sketches.
You
then
dexterously
reverse
the
jug,
the
sheets
preventing
the
water
from
flowing
out.
After
a
few
moments
you
draw
out
the
sketches,
and
scattering
them
among
the
audience,
you
cause
them
to
think
that
they
have
been
drawn
on
the
blank
sheets.
This
is
a
very
old
trick
of
the
Chinese,
who
first
performed
it.
You
can
easily
learn
to
tell
which
are
blank
sheets
and
which
are
the
pictures
by
a
simple
mark
placed
on
the
top
or
in
the
corner
of
the
latter.
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
Start over
