Modern magic : A practical treatise on the art of conjuring. . which is divided into two com- MODERN MAGIC. 349 partments by a transverse bar across the top, is occupied by a drawer,or moveable compartment, so arranged as to slide freely backwardsand forwards from end to end, according as the caddy is allowed toslope in the one direction or the other. {See Figs. 179 and 180.)Each compartment has its ownlid, the caddy sometimes, butnot always, having an outer lidin addition. We will suppose that it isdesired to produce any articlefrom the caddy, first shownempty. The article in ques-tion (say a
Modern magic : A practical treatise on the art of conjuring. . which is divided into two com- MODERN MAGIC. 349 partments by a transverse bar across the top, is occupied by a drawer,or moveable compartment, so arranged as to slide freely backwardsand forwards from end to end, according as the caddy is allowed toslope in the one direction or the other. {See Figs. 179 and 180.)Each compartment has its ownlid, the caddy sometimes, butnot always, having an outer lidin addition. We will suppose that it isdesired to produce any articlefrom the caddy, first shownempty. The article in ques-tion (say an egg, hard-boiledfor safety) is beforehand placedin the moveable compartment,which we will suppose to occu-py for the time being the spaceunder lid a, as shown in The performer takes offthe opposite lid b, and shows the space beneath empty. Before re-moving the second lid, he slopes the caddy in the opposite direction,so as to bring the moveable compartment under lid b (see Fig. 180),and thus is enabled to show the space under a also empty. He then. Fig. 179. Fig. 180. proceeds with the trick, and at the right moment produces the articlefrom the caddy. It is obvious that the caddy above described is only available farappearances and disappearances, and not for transformations. T»<
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