Modern magic : A practical treatise on the art of conjuring. . 264 MODERN MAGIC. described in the last trick, save that the hand box is never soon as the handkerchief is fairly worked in, the left hand isclosed, as if containing it; the effect being to the audience as if thehandkerchief was merely rolled up and placed in the left hand. Onopening the hand, the handkerchief is found to have disappeared, theperformer having meanwhile plenty of opportunity to drop the con-cealed handkerchief, box and all, into the pochette on his right-handside. The hand box may be made available in a
Modern magic : A practical treatise on the art of conjuring. . 264 MODERN MAGIC. described in the last trick, save that the hand box is never soon as the handkerchief is fairly worked in, the left hand isclosed, as if containing it; the effect being to the audience as if thehandkerchief was merely rolled up and placed in the left hand. Onopening the hand, the handkerchief is found to have disappeared, theperformer having meanwhile plenty of opportunity to drop the con-cealed handkerchief, box and all, into the pochette on his right-handside. The hand box may be made available in a variety of ways, asfollows: The performer having borrowed a handkerchief, secretly^changes it for a substitute, which he leaves in full view on the made what disposition he pleases of the original, he returns,meanwhile placing the hand box in position, and causing by itsmeans the disappearance of the substitute, orders the borrowed articleto be found in such place as he may think MODERN MAGIC. 265 CHAPTER with Dominoes and Dice. to arrange a row of dominoes face downwards on theTable, and on returning to the Room to turn up a Dominowhose points shall indicate how many have been moved inyour absence.—This is a capital drawing-room feat. You place arow of twenty dominoes face downwards upon the table, avoiding asfar as possible the appearance of any special arrangement, bat never-theless taking care that the points of the first domino (commencingfrom the left) shall amount to twelve, the points of the second toeleven, and so on, each decreasing by one point till you reach thethirteenth, which will be the double-blank. The points of theremaining seven are a matter of indifference. You now propose togive the company a specimen of your powers of clairvoyance, and forthat purpose leave the room, first requesting the company to removeduring your absence any number of dominoes (not exceeding twelve)from the right to the left hand of the row, in other
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