Modern magic : A practical treatise on the art of conjuring. . Fig. 199. but checks himself in the act, cover and shows that this cover »s emptyand hollow throughout. He thenputs on the cover, and revetting tothe bunch of flowers on the table,covers it with the paper tube. Henext announces that in obedience tohis command, the block and thebunch of flowers will change raises the paper tube, holding itby the top, and thus leaves behindthe hollow shell, covering and con-cealing the bunch of flowers. Henext takes off the cover of the pe-destal, first, however, turning thebayonet catch, s
Modern magic : A practical treatise on the art of conjuring. . Fig. 199. but checks himself in the act, cover and shows that this cover »s emptyand hollow throughout. He thenputs on the cover, and revetting tothe bunch of flowers on the table,covers it with the paper tube. Henext announces that in obedience tohis command, the block and thebunch of flowers will change raises the paper tube, holding itby the top, and thus leaves behindthe hollow shell, covering and con-cealing the bunch of flowers. Henext takes off the cover of the pe-destal, first, however, turning thebayonet catch, so as to lift off withthe cover the casing b. The solidcone is carried off between the casingand the cover (see Fig. 200), while the action of the spring, the casingbeing removed, brings the concealed bunch of flowers to the top of. Fig. 200. MODERN MAGIC. th; pedestal, in the position lately occupied by the cone. Havingshown that the cone and the flowers have changed places, the per-former next undertakes to bring them back to their originalsituation, which, by reversing the process, he does withoutdifficulty. The pedestal above described is a very useful piece of apparatus,being available either to produce, change, or vanish any article ofappropriate size. A very effective trick may be performed therewithby causing an empty tumbler to appear full, or vice versa. In thiscase, however, it should by no means be admitted that an exchangetakes place, as the supposed filling of an empty glass with water bycovering it with an evidently unsophisticated cover, is rather themore surprising phenomenon. The Flying Glass of Water. — This capital trick was, webelieve, first introduced to the public by Colonel Stodare, to whomthe profession is indebted for many hrst-class illu-sions. The necessary apparatus consists of acou
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