Modern magic : A practical treatise on the art of conjuring. . he caddy, and lifting the cover alone from the vase, pro-duces therefrom the genuine handkerchief. The Cover, to tick up any Article.—This (called in French ramasse-tout) is a brass cover of six to ten inches in height, and of theshape shown in Fig. 187. Within it works backwards and forwards on aspring hinge, a kind of scoop, pressing,when at rest, against the side of the cover,as in Fig. 188, but moving into the posi-tion shown in Fig. 189 whenever pres-sure is applied to the button a, again re-turning to its original position wh
Modern magic : A practical treatise on the art of conjuring. . he caddy, and lifting the cover alone from the vase, pro-duces therefrom the genuine handkerchief. The Cover, to tick up any Article.—This (called in French ramasse-tout) is a brass cover of six to ten inches in height, and of theshape shown in Fig. 187. Within it works backwards and forwards on aspring hinge, a kind of scoop, pressing,when at rest, against the side of the cover,as in Fig. 188, but moving into the posi-tion shown in Fig. 189 whenever pres-sure is applied to the button a, again re-turning to its original position whensuch pressure is removed. The mannerof using it is as follows :—The perform-er, we will suppose, desires to cause thedisappearance of an orange, in order thatit (or a counterpart) may be subse-quently produced in some other the orange upon the table, he Fig. 187. places the cover over it, pressing, as he does so, the button a, so as to draw back the scoop. As his hand,quits the cover, the pressure being removed, the return of the spring. 356 MODERN MAGIC. causes the scoop to clip the orange tightly against the side of thecover; and if the cover be now lifted without pressing the button, itwill carry the orange with it. If it is desired again to produce theorange, the button is pressed in the act of lifting the cover, whichthen leaves the orange on the table. It is hardly necessary to observe that the cover is always liftedperpendicularly, so that the spectator cannot see the interior. It is well to be provided with a second cover similar in external appearance, but without any mechanism. This may be handed roundfor inspection, and afterwards secretly exchanged for the mechanicalcover. The Changing Cover.—This cover is available not only, as inthe last case, to produce or vanish, but also to change one article foranother. It is somewhat of the pattern of an ordinary round dish,cover, with a metal knob on the top. (See Fig. 190.) It is dividedby a vertical
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