Modern magic : A practical treatise on the art of conjuring. . until the egg appears betweenthe teeth, and immediately on its appearance, raises his right hand asif to receive it, thus bringing up the palmed egg opposite the mouth,while the egg that is already in the mouth slips back, under cover ofthe hand, out of sight. The palmed egg is laid on the plate, and theperformer, in the act of passing behind his assistant, palms a second eggin his left hand. The same pantomime is again gone through, save thatin this case the right hand pats the head, and the left hand is held to 33o MODERN MAGIC.
Modern magic : A practical treatise on the art of conjuring. . until the egg appears betweenthe teeth, and immediately on its appearance, raises his right hand asif to receive it, thus bringing up the palmed egg opposite the mouth,while the egg that is already in the mouth slips back, under cover ofthe hand, out of sight. The palmed egg is laid on the plate, and theperformer, in the act of passing behind his assistant, palms a second eggin his left hand. The same pantomime is again gone through, save thatin this case the right hand pats the head, and the left hand is held to 33o MODERN MAGIC. the mouth to receive the egg. After four eggs have been produced inthis manner, the fifth, which has been all along in the mouth, is pro-duced apparently in like manner, but the performer takes care that inthis instance it shall be seen beyond a doubt that the egg really doescome from the mouth j which being manifestly the case in this in-stance, the audience are pretty sure to jump to the conclusion that allwere produced in an equally bond fide manner. The Pillars of Solomon, and the Magic Bradawl.—There is a very old-fashioned apparatus, sometimes called the Pillarsof Solomon, for apparently uniting a piece of cut string. It consistsof two slips of wood, each about four inches in length by five-eighths of an inch square, laidside by side. At aboutan inch from one end ofeach, a transverse holeis bored, and throughthis, passing throughboth slips, a string ispjssed, and may bedrawn backwards andforwards from side toside. (See Fig. 159.)The apparatus having been shown in this condition, the performerpasses a knife between the two slips, thus apparently dividing thestring; but the string is notwithstanding still drawn backward andforwards through the holes, as sound as ever. The secret lies in the fact that the string does not, in reality,go straight through the two slips of wood from side to side. Aglance at Fig. 160 will enlighten the reader as to its real course. In-ste
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