Modern magic : A practical treatise on the art of conjuring. . being in position, and the space in the bottle dulyfilled with wine, the performer brings it forward, and, after pouring outa glass or two, asks some lady present which is her favourite colour,and on receiving an answer, gently taps the bottle with his wand, andimmediately draws out with the tip of his forefinger from the neck,and presents to her, a ribbon of the desired colour. More wine isproduced, alternately with fresh ribbons, until all are exhausted. The above is the drawing-room form of the trick. Upon thestage, it is slight
Modern magic : A practical treatise on the art of conjuring. . being in position, and the space in the bottle dulyfilled with wine, the performer brings it forward, and, after pouring outa glass or two, asks some lady present which is her favourite colour,and on receiving an answer, gently taps the bottle with his wand, andimmediately draws out with the tip of his forefinger from the neck,and presents to her, a ribbon of the desired colour. More wine isproduced, alternately with fresh ribbons, until all are exhausted. The above is the drawing-room form of the trick. Upon thestage, it is slightly varied. The same kind of bottle is used, but theinternal provision of reels and ribbons is removed, so that the bottleremains a simple tin bottle, open at the bottom, with the funnel-shaped passage already mentioned extending through its entire performer, having poured out a glass or two of wine, places thebottle on a stool or table, through the pillar of which is a hole or pas-sage communicating with a corresponding hole in the stage. Beneath. Kig. 207. Fig. £08. MODERN MAGIC. 377 this is stationed the performers assistant, who is provided with alarge number of various coloured ribbons, and a thin rod of threeor four feet in length, with a small point or blunt pin at the performer takes care always to repeat in an audible voice thename of the colour called for. This is a signal to the assistant tohitch one end of the ribbon in question on the top of the rod, andhold it in readiness beneath the stage. He does not, however, pushit up through the bottle until warned by the sound of the tap of thewand on the bottle that the performer is ready to receive it. Theperformer, on his part, takes care, before tapping the bottle, to placehis thumb upon the mouth, so as to prevent the rod passing tootar. Sometimes a combination of colours is asked for, as, for in-stance, the tricolour, or any other national group of colours. Attt-r having produced a reasonable number
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