Conjuring tricks with coins, watches, rings and handkerchiefs; from "Modern magic" (1900)
Hoffmann, Professor, 1839-1919 · Philadelphia, D. McKay · leaf 105
ous handkerchief/* heremarks 5 ^ I cantmake a knot in it.**The process is againand again repeated,but always with thesame result. The secret is asfollows : — The per-former, before pullingthe knot tight, slipshis left thumb, as shown in Fig. 107, beneath such portion of the ^tie* as is a… … Fig. 107. The Handkerchief that will not Burn.—This may beused either separately or in conjunction with the foregoing. Theperformer, taking the handkerchief, asks if it will burn. The ownernaturally answers that she has no doubt it will. * Suppose we try,says the performer 3 and taking the…
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