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latestmagicbeing00hoff.pdf | 134 | 118 LATEST MAGIC proportion to its thickness much stronger than ordinary silk thread, and, not being liable to untwist, its surface remains permanently hard and smooth, a great desideratum where it is important to minimise friction. Further, it does not "kink" as a twisted thread is liable to do. Two other items of apparatus are used, viz.: (1) An electric torch in the shape of a wand, the light appearing at the end. Fig. 19 Fig. 20 (2) A little knife or cutter specially designed by Mr. Schooling for use in this trick. This consists of a half-inch length of a safety-razor blade, set in a handle consisting of a piece of tin one inch square, folded in half, and then bent back to a right angle on each side, the blade projecting along the line of juncture as shown in Fig. 19. In use the cutter is held by what may be called its backbone between the first joints of the first and second fingers of the extended hand, as shown in Fig. 20. This cutter must be placed ready to hand upon the |