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latestmagicbeing00hoff.pdf | 166 | 150 LATEST MAGIC "change" the tubes neatly during the transit, he may suppress the plain tube altogether and com- mence at once with the exhibition of the faked tube from the platform, but the omission makes the trick less convincing. We will suppose that the performer goes for the maximum effect and advances offering the dummy tube for inspection. The patter I suggest for the trick in this form runs as follows: "I- have here, ladies and gentlemen, a hollow tube. It is not uncommon for tubes to be hollow, but this one is, if anything, even hollower than usual. I should like some lady or gentleman to examine it carefully and testify that it is just a plain ordinary tube with absolutely no deception of any sort about it. If it was not so, you may be sure I should hardly venture to let you examine it. You can see through it, hear through it, or blow through it. You are satisfied? Then 1 will show you a curious little experiment with it." During the return to the table the dummy is exchanged for the trick tube. "I call the experiment I am about to show you "The Mystery of Mahomet. I gave it that name because it was Mahomet who suggested the idea to me. I don't mean personally. I didn't know him. In point of fact he did not give me the idea till after he had been dead for some years. This sounds peculiar, but I will explain. "When Mahomet died he wasn't buried like |