pages: latestmagicbeing00hoff.pdf, 180
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latestmagicbeing00hoff.pdf | 180 | 164 *LATEST MAGIC (2) A special "pull" carried on the person of the performer. This consists of a fine black thread, to one end of which is attached a weight travelling up and down the trouser leg, after the manner described (in connection with a self-sus- pending wand) at page 111 of "Later Magic." In the present case, however, the weight is much smaller, being in fact just large enough to rather more than counterbalance the coin used in the trick, plus the friction to be overcome by the thread in the working of the trick. The degree of such friction is an uncertain quantity, as it will largely depend on the nature of the operator's underwear and its closeness to his own body. The precise weight most effective must be ascertained by pre- vious experiment, and regulated accordingly. It will be found convenient to use by way of weight a glass tube, closed at the bottom like a test-tube and loaded with buckshot, more or less in quantity according to the weight required. The mouth of the tube is closed by a cork, through which one end of the thread is passed, and secured on the under side by a knot and a spot of gum. When the minimum weight that will effectually serve the desired purpose has been ascertained, any vacant space above the leaden pellets should be filled with cotton wool (to prevent rattling) and the cork should then be cemented into the tube. If preferred, the wool may be interspersed among the buckshot. |