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latestmagicbeing00hoff.pdf | 194 | 178 LATEST MAGIC picious feature about the envelope. Even in the unlikely case of his tearing open the envelope, instead of cutting it, it is doubtful whether he would detect the use of the seccotine, which should by this time be practically dry; and by the rest of the spectators it would still be taken for granted that this envelope, like the rest, was sealed in the ordinary way. It will be obvious to the expert reader that the central idea, viz., the transformation by the use of seccotine of an open envelope into one appar- ently sealed in the regular way, is one that admits of a wide variety of detail as to the mode of pres- entation. For instance: The procedure sug- gested for getting rid of the duplicate coin, and apparently rubbing it into the envelope, is but one of many alternatives. The coin might be "passed" by the agency of fire, i.e., wrapped in a piece of flash paper with open fold at bottom and flared off at the psychological moment over a candle flame), or it might be got rid of by vanishing it into the pocket of a black art mat, or by the use of a black art patch, as described at page 20. The critical part of the trick is the "switching" of the two envelopes at the final stage, but in view of their small size this is a matter of very little difficulty. The expert will probably do this after some fashion of his own. The less instructed reader may use the following plan, which he will |