II. FEATHER FLOWERS
The bouquets of feather flowers, so much affected by the average performer, cannot be said to create any illusion. They do not look like real flowers and in too many cases they are presented in so bedraggled a state that they resemble a feather duster more nearly than a flower. I shall give one example only of their use and in this they do create a striking effect.
Preparation. Obtain four medium-sized bouquets and place two in each sleeve in such a way that the ends of the stems come close to the cuffs. Put a much larger bouquet under the vest on the left side, spreading the branches out toward the back with the stem coming midway between the top of the opening of the trousers pocket and the middle of the vest. The only other requirement is a large silk, at least twenty-four inches square.
Method. Show the silk, spreading both sides; twist it and pull it through your left hand to prove it is empty and unprepared. Spread it and place the left hand against the middle, letting the fabric fall down over that hand. With the right hand nip the end of the stem of one of the bouquets in the left sleeve and draw the left hand away, the right hand remaining stationary. Shake the handkerchief and turn the right hand upwards, bringing the bouquet into an upright position; the handkerchief falls down over the right hand.
Seize the visible bouquet with the left hand and at the same time nip, through the handkerchief, the end of one of the bouquets in the right sleeve; withdraw the right hand, keeping the left stationary, and put the first bouquet on your table. Turn the left hand over and display the second bouquet. Continue exactly the same movements to produce the remaining bouquets.
Finally spread the silk, one corner between the right thumb and forefinger (the other three fingers free behind the silk) and the opposite corner in the left hand. Stretch the silk toward the left so that the right hand is brought to the spot where the stem of the large bouquet is hidden. Bow to the audience as though the trick were finished, grip the stem of the large bouquet with the free fingers of the right hand, release the left-hand corner of the silk, and bring the left hand over to the right; as you straighten up, draw the silk and the bouquet very rapidly through the left hand, first downwards, then upwards toward the right. Shake the silk free and turn the right hand upwards, exhibiting the huge bouquet.
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