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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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It
is
sometimes
necessary
to
introduce
a
ball
between
two
cups.
It
will
be
remembered
that
each
cup
is
made
with
a
cylindrical
rim
or
shoulder.
The
purpose
of
this
shoulder
is
that,
when
two
cups
are
placed
one
upon
the
other
(see
Fig.
125),
there
may
be
a
space
between
them
sufficient
to
receive
a
ball
or
balls.
To
further
facilitate
the
introduction
of
the
ball,
the
top
of
each
cup
is
made,
not
flat,
but
concave.
When
it
is
desired
to
introduce
a
ball
between
two
cups,
that
object
is
effected
as
follows:--Having
the
ball
ready
palmed
in
the
right
hand,
the
performer
takes
up
a
cup
in
the
same
hand,
and
with
it
covers
the
second
cup,
at
the
same
moment
introducing
the
ball
beneath
it
in
the
ordinary
manner,
but
with
the
addition
of
a
little
upward
jerk,
rather
difficult
to
describe,
but
easily
acquired
with
a
little
practice.
The
ball
is
thereby
thrown
to
the
top
of
the
uppermost
cup,
and,
in
again
falling,
is
received
by
the
concave
top
of
the
lowermost
cup.
4.
TO
SIMULATE
THE
ACTION
OF
PLACING
A
BALL
UNDER
A
CUP.--This
may
be
done
in
two
ways.
The
first
is
to
raise
the
cup
with
the
left
hand,
apparently
placing
the
ball
underneath
it
with
the
right,
but
really
palming
it.
Care
must
be
taken
that
the
edge
of
the
cup
shall
touch
the
table
at
the
very
moment
that
the
fingers
of
the
right
hand
are
removed.
The
second
and
more
common
method
is
to
apparently
transfer
the
ball
to
the
left
hand,
palming
it
in
the
transit,
and
then
bringing
the
closed
left
hand
close
to
the
cup
on
the
table,
raise
the
cup
with
the
other
hand,
and
immediately
replace
it
with
a
sort
of
scraping
movement
across
the
fingers
of
the
now
opening
left
hand.
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