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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
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When
the
student
has
thoroughly
mastered
the
various
operations
above
described,
he
will
have
little
to
learn
save
the
combination
of
the
various
Passes,
a
matter
of
memory
only.
There
are,
however,
one
or
two
subordinate
sleights
with
which
he
should
make
himself
acquainted
before
proceeding
publicly
to
exhibit
his
dexterity.
TO
PRODUCE
A
BALL
FROM
THE
WAND.--The
wand
is
supposed
to
be
the
reservoir
whence
the
magician
produces
his
store
of
balls,
and
into
which
they
vanish
when
no
longer
needed.
The
mode
of
production
is
as
follows:--The
performer,
holding
the
wand
in
his
left
hand,
and
drawing
attention
to
it
by
some
remark
as
to
its
mysterious
power
of
production
and
absorption,
secretly
takes
with
his
right
hand,
from
the
servante
or
elsewhere,
a
ball,
which
he
immediately
palms
(preferably
by
the
first
method).
Daintily
holding
the
wand
by
either
end
with
the
left
hand,
in
such
manner
as
to
show
that
the
hand
is
otherwise
empty,
he
slides
the
thumb
and
fingers
of
the
right
hand
(the
back
of
which
is
naturally
towards
the
audience)
lightly
to
the
opposite
end,
at
the
same
moment
rolling
the
ball
with
the
thumb
to
the
ends
of
the
fingers,
as
already
described.
(See
Fig.
126.)
The
ball
thus
comes
in
sight
just
as
the
hand
leaves
the
wand,
the
effect
to
the
eyes
of
the
spectators
being
that
the
ball
is,
by
some
mysterious
process,
squeezed
out
of
the
wand.
TO
RETURN
A
BALL
INTO
THE
WAND.--This
is
the
converse
of
the
process
last
described.
Taking
the
wand
in
the
left
hand,
as
before,
and
the
ball
between
the
thumb
and
second
joint
of
the
forefinger
of
the
opposite
hand,
the
performer
lays
the
end
of
the
wand
across
the
tips
of
the
fingers,
and
draws
the
hand
gently
downwards
along
it,
at
the
same
time
palming
the
ball
by
the
first
method.
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