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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
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We
have
given
a
somewhat
elaborate
description
of
this
first
Pass,
in
order
to
give
the
reader
some
idea
of
the
various
feints
and
artifices
employed
in
relation
to
the
cups
and
balls.
It
would
be
impossible,
from
considerations
of
space,
to
do
this
as
to
each
of
the
Passes,
and
the
reader
must
therefore
remember
that
the
descriptions
following
give
merely
the
essential
outlines,
which
must
be
worked
up
to
dramatic
effectiveness
by
the
ingenuity
of
the
individual
performer.
Where
practicable,
we
shall
allow
the
few
words
put
into
the
mouth
of
the
performer
to
indicate
the
actions
accompanying
them,
only
giving
special
“stage
directions”
in
cases
where
the
performer
does
not
suit
the
action
to
the
words.
For
the
sake
of
distinctness,
we
shall
indicate
the
goblets
(reckoning
from
the
left
hand
of
the
performer)
as
A,
B,
and
C.
(See
Fig.
118.)
PASS
II.
TO
MAKE
A
BALL
TRAVEL
INVISIBLY
FROM
CUP
TO
CUP.--“Now,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
if
you
watch
very
closely,
you
will
be
able
to
see
the
ball
travel
from
one
cup
to
another.
I
take
the
ball”
(transfers
it
apparently
to
left
hand)
“and
place
it
under
this
cup
(C).
You
all
see
that
there
is
nothing
under
this
one”
(B).
In
raising
B
with
the
right
hand
he
introduces
under
it
the
palmed
ball.
“I
shall
now
command
the
ball
which
I
have
just
placed
under
the
first
cup
(C)
to
travel
under
this
one
(B).
Attention!
and
you
will
see
it
pass.”
He
makes
a
motion
of
the
wand
from
the
one
cup
to
the
other.
“There
it
goes!
This
cup
(C),
as
you
see,
is
empty,
and
under
this
one
(B)
is
the
ball.
I
will
replace
it
under
this
same
cup”
(B).
He
in
reality
palms
it.
“There
is
nothing
under
this
cup”
(A).
He
secretly
introduces
the
ball
under
A.
“Now
observe
again.
Pass!
Did
you
see
it?
No?
well,
I
don’t
much
wonder
at
it,
for
I
can’t
always
see
it
myself.
Here
it
is,
however”
(lifts
A),
“and
this
cup
(B)
is
empty.”
He
replaces
the
cups
on
the
table,
and
lays
the
ball
beside
them.
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