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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
405
“Pass!”
you
exclaim,
at
the
same
time
giving
a
gentle
rap
on
the
under
surface
of
the
table.
You
bring
the
hand
up
again
as
if
empty.
You
do
not
touch
the
first
cup,
but
repeat
the
operation
with
the
second,
B,
and
again
with
A;
on
each
occasion
of
passing
the
hand
under
the
table
exchanging
a
small
ball
for
a
larger
one,
and
immediately
afterwards
introducing
the
latter
under
the
cup
next
in
order.
The
last
time,
however,
you
merely
drop
the
small
ball
on
the
servante,
without
bringing
up
any
other
in
exchange.
You
now
have,
unknown
to
the
audience,
one
of
the
larger,
or
medium-sized
balls
under
each
of
the
cups;
and
if
you
were
about
to
end
with
this
Pass,
you
would
merely
lift
the
cups
and
show
the
balls,
thus
apparently
increased
in
size,
underneath.
We
will
assume,
however,
that
you
propose
to
exhibit
the
Pass
next
following
(one
of
the
most
effective),
in
which
case
the
necessary
preparation
must
be
made
in
the
act
of
raising
the
cups;
and
we
shall
therefore
proceed
at
once,
while
the
balls
still
remain
covered,
to
describe
PASS
XII.
TO
AGAIN
TRANSFORM
THE
BALLS
TO
STILL
LARGER
ONES.--The
last
Pass
having
reached
the
stage
we
have
just
described,
i.e.,
a
large
ball
being
under
each
cup,
but
not
yet
exhibited
to
the
audience,
you
secretly
take
in
your
left
hand
from
the
servante
one
of
the
still
larger
balls.
These
balls
should
be
soft
and
elastic,
and
of
such
a
size
that,
if
pressed
lightly
into
the
cup,
they
shall
require
a
slight
tap
of
the
cup
on
the
table
to
dislodge
them.
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