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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
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This
apparatus
is
generally
used
with
a
solid
black
ball
and
a
couple
of
artificial
rose-buds,
as
nearly
alike
as
possible.
The
apparatus
is
brought
forward
empty,
and
with
the
solid
ball
and
one
of
the
rose-buds,
is
handed
to
the
audience
for
inspection.
The
two
half
shells,
joined
together
so
as
to
form
a
hollow
ball,
with
the
second
rose-bud
within,
are
placed
ready
to
hand
in
one
of
the
pochettes
of
the
performer.
The
audience
having
duly
examined
the
apparatus,
the
performer
returns
to
his
table,
secretly
exchanging
as
he
does
so
the
solid
for
the
hollow
ball.
This
latter
he
places
openly
in
the
cup,
taking
care
that
the
hole
in
the
lower
shell
duly
corresponds
with
the
pin
at
bottom,
and
puts
on
the
cover.
He
now
announces
that
the
ball
which
he
has
just
placed
in
the
cup
will
at
command
fly
away,
and
that
the
rose-bud
which
he
holds
shall
take
its
place.
The
disappearance
of
the
visible
rose-bud
is
effected
in
any
way
that
the
invention
or
the
appliances
at
command
of
the
performer
may
suggest;
and
on
the
box
being
opened,
so
as
to
part
the
two
shells,
the
ball
has
apparently
disappeared,
and
the
rose
has
taken
its
place.
By
again
closing
the
box,
and
this
time
pressing
the
stud
on
the
top,
the
flower
may
again
be
made
to
vanish,
and
the
ball
to
reappear
in
its
original
position.
The
popular
trick
of
the
“flower
in
the
button-hole,”
which
will
be
described
under
the
head
of
Miscellaneous
Tricks,
may
be
used
in
conjunction
with
this
apparatus,
the
ball
being
found
in
the
place
of
the
flower,
while
the
latter
is
made
to
appear
in
the
button-hole.
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