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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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CHAPTER
XV.
HAT
TRICKS.
The
present
Chapter
will
be
devoted
to
those
tricks
in
which
a
hat
plays
a
special
or
prominent
part.
Borrowed
hats
have
been
used
in
the
course
of
many
of
the
tricks
already
described,
but
the
part
played
by
the
hat
has
been
of
an
incidental
and
subordinate
character.
In
the
tricks
next
following
the
hat
is
the
principal
article
employed.
The
majority
of
hat
tricks
are
different
modifications
of
the
same
broad
idea,
viz.,
the
production
from
a
borrowed
and
apparently
empty
hat
of
various
articles,
in
size
and
number
much
exceeding
what
any
hat
could
in
the
natural
way
contain.
One
of
the
best
is
that
of
THE
CANNON-BALLS
IN
THE
HAT.--The
earliest
and
simplest
form
of
this
trick
is
limited
to
the
production
of
a
solid
wooden
globe,
blacked
to
resemble
a
cannon-ball.
The
introduction
of
the
ball
into
the
hat
is
effected
as
follows:--The
ball,
which
has
a
hole
of
about
two
inches
in
depth
by
one
in
diameter
bored
in
it
towards
its
centre,
is
placed
on
the
servante
of
the
performer’s
table
in
such
manner
that
the
hole
above-mentioned
shall
slant
upwards
and
outwards,
at
an
angle
of
about
45°.
To
keep
the
ball
steady,
and
to
prevent
its
rolling
off,
some
performers
have
a
slight
circular
hollow
scooped
in
the
surface
of
the
servante
itself.
A
more
convenient
plan,
however,
is
to
use
an
india-rubber
ring
(such
as
is
given
to
infants
teething).
This
may
be
placed
on
any
part
of
the
servante,
and
makes
a
capital
rest
or
bed
for
the
ball.
A
bit
of
half-inch
rope,
with
the
ends
joined
so
as
to
form
a
ring,
will
answer
the
same
purpose.
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