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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
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The
ball
is
filled
beforehand
with
bonbons,
small
toys,
or
any
other
articles
suitable
for
production.
Thus
“loaded,”
it
is
placed
upon
the
servante,
and
introduced
into
the
hat
as
above
described.
The
performer
goes
through
the
ceremony
of
pretending
to
discover
something
in
the
hat,
but
does
not,
as
in
the
last
case,
at
once
produce
the
ball.
Slipping
back
the
sliding
door,
he
brings
out,
one
by
one,
the
articles
contained
in
the
ball,
not
hurriedly,
but
with
deliberation,
as
he
thereby
produces
the
effect
of
greater
quantity.
Having
emptied
the
ball,
he
again
closes
the
circular
slide,
remarking
that
the
hat
is
now
quite
empty.
As
a
proof
that
it
is
so,
he
turns
the
hat
mouth
downwards
as
above
directed,
preventing
the
ball
from
falling
with
the
tips
of
his
fingers.
Again
he
moves
towards
the
owner,
as
if
to
return
the
hat,
and
again
pretends
to
find
something
in
it.
This
time,
however,
he
does
not
allow
the
ball
to
fall
on
the
ground,
as,
being
hollow,
it
will
not
bear
rough
usage,
but
lifts
it
out
with
his
left
hand,
taking
care
that
the
“door”
side
shall
be
downwards,
next
his
palm.
Observing
that
he
will
have
the
ball
packed
up
for
the
owner
of
the
hat
to
take
home
with
him,
he
returns
to
his
table,
and
places
it
thereon.
As
the
ball
was
in
his
left
hand,
the
right
is
still
holding
the
hat,
and
this
gives
him
the
opportunity
to
introduce
the
second
(i.e.,
the
solid)
cannon-ball,
which
should
be
placed
in
readiness
at
the
opposite
corner
of
the
servante.
This
also
is
produced
in
due
course,
and,
being
manifestly
solid,
naturally
leads
the
audience
to
infer
that
the
other
was
so
also.
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