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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
next
step
is
the
supposed
colouring
of
the
ball.
The
performer
continues,
“Ladies
and
gentlemen,
having
proved
to
you
my
perfect
control
over
the
ball
in
respect
of
size,
I
propose
to
show
you
that
I
have
equal
mastery
over
it
in
respect
of
colour.
This
I
shall
do
by
passing
it
into
this
bottle
of
wine,
which
being
red,
the
ball
will
become
red
also.
Had
the
bottle
contained
a
blue
liquid,
you
would
have
found
the
ball
become
blue,
and
so
on.
The
ball”
(he
takes
it
in
his
left
hand,
and
apparently
transfers
it
to
his
right
by
the
tourniquet,
keeping
the
right
hand
closed
as
if
containing
it,
and
dropping
it
from
the
left
into
the
pochette
on
that
side)
“is
considerably
larger
than
the
neck
of
the
bottle.
This,
in
a
natural
way,
would
be
rather
a
difficulty,
but
to
a
magician
it
will
give
very
little
trouble.
I
have
only
to
squeeze
the
ball
a
little”
(he
lifts
the
bottle
with
the
left
hand,
at
the
same
time
slipping
the
little
finger
underneath
it,
to
prevent
the
red
ball
beneath
it
falling,
and
holding
the
right
hand
an
inch
or
two
above
it,
works
the
hand
as
if
compressing
the
ball),
“and
it
gradually
becomes
smaller
and
smaller,
till
it
melts
completely
into
the
bottle.”
He
opens
the
right
hand,
and
shows
it
empty,
immediately
afterwards
shaking
the
bottle,
and
allowing
the
ball
beneath
to
rattle
slightly.
“The
ball
is
now
in
the
bottle,
as
you
see;
the
next
step
is
to
get
it
out,
and
it
is
rather
difficult
to
do
this
without
at
the
same
time
allowing
the
wine
to
escape.
However,
we
will
try.
I
have
no
doubt
that
by
a
strong
effort
of
will
I
shall
be
able
to
manage
it.”
He
now
takes
the
bottle
between
his
hands,
holding
it
so
that
the
two
little
fingers
are
beneath,
and
after
a
little
shaking,
allows
the
ball
to
drop,
as
if
through
the
bottle.
This
may
be
varied
by
holding
the
bottle
with
the
left
hand
only,
and
striking
the
mouth
with
the
palm
of
the
other,
allowing
the
ball
to
drop
at
the
third
stroke,
professedly
expelled
by
the
compression
of
the
air.
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