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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
585
Coming
forward
to
the
audience,
the
performer
produces
the
large
white
ball,
either
as
described
in
the
first
form
of
the
trick,
or
from
his
wand
in
manner
described
at
page
276.
While
showing
it
in
his
left
hand,
he
drops
the
right
hand
to
his
side,
and
palms
the
large
red
ball.
Laying
the
white
ball
on
his
table,
he
remarks,
“I
have
here
a
bottle
of
wine.
We
will
begin
by
testing
its
genuineness.”
He
lifts
the
bottle
by
the
neck
with
the
left
hand,
immediately
transferring
it
to
the
right
(which
grasps
it
round
the
bottom),
and
introduces
beneath
it
the
red
ball,
which
is
thenceforth
kept
in
position
by
the
little
finger.
Taking
in
the
other
hand
a
wine-glass
(which
should
be
of
such
a
size
as
just
to
contain
the
contents
of
the
tube),
he
fills
it
with
wine,
and
hands
it
to
one
of
the
company.
In
returning
to
his
table,
he
secretly
withdraws
the
tube.
(This
is
easily
done
by
grasping
the
bottle
round
the
neck
with
the
left
hand,
and
gently
drawing
it
downwards
with
the
right,
the
turned
over
portion
of
the
tube
being
clipped
by
the
finger
and
thumb
of
the
left
hand,
in
which
it
naturally
remains.)
As
the
performer
passes
behind
the
table,
he
gets
rid
of
the
tube
by
dropping
it
on
the
servante.
In
placing
the
bottle
on
the
table,
he
is
of
course
careful
not
to
expose
the
red
ball
underneath
it.
Taking
the
white
ball
in
his
left
hand,
he
proposes
to
turn
it
red,
and
for
that
purpose
to
pass
it
into
the
bottle.
Pretending
to
transfer
it
to
the
right
hand
by
the
tourniquet,
he
drops
it
from
the
left
hand
into
the
padded
tray
on
the
servante,
and
then
apparently
passes
it
into
the
bottle,
as
above.
The
routine
of
getting
it
out
of
the
bottle
again
is
the
same
as
above
described
in
relation
to
the
first
method.
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