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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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The
performer,
meanwhile,
has
again
palmed
the
white
ball,
which
he
next
produces,
as
being
a
new
one,
from
his
wand.
Comparing
the
red
and
the
white
together,
he
pretends
to
discover
that
the
red
is
the
largest,
and
therefore
pinches
from
it
a
small
portion
(the
small
red
ball).
He
now
discovers
that
he
has
taken
too
much,
and
that
the
red
ball
is
now
the
smaller.
He
therefore
pinches
a
second
piece
(the
small
white
ball)
from
the
white
one,
and
finally
rolls
the
two
little
balls
thus
obtained
into
one,
producing
the
parti-coloured
ball.
The
mode
of
producing
these
last
effects
will
present
no
difficulty
to
any
one
who
has
attentively
studied
the
description
of
the
first
form
of
the
trick.
THE
FLAGS
OF
ALL
NATIONS.--This
is,
in
good
hands,
a
very
pretty
and
effective
trick,
but
requires
considerable
neatness
of
manipulation.
Its
effect
is
as
follows:--The
performer
comes
forward
with
a
couple
of
miniature
silk
flags,
measuring,
say,
three
inches
by
two.
Taking
one
in
each
hand,
he
brings
the
hands
together,
and
begins
to
wave
them
backwards
and
forwards,
when
the
flags
are
seen
to
multiply,
the
two
being
suddenly
transformed
into
a
dozen,
quickly
increasing
to
a
still
larger
number.
Not
only
do
the
flags
increase
in
number,
but
in
size
also,
until
perhaps
a
couple
of
hundred
have
been
produced,
ranging
in
dimensions
from
one
or
two
inches
square
to
a
foot
or
even
larger,
and
of
six
or
eight
different
colours.
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