2. VANISH OF SILK AND CHANGE TO BILLIARD BALL, EGG, LEMON, ETC.
It is often necessary to cause the apparent change of a silk into a billiard ball, an egg, or some other small object. Such articles are hollow and the silk is simply tucked in through a hole in the side. Suppose, for instance, it is desired to change a red silk into a red billiard ball. The ball is palmed in the left hand, while the right hand displays the silk; the hands are then brought together, with the silk hanging to the front from the fingertips. Under cover of an upand-down movement of the hands, directed toward the left, the fingers of the left hand, masked by the right hand, push the silk into the ball. When it is all in, the hands are separated and the ball is shown lying on the palm of the left hand.
A much more effective method is to palm the ball in the right hand; then spread the silk over the left hand, at the same time pushing the middle of the silk into the opening of the ball with the left thumb. Press the ball tightly against the left palm and make the usual rotary motion of the hands; the silk will then be drawn rapidly inside the ball. This method is much more rapid and much prettier than the first.
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