3. FINGER PALM
(1) Hold the cigarette by the extreme end between the tips of the right thumb and middle finger, the palm being upwards and the first and third fingers beside the middle finger. Place the left hand, palm upwards, under the cigarette (Fig. 9); turn it over inwards as if to grasp the cigarette but really make it tilt back into the right hand, releasing the right thumb and holding the outer end as a fulcrum. Turn the back of the right hand to the front as the cigarette is gripped in the finger palm between the end of the middle finger and the palm. Move the left hand away, closed as if it contained the cigarette, and make the vanish as already explained.
(2) This method is called the Clasp. Hold the left hand palm upwards and lay the cigarette across the roots of the fingers. Bring the right hand over, palm upwards, and place it under the left fingers. Move the right hand upwards and inwards and with it close the left fingers on the cigarette, continuing the movement over the left wrist and toward the elbow. This is a feint.
Open the left hand and show the cigarette, then resume the starting position. Again close the left fingers with the right hand; but this time place the tip of the middle finger on the outer end of the cigarette, press its inner end against the palm of the right hand, and carry the cigarette away—moving the right hand toward the left elbow as before. In the meantime close the left hand, move it diagonally upwards, and consummate the vanish as usual (Fig. 10).
Variation 1. As the right hand closes the fingers of the left hand and the cigarette is hidden, push its outer end with the left thumb into the thumb grip in the right hand.
Variation 2. Really close the left fingers on the cigarette in the same way, turn the left hand back to front, and move it toward the left. Pass the right hand in front of it, back outwards, and with the left thumb push the cigarette up, making it protrude slightly. Pass the right hand over the left fist; seize the protruding end between the second and third fingers; and carry it away, placing it at the finger palm or thumb grip in the right hand.
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