5. THE PUSH IN
Take the cigarette between the tips of the thumb and first and second fingers of the right hand; apply the other end to the spot at which the cigarette is to be inserted (Fig. 13). Hold it very lightly and move the fingers along it so that it goes to the inside of the hand as they move forwards, until the end reaches the thumb crotch and you seize it in the thumb grip. Continue to press the fingers on the spot for a moment longer; then straighten them and remove the right hand, with the forefinger extended, pointing. Do not use cigarettes with cork tips or gold bands for this sleight.
To produce the cigarette from any spot after the push in vanish, the action is reversed. Hold the cigarette in the finger palm, apply the tips of the first three fingers to the spot, press the tip of the thumb on the free end, and slide the fingers back along the cigarette to the other end. Hold it thus for a moment, then pull it away with a little jerk.
By means of this sleight a cigarette can be pushed apparently into the back of the left hand and pulled out of the palm, into one ear and out of the other, etc. A favorite method of reproduction is from the mouth, the free end being lightly seized by the lips and the fingers slid back along the cigarette. The illusion is perfect.
Finally mention the vanish made in taking a cigarette from the mouth. Take hold of it near the mouth with the thumb below and the third finger above it, then finger palm it from this position while pretending to place it in the left hand. A clean and easy sleight.
Again, a cigarette can be vanished by balancing it on the ear. Stand with your right side to the front and apparently take the cigarette from the left hand, leaving it there in the thumb grip. Bend the left forearm and pretend to push the cigarette into the point of the elbow; at the same time balance the cigarette on the left ear with the left hand.
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