6. THE MULTIPLICATION TO EIGHT BALLS, FOUR IN EACH HAND
Effect. This effect, the final flowering of the multiplying ball trick, can be accomplished successfully only after the four ball trick has been mastered with each hand.
Preparation. To prepare for the trick, place a ball and shell in the upper left vest pocket; two balls under the vest, one near the middle and the other to the right; two more, one of which is covered with a shell, in the right trousers pocket; and the last ball in a holder under the edge of the coat on the righthand side.
Begin by producing the first ball; make various passes with it, finally as if passing it up the left sleeve but really retaining it palmed in the right hand. Thrust this hand under the coat and bring out the ball and shell from the vest pocket, keeping the first ball palmed.
Proceed with the multiplication of the balls in the left hand, up to the stage at which you show three solid balls and the shell as being four balls (Fig. 17).
After a momentary pause to allow the effect to register with the audience, with an upward wave of the hand and a downward action of the left middle finger lodge the ball B in the shell A, vanishing it. Show your right hand empty and thrust it into the trousers pocket, palm one ball, and bring out the other ball and shell together between the thumb and forefinger.
With a wave of the right hand pull the ball out of the shell with the middle finger and show two balls in that hand, taking care of the angles so that no part of the palmed ball becomes visible in the operation. Then turn the hand over, closing the fingers, and drop the ball F back into the shell; the spectators, seeing the other solid ball in the palm of the hand, imagine that the ball has simply changed its position. Transfer this last ball to B in the left hand.
The position now is this: You have four balls in the left hand, one being covered with a shell; and in the right hand a ball E, also covered with a shell. Now double this ball and show six balls in the two hands.
Move the right hand up to the mouth and pretend to put the ball at F into it, really pulling it back into the shell E. Make as being four balls (Fig. 17). After a momentary pause to allow the effect to register with the audience, with an upward wave of the hand and a downward action of the left middle finger lodge the ball B in the shell A, vanishing it. Show your right hand empty and thrust it into the trousers pocket, palm one ball, and bring out the other ball and shell together between the thumb and forefinger.
With a wave of the right hand pull the ball out of the shell with the middle finger and show two halls, in that hand, taking care of the angles so that no part of the palmed ball becomes visible in the operation. Then turn the hand over, closing the fingers, and drop the ball F back into the shell; the spectators, seeing the other solid ball in the palm of the hand, imagine that the ball has simply changed its position. Transfer this last ball to B in the left hand.
The position now is this: You have four balls in the left hand, one being covered with a shell; and in the right hand a ball E, also covered with a shell. Now double this ball and show six balls in the two hands.
Move the right hand up to the mouth and pretend to put the ball at F into it, really pulling it back into the shell E. Make a gesture of swallowing the ball, first pushing out your cheek with the tip of the tongue; then, with the three free fingers of the right hand, recover the last ball from the vest. Place this ball between the second and third fingers of the right hand at G; with the third and fourth fingers take the ball B from the, left hand, making the position of the balls as follows: in the left hand a ball and shell at A, a solid ball at C and another at D; in the right hand a ball and shell at E, a solid ball at G and another at H.
The final movement is to lift, simultaneously, the balls from the shells with the middle fingers of each hand, under cover of the usual turn of the hands. A more effective climax for an exit—four balls in each hand—can hardly be wished for.
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