Series 1 No.7
presents
JOHN SCARNE’S
CLASSIC BALL ROUTINE
Photopraphir Interpretation ry GEORGE: KARGER
Edited by GEORGE STARKE
The gecat Nate Leipsig said: “Searne is the most expert
exponent of tohle magic I have ever seen in my life.”
Jehu Searne, one of the warli's foremost sleigh of hand urtiss, gives
you a pet routine which he hax developed aver 4 peri many years.
Fre'has!ased it with grear suecers, Ty hae wulstanding, enreciainament value,
having been therenghly audience-tested.
Many amateurs, even professional magicians, hesitule 1 learn tricks
which depend upon sleightothand. The reason probobly is that the
fons are often sagtie and insufficient
Now by means of 22 cleur photographs of Searne’s hauds in action.
taken hy the famous photugrapher George Karger. vou will easily be able
tw learn and performs this miraculous effect. Searne has £0 simplified the
moves that you will require litle practice,
After you have nmateved his effect yout will Rnd you have a aay
gem whieh can be pecformed silting or standing, surrounded by people.
and without employing anything except a few Kule balls, your hands, antl
a bit of personal shuwmanshi
eerecr
The effect is a bewildering series of magical appearances and dite
appearances af small balls, Starting aut by taking a pinch uf ashes from
an ash tray. you cause ball after ball mysterionsly to materialize. multiply
and vanish, At the end of the routine, the balls become ashes once ayuit:
REQUIREMENTS
Four tite halts amd aa ash tey. You cam use balls about i inel in
diameter mace of cork, rubber, paper, cotton, ele.INSTRUCTIONS:
ABBREVIATIONS
Lt eve hands Rats ight Rand Pe tha Po — fingers
“Trece balls are in eight cout pocket. SMe the R.A.
pects oe table with » ball inger-pamedd st nes uf ah and
Tye CELT & Ist F reach over to ash Tras land secure
piech of whey (=U
Lit, tat Fe shows ashes and os bath bands comme Os
metho CHT, & Tat Fe G2) lite ball oa Ils across
gether UAE HT ao that bull comes eta, ve eS of T.
Bot of oth hands (23)- Ball is immediately wiened
Be taiter a Tot Fe of borte Baal pisces Om table
2 fom une TS umnally shown 10 be empl (= 1)-
ALT, & Tot Fe pick wp ball (23). Trolls Wal down
inter Bate of Last two Fs, (226) shall fs apparently
ite eZ). Dalle is closet ag if Kolding Dall Tu
in LA CF sie of Tat anal nl Fs agains the
‘ireular motion #0 1 i
ciealan Palen ap and shown empty (26)
TLH, goes wo pocket, Gagerspatims a 200 alt_and
brings out Sed all vaibly between IOHET: K Ust E. Place
this hall apealy on table:
etl carted nto a fst wih Singers on tobe: 20 sr pushes ball fan the Te crate and Ene £31
ARM A AiMeStanes ana Fs ay ipclag met Saar ence Tat al out of thumb reich CEU
(FeO peat te retary mvsfon and Anu ball pons out Oey Ca 12)- Bed all fe retained Hager
palmed:
TG, pirks
then dors Hkew
(213). At
‘Both hands come together, each maling © Taalf turn at the same time, #0 that RAH 55 not, palm up and
CAL fe pala downy and te doi makina ently ploces the two balls in RAH by Teally drops only one.
Fhe Ganer ball, which is betwee eee se reanined ia ball, fngerpalmed Now R.H, shows the 10
vals .
lared
pone ball and veal paces itt Mang oR of Lit, whieh is held palm
oe hat not all betweces TOK. Ah SS Bizeady to be fine
a Tis palon dowe and Eis palm oP Showing the 10 hulls,
and
palmed
eee eealm. (You bave gives the impressiov sained He going two balls From BoE. to RH.)
il, plares both balls on table and vou pre ‘AVhich ball seems larger?" When he indies
the bail, poke it up with RAUL, aad 3 A ga ek BE hie ome is really 160 halla’ Tle ont | make two ball
Hoe bat PH picks ap “lace bal ees ve Fs realy ee all Bngerspaimed in VR. (11)
ca ne ball_purer the, otter ball ah I erat de of LAs. wnt the two balls appese Te
Ager taps, C2EUa)o} Bork alle are shen Tui part and placed ow table so that You ‘now have three balls
ina Kim
TH, picks up middle Dall andl apparentty places fin LH. Show ball has vanished from LH (Same
moses as #5 0 & TH)
Tel, reaches inte coat pocket, produecs the Dall and places it on table, Howevers im going 10 pocket,
ou Rae Setuired ah ball im fingee-palm position
BAHL picks ap two balls
turns palat dowa at RH. turns p:
foe LETT).
vr tne, and actually places, them at root, of Hey of LH, (16). LH.
Teen you apparently drop two halle inte HUH, but really drop ooly
how. the two balls in TCH.
RH, comes over and shove LAL. and opents drops the two halls, one ata time,
Be eamTCHE, Tet E pushes eaeh ball into Sst
ROH, picks up thied hall on table, really Fh
cotart motiene of sqerzing out one ball at
into opening of LAH. fst
nit in porket andl shows hand em
LAH. gues through
pore alls pap oat of the hand (=19)-
“The three ball ave fined up on tables anal Pandy or chown ermpty. RAL picks