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Ventriloquism in a Month
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Initial Stages
Breathing Exercises
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Speaking Still Lips
Two Kinds of Ventriloquism
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By Cecil H. Bullivant

THE INITIAL STAGES

Just as the successful illusionist is called upon to devote many, many hours of his time to the speedy and finished manipulation of cards, coins, and billiard balls, so the young ventriloquist has an equally uninteresting course to traverse. It is, however, possible for the initial stages of the work to be accomplished in less time than is the case with conjuring, and while the work has to be done all the same, dry and tiresome though it may be, after it is once accomplished the performer can put it behind him for ever. 

The primary difficulty to be overcome is incorrect breathing. Possibly nine out of ten, when they come to read this chapter, will discover that their method of breathing is faulty. Most people, from lack of proper instruction and through carelessness, breathe through the mouth--and this fault must be remedied at once. 

For ventriloquism, as with singing, breathing must take place through the nostrils. The necessity for this--apart from hygienic reasons--is that because the ventriloquist particularly when he is performing with a "lay " figure, is called upon to conduct a dual conversation, and the supposed interchange of remarks between him and the automaton is so rapid that mouth breathing would interfere with the continuous flow of words. Only by taking in deep inhalations through the nostrils and filling the lungs to their utmost capacity is it possible to carry on one part of the conversation with moving lips, and the other with the face immutably set.

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