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INTRODUCTION
PALMING
TRICKS WITH COINS
TRICKS WITH COMMON OBJECTS
TRICKS WITH CUPS & BALLS
TRICKS WITH HANDKERCHIEFS
CHINESE TRICKS
TRICKS AT TABLE
TRICKS WITH CARDS
GENERAL REMARKS
THE TABLE & DRESS
SLEIGHTS & PROPERTIES FOR GENERAL USE
TRICKS WITH CARDS
TRICKS WITH HANDKERCHIEFS & GLOVES
TRICKS WITH COINS
MISCELLANEOUS
THE CORNUCOPIAN HAT
TRICKS WITH WATCHES & LIVE STOCK
SHAM MESMERISM, CLAIRVOYANCE, etc.
FINAL INSTRUCTIONS
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The Reversed Card.-This is not at all a
bad termination to a trick. Bring the chosen card to the top, and
then pass it to the bottom with the two-handed slip pass
previously described; but, in passing, cause it to turn upside
down. This, it will be found on trial, is very easily managed by
keeping the face of the card always against the pack. Now make
the ordinary pass, and so bring the card to the middle, and then
throw the pack along the table, when the chosen card will appear
in the middle, face upwards. If you like, you may ask the
audience whether the pack shall be reversed and the chosen card
found face downwards, or vice versa. It does not matter which is
selected, as it is only necessary to turn the pack over before
spreading it out, in order to bring about a reversal of affairs.
The Travelling Card.-By attaching a hair to a waistcoat
button, and affixing the other end, by means of a tiny bead of
wax, unperceived, to the chosen card, it can be made to walk out
of the pack at the performer's command by a slight motion of the
body. The cards should be spread face upwards upon the table, and
the effect of one card disengaging itself from the rest is a very
comical one. The waxed end of the hair should be held in a finger
nail, so as to be at hand. Another method is to bring the card to the top,
and then, holding the pack upright in one hand, with the faces of
the cards towards the audience, pretend to pluck a hair from the
head, and then to wind it rapidly round the pack with the
disengaged hand. Pretend to pull at the imaginary hair, and, with
the first and second fingers of the hand which holds the cards,
work up the chosen card from the back. The effect is very
comical. Two or three cards, selected by different people, may be
treated in the same manner, when it is as well to come forward,
after the first card has risen, and, making the pass, show that
the chosen cards are not on the top. Before continuing, the pass
must be again made to bring the cards back, the little finger
having, of course, all the while divided the two halves of the
pack. The trick should be practised before a looking glass to
ensure that the working of the fingers is not observed. It will
be found necessary to allow the cards to well cover the finger
roots. The performer should stand well away from the audience,
and be certain that no one has a side view of his hand.
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