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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
134
TO
MAKE
FOUR
ACES
CHANGE
TO
FOUR
KINGS,
AND
FOUR
KINGS
TO
FOUR
ACES.--This
very
effective
trick
is
performed
by
the
aid
of
four
cards,
which
are
so
prepared
as
to
appear
aces
on
the
one
side
and
kings
on
the
other.
To
make
them,
take
four
ordinary
aces
and
four
ordinary
kings,
and
peel
off
half
the
thickness
of
each
card.
This
may
be
easily
done
by
splitting
one
corner
of
the
card
with
a
sharp
penknife,
when
the
remainder
can
be
pulled
apart
without
difficulty.
The
cards
being
thus
reduced
in
thickness,
paste
back
to
back
the
king
and
ace
of
each
suit,
placing
them
in
a
press
or
under
a
heavy
weight,
that
they
may
dry
perfectly
smooth
and
flat.
Better
still,
entrust
the
process
to
some
person
who
is
accustomed
to
mounting
photographs,
when,
at
a
trifling
cost,
you
will
have
your
double-faced
cards
thoroughly
well
made.
Place
these
four
cards
beforehand
in
different
parts
of
the
pack,
the
“ace”
side
downwards,
i.e.,
in
the
same
direction
as
the
faces
of
the
other
cards.
Place
the
genuine
aces
face
downwards
on
the
top
of
the
pack,
which
being
thus
disposed,
you
are
ready
to
begin
the
trick.
Take
the
pack
in
your
hand,
face
uppermost.
Remark,
“For
this
trick
I
want
the
aces
and
kings,”
and
pick
out,
one
by
one,
the
real
kings
and
the
sham
aces.
Lay
these
cards
on
the
table,
the
kings
face
upwards,
and
the
prepared
cards
with
the
“ace”
side
uppermost.
Draw
the
attention
of
the
audience
to
these
cards,
and
meanwhile
make
the
pass
so
as
to
bring
the
two
halves
of
the
pack
face
to
face,
when
the
four
genuine
aces
will
(unknown
to
the
audience)
be
at
the
lower
end
of
the
pack.
Place
the
four
kings
ostentatiously
upon
the
opposite
end
of
the
pack,
i.e.,
that
which
is
for
the
time
being
uppermost.
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