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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
148
SEVERAL
PERSONS
HAVING
EACH
DRAWN
TWO
CARDS,
WHICH
HAVE
BEEN
RETURNED
AND
SHUFFLED,
TO
MAKE
EACH
COUPLE
APPEAR
IN
SUCCESSION,
ONE
AT
THE
TOP
AND
THE
OTHER
AT
THE
BOTTOM
OF
THE
PACK.--This
capital
trick
was
also
a
great
favourite
with
Comte,
who
christened
it,
for
reasons
best
known
to
himself,
by
the
poetical
name
of
“The
Ladies’
Looking-glass.”
The
cards
having
been
freely
shuffled,
you
invite
a
person
to
draw
two
cards,
allowing
him
free
choice.
Opening
the
pack
in
the
middle,
you
ask
him
to
place
his
cards
together
in
the
opening.
You
bring
them
to
the
top
by
the
pass,
make
the
first
of
the
false
shuffles,
and
conclude
by
leaving
them
on
the
top.
Offer
the
cards
to
a
second
person
to
draw
a
couple,
but
in
opening
the
cards
for
him
to
return
them,
make
the
pass,
so
that
they
may
be
placed
upon
the
pair
already
drawn,
which
are
thereby
brought
to
the
middle
of
the
pack.
Again
make
the
pass,
so
as
to
bring
all
four
to
the
top.
Make
another
false
shuffle,
leaving
those
four
on
the
top,
and
offer
the
cards
to
a
third
and
fourth
person,
each
time
repeating
the
process.
Make
the
false
shuffle
for
the
last
time,
so
as
to
leave
all
the
drawn
cards
in
a
body
on
the
top
of
the
pack,
with
one
indifferent
card
above
them.
The
audience
believe
that
they
are
thoroughly
dispersed,
and
your
first
care
must
be
to
strengthen
that
impression.
If
you
are
expert
in
card-palming,
you
may
palm
the
nine
cards,
and
give
the
pack
to
be
shuffled
by
one
of
the
spectators;
but
this
is
not
absolutely
necessary,
and
there
is
some
risk
of
the
company
noticing
the
absence
of
part
of
the
pack.
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