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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
152
TO
CHANGE
FOUR
CARDS,
DRAWN
HAPHAZARD,
AND
PLACED
ON
THE
TABLE,
INTO
CARDS
OF
THE
SAME
VALUE
AS
A
SINGLE
CARD
SUBSEQUENTLY
CHOSEN
BY
ONE
OF
THE
SPECTATORS.--This
trick
is
on
the
same
principle
as
that
last
above
described,
but
is
much
more
brilliant
in
effect.
To
perform
it,
it
is
necessary,
or
at
least
desirable,
to
possess
a
forcing
pack
consisting
of
one
card
several
times
repeated.
We
will
suppose
your
forcing
pack
to
consist
of
queens
of
diamonds.
Before
commencing
the
trick,
you
must
secretly
prepare
your
ordinary
pack
in
the
following
manner:--Place
at
the
bottom
any
indifferent
card,
and
on
this
a
queen;
then
another
indifferent
card,
then
another
queen;
another
indifferent
card,
then
another
queen;
another
indifferent
card,
and
on
it
the
fourth
and
last
queen.
You
thus
have
at
the
bottom
the
four
queens,
each
with
an
ordinary
card
next
below
it.
Each
indifferent
card
should
be
of
the
same
suit
as
the
queen
next
above
it,
so
that
all
of
the
four
suits
may
be
represented.
Shuffle
the
cards,
taking
care
however,
not
to
disturb
the
eight
cards
above
mentioned.
Then
say,
“I
am
about
to
take
four
cards
from
the
bottom,
and
place
them
on
the
table.
Will
you
please
to
remember
what
they
are?”
Show
the
bottom
card,
then,
dropping
the
pack
to
the
horizontal
position,
“draw
back”
that
card,
and
take
the
next,
which
is
one
of
the
queens,
and,
without
showing
it,
lay
it
face
downwards
on
the
table.
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