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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
173
Secretly
exchange
the
prepared
pack
for
that
which
you
have
been
using.
Invite
a
young
lady
to
draw,
taking
care
to
offer
that
part
of
the
pack
which
consists
of
sevens
of
clubs
only,
so
that
the
card
she
draws
will,
of
necessity,
be
a
seven
of
clubs.
You
then
say,
when
she
has
looked
at
the
card,
“Will
you
now
be
kind
enough
to
return
that
card
to
the
pack,
when
I
will
paint
your
portrait
on
it.”
You
open
the
cards
bookwise,
about
the
middle
of
the
pack,
for
her
to
return
the
card,
and
when
she
has
done
so,
request
her
to
breathe
on
it.
As
she
does
so,
you
“slip”
(see
page
35)
the
top
card
of
the
pack
on
to
that
which
she
has
just
replaced,
and
on
examining
that
card
(which
she
takes
to
be
the
one
she
has
just
seen)
she
is
surprised
to
find
that
it
is
still
a
seven
of
clubs,
but
adorned
with
a
more
or
less
flattering
likeness
of
herself.
You
continue,
after
the
portrait
has
been
handed
round
and
replaced,
“I
would
willingly
give
you
this
portrait
to
take
home,
but,
unfortunately,
being
only
a
magical
picture,
the
likeness
fades
very
quickly.
Will
you
oblige
me
by
breathing
on
it
once
more,
when
you
will
find
that
the
likeness
will
vanish,
and
the
card
will
again
be
as
it
was
at
first.”
On
her
doing
so,
you
again
slip
the
top
card
(which
is
now
an
ordinary
seven),
on
to
the
portrait,
and
on
again
examining,
the
lady
is
compelled
to
admit
that
the
card
is
again
as
she
first
drew
it.
You
then
offer
to
paint
on
the
same
card
a
gentleman’s
likeness,
and
proceed
as
before,
each
time
after
taking
a
likeness
changing
it
back
again
to
an
ordinary
seven,
which
adds
greatly
to
the
effect
of
the
trick.
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