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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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A
CARD
HAVING
BEEN
WITHDRAWN
AND
REPLACED,
TO
CALL
IT
FROM
THE
PACK,
AND
TO
MAKE
IT
COME
TO
YOU
OF
ITS
OWN
ACCORD.--This
is
a
very
simple
trick,
but,
if
neatly
executed,
will
create
a
good
deal
of
wonderment.
It
is
performed
as
follows:--You
must
procure
beforehand
a
long
hair
from
a
lady’s
head.
One
end
of
this
must
be
fastened
by
means
of
a
bent
pin,
or
in
any
other
way
you
find
most
convenient,
to
the
front
of
your
waistcoat,
which
should
be
a
dark
one.
At
the
other
end
of
the
hair
fix
a
little
round
ball
(about
half
the
size
of
a
pepper-corn)
of
bees’-wax.
Press
this
little
ball
lightly
against
the
lowest
button
of
your
waistcoat,
to
which
it
will
adhere.
You
will
thus
always
be
able
to
find
it
at
a
moment’s
notice,
without
groping
or
looking
down
for
it,
which
would
be
likely
to
draw
the
eyes
of
the
spectator
in
the
same
direction.
Request
the
audience
to
examine
the
cards,
that
they
may
be
sure
that
there
is
no
preparation
about
them,
and
as
a
further
proof
get
two
or
three
persons
to
shuffle
them
in
succession.
When
the
cards
are
returned
to
you,
invite
some
person
to
draw
one,
and,
while
he
is
examining
it,
drop
your
right
hand
carelessly
to
your
waistband,
and
remove
the
little
ball
of
wax
to
the
tip
of
your
right
thumb,
to
which
it
will
adhere
without
interfering
with
the
movements
of
the
hand.
When
the
card
is
returned,
make
the
pass
to
bring
it
to
the
top
of
the
pack,
and
press
the
little
ball
of
wax
upon
the
back
of
the
card,
as
near
the
edge
as
possible.
Then
shuffle
the
cards.
The
shuffle
may
be
a
genuine
one,
but
you
must
take
care
to
keep
the
lower
edge
of
the
chosen
card
half
an
inch
or
so
below
the
remaining
cards,
that
the
little
ball
of
wax
may
not
be
disturbed.
The
chosen
card
will,
after
the
shuffle,
be
in
the
middle
of
the
pack,
but
attached
to
your
waistcoat
by
the
hair.
Spread
the
cards
face
upwards
on
the
table
(by
which
means
the
wax,
being
on
the
back
of
the
card,
will
be
out
of
sight),
taking
care
not
to
detach
the
hair.
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