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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
178
THE
WHIST
TRICK.[H]
IMPROVED
METHOD.
TO
DEAL
YOURSELF
ALL
THE
TRUMPS,
THE
THREE
OTHER
PLAYERS
HOLDING
THE
USUAL
MIXED
HANDS.--Having
decided
which
suit
(suppose
diamonds)
is
to
be
the
trump
suit,
arrange
the
pack
in
such
manner
that
every
fourth
card
shall
be
of
that
suit,
the
intervening
cards
being
taken
haphazard.
When
about
to
perform
the
trick,
secretly
exchange
the
pack
you
have
hitherto
been
using
for
the
prepared
pack.
Make
the
bridge
(see
page
39),
and
then
a
false
shuffle
by
the
third
method
(see
page
24).
Invite
some
one
to
cut,
and
make
the
pass
at
the
bridge,
thus
restoring
the
cards
to
their
original
condition.
Deal
in
the
usual
manner,
when
you
will
be
found
to
hold
all
the
trumps,
the
remaining
suits
being
distributed
in
the
ordinary
way
among
the
other
three
players.
[H]
For
an
inferior
form
of
this
trick,
in
which
sleight-of-hand
is
not
employed,
see
page
51.
Where
in
this
or
any
other
trick
it
is
found
necessary
to
change
one
pack
for
another,
the
following
will
be
found
the
neatest
way
of
effecting
that
object.
Have
the
prepared
pack
in
the
pochette
on
the
left
side.
Hold
the
ordinary
pack
in
the
right
hand,
and
in
moving
from
the
audience
to
your
table,
drop
the
left
hand
to
the
pochette,
seize
the
prepared
pack,
bring
the
hands
together,
and
make
the
pass
with
the
two
packs,
when
they
will
have
changed
hands.
Drop
the
left
hand,
and
get
rid
of
the
ordinary
pack
into
the
profonde,
the
prepared
pack
being
left
in
the
right
hand.
Any
little
clumsiness
in
making
the
pass
is
of
small
consequence,
the
hands
being
covered
by
the
body.
If,
however,
you
find
it
impossible
to
make
the
pass
with
so
large
a
bulk
of
cards,
the
prepared
pack
may
be
placed
under
the
waistband,
held
in
position
by
a
strap
of
half-inch-wide
elastic,
stitched
to
the
inside
of
the
vest;
the
right
hand
in
this
case,
at
the
moment
of
the
turn
to
the
table,
transferring
the
ordinary
pack
to
the
left,
and
immediately
drawing
down
the
prepared
pack,
while
the
left
hand,
as
in
the
former
case,
drops
the
ordinary
pack
into
the
profonde.
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