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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
186
This
trick
is
sometimes
performed
with
three
cards
instead
of
one.
The
working
of
the
trick
is
the
same,
save
that
you
use
a
forcing
pack
consisting
of
three
cards
repeated,
and
that
in
preparing
the
sword
the
two
first
cards
which
are
threaded
on
the
elastic
are
perforated
with
holes
of
such
a
size,
as
to
allow
them,
when
released,
to
slide
partially
down
the
blade,
the
first
nearly
to
the
hilt,
and
the
second
about
half
way.
THE
RISING
CARDS
(La
Houlette).--SEVERAL
CARDS
HAVING
BEEN
DRAWN,
RETURNED,
AND
SHUFFLED,
TO
MAKE
THEM
RISE
SPONTANEOUSLY
FROM
THE
PACK.--This
is
one
of
the
best
of
card
tricks.
The
performer
advances,
pack
in
hand,
to
the
company.
He
invites
three
persons
each
to
draw
a
card.
The
cards
having
been
drawn,
they
are
replaced
in
different
parts
of
the
pack,
which
is
thoroughly
shuffled.
The
performer
then
places
the
pack
in
a
tin
box
or
case,
just
large
enough
to
hold
it
in
an
upright
position.
This
case
is
generally
in
the
form
of
a
lyre,
open
in
front
and
at
the
top,
and
supported
on
a
shaft
or
pillar,
twelve
or
fifteen
inches
high
(see
Fig.
44).
He
then
asks
each
person
in
succession
to
call
for
his
card,
which
is
forthwith
seen
to
rise
slowly
from
the
pack,
without
any
visible
assistance,
the
performer
standing
quite
apart.
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