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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
191
It
only
remains
to
explain
the
modus
operandi
of
the
little
variations
before
alluded
to.
The
offended
dignity
of
the
queen,
declining
to
appear
when
summoned
in
too
cavalier
a
manner,
is
accounted
for
by
the
fact
that
the
performer
or
his
assistant
refrains
from
pulling
the
thread
until
the
offender
has
adopted
a
more
respectful
tone.
The
phenomenon
of
the
knave
first
appearing
feet
foremost,
and
then
invisibly
turning
himself
right
end
uppermost,
is
produced
by
the
use
of
two
knaves,
the
first
(i.e.,
hindmost)
being
placed
upside
down,
and
the
second
(with
an
indifferent
card
between)
in
its
proper
position.
When
the
performer
pushes
the
first
knave
down
again,
with
a
request
that
it
will
rise
in
a
more
becoming
attitude,
he
thrusts
it
down,
not
as
he
appears
to
do,
in
the
same
place
which
it
originally
occupied,
but
among
the
loose
cards
forming
the
front
portion
of
the
pack,
thus
getting
it
out
of
the
way,
and
allowing
the
thread
to
act
on
the
second
knave.
It
is
hardly
necessary
to
observe
that,
for
producing
this
particular
effect,
the
cards
must
be
of
the
old-fashioned
single-headed
pattern.
The
alternate
ascent
and
descent
of
a
given
card
is
produced
by
using
a
card
at
whose
lower
edge,
between
the
back
and
front
of
the
card,
is
inserted
a
slip
of
lead-foil.
The
card,
so
weighted,
sinks
down
of
itself
as
soon
as
the
pull
of
the
thread
is
relaxed,
and
may
be
thus
made
to
rise
and
fall
alternately,
as
often
as
the
operator
chooses,
and
finally,
by
a
quick,
sharp
jerk,
to
jump
right
out
of
the
pack.
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