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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
34
The
Cards.--The
adept
in
sleight-of-hand
should
accustom
himself
to
the
use
of
every
description
of
cards,
as
frequently
none
but
the
ordinary
full-sized
playing
cards
may
be
available.
Where,
however,
the
choice
is
open
to
him,
he
should
use
in
the
actual
performance
of
tricks,
cards
of
a
smaller
and
thinner
make.
The
common
French
cards
answer
the
purpose
very
well.
Among
cards
of
English
make,
some
of
the
best
for
the
purpose
are
the
small
cards
of
the
French
pattern
made
by
De
La
Rue
&
Co.
for
use
in
France,
and
those
known
as
the
“Tankerville”
cards,
both
imported
by
Peck
&
Snyder,
124
Nassau
Street,
New
York
City,
which
are
thin,
well
made,
and
of
small
size,
but
of
the
English
pattern.
In
any
case,
it
is
well
to
use
only
the
piquet
pack
of
thirty-two
cards
(the
twos,
threes,
fours,
fives,
and
sixes
being
removed),
the
complete
whist
pack
being
inconveniently
bulky
for
sleight-of-hand
purposes.
TO
MAKE
THE
PASS.
(Sauter
la
coupe).--The
effect
of
this
sleight,
which
is
the
very
backbone
of
card-conjuring,
is
to
reverse
the
respective
positions
of
the
top
and
bottom
halves
of
the
pack,
i.e.,
to
make
those
cards
which
at
first
formed
the
lower
half
of
the
pack,
come
uppermost,
when
those
cards
which
at
first
formed
the
upper
half
will
of
course
be
undermost.
It
is
used
by
card-sharpers,
immediately
after
the
cards
have
been
cut,
to
replace
them
in
the
position
which
they
occupied
before
the
cut,
and
from
this
circumstance
derives
its
French
name.
There
are
various
methods
of
producing
this
effect,
some
requiring
the
use
of
both
hands,
some
of
one
hand
only.
These
we
shall
describe
in
due
order.
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
Start over
