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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
613
THE
FAIRY
STAR.--This
is
one
of
the
most
telling
of
stage
card
tricks.
The
performer,
coming
forward
with
a
pack
of
cards,
allows
six
to
be
chosen.
His
assistant
meanwhile
brings
forward
and
places
on
a
table
a
handsome
gilt
“star”
on
a
stand.
The
performer,
collecting
the
chosen
cards,
places
them
in
his
pistol,
and
fires
them
at
the
star,
when,
at
the
moment
of
the
explosion,
they
are
seen
to
attach
themselves
one
to
each
of
its
points,
as
in
Fig.
283.
The
principal
point
to
be
explained
is
the
construction
of
the
star.
Behind
each
“ray”
is
a
moveable
arm,
working
on
a
spring
hinge
at
about
two
inches’
distance
from
the
point,
and
carrying
a
spring
clip
at
its
outer
end
wherein
to
insert
a
card.
(See
Fig.
284,
representing
a
back
view
of
the
apparatus.)
A
card
being
placed
in
each
of
the
clips,
the
six
arms,
with
the
cards
attached
to
them,
are
folded
down
one
by
one
behind
the
centre
of
the
star,
which
is
just
large
enough
to
conceal
them.
Each
card,
as
folded,
holds
down
the
one
which
has
preceded
it.
When
the
last
card
is
folded
down,
the
free
end
of
a
moveable
button
or
lever
at
the
top
of
the
pillar
on
which
the
star
rests
is
so
turned
as
to
press
upon
the
arm
which
holds
the
card
last
folded,
and
thus
to
keep
it
and
the
five
other
cards
preceding
it
in
place.
This
button,
however,
is
so
arranged
as
to
be
instantly
withdrawn
upon
an
upward
movement
being
communicated
to
a
wire
rod
which
passes
up
the
centre
of
the
pillar,
and
terminates
in
a
flat
disc
of
metal
at
its
foot.
The
apparatus,
thus
prepared,
is
placed
immediately
over
one
of
the
pistons
of
the
table.
At
the
moment
of
firing
the
pistol
the
cord
of
the
piston
is
pulled.
The
piston
rises,
pressing
up
the
disc
and
wire
rod,
the
button
is
withdrawn,
and
the
arms,
being
thereby
released,
revert
to
their
natural
position,
exhibiting
a
card
upon
each
point
of
the
star.
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