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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
615
To
be
able,
however,
to
force
six
cards
in
succession
with
ease
and
certainty,
demands
a
more
than
average
degree
of
dexterity
on
the
part
of
the
performer;
and
a
“forcing
pack”
(see
page
23)
is
hardly
available
where
more
than
three,
or
at
most
four
cards
have
to
be
forced.
Various
expedients
have
been
adopted
to
get
over
this
difficulty.
Some
professors
simply
collect,
or
allow
their
assistant
to
collect,
the
cards
which
have
been
drawn,
and
forthwith
secretly
exchange
them
for
the
same
number
of
others.
These
latter
are
laid
upon
the
table,
and
subsequently
placed
in
the
pistol,
while
the
originals
are
carried
off
by
the
assistant
behind
the
scenes,
and
there
attached
to
the
star,
which
is
then
for
the
first
time
brought
forward.
Others,
again,
use
what
are
called
“longs
and
shorts”--i.e.,
two
packs
of
cards,
one
of
which
has
had
a
small
portion
shaved
off
its
length
or
breadth.
The
performer
offers
the
uncut
pack
for
the
company
to
draw
from,
letting
each
person
retain
his
card,
and
then
secretly
exchanging
the
pack
for
the
shortened
pack,
he
requests
each
of
the
drawers
(singly)
to
replace
his
card,
and
to
shuffle
freely.
The
substituted
pack
being
a
shade
smaller
than
the
returned
card,
the
latter
becomes
a
“long”
card
(see
page
60);
and
therefore,
however
well
the
cards
are
shuffled,
the
performer
is
able,
with
absolute
certainty,
to
cut
at
that
particular
card.
“Here
is
your
card,”
he
remarks,
“the
knave
of
diamonds.”
As
he
names
the
card,
the
assistant,
behind
the
scenes,
takes
the
cue,
and
attaches
a
corresponding
card
to
the
star.
The
card
named
is
removed
from
the
pack
and
laid
upon
the
table,
in
order
to
be
subsequently
placed
in
the
pistol,
and
a
second
drawn
card
is
returned
and
shuffled
with
the
like
result.
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