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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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THE
MAGIC
PICTURE
AND
THE
CHOSEN
CARDS.--We
notice
this
trick
in
this
place
as
having
a
very
close
affinity,
in
effect,
to
the
two
last
described.
It
is,
however,
wholly
independent
of
stage
appliances,
and
is
equally
well
adapted
for
the
drawing-room
as
for
the
platform.
The
performer,
taking
an
ordinary
pack
of
cards,
allows
three
to
be
chosen.
These
are
returned
to
the
pack,
and
the
pack
shuffled.
He
then
brings
forward
a
small
picture
in
a
frame,
and
measuring,
say,
fourteen
inches
by
twelve.
Having
exhibited
both
front
and
back,
he
entrusts
the
picture
to
a
spectator
to
hold,
and
taking
the
pack
of
cards,
throws
them
smartly
against
the
glass,
when
in
an
instant
the
three
chosen
cards
appear
in
front
of
the
picture,
but
under
the
glass.
The
back
of
the
frame
is
next
taken
out,
and
picture,
back,
frame,
and
glass
are
separately
handed
for
inspection;
but
the
closest
scrutiny
of
the
audience
cannot
discover
any
mechanism
or
special
arrangement
to
account
for
the
effect
above
described.
The
reader
will
already
have
anticipated
that
the
three
cards
are
“forced.”
The
picture
is
on
the
principle
of
the
frames
last
above
described,
with
a
slight
variation.
There
are,
in
fact,
two
pictures
exactly
alike.
One
of
these
is
pasted
upon
the
wooden
back
of
the
frame,
and
upon
this
are
fastened
duplicates
of
the
cards
to
be
chosen.
The
second
picture
is
mounted
on
cloth,
and
works
on
a
spring
roller
artfully
concealed
in
the
upper
part
of
the
frame,
taking,
in
fact,
the
place
of
the
black
blind
in
the
other
frames.
This
is
kept
down
by
a
pin
at
the
lower
side
of
the
frame,
and
is
so
arranged
as
to
be
released
by
the
smallest
pressure
against
the
glass.
The
pack
of
cards,
smartly
thrown,
supplies
this
pressure.
The
foremost
picture
flies
up,
and
reveals
apparently
the
same,
but
really
a
similar
picture,
with
the
chosen
cards
between
it
and
the
glass.
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