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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
77
THE
CARDS
BEING
CUT,
TO
TELL
WHETHER
THE
NUMBER
CUT
IS
ODD
OR
EVEN.--This
is
another
trick
performed
by
the
aid
of
the
prepared
pack
last
described,
and
has
the
advantage
of
being
little
known,
even
to
those
who
are
acquainted
with
other
uses
of
the
arranged
pack.
Notice
whether
the
bottom
card
for
the
time
being
is
red
or
black.
Place
the
pack
on
the
table,
and
invite
any
person
to
cut,
announcing
that
you
will
tell
by
the
weight
of
the
cards
cut
whether
the
number
is
odd
or
even.
Take
the
cut
cards
(i.e.,
the
cards
which
before
the
cut
were
at
the
top
of
the
pack),
and
poising
them
carefully
in
your
hand,
as
though
testing
their
weight,
glance
slily
at
the
bottom
card.
If
it
is
of
the
same
colour
as
the
bottom
card
of
the
other
or
lowest
portion,
the
cards
cut
are
an
even
number;
if
of
a
different
colour,
they
are
odd.
THE
WHIST
TRICK.--TO
DEAL
YOURSELF
ALL
THE
TRUMPS.--The
cards
being
arranged
as
above
mentioned,
you
may
challenge
any
of
the
company
to
play
a
hand
at
whist
with
you.
The
cards
are
cut
in
the
ordinary
way
(not
shuffled).
You
yourself
deal,
when,
of
course,
the
turn-up
card
falls
to
you.
On
taking
up
the
cards,
it
will
be
found
that
each
person
has
all
the
cards
of
one
suit,
but
your
own
suit
being
that
of
the
turn-up
card,
is,
of
course,
trumps;
and
having
the
whole
thirteen,
you
must
necessarily
win
every
trick.
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