Smyrna times., 1891-02-04
TRICKS WITH CARDS.
some Founded on Mathematios-Otbers
Performed Througn Drxter;,,

o
Performed Througl Dexteritv.
GARD tricks so called can be divided
pLOpeIIy INTO Two ciasses-tricks which
are purely tricks and nothing else and
~ tIoAs Wnlch are founded on mathemat-
@ @Ns' VI The former it can only be said
| IhaC IL ltrequires special dexterit,y to
handle the cards, couplad Ivith ro,,', ~
! practice TO make any sort of n snccoes -
II; Ihere are scores of trick hooLe
"hich profess to reveal hidden secrets
anu TO Snow the willing enthu siast how
! 10 asConish and lnystify his friends on
| every occasion. oH
The basis of many Of these tricks 10
| Che act OF paiming, which alone NOT ono
~ thousand can learn to do with anv
degree OF success. In fact. il reuuiroe n
porn genius to manipulate cards skill
Iully' ana when genius o. this sort
comes INTO the word he is likely to
eMlIcu OH from the playing of harmless
udcular OF the gambling table. and he
come an out-and-Out sharper.
There are, however. number Of
sim pie card tricks, some of which are
Iouhded on mathematics and Others
"hich require but little skill and are
easily learned, which are extremai,,
interesting. To the mind not versad ~
the range and power Of numbers il is
simply wonderful what can be done Win
cards. For instance, take the old smell.
ing trlck, which is nothing more than a
sinpIe arrangement of the cards hut
"i"dys constant source OF delight To
@ one cnIlGreh ana OF instruction as well.
especially to those who are Just Iearninr
20 spell. 81 'ii'S
Arrange the thirteen cards Of any nm
SUIT IN the following order - 10 kin,
AhaEe, z 4, ., queen, ace, z. g, 3, with tho
o. at the bottom. Then take the TON
caro- from the top, and place it al the
DoJCOm. Continue the operation and
begin to spell, remembering that ea~L
caro- represents a iette: Smell in tbis
way ONE. Then turn up the fourth card
ana II Will be the ace or one spo;. Tben
continue and spell t-w-O, and the fourth
card VIII be the two spot Then t-b-r-e-a
anu tne sixth card will be the three snOt
aud SO on, leaving out each card as II
is spelled. % ~
ms is an eXcellant trick for the child
rem, and here is another one sin}irar H.,
idea, and which will give them the
knowledge of the vowcIs A little story
goes with it. A Ger, ain shin contained a
crew OF hfteen Christians and fifteen
turks. PROVISIONS running short. OWING
10 a storm hav ny driven the shin ont ~
her course, it became necessary for
fifteen OF her crew to die in order to save
the re.t
The willy captain therefore made the
IOHOwlng proposition That the crow
should be placed in a line and every
ninth man counted out, until fifteen
men had been selected, He then Dlaced
them in such a position thatevcrv nintb !
man was Turk. Now the questionfs how
lid he do it? Let fifteen black cards
represent the Turks and fifteen rcd
ards represent the Christians or |
course, 1t all depends upon the arrange
hent OF these cards, but it has been
ound best in order no facilitate the
of them to AXE sentences
whlc the five vOwels appear.
Here Is the sentence Prom num-
)ers, aid and art will fame depart ." The
irst vowel in the sentence is 0. In the
grammatical arrangement Of the vowels
a, l. o, ~ this is the fOlrth. There
ore, beginning with the red cards take
our and place them on a table face
own. U Is the next vowel and the fifth
the order. Therefore take five cards
rom the black pile and place them on
he four red ones. Then two red ono
lack, three red, one black, one red. two
lack, two red, three black. one red two
lack, two red and one black, alternating
ed and black. Then beginning with the
lie lace up, every ninth card left ont
III be black one until they are ex-
austed from the pack.-Exchange.