Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-05

turned, and you will notice that I was
careful to have them selected by persons
of opposite compilations. This is absolute
ly necessary, it is through the subtle
influences eXerted by the opposing tcmpera-
ments that the peculiar results are OBJ
tanned. I will not even shuttle the cards,
so, you see that even if by any possible
means / could know what cards are drawn
l certainly have no way of knowing where
in the pack they now are Next l VIII
take the top card from the pack ana noid
it thus, with the back toward YOU, ana
ask the first person who drew to name me
card drawn. Five OF clubs? Very well.
Now watch the card closely acd be s ire
don't change it. You see, simply turn It's
face toward you and there you nave IN"
five of clubs. Now l will put it back on
top of the pack for a moment IN ofEer tl4l
the coUnte. influence NAV work, and then
pick it mp again in exactly the same man
nel holding it back toward yoa as before
Now, will the second drawer please state
what card he drew? Tho nine of clubs?
Clubs seem to be popular tonight. Watch
me closely while l turn it round, and the
nine of clubs it is.
Then again l place the pack here on
the table and cut it as near the middle as
possible, and L would like the first drawer
to choose one of the piles. Which shall 1t
be. the right or the left? The right. Very
we'll Now please say at what number,
counting from the top of this pile, you
would like your card, the five of clubs. 10
appear. Inc tefltn cara, You say, one
two--three-four - five - X-seven-eight-
nine, and the tenth card is, as you can all
see, the five of clubs. Let he who drew
the second card say at what number his
shall appear in the other pile. Third? All
right, suit yourself; it makes no difference
whatever to me. One--two-and the third
is the nine of clubs. Rather strange, is 1t
not? But L have tried this experiment
great many times. and ii always comes
out just that way
~ m The pncE.
The secret of this trick is in the pack
of cards used. which is what is called
"two-card forcing pack" that is, one-half
of it is all fives of clubs and the other mines
of the same suit. On the bottom of the
pack there should be a different card, so
that II seen it will look all right, and on
the top card like the shown in figure
3. Have the first card drawn from above
the middle of the pack and returned to the
same part, and the second from below the
middle thus they are bound to be the five
and nine of clubs respectively. In show
ing the top card, hold as in figure ), and il
will appear to oe five or nine, according
to the way You hold il.
In cutting for the second part of the
trick be sure to cut exactly in the middle,
and then one pile viii he all iiVeS EXCEPT
the top card, and the other ali mines except
the bottom one In seeming to give him
the choice of the right or left pile you
make OF a little decepti cn that is very
useful in magic. You stand behind your
table facing him, and therefore what would
be the right-hand pile to him would be the
left hand 10 You. and you can UNDERSTAND
him in such a way that the choice will fall
on the proper pile. The different moves
will be easily understood from the pat
ter"
To make the card as shown in figure 3
soak a card OF the club suit in water a few
minutes till its layers can he easily sep
arated, then peel off the front layer. After
drying this cut out two of the '-pips' and
paste them % five spot of clubs. If the
cards have indicators in the corners, L will
make no difference as it is impossible to
distinguish them at very short distance.
Forcing packs of this sort can be bought,
or you can buy a couple OF dozen packs of
cards (being sure that the backs are all
of the same pattern) and make up the pack
to suit yourself. The extra cards will be
useful in making up other specially pre-
pared packs, which Will be needed in the
other tricks that go to make up even a
small repertory.