Downs, T. Nelson (Thomas Nelson), 1868-1938 · Buffalo, N. Y. : Downs-Edwards Co. · leaf 34
The Art of Magic at the instant the first card is released the right hand moves upward in a straight line, to a distance of two feet or thirty inches, Fig. 6. The effect is that of a ribbon of cards. During … Fig. 6 the operation the left hand, palm upward, remains absolutely stationary. When the right hand reaches its highest point, it remains in that position for a fraction of a moment; then, while the cards remain like a ribbon in the air, the right hand swoops down, gathering the cards in its…
