The boy magician : a large number of the latest and best tricks carefully selected for the rising generation of conjurers (1922)
Dixie, Raymond, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · Boston : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. · leaf 71
so that it will be, say, the twelfth card from thetop, as shown at A in Fig. 17, as this will enable you to keeptrack of it. As you spread the cards out fanwise to make it easier forthe spectator to choose one, you run them along quickly 61 I 62 THE BOY MAGICIAN until you have reached the twelfth… … Fig. 17.—How to Force a Card. Once in a while, though, a stubborn spectator, or one whoknows a little of magic, will not take the card you want himto. The instant you see this untoward disposition croppingout on his part, turn quickly to the next nearest spectatorand remarking that as the other…
Magic tricks
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