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 79
springing, or elongating the 70 THE BOY MAGICIAN pack a foot or two, running the cards up your sleeve andturning them over, pouring them in a perfect stream fromone hand to the other, and more dexterities like these. To do these ruffles you must get a pack of cards that goby the name of Steamboats… … Fig. 21.—How to Front Palm a Card. Fig. 22—Elongating the Pack. required, and these are first, patience, and second, practice,and to become anything like a skilful magician you musthave a fair measure of the one and do without stint the other. CARD SLEIGHT OF SKILL 71 Springing, or Elongating the…
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