The model book of dreams, fortune teller, and epitome of parlor entertainments (1864)
Temple, Henry. [from old catalog], Ottley, Cordelia M., [from old catalog] joint author · Cincinnati, J. R. Hawley & co. · leaf 271
the righthand, having the thumb on the faceof the cards and the fingers on theback, hold them out with their facesturned toward the floor, and desiresome person to blow upon them; whenthis has been done, give your wrist aturn, so that the top part of thecards will now be the bottom ; in\ fact, you… … TRICKS WITH CARDS. 269 out to the right hand, when they will appear to be four deuces,in the order represented in the following figure; you mayagain hold them up to the light, to show that they are singlecards. The next change, although rather more difficult to accom-plish, is decidedly the best of…
Dreams · Fortune-telling · Amusements
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