The Popular recreator. A key to in-door and out-door amusements .. (1873)
London, New York [etc.] Cassell, Petter & Galpin · leaf 162
ing told about palming, that were he to seeFrikell, for instance, palm a handkerchief, he would feel.inclined to declare that it was really in the hand, so wonderfulwas his power of deceiving the eyes. In all tricks it is an important point to allow a certain timeto elapse between what in future we… … ducing the bowl. It is of considerable importance that oneshould not follow the other too quickly. Again, in palming,the critical moment, or rather the critical moments, are pre-tending to place the object in the hand, and managing to dropit unperceived into the pocket when getting the wand. If the…
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