Sealed mysteries : explaining the latest card mysteries and spirit tricks made public for the first time : with directions for constructing trick cards (1911)
Hull, Burling, 1889-1982, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · [Brooklyn, N. Y.] : Master Technic Publishing Co. · leaf 9
the cards. Step back some distance from your audience after pack is returnedto you and ruffle the cards very slowly and you will hear a sharpsnap when you reach the selected card or cards, which is due to thesudden separation of the cards which were stuck together. Cut thepack at this point placing… … Fig. 3 For those who might may be interested in the trick described atthe head of these descriptions I will explain the operation. In toying with the skull on the taboret I secured a little pieceof conjurors wax which was concealed there and flattened it intoa tablet or wafer on the tip of my right…
Card tricks · Tricks
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