Townsend, Charles, 1857 October 7- [from old catalog] · Chicago, T. S. Denison · leaf 118
the pack grasp it lengthwise over the top with your fingers at one end, and your thumb at the other. THE LIGHTNING CHANGE. This is really an excellent sleight-of-hand trick, and may be performed with very little practice. Hold the pack in the left hand with the faces down. Take a part of the pack… … When he has replaced it, ask him to examine it again. To his astonishment he will find that the card has vanished, and that a totally different one is in its place. In performing this trick, you first dampen the fingers of the left hand, which press against the back of the cards held in the right.…
Card games · Card tricks
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