Townsend, Charles, 1857 October 7- [from old catalog] · Chicago, T. S. Denison · leaf 131
127 SOCIAL CARD GAMES. makes no difference which card he draws, which is true enough, as they are all alike. Tell him to look at the card, to remember it, and then to tear it up. At the same time you give the box for examination. Ask the person who has torn the card, to throw the … off the cover and remove the corner which you had previously torn off the card. Give it to the person to hold, replace the cover and make a little speech about the wonders of modern science, and so forth. Then in due time remove the cover, take out the " restored" card, request your audience to…
Card games · Card tricks
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