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about ten cards from the bottom.
"Now," you continue, "I shall have that card right itself so
that we can begin the trick over again without its
interference. Over you go." Riffle the pack and turn it over,
then, running through the first few cards from the bottom,
show that the card you had just before shown, is now facing
the same way as the rest of the pack. A little further on in
the pack, the chosen card is lying reversed and you are
careful not to expose it. Boldly spread the whole pack,
showing that all the cards are face up. This is perfectly safe
if you make an even spread. Only the white margin of the
reversed card will show. For this reason only, cards with
white margins should be used in all reversed card effects.
Cards with solid back patterns, such as Steam Boats are not
safe for these effects as the slightest spread will betray the
artifice used.
Hand the pack to the person who drew the card and, while
he holds it tightly, order his card to reverse itself. As this
has already been done, you can make the command as
impressive as you like, Have your victim name his card and
spread the pack face down. He finds his card face up.
Or you may have the pack spread with the face up. One card
is seen to be face down. Then you have him name his card
for the first time. He turns the reversed card over. It is his
card.
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Card Manipulations No. 4
Jean Hugard
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Royal Marriages
The plot of this trick is taken from Hofzinser's Card
Conjuring, p. 127, "The Queen of Hearts." Hofzinser's
routine requires the use of specially prepared cards but a
similar effect can be obtained with any deck in this manner.
After the pack has been shuffled by a spectator, take it and
running through it, with the faces of the cards towards
yourself, take out the four Kings and the Queen of Hearts,
putting them face up on the table. At the same time secretly
place the other three
Queens on the bottom, the Queen of Clubs becoming the
bottom
card, next above it the Queen of Diamonds and next above
that the Queen of Spades.
The story runs to the effect that four of your friends,
represented by the four Kings, all fell in love with the same
girl, whose part is to be taken by the Queen of Hearts. "Not
being able to make up her mind," you say, "As to which one
she preferred and becoming rather fed up with the
protestations of the love-sick swains, the lady decided to
take a vacation."
Place the Kings on top of the deck in the order--Hearts,
Clubs, Diamonds, Spades. The King of Hearts being the top
card.
Make the pass bringing the Kings to the middle and hold the
break. With the right thumb at the rear end of the deck, lift
the first two Kings and cut the deck at that point. Request a
spectator to put the Queen of Hearts on the lower portion,
i.e. on the King of Diamonds. Replace the cut, letting the
two Kings drop back on the lower portion and insert the tip
of the left little finger above them. Make the pass bringing
the Kings again to the top but this time with the Queen of
Hearts between the King of Clubs and the King of
Diamonds, that is, third from the top, the other three Queens
remaining on the bottom of the deck.
"In spite of her absence," you continue, "The four friends
thought of her with even greater constancy. Tired of the
constant babbling of his friends the King of Hearts decided
to go off by himself, anywhere to get away from them."
Push the top card over the side of the pack with the left
thumb and lever it face up with the right hand, brought up
from below, by striking the right hand side of the card with
the upper side of the right forefinger.
Show the King of Hearts and turn it face down again in the
same
way. Take it off the deck and throw it face up on the table to
one side. Turn the next card, the King of Clubs, face up in
the same way.
"The second friend thought of her day and night until his
whole personality was identical with hers."
Push the King of Clubs and the next card, the Queen of
Hearts, over the side of the pack and execute the New Top
Change, Fig. 8 & 9, bringing the Queen of Hearts on top. At
the word "identical" turn the top card face up and show the
Queen of Hearts. In turning this card face down again,
execute the sleight bringing the King of Clubs on top.
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