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Take up the card and with a gesture towards the deck, make
the bottom change and throw the card face down beside the
other two. Finish by showing the chosen card at the bottom,
then bringing it to the top by the side slip, from there to the
middle by a false cut or top slip, finally palming the card.
Spread the deck face up on the table and turn the three cards
face up. There is no such card amongst them. Produce the
chosen card from your pocket as having been placed there
before you began.
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Card Manipulations No. 4
Jean Hugard
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The Expanding and Diminishing Cards
Effect: The cards are expanded to nearly twice their usual size and then diminished by
several stages until they vanish completely.
Requirements: A stripper pack of Steamboats, or other cards with backs of a solid pattern,
i.e. without white margins; stripped a little more deeply than usual. A giant card and a
miniature card with similar backs, and a small stand against which to display these cards
upright.
Preparation: Arrange thirty-two cards in pairs, taking cards that most resemble each other,
for instance, the kings and jacks, nines and tens, and sevens and eights of each suit. Turn
each alternate card round so that the narrow end of the first card will point outwards and
the narrow end of the second card inwards. Fig. 28.
Thus arranged if the ends of the pack are pulled outwards
and the cards fanned, the similarity of the alternate cards
will give it the appearance of having been elongated. One
odd card must be put on the top and the ace of diamonds
must be on the bottom with the Three of Diamonds
behind it. If you now take the pack in your left hand and
with the right strip the reversed cards out for about three-
quarters of their length you will find that by pressing
tightly on the cards at the top and bottom of the packet
held by the left hand, you can safely fan the elongated
pack and still retain the protruding cards in position.
This order is retained throughout the trick, and the reason for an Ace being put at the
bottom is that the illusion of the cards being diminished would be spoiled by the
disproportionate amount of the pattern being visible at the various stages if any other card
faced the audience. Thirty-two cards only are used because the full pack is too bulky for
neat handling in the manipulations, unless indeed, you are fortunate enough to have a very
large hand. Place an extra card, any card, in front of the Ace of Diamonds, for a reason to
be given later.
The giant card you fix in a paper clip sewn on the inside of the vest in such a position that
when the lower end of the card is pushed into the dip, the upper end will be just out of sight
at the top of the vest. The miniature card you fix in a similar manner under the lapel of the
coat on the right hand side.
The Working: Let us suppose that you have worked some such trick as the "Cards up the
Sleeve," or the "Three Cards Across," remark that the explanation of the mystery is that the
cards are made of rubber and that by pulling and squeezing them, they can be made any
size you please. Offer to show how it is done and pick up your arranged stripper deck. You
will, of course, be careful to use a pack with the same backs in your preceding trick.
"You see the cards are the ordinary size," you say as you take off the odd card from the
bottom. "I will put one here so that you can fully appreciate the changes in the size of the
cards." Place the card upright against the stand on the table. Then spread the pack fanwise
in the left hand with the backs to the spectators, you have your right side to the front. Fig.
29.
"Suppose I want the cards a little bigger. I simply pull them like this." Take the outer end
of the deck in your right hand and strip the cards out about an inch. Spread the cards
fanwise with the right thumb and exhibit the cards, thus enlarged, in the left hand with their
backs to the front. Fig. 30. They must be firmly held between the thumb, pressing on the
backs, and the fingers on the faces of the cards. Keep your left hand in motion, as if to
show the enlarged cards to everyone, the point of junction between the two packets will not
then be visible.
Close the fan sharply with the right hand, then strip the packets a little farther apart, this
time leaving only about three-quarters of an inch of the upper packet interweaved in the
lower cards. Still standing with your right side to the spectators, spread the pack in as wide
a fan as possible, being careful to press down firmly with the left thumb, holding the
projecting cards in position. Fig. 31.
Keep the hand moving as before, then turn to face the audience direct. With the right hand
at. the top of the fan make a pretense of adjusting the cards which now have their faces to
the front. Slip the right first finger and thumb behind the top of the fanned cards and at the
same time bring the left hand back until the top of the fan is just above the opening of the
vest, as if to better display the increased size of the cards. With the tips of your right thumb
and forefinger seize the giant card by its upper end and, raising both hands slightly, draw it
from the vest behind the fan. To facilitate this steal you should have the top button of your
vest unfastened.
Slide the right hand top corner of the giant card between the two of the cards in the middle
of the fan, then slowly draw it out. If the card has the same pattern as the pack, show it
back and front; if not, then show the face of the card only and stand it on the table beside
the card already there.
Close the fan as you say, "If I want to reduce the cards I simply squeeze them so." Cover
the pack with your right hand and with a pretense of squeezing them vigorously, push the
projecting cards down until a little less than half their length protrudes. Turn to the left and
again spread the cards fanwise, showing their backs and keeping your hand in motion as
before. (Fig. 30.)
"Another squeeze and they are back to their original Size." Bring the fight hand over the
cards and push the projecting cards flush with the lower packet, then spread them and hold
the squared up pack close to the giant card to show the reduction in size. (Fig. 29.)
"It is possible to reduce them to half the size." Bring the right hand over the pack. Make a
pretense of squeezing the pack vigorously and then strike it with the half closed hand. As
you do this turn to face the front, bringing the back of the left hand towards the spectators.
Hold the pack in such a way that only one-half is visible above the left forefinger. Again
spread the pack fanwise and the cards appear to have been reduced to half their original
size. (Fig. 32.)
"With a little more pressure they can be made smaller still." You close the fan and
squeezing the cards as before, push the pack a little further down in the left hand, allowing
only about half an inch to protrude. Strike them several times with the half closed right
hand. Spread these apparently miniature cards, Fig. 33, and, as if to display them better,
bring the left hand back against the lapel of your coat. In the same way that you secured the [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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Take up the card and with a gesture towards the deck, make
the bottom change and throw the card face down beside the
other two. Finish by showing the chosen card at the bottom,
then bringing it to the top by the side slip, from there to the
middle by a false cut or top slip, finally palming the card.
Spread the deck face up on the table and turn the three cards
face up. There is no such card amongst them. Produce the
chosen card from your pocket as having been placed there
before you began.
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Card Manipulations No. 4
Jean Hugard
Next | Previous | Contents
The Expanding and Diminishing Cards
Effect: The cards are expanded to nearly twice their usual size and then diminished by
several stages until they vanish completely.
Requirements: A stripper pack of Steamboats, or other cards with backs of a solid pattern,
i.e. without white margins; stripped a little more deeply than usual. A giant card and a
miniature card with similar backs, and a small stand against which to display these cards
upright.
Preparation: Arrange thirty-two cards in pairs, taking cards that most resemble each other,
for instance, the kings and jacks, nines and tens, and sevens and eights of each suit. Turn
each alternate card round so that the narrow end of the first card will point outwards and
the narrow end of the second card inwards. Fig. 28.
Thus arranged if the ends of the pack are pulled outwards
and the cards fanned, the similarity of the alternate cards
will give it the appearance of having been elongated. One
odd card must be put on the top and the ace of diamonds
must be on the bottom with the Three of Diamonds
behind it. If you now take the pack in your left hand and
with the right strip the reversed cards out for about three-
quarters of their length you will find that by pressing
tightly on the cards at the top and bottom of the packet
held by the left hand, you can safely fan the elongated
pack and still retain the protruding cards in position.
This order is retained throughout the trick, and the reason for an Ace being put at the
bottom is that the illusion of the cards being diminished would be spoiled by the
disproportionate amount of the pattern being visible at the various stages if any other card
faced the audience. Thirty-two cards only are used because the full pack is too bulky for
neat handling in the manipulations, unless indeed, you are fortunate enough to have a very
large hand. Place an extra card, any card, in front of the Ace of Diamonds, for a reason to
be given later.
The giant card you fix in a paper clip sewn on the inside of the vest in such a position that
when the lower end of the card is pushed into the dip, the upper end will be just out of sight
at the top of the vest. The miniature card you fix in a similar manner under the lapel of the
coat on the right hand side.
The Working: Let us suppose that you have worked some such trick as the "Cards up the
Sleeve," or the "Three Cards Across," remark that the explanation of the mystery is that the
cards are made of rubber and that by pulling and squeezing them, they can be made any
size you please. Offer to show how it is done and pick up your arranged stripper deck. You
will, of course, be careful to use a pack with the same backs in your preceding trick.
"You see the cards are the ordinary size," you say as you take off the odd card from the
bottom. "I will put one here so that you can fully appreciate the changes in the size of the
cards." Place the card upright against the stand on the table. Then spread the pack fanwise
in the left hand with the backs to the spectators, you have your right side to the front. Fig.
29.
"Suppose I want the cards a little bigger. I simply pull them like this." Take the outer end
of the deck in your right hand and strip the cards out about an inch. Spread the cards
fanwise with the right thumb and exhibit the cards, thus enlarged, in the left hand with their
backs to the front. Fig. 30. They must be firmly held between the thumb, pressing on the
backs, and the fingers on the faces of the cards. Keep your left hand in motion, as if to
show the enlarged cards to everyone, the point of junction between the two packets will not
then be visible.
Close the fan sharply with the right hand, then strip the packets a little farther apart, this
time leaving only about three-quarters of an inch of the upper packet interweaved in the
lower cards. Still standing with your right side to the spectators, spread the pack in as wide
a fan as possible, being careful to press down firmly with the left thumb, holding the
projecting cards in position. Fig. 31.
Keep the hand moving as before, then turn to face the audience direct. With the right hand
at. the top of the fan make a pretense of adjusting the cards which now have their faces to
the front. Slip the right first finger and thumb behind the top of the fanned cards and at the
same time bring the left hand back until the top of the fan is just above the opening of the
vest, as if to better display the increased size of the cards. With the tips of your right thumb
and forefinger seize the giant card by its upper end and, raising both hands slightly, draw it
from the vest behind the fan. To facilitate this steal you should have the top button of your
vest unfastened.
Slide the right hand top corner of the giant card between the two of the cards in the middle
of the fan, then slowly draw it out. If the card has the same pattern as the pack, show it
back and front; if not, then show the face of the card only and stand it on the table beside
the card already there.
Close the fan as you say, "If I want to reduce the cards I simply squeeze them so." Cover
the pack with your right hand and with a pretense of squeezing them vigorously, push the
projecting cards down until a little less than half their length protrudes. Turn to the left and
again spread the cards fanwise, showing their backs and keeping your hand in motion as
before. (Fig. 30.)
"Another squeeze and they are back to their original Size." Bring the fight hand over the
cards and push the projecting cards flush with the lower packet, then spread them and hold
the squared up pack close to the giant card to show the reduction in size. (Fig. 29.)
"It is possible to reduce them to half the size." Bring the right hand over the pack. Make a
pretense of squeezing the pack vigorously and then strike it with the half closed hand. As
you do this turn to face the front, bringing the back of the left hand towards the spectators.
Hold the pack in such a way that only one-half is visible above the left forefinger. Again
spread the pack fanwise and the cards appear to have been reduced to half their original
size. (Fig. 32.)
"With a little more pressure they can be made smaller still." You close the fan and
squeezing the cards as before, push the pack a little further down in the left hand, allowing
only about half an inch to protrude. Strike them several times with the half closed right
hand. Spread these apparently miniature cards, Fig. 33, and, as if to display them better,
bring the left hand back against the lapel of your coat. In the same way that you secured the [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]