Popular Mechanics The Complete Boy Mechanic by Popular Mechanics

Author:Popular Mechanics
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hearst
Published: 2011-12-11T16:00:00+00:00

After the wand is returned, secretly stick the waxed end to the top of the wand, and then drop the ring on it. Moving the wand slightly from oneself will cause the ring to move upward, and relaxing it causes the ring to fall. In the final stage remove the thread and hand out the wand for examination.

CRAZY CARDS

— THE “X-RAY” PACK OF CARDS —

This trick is a “mind-reading” stunt that is worked on a new principle and is very puzzling. A full pack of cards is shown and half of them are handed out, the other half being kept by the performer. A spectator is asked to select any card from those he holds, and insert it in the pack held by the performer, while the latter’s eyes are closed or his head is turned. Without manipulating the pack in any way, the performer places it against his forehead and instantly names the card chosen by the spectator.

The cards held by the performer are prepared for the trick by cutting a slot in. wide and 1 in. long in one corner of 25 cards, with the sharp point of a penknife, in such a manner that all the slots coincide. In presenting the trick the performer keeps all the prepared cards, and also one card that has no slot, the latter being kept on top of the pack so that the slots cannot be seen by the spectators. The performer’s thumb is held over the slots when the bottom of the pack is shown. A spectator is asked to insert a card face down into the cards the performer holds in his hand. When this is done, the thumb is lifted from the slot as the cards are raised to the forehead, when the performer can look through the pack and see the index on the card the spectator has selected. After the forehead “stall,” the performer announces the card selected. The trick is repeated by “fanning” out the cards and extracting the card named.

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