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Show NEAT WINTEFjf EVENING TRICK Allow Person tc, Think of Card and Then Make It Appear Where Company Com-pany May Decide Upon. To allow a erson to think of a card and to maj e that card appear at any number In .a pack which the rest of tbe companyy may decide upon: After the cirds bava been thoroughly thor-oughly well shuffled offer the psck to one of the spectators and ask him to select any card be chooses and to remember the number at which It stands from tbe bottom of tbe pack. This done, you offer to make the card selected take any position In the pack that the rest of the company may choose to name. We will suppose the audience to decide that they wish the card to appear at number eighteen. Carelessly Careless-ly remark that It Is not even necessary neces-sary for you to see the cards, and bold tbe pack either behind your back or beneath tbe table, while you rapidly count eighteen from the bottom of tbe pack and place them on the top. Then, producing the cards, you aak tbe audience audi-ence to tell you the original number of tbe card, as you will begin counting from that number. 8uppose they tell you that the number num-ber of tbe original card waa fourteen. You commence counting, calling the first card fourteen, tbe next fifteen, the next sixteen, then seventeen, and last Here, In order to make the trick as Impressive as possible. It would be as well to pause and say: "Before I turn It over will you kindly .ell me tbe name of the card selected V The card being named, you turn It up. and. to their utter astonishment, the company perceives that It Is tbe right ons. |
