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HOWARD THURSTON, ( card tricks expert ) the Premier Card Manipulator of the World, and known throughout America as "The Man who Mystified Hermann," was born at Columbus, Ohio, on the l0th of July, 1869,
and is therefore now in his thirty-first year.
Upon graduating with honors from the College, very much against his father's wish he decided to adopt Magic as his profession. He did so, but found that there were already too
many "all-round" Conjurers in the business. This some what damped his ardor at first but after cogitating for some considerable time, he decided to adopt a single branch of the
Magician's Art, viz., Card Tricks.
Then came many weary months of assiduous practice, the greater part of the time being occupied in a strict adherence to a special system of strengthening and giving additional
flexibility to the muscles of the hands (a system which, much as I should like, I am not in a position to divulge), and after five years' traveling in America, presenting a Magical
Entertainment of two hours in length in the smaller cities, Mr. Thurston first made his bow to a public audience as a Card Manipulator at the Fountain Square Theatre, Cincinnati,
Ohio, in January, 1895.
Since then his career has been one of unprecedented success and brilliancy.
I am of course aware that the "pass", "force" and "change" have often been explained in the numerous excellent treatises on Card Tricks in existence, but I feel it my duty to
include descriptions of them herein, in as much as many of the most brilliant illusions with cards would be impossible but for a thorough knowledge of these.
So as not to tax the patience of my readers who are advanced in the Art, I will make my descriptions as terse as possible, first of all explaining what is acknowledged to be the
foundation of card manipulation. Feel free to browse through all the topics I posted.
The Pass
The Force
The Change
The Ordinary Palm
The Continuous Front and Back Hand-Palm and Tricks in Connection Therewith
The Disappearance Of Five Cards One At A Time
The Production Of Cards One At A Time At The Finger-Tips From The Back-Hand Palm
The Production Of Cards At The Finger-Tips From The Ordinary Palm
Passing A Card Through The Knees
The "Thurston" System of Expert Card Manipulation
Mind Over Mind Or The Marvelous Will Power
To Cause A Card Selected By A Spectator To Be Named By The Audience
A New Mind Reading Feat With Cards
An Incomprehensible Divination
A Mechanical Card For The Back-Hand Palm
A Card Caught On The Corner Of A Borrowed Handkerchief
The "Thurston" Method Of Throwing Cards
A Pack Of Cards Changed To Two Large Balls
New Card And Egg Mystery
Disappearance Of A Card Thought Of By A Spectator
The Electric Cards
The "Thurston" Rising Cards
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