The Production Of Cards One At A Time At The Finger-Tips From The Back-Hand Palm
This is one of the prettiest effects in connection with the Back-hand Palm. After the performer has vanished by means of the back-hand palm, say, five cards, and shown both sides
of the hands to be empty, he proceeds to reproduce the cards one by one at the finger-tips, as in Figure 15.
Figure 15
This is accomplished in the following manner: When it is desired to produce one card from the back of the hand, the thumb bends round to the middle of the nearest end of the
outside card and literally pulls it away from the rest, the first and fourth fingers aiding in its release by slightly relaxing their pressure (see Fig. 16)
Figure 16
Once quite free from the back of the hand, the card is pushed by the thumb into the position depicted in Fig. 15. This must be done very slowly at first, but, of course, in the
actual performance all the above movements must be made simultaneously. If this is done with a slight wave of the hand, it will appear to the audience that the performer actually
caught the card from the air.
The effect of this trick can be further heightened by the performer, after having caught, say, three cards, showing his right hand to he absolutely empty, back and front, and the
fingers spread wide apart. The following is the procedure:
As each card is produced at the right-hand finger-tips, it is placed in the left hand. (Fig. 17 shows the exact positions of both hands.)
Figure 17
When the performer has caught the third card, in the act of placing it in the left hand, he secretly leaves the cards, still back-palmed, behind the three cards now in the left
hand, gripped by the second finger. (See Fig. 18 which represents a back view showing the position of the hand and cards.)
Figure 18
The right hand is now shown empty, and the performer makes the remark: " No; certainly not. Nothing between the fingers. All we have here is three cards," meanwhile
counting with the thumb of the right hand those in the left hand. Under cover of this movement the two hidden cards are again back-palmed in the right hand (see Fig. 19), and
reproduced at the will of the artist.
Figure 19
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