New Card And Egg Mystery
Many of my readers are doubtless acquainted with the trick wherein a chosen card, after being mutilated, is discovered whole in the centre of ii previously examined egg.
Under the above heading I will explain a trick somewhat similar to the foregoing, except that the mystery in connection with it is much deeper.
A hard-boiled egg is passed for examination to prove that the shell has never been broken or tampered with in any way, and the same egg is placed in full view of the audience.
A card is now selected by a member of the audience, noted, and replaced in the pack, which is then shuffled. The egg, which has never been out of sight of the audience, is now
handed to a spectator with a request to crack and remove the shell. Upon this being done, the name of the selected card is found to be written on the white of the egg.
This trick will cause a profound sensation wherever presented, as the egg will bear the strictest examination.
The secret is as follows:
Dissolve an ounce of alum in a quarter of a pint of vinegar. Now dip a camel's-hair brush in the solution, and inscribe on the outside of the shell of an egg the name of the card
you intend to force. Now let it dry, whereupon all traces of the writing will vanish. The egg must now be boiled for ten minutes, and it is then ready for use. When the shell is
removed, whatever you have written or name will be found on the white of the egg.
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