A New Mind Reading Feat With Cards
I wish to tender my sincere thanks to my friend, Mrs. Hartley Milburn, of London, for the idea of this splendid trick.
One or more cards should be selected by a spectator, and the pack laid on the table. A lady or gentleman sitting on the opposite side of the room (without even as much as a look from
the performer) immediately informs the drawer the number and the names of the cards chosen.
This trick, which can, if desired, be presented as an exhibition of genuine mind-reading, will create a profound sensation. The medium, or second party, to this experiment must be
thoroughly acquainted with the order in which the pack is arranged, and should be seated on one side of the performer.
After the card or cards have been selected, the pack is cut, and the card that was above those selected brought to the bottom. In the act of laying the cards on the table, the bottom
card is momentarily exposed to the view of the assistant, thus enabling him or her to name the selected card, this, of course, being easily accomplished when one thoroughly
understands the arrangement of the pack as set out on page 40.
With a judicious addition of one of the false shuffles described in this present chapter, two clever people can perform tricks on the above principle that not so many years ago would
have caused them to meet the fate of a sorcerer.
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