Any trick ever invented or conceived can be redressed and changed at will. The strange part that doesn’t seem to be realized by many is that even a change in the routining will make an act or trick look different to a layman. Instead of a name, use a number and on another occasion use a picture. It may be the same trick but it looks differently.
Envelopes are used in this case instead of cards. It sounds simple and it is but where cards might be used and passed off as an old story, the use of envelopes in this case makes it a new and novel mystery to be remembered.
Use letter envelopes that have gone through the mail but have been opened carefully at one end without mutilating it much. About seven or eight is plenty and all of them are addressed to different people in different cities. It wouldn’t be hard to collect quite a lot of these from magical friends around the country.
Carry them around and you are always ready. Pull them out and toss them around to be looked at. Now write something down on a piece of paper, fold and let someone hold it. Stack the envelopes, fan and have one selected. They read the address on the front and you have prophecied it correctly! Simple? Certainly, but the effect is neat. Just force the envelope anyway you please. Straight fan force is always good. Or have 8 envelopes. Four are taken and you eliminate the four that don’t contain the one you want. Then lay them out and force by the ‘between one and four’ method. Use your judgment but don’t think for a minute it isn’t good.
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