(This subterfuge has been hidden for too many years, especially for present day magi. It’s a perfectly conceived idea for the Tommy Martin-Paul Rosini type of nite club performer. Ed.)
Two cards, selected and returned by spectators, and shuffled by them, are made to appear in a truly magical and smart manner under non-manipulative conditions. Directness of working is what appeals, and presentation, so exemplified by Germaine, reigns quite supreme.
A double face card is used together with any deck. A goblet with a stem is needed together with a handkerchief. Let’s call the double card AS-10D. It lays on the table with the goblet standing on it. On top of the deck are its AS and 10D. These are forced, returned anywhere, and shuffled by each person. As the performer walks back to his table he merely turns over half of the pack to back the other half, making it face two ways. He picks up the goblet with his left hand as the right lays the deck onto the double face card.
With the right hand he takes out his breast pocket handkerchief to quickly polish the glass. The hank is nipped by the fingers holding the goblet stem as the deck is picked up with right hand and dropped into glass with the double facer to the rear. Attention is called to the face (to audience) card. “Is it your card, madam ?” “Is it your card, sir ?” “No ? Then we shall call on the powers of darkness to aid the magician.” The right hand covers the goblet with the hank, and at that moment the left fingers merely revolve the stem to bring the back to the front. The performer has seen which of the two cards (double) faces outwards and asks that person to name his chosen one.
A snap of the fingers and the hank is whipped away. The card has traveled through ! It is pulled out, and seen well, and then merely put down into glass BEHIND the pack. The performer says to second person, “This card you see now. Is it your card ? No ? We’ll go back to darkness.” The hank is thrown over glass which is revolved again. A snap, a whip, and the correct card apparently comes to the front. It’s all automatic, and very, very pretty.
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