Sid Lorraine fans a face down deck and asks you to take one of his business cards. You do so, and find it blank. Sid merely says "I'm not working this season" and walks away.
Borrow a business or plain card and ask the owner to write a question, line of verse, or name of a dead friend on its back. Take it from him at one end with the writing underneath and with your left thumb on top and the first finger under. With the right hand pull out your pocket handkerchief by one corner and cover the card, drawing the corner back along the forearm until the card is covered at the center of the handkerchief. Now, with the thumb and forefinger of the right hand (finger on top), grasp the inner end…
Simplicity is ever a virtue in magical effects. This should find favor with many because it is effective, to the point, and there is little chance for the subject to miss. Writing a prediction on a slip, the performer folds and deposits it in a cup. A deck is mixed and spread on the table. A spectator freely chooses one and is given a small book of poems or fiction. He is asked to open the book to the page corresponding with the number of spots on the card and then count to the word at the same number. The…
Dear Jinx Reader; I've been using this stunt for several years as a press and publicity effect. I can't claim it for myself as it is a variation of several ways. Offhand I can think of four methods for doing a cut and restored card in envelope. I've never run across anyone using it so will not apologize more for its inclusion here. When I use it, I ask for a business card as it is most effective when using the card of the witness. An ordinary letter size envelope is used and it is held open for the spectator…