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latestmagicbeing00hoff.pdf | 63 | ARITHMETIC BY MAGIC 47 them to rise up and paw the air. It all depends on the strength of the will. I myself happen to have a very strong will, in fact, I don't know anyone who has a stronger will, except my wife. I exert my will, and say, "first card, rise! and up it comes, as you see." Stepping well back from the spectators, SO that they cannot distinguish from what part of the pack the card comes, he works up the hindmost card by the familiar "hand" method. ("Modern Magic," p. 129.) "Here we have one of the two cards. Let us see what it is. The five of diamonds! Good! And now for the other. Second card; rise! Up comes another card, you see, the deuce of diamonds. Those are the cards which were drawn, are they not ? "Now the question arises, "what shall we do with 21 It is a pity the ladies didn't choose bigger cards. You can't'go nap' 1 on a deuce and a five, can you ? I think I can't do better than use them to show you a little experiment in conjurer's arith- metic. Will some young mathematician among the audience kindly tell us what two and five, added together, make?" (He waits for reply, but if none, pretends to hear one.) "Seven! Right first time. And if you take two from five how many remain? Three Good again. Really 1 To endeavor to take all five tricks in the game of Napoleon. |