Later Day Tricks
A. Roterberg
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The Handkerchief Produced from a Card
A TRICK resembling the one just described, the production of a vanished handkerchief from a selected card.
For this the performer requires a small pear shaped box, which is flat on the top and bottom. By means of an opening situated at the pointed end of the box, a thin silk handkerchief is pushed into the latter, which is then vested. A card is selected and while it is being shown, the performer obtains possession of and palms the small flesh colored box, secretly placing it pointed end downwards, on the back of the selected card. The fingers of the disengaged hand then seize the corner of the handkerchief, which protrudes a trifle from the opening of the box and gradually pull the handkerchief out of its hiding place.
The box is then disposed of and the card passed out for examination.
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