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INTRODUCTORY SPEECH 3

THE LATEST CARD FORCE 5

THE PHANTOM CARD 6

THE "DE CASTON" METHOD OF "RISING CARDS" FROM HAND 7

DE CASTON'S DISCOVERY 9

A SPECTACULAR HANDKERCHIEF COMBINATION 10

AN ORIGINAL CONCEPTION WITH EGGS AND FLAGS 19

A NEW HANDKERCHIEF COMBINATION 22

THE "PHANTOM" COIN TRICK 24

AN ORIGINAL "EGGSTRA" SPECIAL COMBINATION 26

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THE LATEST CARD FORCE.

_Effect._--A pack of unprepared cards is shuffled by any member of the
audience and handed to the performer, who requests one of the
spectators to secretly note a card by simply raising a portion of the
pack whilst held in the hand of the performer, who turns his head away
whilst this is being done. The cards are again shuffled, and the
performer instantly names the selected card.

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_Modus Operandi._--After the cards have been thoroughly examined and
shuffled by the spectators the performer takes the pack (face
downwards) and quietly bends them over his hand, the bend being so
slight that it is hardly noticeable. He then grasps the pack at one end
between the first finger and thumb of either hand, and requests a
spectator to select a card in the manner described above. It will be
found that the action of raising the cards causes a slight break at the
spectator's card, and enables the performer to insert his little finger
beneath the same and make the pass which brings the selected card to
the bottom. After getting a glimpse of the card the pack can be again
shuffled and the trick brought to a conclusion in any manner desired.

THE PHANTOM CARD.

_Effect._--A pack of cards is spread face downwards upon the table, and
one of the audience is requested to choose five cards and hand the same
to the performer, who arranges the cards fan-shape in his hand. The
spectator is now asked to name any one of the five cards, after which
the performer drops the cards face _upwards_ upon the table, and, to
the astonishment of the audience, the named card has entirely van