and pass
through the handkerchief. When he does so shake the handkerchief gently
and the card will slowly come into view. If you use a "forcing pack"
retain a duplicate of the card you intend to force; conceal it in your
left hand and proceed as above described.

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Fig. 1.

A SELECTED CARD FOUND IN A LIGHTED CIGARETTE

Roll a card, say the seven of hearts, in a cigarette paper and stuff a
small piece of tobacco in each end. Have this in one of your pockets,
where it will not get crushed, ready for palming. Previously arrange
with a friend to act as your confederate, and request him when you ask
him to select a card to take the duplicate of the one in the cigarette.
When ready to present the trick, hand the pack to your friend and ask
him to shuffle it, select any card he likes, show it to his neighbour,
replace it in the pack, and again shuffle the latter thoroughly. While
this is in progress produce some tobacco and a cigarette paper and roll
a cigarette, which substitute for the one prepared. If you are not an
adept at palming I would suggest the following easy method: Lay your
handkerchief across your knees, and on it place the prepared cigarette.
While reaching for a match, drop the cigarette you have just made on
your lap, as if by accident, and pick up the one containing the card.
You can afterwards pick up your handkerchief and put it and the genuine
cigarette in your pocket. You then light the prepared cigarette and ask
your friend to hand you the pack and name his card; when he does so,
tell him you will produce the card in any place he may name.

By previous arrangement he must say, "In the cigarette you are smoking."
You then pick up the pack and "ruffle" it over the cigarette; take the
latter from your mouth, extinguish the fire, and tearing the paper in
the centre, produce the seven of hearts from it.

A STICKING CARD

Obtain a short "drawing-pin" with a small head, and having painted the
head black, stick it through the centre of the ace of clubs. Put this in
your pocket and "force" another ace upon a member of the company. Hand
the pack to the person upon whom you have forced the card, request him
to replace it and shuffle the pack. Then take the pack from him, and as
you turn your back slip the card with the pin through it on the top of
the pack. Holding the pack in your right hand with its face toward the
palm, ask you