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SUPER CARD RISING This.
is my original stage-tested Card Rising Illusion which I have fooled
many experts. It is spectacular but its modus operandi is very easy, hence
an ideal illusion for stage purposes. I invented it in the year 1945 and
have very successfully demonstrated it throughout the Orient. There are
hundreds of card rising tricks in the world but from the spectacular point
of view my 'Super Card Rising' will surely surpass all.
Apparatus
consists of an oblong glass case with ornamental top and bottom. Both the
top and bottom are made of brass mouldings in which there are patterns in
traditional Hindoo style. Four uprights complete the entire structure and
the glass sheet on the four sides are plainly visible. The front door may
be opened as we do in the case of the single-door almirah. The size of
this glass case may vary according to taste, my case being 6" X
6" X 18" high. On the top of this glass case I put an ordinary
glass sheet and upoy- that rests my top hat mouth upwards (see diagram). I take an ordinary pack of cards, have it shuffled and then have three different cards selected by the audience. They are named as card number one, card number two, card number three. The three cards are returned to the deck which is then closed and placed inside the glass case. There is a tiny clip arrangement for holding the deck steady and in upright position. I call attention of the audience to this ordinary deck placed upright at the bottom of the apparatus on my conjuror's table. Next, I order (by numbers) the selected cards to rise up up-up slowly-which they readily do. The first card comes out of the deck-goes straight up to the top; then passes through the glass sheet; it goes through the hat top and comes out straight through the mouth of the hat. You will say it is 134 impossible. Well, my friend, in magic impossibility is the rule. Next, I command the second card to rise, and it at once obeys. While the second card is still going up, I ask the third card to come lip and it, too, follows the movements of the first card. The selected cards leave the closed deck--:soar up in the air, cross the glass sheet, the JIat and come out, one by one, from the mouth of the hat. The cards may at once be passed for examination and when the trick is over the deck is given to the audience to show that the selected cards have actually left the pack. To make the trick easily comprehensible, I have named the first card as the Five of Clubs, the second card the Three of Diamonds and the third card the Ace of Spades. The
secret is very simple. There are three effects in one. Let me explain each
one separately. The three cards are forced and they are palmed off before
the pack is put inside the glass case. The best way is to have another
similar regular deck minus the three cards. It is not difficult to switch
it over when the black art well of the conjuror's table is just beneath
the glass case. The cards that come out of the hat are duplicates. They
are threaded in the usual method (the thread passing through the bottom of
the selected card, then on the top of another ordinary card, then. again
th1:"ough the bottom of the next selected card and so on). The
best course is to have four cards with small holes punched on the top and
a thread passed through it, as shown in the diagram. These cards are kept
inside one small receptacle fixed inside the regular hat. The receptacle
is covered with the same material as the interior of the hat and
preferably all of some dark colour. In this way you can unmistakably show
your hat empty, holding it from the sides.
I
have the thread and cards duly loaded inside my hat when I come on the
stage. I take my hat off-bow-and
casu all) show the hat empty before I place it on the glass case. The
glasscase has on the three sides but the back is faked. It IS made through
a' double wall of two glass plates. 1 simply had the transparent paper and
nobody could detect it. This paper sheet is very long, nearly five feet by
six inches andit is fitted with two rollers, one at the top and one at the
bottom. The pictures of the cards are drawn on the opposite side of this
paper at intervals. First, the Five ofClubs,1:hen a long gap of about 20
inches, then ,
the Three of Diamonds, then a gap of some
six inches and then the Ace of Spades. The top roller is fitted with
spring and manipulated with thread connections. Both the threads pass
behind the screen to the assistant. The rest is easy. At the command of the performer, the . assistant makes the thread of the spring roller loose and at intervals tightens the thread passed from the hat, which makes the illusion perfect. Mechanically-minded magicians can easily do away with the spring roller and improvise the idea by having , all ordinary thread connection only. The trick is not so difficult or intricate as it, appears from the first reading. It is very easy to do and an excellent item for the stage platform. |
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