Stranger In Paradise (Warlock).....$10.00
Two packs of cards are taken, one with red and the other with blue
backs. The blue pack is handed to a spectator while the red is
retained by the magician, who places it face outwards in a glass. "As
I move one card at a time from the front to the rear of the pack I want
you to stop me whenever you wish", the magician says to a spectator.
The cards are moved until the spectator says stop and the card
indicated by this means of choice is dropped into another glass so
that it faces the audience.
The person with the blue pack is now asked to take that pack face up
and counting aloud he is to deal the cards one at a time and allow the
audience to see what position the mate of the card in the glass
appears. The spectator counts right through the whole pack finding
only fifty one cards and no trace of the mate of the card selected from
the red backed pack.
"Sir, says the magician, "Forgive me for making you work to no end."
In this pack of red backed cards (at this point the red backed pack is
taken from the glass and with the backs to the audience the cards are
leafed through or fanned showing that everyone is red backed) "I took
one card from the blue backed pack placing him among these red
backed cards so that he became a Stranger-in Paradise. Don't you
think it most strange (At this point the magician looks towards the
spectator who chose the card from the red backed pack) and a little
more than coincidence, that with all these red cards to choose from
(The red backed pack is lifted once more) you should choose the ••••
of •••• (Name of card in glass) my one little Stranger in Paradise.
(The magician as he says these words, slowly takes the glass, lifts it
and equally slowly turns it round showing that the card inside has a
blue back!
Two packs of cards are taken, one with red and the other with blue
backs. The blue pack is handed to a spectator while the red is
retained by the magician, who places it face outwards in a glass. "As
I move one card at a time from the front to the rear of the pack I want
you to stop me whenever you wish", the magician says to a spectator.
The cards are moved until the spectator says stop and the card
indicated by this means of choice is dropped into another glass so
that it faces the audience.
The person with the blue pack is now asked to take that pack face up
and counting aloud he is to deal the cards one at a time and allow the
audience to see what position the mate of the card in the glass
appears. The spectator counts right through the whole pack finding
only fifty one cards and no trace of the mate of the card selected from
the red backed pack.
"Sir, says the magician, "Forgive me for making you work to no end."
In this pack of red backed cards (at this point the red backed pack is
taken from the glass and with the backs to the audience the cards are
leafed through or fanned showing that everyone is red backed) "I took
one card from the blue backed pack placing him among these red
backed cards so that he became a Stranger-in Paradise. Don't you
think it most strange (At this point the magician looks towards the
spectator who chose the card from the red backed pack) and a little
more than coincidence, that with all these red cards to choose from
(The red backed pack is lifted once more) you should choose the ••••
of •••• (Name of card in glass) my one little Stranger in Paradise.
(The magician as he says these words, slowly takes the glass, lifts it
and equally slowly turns it round showing that the card inside has a
blue back!
