THE CARD THAT CHANGES TO A FLOWER AT THE WORD OF COMMAND.
A card is shown to the company, say the deuce of spades. At the word
"Change!" the card disappears, and it is a rose which the performer
holds up in full view. He can also bring back the card on the vanishing
of the rose.
Explanation.—The card is really in three pieces, being
divided horizontally by two parallel cuts. A tape is run through them
in the thickness of the card,
as in the Jacob's-Ladder toy, which serves as hinge and to keep the
card flat, though the slightest pressure will make the two end strips
fold over upon the centre piece. On the back of the card (Fig. 30) is
glued a paper or muslin rose with a stem and leaves.
Action.—When the hand closes on the card, it shuts up
the folding ends, and, reversing the whole, the flower is triumphantly
shown.
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