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"Magicians have a blind spot from where they produce the m 0 s t rna r vel 0 u s t hi n g s • "

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Magicians and Mentalists. when on stage, do have a blind spot The eyes of the audience cannot see beyond it even thougn they do see the location of it which appears most natural. The blind spot is the size of a playing card and is covered by the magician's working hand and fingers. Although small it appears that the magician can pull a dozen fat rab')its from it.

Manipulators make the most of this spot. A gambler can produce a winning poker hand from it. A card magician can produce a whole deck of cards in the shape of a fan. The Mentalist, however, gets the most benefit from it. The Mentalist works with the mind which has no dimentions. The billet worker can train his thumb to create miracles behind the blind spot·.

CARPUSGRAPHY: The art of writing secretly in the palm of the hand, with a swami gimmick worn on the thumb of the same hand on a card concealed there may be new. The technique to be detailed here was sought after for many years. The end result was spawned by the idea behind ACIDUS. WHERE EVERYTHING IS DONE BY ONE HAND that apparently, to the eyes of your audience, is motionless.

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THE BLIND SPOT cont.

IN EFFECT; A word, name Ir number chosen by a :pectator is found written nside a folded and ;lued-together card that has leen kept closed by a paper .rombone clip.

To accomplish the above !ffect we need to learn the trt of PALM-WRITING. We 11so need a gimmicked card that will hide in palm positiuon. Let's call this gimmicked card "C-l."

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I use a card, Figs. lA and IB, that measures 1-S/8th inch by 3-1/4. This card is folded accordion fashion into four sections, A, B, C, and D. As shown in Figs. lA and lB. Sec t ion s Ban dC, rna r ked wit hac r 0 s s , are treated with rubber cement (or any glue). PLUS the undersides of sections C and Dare also treated with rubber cement.

When the cement dries and the card is folded, all sections will be glued together into a wad except section A, Fig. 2.

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Place a trombone paper clip as $hown in Fig. 3. The clip locks up sectons B, C and D, (which are rubber cemented together) leaving section A open to do the secret writing in. Next place spots of rubber cement on sections A and D, as shown by the small crosses in Fig. 4.

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After the spots of rubber cement dry up, if you close down section A on top of section D (Fig. 4), you will discover that the rubber cement will not 'take' as long as the paper clip is in place. No matter how hard you squeese the wadded billet CI, it will not seal as long as the paper clip is in place!

Your gimmicked billet CI is now ready for action.

PREPARATION: In your writing hand you have anchored the Cl billet as shown in Fig. S. You have your favorite secret writer on the tip of your thumb. Recommended is a boon writer with listo black lead.

that can space"A" smaller,

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As can be seen in Fig. 5, the CI billet is of a size be pinched snuggly between the fingers, leaving the blank

to write in. If the reader's hands are larger or you must prepare the Cl billet to fit your hand.

Fig. 6 shows that the tip of the thumb can very easily reach section A of the billet for ~riting. After the writing is done, the CI billet is closed and turned over. .:he CI billet as seen by the audience is shown in Fir,. 7. 1\11 looks well so far.

RECOMMENDED PRESENTATION: You are standing at a street corner with some friends, or inside a bank or building, br having coffee in a restaurant. You listen for the conversation of your friends until someone mentions something unusual. "My niece Nancy was killed yesterday in a car crash" Says one. Or "my daughter had a baby. She is going to name him John."

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CARPUSGRAPHY

TH BLIND SPOT

Since no one is watching you, you have all the time you need for doing the secret writing. "Strange that you should say that!" You bud in. "I had a terrible dream last night and saw a fatal car accident. These things happen to me often. I heard a name mentioned. It was Nancy! What a coinci1ence!? and I got out of bed and wrote that name down in this card." You pretend to pull the card from your coat pocket. You show the billet so that it looks to your friends like Fig. 7. "I sealed it solid with glue (do not mention rubber cement)."I'1)

Here you remove the paper clip and squeeze the billet to seal it. and hand it to your friend. He will have some trouble opening it.

In the above effect, the wadded billet was kept out of sight until produced from the pocket.

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Spot II A folded index card is in sight from the

We will use an index card that mesures 3 by 5 inches blank on both sides.

TO PREPARE THE CARD BEFORE THE SHOW:

Fold the index card in half the long way as seen in Fig. 8 . Then fold it th e opposite way to break the crease. This is needed only for creasing the card so that la ter it will open ou t easily for the wr i ting

card accordion Next, fashion into 1 A •

fold the four parts as shown in Fig.

Place two trombone paper clips, one on each end of the folded card as seen in Figs. 9 A and B. Figs. 9 A and B show the billet the way it will look to the audience from both sides. The dash lines show the center crease of the card.

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Remove the bottom paper clip and make a tear to form a flap 1/4 the wid tho f the car d. Th is is sh 0 w n in Fig. 10. DO NOT USE SCISSORS OR A SHARP KNIFE TO MAKE THE TEAR. You must make the tear by hand. The tear must be a rough one. La ter on you can blame the VIP for tearing the card Nhen opening it.

Replace the bottom paper clip over three sections of the bottom of the folded card as seen in Fig. 11.

NOTE: The rubber-cement can be used also in this present a solid wadded card.

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Your C2 billet is now ready for action.

"Ge,lt1emen," You might say. "I have writtell a prediction on this card and then sealed it." Display the billet at your fingertips as shown in Fig. 12.

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Fig. 13 shows the way the billet looks to the performer.

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BLIND SPOT II cont.

From the position shown in Fig. 13, you can flip over the billet into your hand to show the audience the other side. What they see looks like Fig. 14. The audience see one paper clip and assume that the other clip is hidden by your hand. Flip the billet over again to

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Take the billet with the tips of you r 1 eft fin g e r s, ass h 0 wn in Fig. 15. As you patter take the billet with your right fingertips again OPENING THE FLAP in the process. The billet now looks like in Fig. 16. You can do the writing with ease.

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(NOTE: In the handling of billets use both hands to cover up a vital move if you have to.)

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Remove the paper clips. close the fl~p and Squeeze the billet to cement it and give it to the VIP

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Great Cacapon. WV 25422 AFTERWORD

It is sincerely hoped that this treatise starts a new line of

thought concerning the nail writer. A new trend. Too many lay

people know about nail writers these days. So it is well to

conceal the possible presence of one.

Too many people know that if a magician holds

his hand, writing will surely appear. blank card in

There surely must be another one dozen ways of doing

palm-writing. The reader no doubt can find some. Take a look at

Fig. 17. Fig. 17 is a floor view of the Mentalist's right hand.

From above as seen by the audience the hand looks like a

closed fist and it is motionless. An index card that can be

hidden by the hand is folded accordion fashion and treated with

rubber cement. The Mentalist can wr i te easily on the exposed side

of the card. In the Fig. an undernail w rite r is used.

One fault with nail-writer writing is that the writing

appears very small, cramped up at the edge of the card or in a

corner and is hardly legible. If you put on four boon writers one

at each finger tip you could then write clear across the length of

the card, one letter with each finger. Think about it.

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