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HUMMERS

BOB HUMMER

PROPERTY OF
SIR EDWARDS,
ROOSEVELT HOTEL
Rf. 5664 INDIANAPOLIS 4, IND*..

Printed and Published

SAMUEL BERLAND
522 S. Dearborn St.
C H I C A G O
 A few words by
BOB HUMMER

It is with great humiliation and

eczema that I present
these half a dozen
"Hummers".
At least no one can say
they're not Hummer's ! ! !

Copyright 1940

SAMUEL BERLAND
 THE MAGIC SEPARATION

EFFECT:
Performer counts off a number of cards from a deck and makes
two separate packets. He exhibits a packet in each hand
One of the packets are turned face up and he proceeds to mix
the packets together, intermixing the cards face up and down.
He fans the cards to show the grand mix-up, and to prove that
there is no special arrangement, offers the cards to anyone
for shuffling in any manner they wish.
Performer receives the packet, and places it behind his back
just for a moment. He brings forth two packets which he
places on the table. Explaining that by a split second selection
he has been able to make two packets, and the face-up cards
in each packet will be the same. The cards of first are spread
out, let us say it has four face up cards, the second packet is
spread... it also has four face-up cards. The magician offers
to repeat the effect immediately with the same bewildering
result.
Here is an effect that is "sure fire", no set-ups, done with any
deck and very simple to perform.

SECRET and HOW TO PERFORM:

Count off twenty or thirty cards, the number does not matter
just as long as the amount is even. The audience need not
know the number. You can place little finger between cards
as you are counting to make the piles even.
Now divide cards in two packets, turn one of them face up
and inermix the cards in any manner. Hand cards out for
further shuffling.
You now take the cards and place behind your back. All you
need do is count half the cards off the top of deck, with the
right hand. For instance, if your total amount of cards was
twenty, simply count off 10 cards. The remaining ten cards
in the left hand, are turned over. Both packets are brought
in front and placed on table... the trick is done. All that re-
mains is to spread the packets and count the face up cards...
the face up cards in both packets will tally.
Now if you wish to repeat the effect immediately, be sure the
right hand packet of cards is turned over and place it on top
of other cards. Proceed to have them shuffled and continue
as outlined above.
 FACE UP PREDICTION
EFFECT:
A most surprising effect, done with any deck of cards at a
moments notice, as no preparation is required. This is differ-
ent in principle than the Magic Separation, and is a good
follow-up effect in that face-up cards are again used.
Performer announces he will make a prediction, and writes
something on a piece of paper which he asks someone to keep
until the completion of the effect.
A deck of cards is freely shuffled and someone is requested
to assist in the experiment. Deck is handed out with the re-
quest that assistant make two piles, say ten or twelve cards
in each pile, the number of cards in each pile does not have to
be the same. Deck is put aside for the moment.
Now performer turns his back, and further instructs the as-
sistant to turn any amount of cards he wishes face-up from
one to whatever number of cards the pile contains. Now what-
ever is reversed in the first pile should equally be turned face
up in the second pile, square up piles. Now he is told to choose
any of the piles and place it on top of deck, and hand deck
to performer.
Performer explains he will add enough cards to the number
reversed in deck to make the complete total he wrote on
piece of paper. Deck is placed on table, and the remaining
pile is now placed on top of deck.
The assistant is told to look thru the deck and find all the
reversed cards, say twenty cards are found... paper is opened
and the numbers tally.
SECRET and HOW TO PERFORM:
Write a number on paper, a number higher than 18 and no
higher than 30 preferred, and paper folded for someone to
keep. Hand deck to be shuffled, and ask the assistance of
some member of the audience. Have them make two piles, and
while your back is turned they are to reverse any number of
cards in pile. They should also turn over face up the same
number of cards in the remaining pile. Now let them place
any of the piles on top of deck, and hand you the deck. You
face them and place cards behind your back. You count
off the top of the deck with the right hand the exact number
of cards you have written on your prediction. Now turn these
cards over, and place them so reversed anywhere in the deck.
Bring deck to the front, place on table, and have them place
the remaining pile on top of deck. The trick is finished,
all that remains is to look thru deck, find the face-up cards
and read the prediction.
 LITE-NING ADDITION
Here is an effect that is bound to become your favorite after
one demonstration.
EFFECT:
Performer hands a deck out for unlimited shuffling. Now
person is told to fan cards and hold it facing toward himself.
He is now told to make a free choice between either an ace or
deuce, remove it from the deck and place it face down on
table. Now he is told to remove either a three or four and
likewise place it face down on table.
This is repeated with the five and six... seven and eight... nine
and ten... jack (11) and queen (12). Remember the choice
of any odd or even cards is not influenced in any manner.
The moment that spectator has removed the final of the six
cards selected, the performer immediately announces the total
number that the cards add up to. What is more, you may
repeat the effect immediately and get a different total. The
cards are not arranged in any manner.
SECRET:
While the deck is an ordinary one it has undergone a bit of
preparation. Select a card having a center design, and with
a razor blade scrape a spot the size of a match head, on some
part of the design. The closest observer won't even notice it.
Only the even cards are marked in this manner. By even cards
we mean the 2~4—6"~8~1 0—Q. Shuffle cards and you are
ready.
HOW TO PERFORM:
Hand deck to be shuffled, and instruct someone to fan deck
toward himself and select either an ace or deuce, and place it
on table, face down. Repeat with the 2—3, 4~5, 6~7, 8—9, etc.
Unknown to assistant, you are making mental note of cards
he is placing down on table, whether it is an odd or even card
by the center code mark. You need not try to mentally add
the total of the cards as they are placed on table. All you
have to remember is how many even cards in the six. The
total is already figured out for you. Your Key Number is 36.
If he lays down all odd cards, total is _36
If there is one even card, total is _37
If two even cards in bunch, total is _38
In other words you simply add one to 36 for every even card
in the bunch of six.
The right smart thing about the trick is that it will bear re-
petition immediately with a different total.
Jf TWO CARD TRANSPO
The description of the effect will sound far fetched... until you
read the daring simple method used...

EFFECT:
Two cards are freely selected from any deck of cards. Let us
say the cards selected are the ace, and king. The ace is re-
turned to the deck, and the king is openly placed inside the
coat pocket. Hands are empty. Performer commands the
cards to change places. Someone is invited to look thru deck.
They find the king... they reach in performers pocket and find
the ace. Very little skill... no duplicates.

HOW TO PERFORM:
A pencil should be placed in the upper left vest pocket. Have
two cards freely selected from shuffled deck, cards may be
used face up. One of the cards are chosen. Performer picks
up deck cutting it in half. The right hand holds the upper
portion with fingers in front and thumb at back. He requests
the cards be placed on the lower portion. As the halves are
brought together the tip of the left thumb presses slightly on
top of the lower portion, with a little movement toward the
body, thus pushing top card off deck about half an inch, toward
the rear.

The right hand closes around lower portion of deck, thus con-
cealing the protruding card. Hold deck right against open-
ing of coat, with the protruding card coming just inside of
edge. You do this, as you state that you need a pencil
so while the right hand is holding cards near the opening of
the coat, the left hand supposedly looking for the pencil is
placed inside of coat, and just as soon as it is screened from
view, on the right side, it grasps the protruding part of the
card, pulling it free of deck, and pushing it into opening of
inside coat pocket, this takes but a moment. Not finding pencil
on the right side, he looks in the left pocket, and brings out
the pencil.

Performer hands pencil with the request that the second card
be marked for identification. Performer takes this second card
and tells audience he is going to place it in the inside coat
pocket. Unknown to audience he really places it in the upper
vest pocket right side, and allows card to stick out part way
from the pocket. Hands are shown empty, and he picks up
deck with the left hand.
 He reminds the audience of what has taken place. The ace
placed in the deck, and the king placed inside coat pocket.
While performer is thus pattering, when he comes to the " k i n g "
being placed in the inside pocket, the right hand grasps edge
of coat, and the left hand holding the deck goes inside of coat,
directly in front of card sticking out of vest pocket. The left
hand precedes the opening of the coat by a fraction of a
second, so that the card can be felt by the thumb and fingers
of the left hand, which proceeds to annex the card to the top
of the deck, pulling it free of the pocket. The left hand point-
ing to the pocket of coat, just as soon as you have done this.

If you know how to do a pass secrectly, alright, otherwise place

deck on table and give it a cut. This bringing the card in center
of deck.
Request them to look thru deck... find the card... and look in
coat pocket and remove the transposed card.

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 TWO CARD LOCATION
EFFECT:

A deck of cards is first freely shuffled. Performer's back is

turned and holding deck behind him requests someone with
the aid of a knife or toothpick, to insert it anywhere in deck
and separating deck at that place, requests them to look at
the card. This is repeated with another card. Everything is
above board, no breaks are held, bent cards, or peeked at
cards. Performer reveals the chosen cards.

SECRET and HOW TO PERFORM:

The one way deck principle. This is a well known artifice

among card men. Some decks differ at one end. Such as
the most common, having a picture on back, thus when the
cards are facing one way, and should a card be turned around
a look thru the deck will find it because it is reversed at the
end. This is the principle employed in a novel manner.

Place the deck behind back. Deck rests on left hand palm. The
right hand grasps top of deck with the fingers toward the body,
and thumb to the front. Allow them to make a break anywhere
in deck, you lift deck at the place selected, allowing them to
look at bottom card of the cut, now the cut is replaced and
with a twist of the wrist so that the thumb is near body and
fingers are toward the front. You have thus given that portion
of cut a reverse so that ends are facing toward opposite end.
Have someone make a break again anywhere in deck, holding
cards as outlined above. All that remains in finding the se-
lected card, is to bring deck to front and in looking thru deck
find the two reversed portions. The selected cards will be at
the bottom of the reversed portions.
A
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CARD AND RIBBON
BERLAND - HUMMER
EFFECT:
A card is selected from a deck, and after noting it, is replaced
and deck placed in full view on table.
He now exhibits a yard length of ribbon, having a gummed
sticker at one end. The ribbon is gathered and tucked into
outside breast pocket of coat_ and end of ribbon is allowed to
hang out of pocket, better yet... someone holds unto the end.
Performer announces he will cause the selected card to vanish
from the deck. He turns the deck face-up and slowly turns
the cards over... not a trace of the selected card is seen!
The assistant holding on to the end of ribbon is told to pull
it free of pocket... There attached to the end on the sticker is
the selected card... They may look in pocket, it is empty.

SECRET:

Two lengths of ribbon are required... also duplicate cards. Get

a box of gummed stickers, they are sold in stationery stores.
The round kind used for legal papers are good. To prepare
simply stick one of the cards to the length of ribbon and place
in pocket, bunching ribbon near the top edge, just out of sight.
You can use any method of forcing a card. A simple method
is to cut the other "short" thus using it as a locator like in the
svengali deck. Place short card about center of deck. Place
a bit of magician's wax on the top card of deck, and yout
are ready. The other length of ribbon should be in lower vest
pocket, with a thumb tip.
Tap deck at the end, approach someone and ask them to stop
you as you riffle cards at the end. When they say stop, you
allow the cards to run until the short card. Always start with
the cards falling slowly. Now allow them to remove the "se-
lected" card. Note it.
While they are looking at the card, under cut the deck, that
is, pull away the lower half, and allow the selected card to be
placed on top of card having the magicians wax. Press deck
together and place on table.
Now reach in vest pocket taking out the ribbon, and with
thumb tip on. Exhibit ribbon, and closing the left hand in a
loose fist begin tucking ribbon in it. Secretly pull thumb tip
off and you really are stuffing ribbon into it, replace on thumb.
Pretend to take the bunched up ribbon with the closed right
hand, showing the left empty, and placing hand in the pocket,
the fingers reach in and pull out the bunched up ribbon, re-
questing spectator to hold end. Show hand empty. You can
get rid of thumb tip in pocket, if you wish.
Now pick up deck, and turn cards face-up going thru deck
one at a time. The duplicate card being stuck behind the
waxed card naturally makes it appear as though vanished from
deck.
Have them pull ribbon free of pocket, and reveal the missing
card. Allow them to look in pocket and assure them it is
empty.
 The Unexpected Climax-
Makes a Tremendous Hit!
Performer has a card selected, noted, and returned to deck. Deck is thor-
oughly shuffled.
A piece of newspaper and knife is allowed to be examined. The deck of cards
is wrapped in the paper. Grasping the knife in one hand, and holding the
wrapped up deck in the other hand, he thrusts the knife blade right into side of
deck. The paper is carefully torn away from deck exposing the blade stuck
among the cards. Slowly the knife is moved free of the deck . . . and there
impaled on the blade . . . is the card . . . yes the selected card is pierced right
through by the examined knife!

Here is what makes it good . . .

The knife is pushed in center of deck . . . when blade is withdrawn with the
card . . . it still is in the center. Card is not bent. Simple and easy to do.

THE PEER OF ALL CARD STABBING EFFECTSl

Suggested by Russ Walsh: By using Flash Paper instead of newspaper to

wrap deck. You allow someone to hold onto knife handle. Touch paper with
lit cigarette—paper will disappear in a flash causing cards to fall to floor—
revealing card on blade.

Complete $1.00
 SERIES No. 2

Bringing You Two New Baffling Mysteries

Effect No. I

BILTRIX CUTTING A BORROWED DOLLAR BILL

IN HALF

Performer announces he will do a vest pocket

version of the famous stage illusion—"Cut-
ting a Woman in Half."
He requests the loan of a dollar bill and
asks that it be marked for identification.
Someone holds bill in view while he now in-
troduces a perfectly empty envelope. The
envelope represents the box used in the stage
illusion. Performer takes a scissors and cuts the four corners of envelope completely
away.
Taking the bill that has never left sight of audience even for a moment, he places
it in the envelope. The four corners of envelope now missing allow the four corners
of dollar bill to be exposed in full view.
Magician takes the scissors again, and slowly and deliberately cuts envelope and
dollar bill completely in half, and to prove this is no illusion, he grasps half of envelope
in each hand, and separates them a foot apartl
He finally brings both halves together and requests someone to take hold of one
of the corners and pull bill free of envelope. Bill is unharmed and found to be the
same marked bill!
New in principle . . easy to do . . a miniature illusion.

Effect No. 2 THE AFFECTIONATE BILLS

Performer counts out five separate dollar bills . . . attention is called to the bills
being five individual separate bills. The bills are rolled into a tube, and he rubs the
bills briskly as though inducing magnetism, the bills are unrolled and
SURPRISES OF SURPRISES
the bills have joined end to end forming one long single strip!

NOTE—A great comedy bit is explained in the instruction making this effect a
great wow.
Berland's Biltrix No. 2 sets a pace for originality and practicability. Conforms in
"get-up" to Biltrix Series I.
Printed on enamel stock . . . illustrated with actual photo shots from halftones,
taken by Howard Bookman who did the grand shots for Series No. I. Has a beautiful
gold metallic cover printed in two colors, and sample specimens are included.

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