Stebbins, Si: Men-Telo-Card-Ology ©1939 Will H. Coffrin (Si Stebbins) Softcover, saddle-stitched, 18 pages |
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Contents (from book):
1 Preface: intro to the system
2 Real Si Stebbins System or Set-Up
2 To Arrange Setup
3 A Few Vital Notes - Rules
4 Effect Number One: to tell what card a person takes from the
pack placed behind the back
4 Here Is Something That May Interest You: allowing the spectator
to shuffle
5 Effect Number Two: to tell how many and what cards a person may
draw from a pack placed behind back
7 Effect Number Two as Performed by Two Persons
7 Effect Number Three: quickly name a card pulled from pocket
9 Effect Number Four - Count Down: to tell how far from the top
one to five different cards are that may be named by your Audience
10 Effect Number Five: To let a person think of a card he sees as
you run them over, then to make person place card he is thinking
of in his pocket without knowing it
13 Effect Number Five As Done With a Partner: as performed by Si
and Mary for Vaudeville
14 Effect Number Six: To run cards over behind the back and name
any card you may be asked to stop on
14 Effect Number Seven: to turn back to person holding the pack,
who at a snap of your finger, starts running them over one at a
time, and when told by a seond party to stop, you tell him what
card he has stopped on
15 Seven Handed Poker Deal
16 Effect Number Nine: to Cut any card named
18 A Mind Reading Trick: apparently