Cherchez La Lady

Here's a little stunt that can be built up through presentation to an effective bit for a mental routine. A similar effect was a favorite with both Sid Lorraine and Ted Annemann. Effect: Three playing cards, a black Jack, a black King and a red Queen are handed to a spectator. He mixes them and holds them in front of him, fan-wise, with the backs facing you. You or the medium, if she is to do the trick, have stood some ten or fifteen feet in front of the spectator while he shuffled the three cards. Walk towards him, look into his eyes and say,

“I am going to guess which is the Queen.”

When you are directly in front of him, reach up, hesitate, and then grab a card out of the fan, as though doing it impulsively. You get the Queen!

The spectator takes the three cards and mixes them again. He hands them to you behind your back, and again you find the Queen. As a final test, he places each card in a separate envelope, mixes them and hands them to you one at a time. You take each one and hold it above your head. Suddenly, on one envelope, you feel an impulse and announce it to contain the Queen. When the envelope is opened, you've hit it again!