Effect
Century Card Vanishing Paper
Harlan Tarbell · The Tarbell Course, vol. 2, 1942
- Time
- 2 min read + 10 min practice
- Materials
- In the library
- Prerequisites
- None
This is designed to vanish easily one or a few playing cards.
To construct: Paste together two eight-inch squares of newspaper with rubber cement or a non-wrinkling paste. To make pasting easier first fold both papers across one way and then across the other way.
This divides it into four areas. All squares are covered with paste with exception of one at upper left side gray area in illustration. Left side only of that square is pasted along the edge to form a pocket with opening at top.
Opening edge pasted When dry, fold CB up against AD. Then fold again. Open again. This folding is done so as to make proper creases for quick folding.
A slot about an eighth of an inch is cut out of the front paper at opening of pocket.
This is so that the rear paper can be pulled back easily in opening the pocket.
How it is done
The method, 3 drawings and all it needs, inside the library.
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