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Memory Demonstrations 207
two initials. Do this with as many as you feel you can han-
dle. Then you have the audience call any object and you give
them the initials, or vice versa.
This stunt is not only impressive, but easy to do. Just
make up a word that starts with the first initial and ends
with the last, and associate that word to the object called.
For example:— If the initials are R. T., and the object
is "chandelier," you might associate rat to chandelier. The
initials B. D. and bottle—associate bed to bottle. The
initials P. S. and fan—associate puss to fan, etc.
Here is another example of how the systems can be
twisted and manipulated—you can do the "missing card"
stunt with numbers if you want to. Have someone number
a sheet of paper from 1 to 52, or up to any number you
like. Have them call numbers haphazardly and cross out
the numbers as they call them. They can stop calling them
any time they like, and you can tell them which numbers
are not crossed out!
Do exactly as you do for the "missing cards." Just
mutilate the peg words which represent the numbers called.
Then go over your words mentally from "tie" to the peg
word of the last number listed on the paper. When you
come to one that is not mutilated, that is one of the "miss-
ing" numbers.
One very impressive card demonstration is the "hidden
card" feat. This is most effective when you are working for
a group of at least fifty-two people. (For less people, use
less cards.) Hand the deck to the audience and let everyone
take one card. Now, have each person call the name of his
card and also give you a hiding place for it.
What you do, is associate the card word for the card
called to the hiding place. If someone called the Jack of
Spades hidden in a typewriter, you would perhaps, see
yourself shoveling typewriters (with a spade}.