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88 Playing Cards
called, see a doll with an arm or leg missing. If you hear the
King of Diamonds, see a spilled drink. That's all you have
to do. Don't linger over your associations, just see the pic-
ture for the merest fraction of a second, and you're ready
for the next card.
This can be done quickly because you are cutting out one
mental calisthenic, so to speak. You're not using your num-
ber pegs at all. Of course, the speed with which the cards
can be called is just a matter of practice. I can assure you
that after a while, you will practically "see" the picture in
your mind, before your friend is through naming the card!
Now—after all the cards have been called, go over the
words for the cards in your mind. The best way to do this,
is to go from Ace to King of one suit at a time. When you
come to an object that is not mutilated or broken in any
way, that must be one of the missing cards! For example,
you start down your list of words for the Club cards: cat—
you had pictured the cat without a tail. Can—you had seen
a tin can that was crushed. Comb—you had pictured a
comb with all its teeth missing or broken. Core—you do
not recall anything wrong with the core, therefore, the Four
of Clubs is one of the missing cards. The unmutilated
words will stand out in your mind like a sore thumb as soon
as you come to them. You need only try it once, to be con-
vinced.
I suggest that you always use the same suit order when
going over your card words mentally. It doesn't matter
which order you use, as long as you can remember it easily. I
use, Clubs, Hearts, Spades and Diamonds because it's easy
to remember. Just think of the word,—CHaSeD. If you
wanted to use Hearts, Spades, Diamonds and Clubs order,
you could remember that, by thinking of the phrase—
HiS DeCk.