Illusions and Mental Phenomena Vol 1

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Code "B"--Next we come to the signs of the right hand. We will
first explain the 10 figures: It is to be presumed that the performer
wears a dress coat, with a low cut vest and carries his watch in his
lower left hand vest pocket, with the staple in second or middle
button-hole. It is advisable to have the chain several inches longer
than usual length. The chain itself has nothing to do with the
signaling, it is the right hand alone that must be watched by
medium and on whatever portion of the vest the finger-tips rest,
indicates what number is meant.
For figure 1, pick up chain at "X", its middle, and place fingertips
against bottom of vest, directly in a perpendicular line from the
watch pocket. No. 9 Fingertips at watch pocket.
No. 3 Above watch pocket, near upper pocket. One, Two and
Three are on the left side of the vest.
No. 4 At bottom of vest where the two parts of vest meet.
No. 5 At or near the staple.
Four, Five and Six are in the centre of vest, for cipher the sign is
made by twisting the chain around right thumb, without the help
of the fingers. The chain should generally be held by its centre
when it will be easy to reach the various portions of the vest. For
One, Four and Seven, go as low down as the chain will permit, for
Three Six and Nine as high as you can.
Suppose you had to transmit 1892, which is whispered into your
ear. While still bending down to the person who whispered to you,
you take hold of chain at "X" in an aimless way, and straightening
up face the medium, let your left arm hang, which means, I am
giving numbers, and when you see that medium is ready for you,
shift your weight, which means, "begin"; at the same time place
the right hand at One, that is, let the fingertips touch the bottom of
the vest below the watch pocket.
The hand must not be stiff. It can play with the chain, twirling it
slightly, but it must be at One, leave it there a second or two and
then slowly take it to Eight. Do not make the movements jerky,
but deliberately and aimlessly, and remember that no matter if the
hand is held from above or from the side, the tips of the fingers
must be at the figure.
Then follows Nine, that is, you simply bring your hand about two
or three inches higher up, still playing, and then finally take it
slowly and carelessly to the watch pocket, which is Two. Never
drop your chain suddenly, but shift your weight, which means all
through.
The entire signaling should not occupy more than from 5 to 8
seconds; with practice, 30 to 50 letters per minute which is about
one word in 10 seconds can be communicated, long words may be
abbreviated.
We now come to a description of the alphabet. We omit K and Q
at first. A is made just as figure one, B as two, C as three, D as
four, E as five, F as six, G as seven, H as eight and I as nine. Then
we begin over again: J is one, L is two, M is three, N is four, O is
five, P is six, R is seven, S is eight, T is nine, but for these letters J
to T shake the chain a little, while in former case, A to I, hand is
held almost quiet, twirling the chain slightly will not give a
decided motive. Shaking the chain gives a decided up and down
motion to the hand and is distinctly visible even at 50 or 60 feet
distance.
Care must be taken that the finger tips remain near the places one,
two, etc., and not midway between any two numbers. Practice
before a mirror, so as not to get the habit of looking at the hand,
and see that the movements look careless and not stiff, jerky or
violent.
The letters U and W are given same as cipher, by twisting chain
around thumb, describing a circle with hand, but in U, circle is
made at 4, 1, 2 and 5 that is, on the lower left side of vest, in W it
is made at 5, 2, 6 or upper left of vest. The remaining letters K and
Q are given by twisting chain around first or index finger this will
make the circles go in the opposite direction.
The remaining letters are given by a kind of whip movement.
Grip the chain tightly between first and second finger and thumb,
and make a stroke up and down, as if the chain were a whip. This
will give to the hand a kind of violent up and down movement. If
made in centre of vest and only once it is a Y, if near numbers 4,
5, 4, if twice in quick succession it means Z. If at watch pocket
twice, 1-2-1-9, it means X.
This alphabet should be thoroughly learned and diligently
practiced, using small words to start. To show where one word
ends and the next one begins, drop chain from right hand, remove
hand three or four inches and then pick it up again at X for next
word.
Don't forget to shift your weight at beginning and end of sentence.
If figures are mixed in with words, for example, house with three
windows, drop your left hand at end of "house with," to side, and
make the three, then raise it again to hip and spell the next word.
Code "D" Colors--No. 1 red, No. 2 white, No. 8 blue, No. 4
black, No. 5 brown, No. 6 yellow, No. 7 gray, No. 8 green, No. 9
silver, No. 0 gold. See code for color signs of left hand. Take a
complicated example, white house with red doors, and three
yellow windows. Play with chain until ready, left hand at hip,
"spelling," shift weight, "ready," bend elbow back, "giving figure
2," which means color 2 or white, elbow forward and drop chain,
"end of word," pick up chain and spell "house," drop chain, "end
of word," bend elbow back, "color," pick up chain and give No. 1
meaning color 1 or red, elbow forward again, drop chain, pick up
again and spell door, drop chain, end of word. Drop left hand to
side, giving figures and make 3, raise left hand an inch or two,
which means color in that position, (see code A) give 6, color 6,
or yellow, drop chain, raise left hand to hip, spelling again, pick
up chain once more and spell window, shift weight.
This last example is given without trying to abbreviate and is
necessarily much longer than could be accomplished by
abbreviations. We will now give an example of code used in
abbreviating and which one can follow or improve on to suit
themselves.
ABBREVIATIONS
Class A, animals Class B, birds Class D, designs
A, antelope C, chicken A, anchor
B, bear D, ducks C, cross
C, cat E, eagle H, heart
D, dog G, goose M, maltese cross
E, elephant O, ostrich etc S, star
G, Geometrical H, Houses I, Insects
A, angle C, church A, ant
C, cylinder M, mill B, butterfly
D, diamond T, tower F, fly
E, ellipse S, street S, spider
O, oblong
S, square etc
M, Man F, Fruit Pictures L, Landscape
A, angel A, apple B, boat
B, beard face B, banana M, mountain
C, child C, cherries etc T, tree
F, face etc L, lake
M, Marine View
S, ship
L, lighthouse
R, rocks
B, little boat etc
If you get a suggestion whispered, say an elephant for example,
you face medium and give C, A, E--C for class, A for animal, E
for elephant, etc.
Test No. 2, drawing of compound pictures. Make a separate list
of abbreviations for the various articles forming the picture.
After collecting the various suggestions, turn toward medium and
give her in 4, 5 or 6 letters and outline. The first letter showing
whether it shall be a landscape, marine view, or fruit picture. For
example, L. M. L. H. R., meaning landscape with mountains, lake
house and road. This can be transmitted in about 5 seconds,
medium picks up crayons and makes a rough outline of picture in
black, then turns and while picking up the necessary colors of
crayons gives the details, for example: 9 T, two trees. 3 B, three
boats, and in this manner proceed until the entire picture is
finished.
Card Test--If a plain card, left hand hanging.
If a face card, left hand at hip. 1, clubs, 9, diamonds, 3, hearts, 4,
spades. 1, ace, 2, deuce, 3. tray, 4, four, 5, five, 6, six, 7, seven, 8,
eight, 9, nine, 0 ten, hand hanging. 1, Jack, 2, Queen, 3, King, [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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