"CORRESPOND WITH US BEFORE BUYING OF OTHERS."
We have the finest line in the country, and every machine
is made to get the money--not for ornament, and accuracy.
Is as perfect as a watch. Works with a knee movement, and
by a slight movement everything disappears. If they have
played cards all their lives they will stand it.
Our price only $125.00.
The circular also mentioned dozens of other crooked devices at lesser
prices, and contained illustrations showing how the machines work. Can
there be any doubt these are used when concerns devote their entire
time to manufacturing them and can get such high prices?
[Illustration: FIG. 27.--Showing card held under the arm.]
[Illustration: FIG. 28.--Ring Hold-out.]
[Illustration: FIG. 20. '_Table-reflector._--Fastens by pressing steel
spurs into under side of table. A fine glass comes to the edge of
table to read the cards as you deal them off. You can set the glass at
any angle or turn it back out of sight in an instant.']
[Illustration: (Reflector reflecting card)]
The sleeve hold-out above mentioned, is made of a hair cloth sideway,
about the same size as a deck of cards, with its narrow sides laid
in fine, plaited folds, so that it will either lie flat or expand.
This is sewed in the sleeve of the coat or shirt and reaches from the
cuff to the elbow joint. One of the wide sides is sewn or pasted to
the cuff, both ends being open. At the elbow a strap fits around the
arm, to which is attached a metal tube that reaches down to the near
end of the sleeve, with a pulley attached to the end. A short wide
elastic is also attached to the strap, and to the elastic is fastened
a metal clamp that holds the cards. A cord is attached to this clamp,
which runs down and over the pulley, then back to the elbow through
the metal tube, thence to the shoulder, through the clothing to the
body, thence down through the loop at the heel, with a hook attached
to the end. The cord passes through a flexible tube from the elbow to
the ankle. This tube will bend easily, but will not flatten, and is
attached to the clothing with string ties to keep it in line with the
body. Its use is to prevent the cord from ticking or binding.
To work this hold out the hook at the end of the cord is fastened to
the loop of the shoe on the opposite foot. When the feet are spread
apart the act causes the cord to draw the clamp referred to down
through the sideway and to the near end of the sleeve. Any cards that
are in it will reach into the palm of the hand, where they can be
taken out or placed back into the clamp. By drawing the feet together
again the cord relaxes, and the elastic will draw the clamp and the
cards it contains back up the slideway to its place near the elbow.
There are other similar hold-outs. Don't let them hold you up.