The New Glimpse By the Glimpse, we mean the sleight of secretly looking at the selected card that has been placed in the pack, or at a card that will later be forced.   First Method In this the regular form of the sleight, the little finger of the left hand is inserted below the chosen card while the card is being returned to the pack (the remaining fingers of the same hand resting on the top of the cards). In the act of handing the cards to a spectator to shuffle, the performer slightly raises the upper one of the two packets, obtaining a rapid glimpse of the lowest card in the upper heap (ie: the selected one). The spectators may now shuffle the cards as long as they may desire without inconveniencing the conjurer, who, knowing the name of the card chosen, is enabled to discover it again with the greatest of ease.   Second Method This method of getting a glimpse of a card will prove of great advantage in any trick where it is necessary to force a card, for the sole reason of being able to have a spectator shuffle the pack after the forced card has been replaced. This sleight does away with the usual forcing of the bottom card of the pack (which the performer has previously noted). The objection to the last method is a sharp spectator may also have seen this particular card. Noting that the selected card is identical with the former bottom card of the pack, the spectator is thus able to obtain a partial clue to how the trick is done. In order to execute the sleight, the performer holds the pack in the first position necessary for the making of the Charlier Pass, only more perpendicularly. In the act of advancing towards a certain spectator, the performer allows the lower half of the pack to drop down (or to second position of the Charlier Pass). This allows a rapid glimpse of the bottom card of the upper heap. The upper heap is instantly dropped back on the lower packet, and by forming a slight step between the two the conjurer is able to tell the point of division of the two packets. The pack is then spread out in the usual fashion and the card that the performer got sight of is forced without the least trouble. It must be understood that it takes but a fraction of a second in which to accomplish the entire sleight, which, if carefully performed, is practically unnoticeable.   Third Method This very natural way of obtaining a glimpse of a selected card is in many ways preferred to all others. The performer holds the pack in the left hand, the thumb lying across the back of the cards and the fingers being kept at the opposite side of the pack. The right hand then seizes the top edge of the pack and bending the cards backwards, allows them to escape in rotation, thus making practically a ruffle. The person holding the selected card is invited to insert it into the pack during the ruffle. They do so, but will find it impossible to push the card all the way home, the card protruding about a quarter of an inch. The performer continues until all the cards have been ruffled and then transfers the pack to the left hand, the right turning it over during the transit and allowing a glimpse of the protruding upper portion of the selected card. The indicator printed in the left corner of the latter instantly betrays to the performer the name of the card. With the right hand, the pack is then given to a spectator with the request to shuffle it thoroughly. A somewhat similar sleight, where the conjurer obtains sight of the card above the selected one, is as follows. The conjurer proceeds in almost exactly the same manner as described above &endash; holding the pack, back uppermost, in the left hand and ruffling the cards with the right. The difference this time is the cards are bent backwards far enough so the conjurer can just see the indicator of each card as it passes. The selected card is now inserted into any place of the pack that the spectator fancies, with the performer noting carefully the indicator of the next card above it. Home | Card Tricks | Card Trick Skills | The Pass | The Force | Changes False Shuffling | The Glimpse | Card Palm | Card Sleights Copyright © 2003-2006 HowToDoCardTricks.com. All rights reserved worldwide.   You can quickly get a copy of every trick on this web site in a downloadable PDF book. That's over 40 classic card tricks to amaze and astound your friends, all stored on your computer to refer to at any time! Just click the link below to get your own copy today for just $5.