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This idea was recorded sometime in the 1930s or 1940s in // | This idea was recorded sometime in the 1930s or 1940s in // | ||
- | Edward Marlo applied this hideout principle to a faro-shuffled deck, for concealing multiple cards. See // | + | Edward Marlo applied this hideout principle to a faro-shuffled deck, for concealing multiple cards. See // |
In England, enthusiast Bob Bridson was experimenting with combining the faro shuffle and the Ribbon Spread Hideout. Alex Elmsley recalled Bridson, in the early 1950s, showing him the idea of faro weaving the red cards into the blacks and offsetting the halves sidewise, so that the deck could be ribbon spread in one direction and only red cards would show, and then turned end for end and ribbon spread again to show all black cards. This was around the same time Marlo was exploring similar ideas in the States. See // | In England, enthusiast Bob Bridson was experimenting with combining the faro shuffle and the Ribbon Spread Hideout. Alex Elmsley recalled Bridson, in the early 1950s, showing him the idea of faro weaving the red cards into the blacks and offsetting the halves sidewise, so that the deck could be ribbon spread in one direction and only red cards would show, and then turned end for end and ribbon spread again to show all black cards. This was around the same time Marlo was exploring similar ideas in the States. See // | ||
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+ | Prior to hiding cards in a spread, magicians were hiding cards beneath the spread. See Clayton W. Rosencrance' | ||
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