JANUARY 13, Patovlet was the nane given a mythological Screerer Ieamine to "tie the knot” and 4e could well be that the following effect might have stood him well, ‘The operator proaicos’s. fwelve ineh ails, one black, one white, and fone Ted. He thea then tosother in this order,call- tng attention to the “fact that a white “atte Tes In between a Ped fanaa Biaoks Pre afta in knotted string 0 roiled inte @'bail and an e- Tastse bend” put around them. Phe Bell st ati te Stopped sneide a Wineglags on the Operator's table Ith” overyening to far done ine oat. deliberate A feature of the effect to be welcomed ta that Phan "natural are used. The operator picka up a scrip Of tissue paper coroured Tedsies only peculiarity being one onal! ole at each end, he. tisaue paper fe folded at the Genter, «match Flene dprited to the endacthien TE fe) neariy sone fumed, Eh oper tor allows se fo drop.it fail but stops whe Page 47 JINX 19 fimost to the floor and rises sain, @ glovin she a3 tt noare she operator's and he onosps tnd'a 341K appeara aa Ehe ash ie cnught. folks ing bua easonora: shat Lf they wore paying, fot atEontion they ponatbly saw toe aitk Lente the ea and' blacks He resoves She glass, and with great a Itbenstion re- roves. the Tube Then "thae ae they failed to see the aii. Tenve perhaps they wtEreased the arrival of the paper, the operator “1ota the. bundle n= poll. to. rovea] the tlague se- Surely ted ta, Between biack and red 98 eQUIRESNTS ¢ Rea, white end binck ailze in Gupitoates. Ho strips of Cre Retlen “cissue fepers tro es Instic bands; G aon of wineglass. Cub Pinv holes in tech’ strip of PiSeue ae the ents. ‘PREPARATION: Chan strip of Dotween ing ith the binck roll the siles and pee per to forma — page 489)~~ EOITAIUIA— Oe ee ee Ee ees ae is thet Jenn Hugard 1o thinning dow the margin and may decons the world of magic's most proiitte weiter, urling Hull haa advertised Tor years that his number of text books the the the areatage. There comes a time, ete., ete,, ote, <= In "The Wation” Tor Jap 6, and by Prana fosliering, ‘the written == "ho L1- Mision hia voles creates over the radio 1a des Enoyed by the denonatratson of tts mechanics, fant by the bad acting of Mr. AerRen.” The man meant tho exposure of Chartey lccarthe, perte aa per tno movie "C- Eivac® Le"dosan't affact mgie mich, Dut ae ingvae agar ia, 0 Render Of the S:Al¥. he aay menictans. fhare isn't a peracn in the business who oan write the material Borgen dooa, mat to the ones who knew him n fer yours ago, Whon Charite had shore pants, the Borgen finesse ts slipping on Lip technique in favor of dialogue, nthe autora when depicted on the screen. But hho bas Ris miition in buckeroos (200,000 pounds £0 our British friends) and Tae Jinx’has, just heaed pass the 115,000 tsaue mark since the be= Binning. Mle should ertticiee? Now York ~ Rusge2) Swann followed Deignt Pisko into the Waldorf Sort Room and lo there horas this 1s rend; Not as Fiske in material Dot sntortatning no less, Val Valdane, a now coner,in nine and face, is doing an "on the hows" act in the Village Barn, You're right, ints the bar trick. Robert Rhinehart, orstwaile Variety reporter, craces the Ziegtieid Prolics (eratetle Paradise Cafe) for two minutos a ing Intermiavion with qulokien Of magior ‘The Dragon - wo should have mentioned 1t be- fope.but things go se fast, Vernon Lux baa published ‘this mag of 16 pages fer eight youre ending December, For tie Ineernational Soskety of Juntor aagicians the paper, (adress. 12 ‘Vernon Lax, Me. Worris, Ti.) devoted to "me AQtanconant of Magio", bas garnered e lot of foul material for those who wane wardetys May feat sontinue for that motto, =~ Robert. Totnilate contribution for this issue shows What one oan do sith 1tele. pieces, ploked up From here and there, Susdenly you have house of erfokal --- Abril Lamarque took that Stew- art Jame’ trick "Sefalel fin’ and made of dt 2 "travelling salesman and far Sorte daughter" opio, The cabinet te a fara house. ‘two floore show when the door 1s opened. The salosmn, (a doll) goss to bed downstairs. The daughter, (another doll) sleeps upstairs. Write your own Eleket. It annoys us no little to read constantly (anglish journal reach us regularly via some route or dtrer) that the Britssn nagt poke fun at the war, Bluckouts to them make mater int for gags, and, despite the lack of petrol, they Keep up’ tholt magic meetings at hours to Zot thom howe before "lights outs” We get upe Sst decauge over here it would be lone mfeate te vere yoke ct England's situation. Ov- oF there they enue Lt in stride, Cedrie Rioh~ rdson ts doing card tricks (I hope) in French Guerters, Tt vas only a few months ago when ho Sane dowh the” gangplank and we shock hands. Tt was only «few nontha ago when he turned down Iny hone nade chile con Carne sa a suday AneTi= Gan dish, T'wish I sould print all of the news in the English journals thet reach mo. You'd appreciate the way professional entertainers fare laughing thenselves along. Page 49 In Canada there's a weekly rag, 1ike our Gol~ Jier's and England's Bveryoodiee, Ite nase ta lace Loans ond for the Jan ist isaue tre front cover Gopicted a negician pulling 1940 canta from a top hat. The magician was Johney Glorinaine in tochatcstor glory. lie promptiy Bougnt 4 chowsand coptes ant stiil is autographine thon for ha four thossand frtenday <== P11 Sacha, who. ed~ Lte"the Wazie colunn in the Biliboard mest toned Ruth Hathaway (now irs. J. Jarvis Orensby) inst ook, telked of her buat up #ith her fermen hus- band, recalled that they once were one of the ost’ known nagie teams a few years back, Lined her accident and subsequent recovery, and wound, up with "se-gradually improving, altho she 18 very lonesomes* Where! a Jarvis? Rupert (Denton) Howard suddenly appoared in NoGr this pas nook mins Dente, whey accont~ Gouats de couldn't got any news of the OSg show before this page had to ro co the printers You can rest nsaured, though, that « thorn in Dam Eonte side to the fact that Cackl Lyle bought the late Horace doldints entire prosuetion and wilL be exhibiting 1t bofere Danton can get to England with the Tetum of the Dante evening of mystery. "~~~ Memories: when Hernan Weber had & production box decorated appropriately ana call- ‘04 ‘The Smastika Dove Box; when the Sphinx had fuit'page ads for Thom NeAn shoes, Insurance, and e jel Bureaus when Betty Jane xolar was the pride and Joy of the Chiat of Police fe the youngest and most prolific gal angus. using through the scrapbook we found notes of uawost Little dea that Stewart Janes nad Jeate azo. It was merely @ small black-headed Bin ani a case that formerly contained pon. Botnta, ‘ne spectator puta the pin in the ca Sowing at tt, the Latter hoide it to his fore heed and diviaes hich way the pin ta pointing. By touch you knew whieh is the top of the case for there's « ridge around the cover. Raise ene dase to bead so the cover touches forehead. be Lequicidy and tilt the case as it reaches head. If the point of pin is et the top of case you will Gigeinetly hear the pin roll, baok and forth Fopeatediy. then head of pin is at top this IRovonont 1a practically non exietent. Don't shake Te;fust masse 1e quiexy and de sure to tile te ‘You gan also uae. the oldie about the philosopher’ who Seid itta very hard to. tell about a pin as Lt ts headed tn one direction ant pointed in the other. And here's another one to worry your friends fand onenios with, Abril Lamargue ia) conversing ith you and lights a cigarette, Then ho Leaps Shaking the mateh but it dosen't go outy andar tor nie xeapa up Tom a naif mice ne bute 2 into his cesket, not dropping « stiten of the talk wnite tt ail happens. the gaz 18 one of. those snail three Snch tubular flaahliants fron the five nod ton cnnt atone. when ie de turned fon tn the nani 'and kept in motion as 4f trying £0 shake tf out the diluston ta pertect. The value of the stunt 4s in doing dt unconeernedly. The S.AW. Snnual Heckscher Thoatre show 19 sneping up etd the ticiets are going fast Usual, San Marcultes 13. the inoressarie and Peb. Bath ia tho day to doumle X mark in your date book, === AL Baker's. new book should bo An all hands around egavention tine this year, Onl “Opeater lineis™ Jones will publish this wore ani the contents will ron well over 100 of the ewer nacie tint jevoral generations have. found too auntie to be "eaught. Thao, PiecerreryGeM oP graroutsr (continued from page 497) ball and the elastic band te aiipped over the Gundie sbich then ie placed in the operator's Fight trousers Pocket, One white silk 18 fold eq into n amell bell aa inserted into one end Sf the matchbox ea for the usual Dekolte. pro- Guctions On the operator's table are placed the Fensining siiea, che wineglass into. watch La'dropped the othe? olattio band, the other atrip of Cremation paper, and lastly the extch- Sor with the alle tuored’in one endy chia end being, of sourse, away fron the audience. The table’ should be at the operator's ieft. PRESENTATION: The operator picks ups the three ailke ami ties them together, He rolls Shem into a Dell with pelma towards the audi ence, attention being exiled verbally or by. {nnudndo. to the fact thet nothing tut the silks go into the ball. As with the duplicates ball fea dn the pooket, the Diack ia started on firet So that the operstor 4s left with « small tall, of Ped silk, ‘The elastic band ts taken now from the wine- glass, snapped around the ball end chts latter Groped into the gles ‘The piece of Cromation paper 1s picked up, shown af the fingertips and folded in belt. fhe hinge part of the strip ia held at the left fingertips and the right thumb and forefings fun'along the €oubled strip lengehwiae which hhas the effect of stiffening the paper. The Fight hand then picks up the sutchbex and it te placed in the left hand dmnedintely over the Gnd of the paper whilst the right fingers rex Bove 4 match from the box. The box 1s closed, Fusning the white ati inte tho aeft hands Tao Exton fe ‘struck ageinat side of box with Tight and, his Latter hand taking hold of the petehbox itself, once the operator is eure that Phe maton Le buring O+Ke To flane 19 now applied to the onde of the paper which is held n'a hordsonta) position Eorprevent tt Durning too Papidly, Once the pa- Der is alight the match ta flicked out and Groped’ on the floor, The right hand thea pubs the bex of matches in the Fight hand trousers pocket AND REMAINS THERE POR THE TIME BEING. the burning papers me ie fo fall Prom hie Lett hand. If he haa gauged 1t correctiy it ahou1a fail to mitnin about a foot of the floor. The finger and thumb of the left hand which olds the white silk (from ratohbox) snap to- gether at this point and apparentiy at this As they cone within about @ foot of the op- erator's mand (left), a grad ts nade by St, the White silk bein: aliéved to unfold and held by the fingertips. AP THR. POUNT WHERE THE LEPT ‘uwD ANGOPS.ON "THE ASHES THR RIGHT HAND 15 KE MOVED PROW "He AION HAND TROUSERS POCKET WITH THE BUNDLE OP SILKS PINGERPALMED. The audience 19 given the full effect of the appearance of the white silk which the right and now taxes at about six inches from the tip ith the thums and’ forefinger. the lefe hand foes to the wine lass, ronoves the bundle of Stile with the fingertips, the operator saying at the nano tine, "You poosibly sav the white sik leave the Diack and red tf you wore wate! ing aa you should." During this the deft hand bas tavon the silic ball right out of the glasi fn the left and right hands are about siz in- Page 499 ches below the shoulders and about a foot apart. Tne operator then gays, "If you didn't see the sil lenve ofo--." ant as he does 20 he apsarentiy places the bundle Anto right hand Ghd tauns’ the white atlk in lefts whet actually happens ia tiat the left hand approaches the white silk with bundle, and dmedintely che Duniie 1a benind the white atlk this Iatter ta Brasped with ftrat and second fingers” (bundle Should preferably be held at this seage between Jere hand first finger and thumb). The right ‘hand moves evay with the duplicate bundle ex posed, JP Tih Tawiwe {8 RIGHT THIS MOVE TS"AB~ Sortniny sxosceoraaue, Aa the operator any paper arrive" che night hand tosses. the tindie about a foot inte the alrand cetenes it. the Left hand places. The white silk over the right arm, end es this Heaang, the original gundie 4s wedged nthe ‘bend of the arm, This 19 eastly dono aa che nove 19 covered by the operator drawing the Bile over the tend so thet half Bide of the am, Both hands ere the exception of the oxchanged. bundle yenains only for the operator to renove the Send and finish clinactica ly. Taig presentation ts ideal for e11 condit~ tona AS AuStES PIAY NO FART, Even the switch Ss'eovered atthe side by the hands, In this Peanect it mist be emphasised thet no cause. Ls Dermissablewhon this move is made, although Strange aa 1t nay seen, if the articles were joa from hand to bend there WOLD (Eattor's note: The Cremation pase mentioned heroin ans used 49 effectively a0. a018 oy mest Mrtaca Senlore. Ping grote of hrenen tnaun ; 4 rand Iona aboets ant sur into strips about TRwde‘wili do the erick. Suge follow the presentation instructions of irs Mariock and Expertiont. for correct timing.) ae SECRETS POR SALE ‘continued from page 500) correct on and as the spectator sya, Yo" you deal the top (sonrect) onrd off face down mith the one hand holdine the deck. nts action cen be timed nicely so the putting pack on deck is never ov= Ionty You open the Sisce of oaper and have saad SIME Jou wrote, the soectator acknowledges the, turns the card on table over and finda st nas Degone nia own. Hore. you mention that yoo knew veforehand the identity of the eard he would select a3 proven by the record on the vaper, And thus you have reneatediy located cards, (4) and, to your vay of thinking (7), ave explained Setletactoriay (29) Just what everybody wanted on top To give credits where due, the 1st location ts one of those ancient prinsiples used in many forma: The nd tdon firat aan Iigne in Jean Rugend's "More Card Manipulations Nos 2." the 3rd stanza was an idea of Vosbargh Lyona, $n. Jinx No. G4. The deh Is one of the old "feree" ia 00 moss covored to mace out tho name. (ur, Tot BII2"Ts tos modest. ila presentation, wention= Ing colors and marting, are serfect. throaffs, Bas) Ail in ell, you now have an impromptu Fou tine with reagoneSECRETS FOR SALE ROBERT TOTHILL ‘eing oonstently,asied "Show maa simple card Show wy friends", of, "iow 1s"4¢ done?™ is a must continually’ be Garried ty the exponents Wetverali bad to flatly tefu: Hine of other wherety incurring di9pl polne er being dubbed "a poor spore,= Sented imorouptu with a borrowed deck and ts Ls oreing. thie fo unow the Identity of the selected card, Explain Eetned, to 1s told to-deal another pile cantalning the seme munber the remainder of the pack with the taxe tt out and place tt face down on top of the cards he ts holding. Thon he ts to place the deck fon the table, olace the pile of cards there on top and finally square the pack, At this volnt you furn around, ‘and tacing the pack explain that Log {cally his Sard 1s other Rub (or) Black. You speia| these colors and piace a card on the tabie For gpeh tetsee,, Gortimaing? you say ft ts cktherse Stor (or) comme card, Stall azeliing and placing fone card down for each letter, Of course, the spec tetor will agree with you. Replace tho ae and ani hin to return the sands fron his poo! he top aa well, so the pack #121 be comple! 1t off cards on top of the pack Proceeding you ganze that ty logie bie 2 oteher Arb Tor)"BEAGK, sro? (ori couat, spell fhe'words and dealing a card for ech Jester ageat Hirst, Wien YoU SCARE To SPELL TUE NORD “court” MAKE i BREAK IM TH GaNDS 01 THE TABLE ~~ FOR YOU ARE PREPARING POR THE NEXT’ SPPEO2. Complete spelling the yord "court", turning o- jor the card as you say, "P's Ib will be the sel soted oard. You immediately sroceed to explain the second method of dtacovering « selected card. Fan the deck in hand for ono te be chosen, Wnile the sD00- tator Looks af hts gard, you pick up the cai that spelled Neourt™ and piace thom at the bottom of the Back, Fisk up the reminder from table. and put on top, ‘holding e iittie fingor break. Thon have the chosen card returned, dividing the deck at'the break watch automatically Loaves 1¢ 23 from fhe top when the deck 1s squared and given a dove- tali shiftie not disturbing that top stock of 13. Explaining that if logic 12 not used you re sort to SLEIOH? OP HAND, you proceed to spell SUETOT OF HAND, once more dealing « card onto the table for eich later, Turn over the last don the letter "DY and it ds the right ones Now third card is chosen from the deok, and while fanntng you gount 8 cards from the The solooted card 4a Tom turned to this spot after the spectator has ho- ted it. Tho thirtesn carda fron the table are Pheked'as though missed, dropped on toD, and Page 500 to divulge a method at one e"Reincted cand can be found in four differant ways pose anyehing, You have anoarently complied with thote Ehe spectators more bewildered than ever, All methods used Rerein are Let ug assume that vou have been aaed to expeee. the method ty which you ther with the aetunl cand, oy four different wayes The firat is by LOGIC. while your back Ap turned a spectator shuffies a deck and desis «small pile of card ento the table, notine how many cards it contains, and then pocketing thon. ‘Then he so torard him, wont trick 7 oan burden that of our art. pre ‘designed to shor how ‘and stil? not guest bat leave orf, that the information ta’ ob- of cards ‘You aak him to fan ‘one, and then to Sy eho this oaves the picked cant 22nd from the top. Dea) the pack into two face dow heaps, start- ing with the firat card tn front of the specta= for. "As you deal remind the onlookers that you have shown how a card can be found by logic and, sleight of hand; In this case the ovation will be" by CRLNCE Tats talk serves to cover the dealing inter- wal. Pan the spectator's pile so he sees the Feces,anying Se's Tobance” that his card ie not there, shen Re can'e find tt, tis pile te Put aside while the other 4a once more dealt. Into’ two, the first card going to the spectator. Mais 13 Sontinued until you are Left with thre: cards, the spectator'a pile Delng put aside each tine after fanning. These threo are dealt the Sane way 80 the tho apectator's pile consiace of tro cards and you have but one. Agein he. agrees that hia card 1g not among his two, and the eli~ max cones when "by chance” your single card 3 ‘Shown to be the correct pasteboand on the other hand you mention that 1t's pos: ible that you knew beforehand what card might do chosen. To Allustrate this statement you shuffle aca thon show the feoea well mixed, get= ting «° glimpse. of” the third sata’ from the top ‘you do's0. The pack ia laid domn while you take a piece of paper and write upon it the mame of this noted oard, Another spectator now outs the deck into thres heaps. ‘Thon ho 18 told to imix the heaps around but you keep note of the Teap witch waa the deokfa origins) top part, Ask the svectator. to take the top card of thie pile, AND IF TF 18'A BLACK CARD to pat it of one ‘ot the other heaps, gesturing which one, AND TF A NED OME, ‘Snaionte the other. Asx hin fo do the sane with the second cand. With the third card aa him to Tenenber ity mark it in some ascret way on tte BACK, put it into the. middie of ary Reap, assemble them all, and nix the pack-well. Taleing the deck you fan through it quickly, locate the cand and cut St to the top. Saying that gou have found the one chosen, you double Lift the top tro cards, asserting it’ to be the (turn back ona page)