HARRY STANLEY asic STUB lly, LONDON, W.x Vol. 7. No. 16s Saturday, 2nd April, 194%, OODLIFFE'S SIHELLO. TWINS A sayy me ee sux HE: HAMLEYS, 200-202, Regent St., London, W.1.FOR FIFTY YEARS HARBIN'S Suiisies, mast SPLASH? Seaauet oy guage SUREFIRE faite gah ra ot sade Lib sahara chet tina Robert Harbin * “™\sahs Wi he Silver Rocket oui eget Seda igeeeit us naar Ty 3 (aoe ey en a HIS wks efosen wil be miscellany: Fits comes an interesting Tutto from Chae Fuller, of Durban, South Atfica, wo soporte fn the triompal cove of Wilane, Ta Bred, he says "You an oy that he hasta very dileut yardstick forall sing magicians tnt follow hee. They will aways be compared With hisshow. He worked under terrible conditions se to stage es Dressing room with To muon ne wate, and three feet of stage Beton the sete and te foolghts. “Tleyceitalaly ladon the full staff of their publicity cog fo him Wt I remembes ere is «ponsonal note, In reply to a cena Jetta set out tp overseas seats anking for information, so ray Lei tyetu nce that it hae proved mpessible to thank all the writers idiraally. [hope they all forgive ie and acoopt this tcl ‘timation, Je & cestiny good to t90 again iy achen that vendor STInE of brotherhood which achintes magesins Ue World over Willd Tyler tal us that he is moving 10 Shelled the last paragraph inspires us to tention the mater ers because st a foregone losin that-magielaus that ily city wil want to seek i ot fst help bi lend te oad Tat problem for most magielans today must surely be to resist thus advertisements whieh tho deers put out week by Weck. Some mashing stud ion the market how, the compestion gets otter and Holter an he wares Better ane Betar” The neWest reat to tho rank, Tob Harbin [yu all kuow that we have & geal eegaed for Bob, vith 0 Teo loupe), bas it the jackpot wid Bs. "Cheam Mates, ve neenge Boyland the id=" Split Prediction and "Dippy Magnet and alll fut paces oo. Burin st last making the Sites Rocket Baran Aelia Job of Dicky Himber's pat ox by. Tannen, Which of course sme by’ Bustni with peemision, Ths tpl eves, and nips rage Then there are the Latex calapeible goods tet reaoed by Coqiue, We have not son these yet, bat Hl they are nything ike their American eousterparts, which tye = over there last yeas but sould nob bring backs bectuse they didn't tok like Brats} Fouls shure was the American-style bet bot ditto babies! bate, End-co on they should be fst ane do al tha is lated for then, i adifon to whit the price i lowe enough for al Tsiness Will east al over the world please note that we cannot accept order for bound volumes of bra betas {tas sold too Well “nv some of the back nembers are completely ovt of pot 45HAVE watched the Cape and Balls being performed in all parts ofthe work and have Tone toto of the passes used for venishing the ball. Simplest of als the meane ised by Easter manipulators ‘Their ude but quite efiecive method eto pga the right hae at all times in aid oat ot binds ov bag All too Hequently used by. Western manipulators is the sellwomn op passin conjsetion with pale or ager alm. Tp wsder to make lor ‘arly you may like ths Mtfle move whist Kaye worked Gut all by ny lite sl This past—Harbin’s AllRound Pass if yow want 9 name for i ia combination of several and on be ped wk completely suraunded liven someone leanne over your shoulder can be foolet.‘The drawings show the moves 3 the performer see hem, Se I Ge erate at Nee RO Ect of EL anu Gi oe arcipace he Lene ates te fing bo pec And th ef ne be in go aay EAU tote li naa What happens tie you Urey, te St opens eto alo te ball oscto igure’ As Ul als Pappas toe fing sig nto tie Wiad an yeas ee tttand Sosa Eg tered tat hoy he aching apap sal remains finger-palmed in the right hand as in Figure 3. Tigre ra is ora yov tad thee expe ronal ny ans ty i he eet iy ieee ang Rik ou wiladtheale Oud Kose ache Frederick Lowe's “Rejuvenation sey which bogins inthis issue ois of thico atlas hich weve publeted in the ofa engen of te Mahatma Ciel of Magchns rs FIND THE PURPLE LADY BERNARD McDONNELL IRE is vest pocket Mion which is largely optical in prlaciple Tevvasan ent sa the sldntadatya £0 Corapetiion when Wild Jonson paced the opnicn that not enough hed Been mace of the tea, “There’was” he wrote" tec nan early Phew sig iia principle" However as the teaer Wile, the idea has defite ‘dutetalaing posabiites, ‘The apperttne consists of thre cages such as mvt be used Sensiey cats or auton earde of «sma Bind, the asks beng of ‘tudbousl al the fonts of celine ‘Thre clone eae hs nt se ‘ies, two of Hem being «vivid ned and the dd vivid purple. A Wt ean oc loop is attcted to one end nf ench ear to make for e9ee fn handing return, tie performer paces card isto each cae in such a way hat he pectatore are ate sure which ls the purple ne. Thre io eateh to EE ely Then be pares the cats whe xv can ee them, bat withthe bucks showsng and ot the colours He tar ane {em aroundc-ite one Tat the aulence suppoass tobe the: pple ie) ad 3 it Slowly, al daliberatey, he moves the thre cases aroun, changing tule places ith the apparent tenon nf getting hie watehers conf For al is efor, it atema easy enough to Rep the case contain the Durplecard unde suivey._ ut Nich he asks wiih one eis, thespecttons Mhifesrong., He cin goon doing this, king his moves simpler or mone Compliatedsesording fo las huznou It sete npostble Cat Ne should fhave-made any switch, however fi and ee the spectators wil invariably be mine. Of rate they ean be wrong a often ashe choose, Should Re wish ao, he ean showy them to be night whenever fo lke, Atti end, he ty hated ont all cards and ees for exansnation oat hes been ade an nothing taken away. No seis have bee ‘sed "For all thatthe parormes shoul be able civ Ne impeeaon that hes quite thelist wor as manipulator INSIDE INFORMATION The backs of the cates are of yellow, cardboard-—or, if nead be of catoard covered with yellow paper, This haga needs an excuse Du it can be sid tha yellow e by fr the est colo Co use to peeve ‘optical confusion. The" elinid whieh makes the front 3 Velo CBlogan paper. As the card seen though tis yellow noyna the lane snp looks eopares and transparent. Ti eda ate pes of thin pasteiard covered completely with the decorative " sheer” paper Uae i teed for wrapping chocolates and Sther ects, Tse fapers frequenly come patterned and in biliant fede, perpes and. yews,” Vo vil need exo of them in Wich te Dbdotrinntes and one of the sam patter fa whe the predominant "Wer handing out the varios pies of apparatus for examination tue performer hat only to cnsoreIhsk the spelator who examines the uyple cards nol neat any of she people white examining the Trdg masseter he bogie tage ta they cat in the spotators ne The pont is tat the shah to rl he pieced stra one of fie cosy. tis tone llth Whit i etired ane parol ate covered thee ella Ti petri this efloct i essiy to have» ent rosting The served bp nia me fee ven fhe secre and the_pimpss each pe former wl ave is ideas anowt che moves 0 worked the pup ‘ite tsom is cate Wwe the Sut ist =X the audiences that would Zeng agte ply seve a8 an exposize PSRMMAADED OCT sco This bi Ree ee ee eS Sen iter stra mistakes the fpeetators rl bosin to think that red hs beon substituted forthe purple The periormer plays on this suspicions ofthe audiener, and to make sssuranes donb eaves takes the all tof the eases ge though that ‘wero even bites preot tan showing all dive fonts (when, of eats ‘hey son look ve), SII Magical Newsbits ... nthe Filinrdl Balls rote we doenibed tr ‘oy the war, fas excited lot of favourable comment fern tous wt {sald be bothered to toy ib out), Robert Havin asribel th ect of the multipiing balls te Horace Goldin. “This seid Jack le Dair Shae in one bheue Speclals, He had given the eee to Dayal Devant. Nov sites Jack, thre scons aiken tat the arta ojgnator snes Relerbarg Te soul bo intereting tenn, Perhaps Dich Ritson (a le the matter up or the fourth ion, Uncle oko wh is tealy Francis Kemp of fe bs been engaged by Bulls as the Resident Chins Enterainor at heieSkeune=s Hobday Camp. Franc doe Punch, Vent end Magi and atragce all te dees curopetitins Ay agian fn of neat the camp Wil he assed of warm weleome mh his offs Hots Daivlr Dieithes again! ack on his hone ground he made a great iL Woke ans tpocter: "arthun Dass aie smgunng proeded ‘the hind of fan whieh. leaves one eicking ppl ale tie Ae eae eT aR ee eee ea ee ee ee ee eee Potning @ yhoe dot of ticks. We se the ud ad the haw Astin ean’ ft makes a rollicking mixture THE DISGORGING CLOWN THEO DORE, TREUS an clowns ave a ese astnaton foal yng “Tne, in presenting to ah use te {ibe desetibed, you ate iteodueing to them smnethin peal” [vis prorulion tek, but far remved team the neta bo Moen, The props used re tnconvensional, si From ticker Live tik ie satable for Ue aze group Tha las sere forthe ve-yestos whom sabe io entertain Hin ordinary mnoyi standing on te pesone’s tale is Feet erie The heal the lie? wens pce Tie he utes A fl lnk ee the Pak of he sullen Te abel aos fom the back of the cloun's hea Thus the Beal can valved lil i fllon withost the ome pat 0 te Jnade’of the feature tn the prestation tf the fet Tae th wm’ ad aye, een he sucker go ameter ant behind tHe Re stuck dle of sheet rubber, Gatineau mato ere ae A spel bad cone hi aide hack of the heads lustated Tt consist of «holo imitation ero are eae isconc ii aad nt, ian eg Te aad of mul shot! gt of endl to tin ene end neon meds OF fans the di The Disgorging Clow 49