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OCTOBER 1934
HALLUCINATION.

Conceived, written and published by Theo Annemann. This effect is totally new from the audience’s point
The Jinx is not a msQasine. neither is it a crusading sheet of view and that is something to be looked for inthis day
with a chip on each shoulder and (L vood.pile in reserve. when effects sre pretty difficult to evolve.
All offices, both in an artistic and business sense are
held by one individual who has but a sintle thought’in mind. The performer states that very few people have a re-
that of supplying magicians and mystery entertainers at tentive mindand remember whattheysctuslly see. Re states
large with practical effects and useful knowledge. that in every accident csse. there are contradictory sto-
ries about vist actually happened. To prove his point he
Where the editor (also owner and head office boy 1 takes a deck from its c.sse and shuffles.
finds his own knowladee lacking.he steps outwiththe ever
at work minds of the country’s best amateurs and professlon- Passing tos spectator and holdingthedeck very open-
als and therefrom elesnsthe necesssry information to keep ly and fairly on his left hand he asks this pnrty to lift
his brain child on an even keel and prevent lopsidedness up the corner and look at the top card. Without a move or
from one track logic. suspicious action. the performer passes to s second party
and they are requested todo the same and also rememb+r the
The tricks will be good, the hlnts.tips, and miscel- top card. Lastly a third party is asked to lookatthe card
laneous n stter that may creep in will be practical.and a- snd very openly the performer deals it onto the spectator’s
bove all.the price will remain s frsctionofs fraction In psln or on something where it is in full view.
comparison vith the value of the inl’ormstion disclosed.
Nor performer repasts that he has made anactusl test
Attimes’ the ~rsmmsr may be bad.but on other occasions of his statement thst no two people see things exactly a-
we can assure you that it will read unusually well. We do like. The first psrty isssked to stand and name the card
not believe inpromises or over enthusiastic statements of he SW on top of the deck. Re does. The second party then
things to come. The fraternityat large is respectfully re- arises and names the card he saw. He does BUT IT IS A
quested tosccept The Jinx frommonth to month with noboest- TOTALLY DIFFERENT CARD. The third person stands and nsmar
ine or fanfarr.but simply on the merltsof what it contains the one he ssw AND IT IS STILL A DIFFERENT CARD! The oer-
for what it costs. former shrues his shoulders and tells them that they’sre
all wrong. The third n sn turns over the csrd on table or
Al Baker has said that if a person can get one trick that he is holding AND IT IS THE JOKER! The deck nay then
out of an issue it costs them only a quarter; if they find be tossed out if desired.
two they csn use.the cost is twelve and a half cents each.
HoweGer.,if they can find use for all three, then ‘tis a rare It will be readily seen how the effect lends itself
bargain. to comedy if not too blatant. The effect upon the aud-
ience is-good and will always be remembered. I advise the
So with a lifted @lass instead of a broken bottle I oerforner to call attention at the start that he is not
dedicate instead of christen the first copy of The Jinx perf’ormine sny sleight of hand or card trickery but is jurt
makine an experiment in observation.
TO A IIEMORY.

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Rethod: Like all good things, the Actual vorking is

simple And mAkes use of one feked card As, per the illustrs- TEE SDPRENE EAST IlDIAN NEEDLE FEAT.
tlon.
A half hour’s work will make this csrd and it is Son- In effect this rsprACtiCAlly the sanesahas been done
posed of only two cards to start with, A picture card And but the method is far Advanced in simplicity And
before,
A deuce. Cut the picture card in half dovn through the nid- ssfety is the important feature. The performer At no time
die. Gut the deuce in half Acros8 the center,. Both cards his Aloose needle inhls nouth.his mouth is sbsolutelY emP-
hsve thus been halved but in different directions. Now put ty At the start And will atAnd A physician’s exAminAtion.
these two. halves in a dish of cold water And leave for fif- And there is no secret losding of the inevitable threaded
teen minutes. Then split each one half WAY, Cut off the pACketa
split bsck half of the deuce And the front split half of the
picture csrd. Without letting them dry And without Adding For personal use I have found Growley 14 BhArpsAprAC-
Any paste or glue vhAtever, lsy these hslves together AS tical sise.From AAgiCdOm'S largest supply house (Woolworth)
pictured, put between clean blotters And let dry overnight obtain A large spool of white linen thread. Have the cen-
under A hesvy weight. If this is done cleanly, neatly And ter of this spool bored out rsking A hole About W8ths of
AccUrAtely,AS is very eaSy,yOU have A perfect looking Card An inch in diameter At the center. Cover one end vith A
from the back (except for the missing corner) And it is AS piece of gummed paper or dupltcste label.
flexible AS any other card in deck.
Now resd CAredUlly so AS to clearly understand the
When perfectly dry take A good rubber erAser And you preparation of the needles. Take three yards of thread And
canrubout half of the pip on the deuce. Now with jet black one pACkAge. There are 26 needles to a package. Thread A
India ink, very carefully draw in the Ace of Spades AS il- needle to about seven inches from one end And tie A single
lustrated. Then it is ready to be used. knot so needle will not move from position. Bring another
needle on from the long end And stop About four inches from
the first, tying Another knot. Repeat this with ~11 need-
les. Now for the rolling up. Here is where 1 have made A
departure that is practically the most important principle.
The needles Arerolled ins manner so AS tobe held And shown
AS A package of LOOSE needles. StArt at the end where you
have finished, And holding the point of first needle vith
left thumb and forefinger, wind thread Around eye end of
needle for About A half inch from end until you reach next
need le.
This needle is lsid tightly against first and the thread
now wound in the same manner Around the two. The third
needlp is placed Againsttheothers and the winding COntin-
ued for the remainder of the bundle.Thus the thread is all
wound within half AII inch of the eye ends.
On the end of the ‘seven inch length of thread at end,
tie a knot. With a very light daub of paste, touch it to
thread about hslf An inch from this knotted end so that it
sticks to the bundle. The value of this kink will be plain,
AS the bundle will not loosen up until after being placed
in mouthand the knotted end is easily secured with tongue.

Put this prepsred bundle into the hole in spool with

Lay this card on top of deck And have the Joker un- the points downward (then they can’t catch coming out) and
derneath. When you take deck from case, shuffle but keep put the spool,hole up,on A small six inchtintray (A small
these two on top. The cut out end is nearest you. Nov hold pie tin is perfect). Hsve one package of needles And A
deck face down on left hand with the cut out end still at glass of vater on hsnd And that is all you need to intro-
your end. As long as the cards Are kept squared the backs duce the effect at Any time in your program.
blend And the cut out cannot be seen.
Have A committee of from two to five and divide them
After using the patter theme suggested step to the on esch side of you. Doctors are especially invited he-
first party And have him lift the right hand corner of top cause you have nothing concealed thst csn be found when mouth
card and note it. Without msking A move. step to Another is inspected. Put spool (open end up) on tsble or in your
person at A little distance And have him do the sAme, BUT vest pocket And bring forward the tray And pAckAge of need-
HE LIPTSTHELEPT CORNER AND NOTES CARD. All you have to do les. HAVE them identified AS being genuine And have one
is present this corner to him for him to lift without saying party hold the tray while youopen psckage And drop the need-
Anything other than that he is ~180 to note top cArd.It is les from About A foot above. The sound csn he heard all
rather strangebutromehov no one seems to realize that the over and is convincing. Now take the spool of thread length-
index would not be At that corner And if deck is held so that wise between left thumb And second fingerfthumb over hold1
is thecorner nearest them,And At the same tineperformer tells And reel off three ysrds of thresd with right hand. Break
them to slso lift and look At card, they will do it. Thus and hang it Around neck with right hand so ends are in front.
tvo people have seen different cards without performer chan- Right hsnd now takes spool from left and either places back
ging position of deck in hand or making A move. on table or in pocket,and the left hand immediately reaches
over And takes the tray of loose needles.However,the right
Now performer starts tovsrds third psrty And merely has turned the spool over And the bundle of threaded needles
squares up the deck very simply And openly but in doing so has fallen into left hand at the base of the fingers. Tak-
turns the deck. ing the trsy with left hand And fingers underneath keeps
the bundle covered, And all moves perfectly natural.
Thisparty also lifts And looks At the right hand cap-
ner. Andimmediately AfterwArdd,the performer very dellb- The thread is nov around neck,the tray of loose need-
erstely deals the top card face down onto table. Hovever, les in left hand And the: threaded bundle in same hand At
the missing corner of feked card makes a perfect second deal base of fingers. Taking hold of tray with both hAnds,shAke
possible And the joker is the one dealt. it up and downtorattle the needles noisely. Tip tray with
right hand so As to dump needles into left hand just in
The effect is over except for the climax. During the back of the thresded bundle. Keep this left hand cupped,
naming of the cards And the general interest and comment with right thumb And forefinger.reAch into the cupped palm
caused .At this time, the top feked card is palmed off And And appear to be getting them together, but you Are really
pocketed very simply. This leaves everything clear and A getting a firm hold of the threaded end of bundle between
great impression hss been made. right thumb and first two fingers If you will pick up such
A bundle in this manner with the points sticking upvArd,you
You will find that the Audience will give you A lot
of credit for this feat. They’ll consider you A great card Will see that the thread is completely hidden and theneed-
les appear like A loose bunch.
man And vi11 talk About the VAy you must have svitched or
changed the cards And how fsst it must have been done.

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As the right hand brings this bundle away from left, At this time he secures the thumb tip containing dum-
this hand, with the loose needles goes to the left coat my on right thumh and when he returns, pick5 UP with right
pocket, drop5 them, and comes out with a handkerchief. hand the paper he left on table. With left hand he takes
The handkerchief is dropped to the floor and YOU drop to the dead name slip from spectator and at same time hands
your left knee on the handkerchief for the act of swallow- him the slip in right hand with the request that he now
ing the needles. The committee is motioned in closer and write down some particular year, for instance, some ye6r
by doing it in this manner they can see without getting in which he and the dead party were closely connected, or
in the way of the audience and it serves a good purpose perhaps his birth year or year of desth.
otherwise.
As he gives these instructions,the performer has the
Place the needles on tongue, but turn them as you do dead slip on left palm and the thumb tip containing dummy
and the upper teeth come down upon them holding the on right thumb. He puts right thumb ontoslip of left palm,
:zAdle in place and at the same time concealing the thread- left fingers close around it and right thumb comes out ap-
ed end. All that can 6e seen is apparently a bunch of parently with paper which is tossed totable. Actually how-
loose needles on the tongue. ever,the dummy is drawn from the tip instead while the
dead slip.remains in left palm under tip. Left hand drops
Keeping the head back, the needles are apparently to side and performer t,urns and walks away again while the
swallowed but really the bundle is drawn back on tongue, date slip is written. This switch i’s smooth and clean.
turned 50 that the points are towards throat and pushed It shouldn’t be watched or accentuated but is done 8s 5
over onto right side of mouth outside of teeth. Now drink matter of course while explaining the procedure with sec-
half the glass of water. Take the thread from around neck, ond slip.
place end in mouth and then loop the rest over tongue.
Chew up the thread into a compact mass and shift it over Now, while the second slip is being written, the per-
ss far as possible to left side of mouth. Drink the rest former with back turned quickly reads’ the dead slip, re-
of the water and show glass upside down before setting a- folds and holds it in the same position in left hand under
side. the tip upon return.

Low you are ready to produce the thread and needles. Picking up the dummy from table (apparently the dead
Bring bundle onto tongue again and roll it over until tongue name) he asks spectator into which of his pockets he would
gets the loose knotted end. The small dab of paste has like to keep it, and at the same time apparently puts it
loosened up in mouth and the knotted end is brought between into the left hand which opens and holds it on palm. Act-
lips without use of your hands. Have a committeeman take ually it was put back into the thumb tip and spectator
hold of same and you slowly back away from him,telling him picks up the real dead slip and pockets. The performer
not to pull. Back away unrolling the bundle and the need- now has the tip on right thumh again with dummy inside.
les will appear on schedule. When the last needle is
reached,your right fingers take it from mouth and with it, Left hand now picks up the date slip which spectator
concealed in fingers, is the small bunch of thread. The had placed on table and once more the switchismade as at
mouth is left empty for inspection if desired. first and right hand gives it to him asking him to place
it somewhere in view and cover it with a paper weight or
If, when unwinding the bundle in mouth, the thread hook.
ever gets stuck, turn head in the opposite direction to
which the threaded end of bundle lies in mouth. If it is The date slip in left hand under tip goes to pocket
towards left, when lying on tongue,turn head towards left as the performer asks spectator to explain whether the
soasto bring thread in nearly a straight linewiththread- date written was a birth, death or important event, and
ed end,and it will always pull thread out of a catch,which during this slight stall, the slip is opened against the
is rare if they have been wound carefully. packet of paper5 and the packet brought forth. A glance
at the top opened paper gives the performer the date and
I have used four differently colored threads,by hav- he takes a blank paper from the bottom of the stack. The
ing four feked spools and a corresponding bundle inside. packet is returned to pocket and on the blank slip the per-
Then a free choice of colored thread can be had after the former writes the date that he has just resd. This is
loose needles are on the tray. This looks very nice, How- given a party seated a little distance away and as perfor-
ever, I think it a most practical method with points that mer returns his left hand drops to pocket and the date pa-
will make it popular with magicians who heretofore have per is folded,pushed into tip and the left hand come5 out
objected to taking loose needles into the mouth. I was with thumb wearing the tip.
afraid to, hence this routine and subterfuge.
Walking to the table or wherever the date slip has
been covered, the right hand picks it up,holdr on palm and
the left thumb covers it for a second, the right fingers
TWO PAPERS AND A SPECTATOR. close,and the left thumb draws out carrying the slip from
inside tip and this is handed directly to another party
So many have asked me for something along mental lines while the tip in right hand is pocketed for good.
that canbedone practically impromptu and yet has the ap-
pearance of genuine mindreading without cards, etc., that The person slip was handed to is asked to read aloud
I am disclosing a secretthat I have been using for a long, the date. When he does, the party holding the performer’s
long time, in fact, since October 1020 it being so dated written slip is asked to read what wa5 written and IT IS
in my notebook. THE SAHE.

I know this may sound difficult or rather long winded, Now the performer states that with the name slip he
but if you will follow the routine with the material at will try a qhicker way and he asks spectator to take the
hand, you will grasp the principle very quickly and have dead slip from his pocket and hold it against performer’5
no difficulty. forehead. Very slowly the performer spells out the dead
name letter by l.etter,and apparently has never touched the
All that is needed is a thumb tip and seven or eight paper.
pieces of paper size 2x3 inches. Fold these once the long
way and then twice the opposite way. Open themoutall ex- I know this has been long winded, but I promised it
cept one and put them in the left trouser pocket. This would look rather hard. If one tries it with the material
folded slip is placed inside thumb tip and placed in right and tip in hand, it isn’t hard at all and the few stall5
trouser or vest pocket 5.0 it can be easily secured. You come at the right time to cover the moves, The principle
are ready. of switching by thumb tip belongs to Al Baker anddoes sway
with all necessity of sleight of hand. However if one
In starting, the packet of papers is removed from wants to practice enough, it is possible to improve the
pocket and two taken. the packet being replaced. One is working a good deal through the use of a straight methods
handed a spectator with the request that he write the name of pellet switching and no apparatus is needed, I know at
of some dead friend or relative and then fold it as it was least a few will get a lot out of this, as I have myself,
before. The other piece of paper is left on the table and and to reach those few I am letting goa great pet of my own.
erformer turns hack and walks away while first slip is
P ring written.

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