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MARCH 1937
MAGIC — Age cannot wither, nor custom stale her infinite variety. — William Shakespeare

CONTROLLED LUCK
E ffect: Two spectators are chosen from the
audience, and one is handed a hatfull of num-
bered cardboard squares. The performer explains
M ethod: The cardboard numbers are without
preparation, and the spectator 'B1 draws
them freely from the hat or bowl. Some may pre-
that these are numbered from one to fifty-two, fer to use wooden counters numbered from 1 to
and they can be examined freely. The assistant 52, something like those used in the gane of
is told to mix these thoroughly, and the perform- Lotto. The deck used is a Bicycle League Back
er never touches them again. deck, at the center of which is a three-wing
design that makes a perfect reverse mark, not-
A pack of cards is handed the second spectator icable to one who knows from a distance of ten
for mixing as much as he may wish, and the per- to twenty feet. However, there are decks on the
former never touches the cards again. market now with picture backs that make excel-
lent reverse designs without being too obvious.
Spectator A, with the cards, stands on one
side of a table, and spectator B, with the num- Beforehand, the deck is set with all backs
bers in hat, or perhaps a bowl, stands on the pointed one way except for one card which the
opposite side. The performer now stands about performer knows. This is the predicted card.
ten feet in back of the table and writes a pre- The only necessary gimmick is one of the now
diction on a pad or bor- popular thumb writers
rowed business card.

L' is then directed

A NfW AND d\mUNT sold by all dealers. The
numbers are handed snec-
tator 'B1 and cards to 'A1.
As performer hands cards
to hold the cards,one at
a time before his eyes
and look at the face of fff CT
each himself. Then he is to place it face down
to 'A'for mixing, he gives
them a little overhand
shuffle which serves to 'force' spectator to
on the table, -is 'A' holds each card up, 'B' is mix them that way, and which does not disar-
to reach in hat and draw out a number which he range the backs. During this mixing, the per-
calls aloud, '.a' only looks at each card but former writes the prediction as given in the
does not name it. effect, but leaves out the number. He throws
pencil on table and stands at a little dis-
This procedure goes on until the performer tance where he can see the backs of the cards
says, "Stop." 'A'is now holding a card and 'B' as 'A' holds them up to look at faces. 'B' calls
a number. The performer now has a third spec- the numbers each time, and the performer watches
tator read what he has written as a prophecy. for the reversed card to show. The moment it
The prediction reads something like this, "When pops up, performer says, "STOP", at the same
B calls the number 26, A will be looking at the time filling in the number just called, nt this
Six of Spades." 'B' lias, of course, just called point he hands the card to a third person and
the number 26 and holds it in his hand, and 'A' has the prophecy read aloud. 'A' then shows
holds up his card for all to see. It is the Six the card he is holding, and it is found that
of Spades. Climax. And the best part is that all the prophecy is correct. The cleanness of work-
numbers and cards are found ordinary. ing makes this an astounding effect.

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 indly note: Starting immediately, time before, and no doubt will say it ••-.gain, but
K all back numbers of The Jinx will
cost twenty-five cents each, and not
every day so.neono is taking some trick or effact
that has been kicked around, find making a name
•with it. tVhen fellows come to me and "knock" the
be available at the subscription rate
of five for a dollar as heretofore. act of comeone else, there's only one answer. I
'flie subscription rate will apply only ask, "Well', they're wording, aren't they? nre
to advance orders. This is necessary you?"
because of the acarcity of copies,
and also because no other regular periodical will Howard Brooks, the i.agical Chatterbox, talked
Suoply bade issues at the subscription price. himself out of a four week contract at the Iiac-
Padden-Deauville in kiami Beach so he could play
U. P. Grant oponed his New York place at 327 one week at Ira's Supper Club for what it would
West 42nd Street on karch 1st. Only a block and have taken three weeks at the k-D to earn. With
a half from Times Square, he has located in 2S00 magicians oown there looking for work, Brooks
square feet of space, with a v.ery effectively had to fight to get out of four weeks! I was with
tiled scheme of uecoratlon topper off by a large him v/hen he booked Ira's, and still along when
firenlace and center floor fountt in. It is an he was sweating to get out from under the other.
ideal netting for a magic shop-, ^ nd the fact He'll never have his name on two contracts again!
that "Gen" has taken a five year lease on the
place shows that he knows it. ^nd that g.92 ordter Galli-Galli is also in the south, but seems
from a j!.Y. nitery performer on the first day to have nixed himself up a bit. The following
goes to show the faith people have in Grant and clip came from the kiami Herald for February 9th.
his ideas. Galll-Qalll, magician (find I hope
Tve spelled his name wrong), al-
though promised and billed In ad-
That Gravatt piracy, called the Encyclopedia vance, would not appear at the Presi-
of Card Trciks, will be reprinted in type and dent's Birthday Ball until he was paid
•100.
book form . Ho less than four dealers and indi- He didn't appear.
viduals are trying to beat each other, however,
I'll wager that Holden's edition will be the The worst value in years is "Plash Magic" by
first and best. I just goes to prove, though, Lindhorst, and now advertised to the skies at
that if a thing sells, the dealers will vend it *1O.OO. I hate to think what Guy Jarrett would
to a fare-thee-well, regardless of ethics. HOW" say about it. It is offset printed, with the
ever, Max is the first to actually get written type so small that even I have difficulty reed-
permission from the conceivers of the effects. ing it, and the sketches are borrowed in sub-
It would have hurt Gravatt1s conscience to do stance from, to a great extent, magazine exposes
a thing like that. Or p.erhaps he knew he couldn't. of illusions, kost of the 100 tricks are des-
Or maybe he needed the money, and didn't have cribed amateurishly in one or two lines only,
time to think up any tricks of his own before and the whole thing is stuck into a ./oolworth
the sheriff came around. Looseleaf book. There's nothing new in it, and
there's no value except for the twenty cent cow-
er. That's the worst review I've ever given any-
Burling Hull swore (and wasted a full Jinx thing, but when I saw it, I couldn't help going
page in No. 25) that he had nothing to do with uo in the air. Lindhorst's niano business must
the Pairplay edition of the above encyclopedia; be in a bad way.
the pirated version of bhe original piracy, of
which only one out of five volumes was oroduced.
Did he accidontly show a Hew York dealer the Count Orloff, the Hew York llite Club Sponge
tyoed and arranged bop'y for the second volume, Ball Imnressarlo, can do a Charlier (one-hand)
or doesn't he give a hoot what magi think? Pass with a pack of giant cards! who was
the nobleman of magic who upset the 11.Y. magic
I hope the 1.3.In. runs as smoothly,now that shop by coming in too tight; to balK about, and
"Uncle Bill" has passed on, as it did when he wound up by sticking his head through whose of-
had the reins. John Davison has moved up to the fice door window? Robert Khinehart has been
presidency, and Dr. Kenneth H Sheelor has been doing a Seating, by ^oing half-legitiricte in a
appointed Editor of the Linging Ring. John should Stags production called "The keal Ticket." It
make an excellent president, and I know all the ooened in Philadelphia, earned bad reviews, and
boys will be for him. However, the High Point is being rewritten. Richard Oubois, the b.A.k.
Convention this year, will tell the story of Hat'l Sec'y, has si ;ned up for three yet rs with
how the I.B.M. is standing the worst shock of the Pond agency, and will be offered for the en-
its history. gagements that iiarlan Tarbell is too ill to play.
Robert Parrish rung bells with his Duo-Tel-
The two prop;ramrnes given in this issue are a epathy effect in Jinx ls'o. 29, according ;o cot' -
direct result of I.iax Holden's muchly praised publi- merits received. The it err, embracing two effects,
cation of "Magician's Programmes". The book has and too clean for words, fits in well with the
been received as a very necessary adjunct to "En Rapport" routine. Dave Bamberg (Pu Manchu)
one's library of "active" literature. Prom time opens on iiarch 4th at the Teatro Servantes on
to time I'll print programmes of this one and 116th Street in Hew York City. Direct from Cuba
that one, and such programmes will be authen- and South America, he'll have the largest marie
tic, up to date, and in exactly the order as pre- show (twelve tons) in the states. Bebe Stan-
sented on the occasion when reviewed. The exact ton, erstwhile wife and partner of Horman Fres-
order of presentation is the most important ooint. cott, is rather on the rocks and wants a partner
for the sending end. Frescott and she were to-
Incidentally, Glen Pope's sister has returned gether for X^ years, ono played the best spots
to these shores and is back in the act. The stoary available, and Bebe left top spots with her sing-
of her marriage to Tommy (T. Bradley, if you wish) ing and dancing to go with him. ..'here in the devil
Martin in Europe turned out to be but a bit more is kartin Sunshine? Since he and Betty have called
than a rumor. Tom Bowyer is losing his sense it a day, there might be the makings of a quit®
of humor, or at least his appreciation of irony. perfect combination here. Tee-hee Dept.-Sun-
After witnessing an exhibition of Mogul in Tor- day paoers just ran an ad showing karvo, the kag-
onto, he was "irked" because it was "as he feared" ician at a party. He was asked by one to "make
only the torn out center gag of reading a billet. our friend Joe's "B.O." aisappearj" He has "Jo®"
Tom wrote "and he played 14 weeks at the II.Y. take a card from the pack, and when "Joe" looks
Paramount with that, eh?" I've said it many a at the card he reads, ''A kind friend of yours
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asked me to make your "B.O." disappear. My magic in it, and he'd send me the money if I sent a
can't do this, "but Lifebuoy can!" Evon so, the bill...(which I did)...These guys forget easily...
ad is just about as tactful as some magi I know. and who...this is a peach...what sharper would
Curiosity Dept.- >Jhy, in the Jan 1937 Alex- tell some stranger or any other sharper...his
andre Herrmann number of the Sphinx, his first ov/n methods of cheating...Oh Jerry...Oh Mickey...
name, on the cover, in the recollection article, my jaw aches for you...and something else too...
in the Ghase article, the editorial mentions, I'm now going to get out my bengue for my neck.
an., the cunfcions under two other pictures, was (signed) Frank." Did I say humor? And theoa
ended ER; while Ladame Herrmann's explanation I opend another letter and read t.t the bottom,
of his favorite trick consistently spelled it "May I suggest that you ignore Frank Lane's in-
AlexandRE? sults and publish as little about him as you can.
He gloats over the kind of publicity you have
In the mail bag: In regards to the paragraph given him. " Well, dear reader, you know how
I used in the February issue about Jerry kahler it is with some fellows, especially Frank, './hen
et the ...iarni Beach Roney-Plaza, Prank Lane sends you've gotta gloat, you've gotta gloatl
a postcard full of humor, "wakes no difference
to me what they say,..I don't give a good 'Land
3akes'...But I wonder how Kahler would feel If
I took his letter out of the file and showed
-vhore he said for me to be sure and send the book
I just wrote, the one with the bridge exposure

Modern M a g i c Programs
A
lir. Opel works very easily (with 35 years of ex-
NO. ONE perience he should) and mixes plenty of humor
and gags as he works. Is partial to audience as-
sistance, and gets as much out of a trick as is
JOHN laULHOLLAND possible.

Fort Orange Club, Albany, New York, January 14,

1937. Time; 1 hour and 20 minutes. Reviewed by
Dr. Gordon G. Peck.
1
2
The Sympathetic Silks
20th Century Handkerchief Trick
NO. TUREE
3 The Dictionary Trick (using a copy of Viiho' s
Who)
4 The Nest of Boxes (with a coin)
GLEN POPE I
Club Versailles, New York City, February 5, 1937
5 The Torn Corner Card to Cigarette Case Time: 16 minutes. Reviewed by Theo. Annemann
6 Zen's I.aracle Card effect of thought of cards
passing from one envelope to another. 1 Clay Pipes of Smoke. Clay pipes ure put bowl
7 The Torn Deck Location (Jinx No. 17) to bowl and smoked. Stems are broken off and
8 The Cut and Restored Rope Trick (Grant) bowls smoked again. Bowls ore crushed under
9 The Chinese Linking Rings. foot and the fragments joined in cupped hands
and again smoked for climax.
Mulholland interpolates quite a bit of talking
with his effects, describing magic of various 2 »<ith his sister «.nn, Pope does the parasol
countries where he ha3 visited, and making of trick using only one handkerchief hanging on
his program a combination lecture and demonstra- one rib, and a lady's purse for the change
tion. of handkerchief and parasol cover.

3 The parasol trick over, Glen tears up two

pieces of tissue, and restores them to a hat

NO. TWO 4
which he places on Ann's head for the exit.
(Cecil Lysle Hat Trick)
Pope returns now for a quick thimble routine,
\ EaRRY OPEL | ending with the usual production of eight.

Broadway 11, E. Church, Toledo, Ohio, October 28, 5 This number was a bit of cigarette manipulat-
1936. Time: 1 hour and 30 minutes. Reviewed by ion with one cigarette, ending with its pen-
Raymond M. Staples. etration through a handkerchief and subse-
quent vanish.
1 Torn and Restored Napkin
2 The Egg Bag 6 Producing a pack of cards, the torn corner
3 Chinese Linking Rings card effect was presented, with Its final ap-
4 Multiplication of Money (Coin tray) pearance being in the cigarette case.
5 The Miser's Dream
6 Cut and Restored String Pope works very neatly. The parasol and hat bit
7 A 10 minute routine of card effects with sister Ann is perfectly set to music, and
8 The Multiplying Billiard Balls should have been the closing number as it works
9 Finale of juggling and balancing tricks, with fast, is easy to follow, and winds up with a per-
balls, knives, a lamp, and Baton spinning. fect exit to a good hand.
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 MGDOIOCGOI] CDmb
ffects for this Jinx Club Program number The Flash Ribbon Restoration as an opening
E eight in all, ana the act can toe carried in
a not so large suitcaae. I say "suitcase" even
serves as a novel surprise and allows of patter
to the effect that magicians generally cut and
though without the carrying of a frame for the restore things with many passes and knots. How-
Finale Trick, on which to display the clock ever, you have found a way of h/pnotising a rib-
face, only a small doctor's grip would be nec- bon and making it do the job for itself. The lev-
essary to transport the mysteries. However, the itatlon of the ribbon before and during the cut-
Finale Trcik gives a rather flashy and strong ting will start getting attention.
finish, and is perfectly practical as well as
being a not in use effect. The ribbon for the opening effect and the
second number is taxen from one of the spools
The entire act is suitable for clubs, lodges, of colored ribbon. Use the same ribbon for the
and homes where the audience is in front. It third number, in tying the balloon, as was used
runs approximately thirty minutes without speed- for the second effect.
ing, or tv/enty-five if one keeps moving.
In the pack of cards set for the 20th Century
In setting up, you'll need only a small table trick, have a short card, the duplicate of which
and a chair. The tested time on setting up is is in the balloon. Then you can follow the 20th
not more than twelve minutes, and it can be cut Century with the balloon trick using the same
to seven and eight if you have a list of tne ar- cards. Force the short card by riffling end of
ticles and where they go. You won't need such a deck and stopping (?) on command. The torn cor-
thing if you use the act and know it as well as ner from card in balloon is in your left side
you should. However, some will arrange the rou- coat pocket where deck is dropped after the sel-
tine and use it only occasionally. ection.

The necessary apparatus,or Have the three dollar bill

material needed, is as fol- Suggested program Ho. One — A Club corners on table, in order,
lows : Act of Uagic -- was in the Jinx Ex- and the lemon for each lying
tra for Summer 1936. The programme in front, ./hen you get back
One straight backed chair runs about twenty-five minutes and the two lemons, put them on
One ordinary card table packs into a brief caae. table. You see at a glance
2 reels (blue-red) -£" ribbon which one is missing, and so
A pair of siaall scissors Suggested Program lio. Two — A ken- pick up the right corner at
& 6" x 6" sheet of tissue tal Club Act -- was in the Jinx Ho. the same time. Keep the envel-
A sheet of flash paper 6"x6" 23 for August 1936. This programme ope for bhis effect in inside
A snool of black thread runs about thirty minutes and also coat pocket. Keep matches or
.facie of cards - one duplicate can be carried in e brief case, lighter in lower right vest
A. large hole ticket punch pocket for use whenever you
Some diachylon wax need a flame.
Poth issues can still toe supplied
4 colored balloons by your dealer, or obtained direct
3 lemons from J?he Jinx, Waverly, Hew York. For the needle trick, ev-
3 one dollar bills erything is on the metal tray.
Kitchen matches -or- lighter Test this new way of threading
Envelope prepared for the lemon trick needles a few times before the first performance
A packet of needles threaded in the new way of the trick.
A large spool of white cotton thread
A metal tray 6 or 8 inches in diameter The two slates are on table and set to go.
An unooened package of needles This is strictly a 'force' effect, and up to the
Two slates with a loose silicate flap individual performer. I surest using names of
Chalk - A heavy rubber band - A wedding ring deceased famous men and presidents. Personally,
Two gentlemen's handkerchiefs for this effect, I've had the name of a presi-
Two small rubber bands dent appear on one slate, and a short message
Special display frame for Finale Trick on a popular or unpopular law appear on the oth-
Set of six clock faces made as described er. The slate effect fits in well as a bit of
Blank duplicate sheet to match faces spiritualistic fakery, the strong point being
the finding of something on BOTH slates, and
The program list of effects as taken from the fact that the,/ can immediately be thrown out.
and titled in The Jinx during past issues, is
given below in the order of their performance. Have the frame for the Finale Tricx on floor
Presented in that way will give best results. in froni; of the chair, and the whole thing back
a bit so those who come forward will not be
Flash Ribbon Restoration S Extra '35 Page 39 close to it. Have the blank and unprepared sheet
Twentieth Century Cards No. 10 Page 50 laying on the chair set.
Simplex Torn Card
and Ualloon ./ Extra 135 Page 85 Everything else concerning the routine is
The Lemon and the Dollar Ho. 7 Page 28 covered specifically in the directions, and
The Supreme East Indian there is nothing in the placing of the various
Needle Feat Ho. 1 Page 2 items that will conflict with each other. Im-
The Super Slates Mo. 13 Page u3 provements and variations on the Lemon and Dol-
A Ring in Transit Extra '35 Page 90 lar, the Heedle Trick, and the 20th Century
March of Time Finale No. 20 Page 116 Cards will be found in Jinx Ho.18 - Page 99.
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 H. PAUL90N'? ?P£LL HI/
win® i cm ST
ounting fifteen cards on-
C to the hand of a spectat-
or, the conjuror asks him to I n this strange but cute variation of the fam-
iliar spelling trick, a new bit of effective-
ness is brought into play, There may be other
recount them, to verify the
number. To prevent mistakes ways of doing it by sleight-of-hand, and which
the conjuror again counts on would give a wider range of selection, but the
spectator's hand, requesting following method is practically automatic.
that two cards be handed him
from the pile. They are van- The performer shuffles and throws out three
ished and reappear among the face down cards at random, one of which a spec-
spectator's cards which are tator merely thinks of after looking at them
counted once more. This ef- . all. During this time the performer can turn
feet is repeated,and finally his back. The cards are lumped together, return-
the fifteen are vanished and ed to deck, and shuffled a bit more.
found in the helper's pocket!
How the nane of the thought of card is asked.
It is all in the count, so to speak. To com- The performer spells off say the noe of Spades.
mence, at a suitable time slip fifteen oarde in- One card with each letter he spells, A - C - E.
to somebody's outside coat pocket. This is OOKI- He shows this last card. It is an /iceI He con-
paritively easy at a get-together. Then pick up- tinues with 0 - F. He again shows the card he
on this person to assist, and tell him you intend is at. It is a Spade I Remarking that such a co-
to pive him fifteen cards, and ask him to hold incidence is sort of a good omen, he continues,
out his hand palm up. S - p - A - D - E - S . On the last letter he
turns the card face up. It is the Ace of Spades I
Count the cards one at a time onto his hand, And this effective coincidence (?) works with
counting as follows, "Fifteen, fourteen, thirteen, any card of those chosen.
twelve, eleven, ten, nine, eight, and 2 are ten,
and 2 are twelve, and 3 are fifteen." On these It all depends upon the simplest of setups.
last three counts, you drop 2 cards, 2 cards, Take out the Ace of Spades, Four of Hearts, and
and 3 cards respectively. There will be smiles the viueen of Hearts as the cards from which one
at this novel bit of counting, but you ask him is to be chosen. With deck face down in hand
to verify by recounting one at a time in the or- have on top any two cards, then any ace, then
thodix manner, onto your left hand. This he does, any four, then the yueen of Spades, and then
and there really are fifteen. any two heart cards. On top of these seven cards
put the removed nee, Four and yueen in that or-
At this point, your right hand is in trouser der.
pocket where, beforehand, you have put four cards.
Palm two of them now, while spectator is count- Now dovetail shuffle the deck, leaving the
ing onto your hand, and when he has finished, top ten in place, and throw off the first card.
add them to the pile on your left hand. Say_to Repeat this until three are in a row. Or, if you
him, "I see you are suspicious, sir, so I will wish, riffle through deck three times, and throw
count them again. Fifteen, fourteen, thirteen, outa card each time, slipping it from top to the
twelve, eleven, ten, nine, eight, seven, and 3 cut each time you riffle through.
are ten, and 2 are twelve, and 3 are fifteen."
Have spectator look at cards and finally
The spectator now actually holds 17 cards, think of just one. During this you turn back as
and you ask him to give you two of them. These he looks, and start fanning the deck, counting
are vanished in any suitable manner. I usually ten cards from the top. iiold a slight break at
pick up the remainder of pack from table, fan this point, uather the cards together with the
them out in right hand, hold the two cards to right hand, keeping them in their correct or-
be vanished in left hand, and in a downward der, let decK open slightly at break and drop
sweep of the fan steal the two cards, the left cards in. It looks as though you merely gather
hand turning with back outward, and a bit of the cards together and push them in deck at ran-
fanning is done and hand shown empty, the deck dom.
being laid aside again.
Have spectator name his card after you have
Say, "ITow the two cards have returned to given deck a riffle shuffle or two, keeping the
your cards." He counts them one at a time onto top 13 in place. The rest of the effect is auto-
your left hand and there are fifteen. While he matic, and just a bit different from the usual.
is counting this time, again palm out two cards
from right trouser pocket, and add to the count-
ed pile. Again you count to him, "Fifteen, four-
teen, thirteen, twelve, eleven, ten, nine, eight,
seven,and three are ten, and two are tv/elve, and
three are fifteen." Ask him for two cards and
vanish them as you did the first time, or in a
different manner, as you choose. He confirms The Jinx is an independent mon-
the fact that the cards have returned to his thly for magicians published by
packet by counting them for the last time, and Theo. Annemann of Waverly, N.Y.,
finding fifteen. Finally you take the fifteen U.S.A. It can be obtained direct
cards off his hand and vanish them, saying, "The or through any magical depot for
cards are very fond of you, sir, even though you 25 cents a copy, and by subscrip-
have continually doubted them. No doubt that is $1 for 5 issues postpaid
fondness has resulted in their returning to you." to any address in the world.
He looks through his pockets and finds the 15
cards you have previously loaded there.
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O nce more there comes along an effect which has been testec
thoroughly before appearing herein, and the directness
its presentation has much to do with its success. One who can
tell fortunes is always the lion of the gathering, and it is
seldom that a magician is not asked if he is so gifted. Just
giving a straight "spiel" reading is one thing,but I've found
it 100$ more effective if one can answer a direct question in
giving the talk. And the following routine will be found at-
tractive because it can be done practically impromptu.
A pack of cards is borrowed, and the performer stands be-
hind a small table across which he works to one or two spec-
tators at a time. The sitter shuffles the deck well, and then
gives it to performer who hands him a piece of paper on which
he is to write a question and fold once each way. The written
query is onenly burned by spectator himself, whereupon per«j
former fans the deck end has five cards drawn from different
parts, and dropped face down on table. The spectator looks
these, nlaces them in a row still face down, and then starts
burning them over one at a time in any order. The performer
gives a short reading as each card is turned, and finally is
able to apparently look at them all and answer the important
question that has been on the spectator's mind.

Taken all together, it is really the routine and presenta-

tion of this effect tiat makes it a worthwhile number. There
are many (too many, in fact) booklets and paiaphlets that give
meanings for cards, that is, if one wants to be a bit consis-
tent. However, in most cases, just a little imagination and a
short, tactful fairy story, made up while you peer wisely at
the cards, Will suffice. After all, the ::nockout part,it also
being the convincing point too, is when the question is ans-
wered.
Beforehand have two pieces of paper about 2 inches square.
Fold one piece once each way and out in left trouser pocket.
Borrow deck and have shuffled. Put second piece of paper be-
fore spectator, and have dummy in left fingers. Take the deck
back with right hand inid place face up on left hand over the
dummy. Tell spectator to write question and fold. Turn away
towards left, and left thumb pushes out two or three of the
face up cards and right hand turns them over, backs up. Turn
back, take folded papeE with right hand, put it on top(?) of
deck under left thumb, and with right hand gesture at the ash
tray and ask spectator to light a match, .as right hand comes
back, the deck is transfered from left to right, being turn-
ed over in the passing, and which is a most natural move.

Immediately the deck is over in right hand, the left fin-

gers pick off the dummy and put it on ash try with the remark
that it should be burned, .as the dummy flames up, the deck is
fanned out in the two hands, all except the last few cards of
course, and the spectator asked to pull out five at random.
Again you turn away, with the request that he look them over
and place them in a face down row. At this time you read the
question, reverse the bottom cards you turned over in the be-
ginning, and Docketing the paper turn back to drop deck some-
wheres on table, and go through with the fortune and answer.
The actions for this presentation are so simple,and natur-
al, that it makes a perfect, and interesting reading method
for single sitters. I wouldn't be surprised if someone does
take this idea and use it with as great success as did Mogul
with the torn center method.

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