In this one man magical program for clubs and homes there are seven effects, although The Itinerant Dollar trick runs a little longer than the others and makes use of practically three different tricks. The routine, as a whole, runs about twenty-five minutes and is effective for an audience of 10 to 250 people.

Necessary adjuncts are as follows :

One rubber novelty cigarette.
One bag of tobacco.
One package of cigarette papers.
A cigarette lighter.
One genuine cigarette.
One unopened pack of cigarettes.
A cigarette pull.
Three prepared dollar bills.
One wallet for the Card in Wallet trick.
Some business size envelopes.
2 pieces of waxed paper about 3 x 3 inches.
3 lemons.
A pocket handkerchief faked as described.
A pencil.
One set of ten “Policy” cards.
One padlock and eight keys.
One ordinary deck of cards.

The program below is listed in the order of performance and taken from copies of The Jinx to date. The routine, as set, consists of equally effective items and entirely varied in type. There is no confliction of ideas, and the two starting items, which blend together, make an opening that allows of an audience settling down before the real serious business is begun.

Too many times an audience will take their time about quieting down, and if one waits until they are ready, he’ll have quite a wait. However, once started, the onlookers will quiet down by themselves during the first item or so.

In setting up, you need only a small table of any common type, and a chair should be handy. The few articles you use can then be laid out. There are many places where the performer is compelled to set an act practically in front of an audience, but in this routine that is not a difficulty. Have your pocket material set before you arrive, when it is necessary only to place a few articles down while in view.

In the “Policy” effect only 10 cards are used instead of 20 as experience has proven this number to be better. The new arrangement with 10 cards follows here : D-R-D-D-R-R-D-D-R-R. In this case, however, every fifth card is eliminated instead of tenth as before in the routine.

Take note of the set up for the pull which is much better and more practical to use. It gives a much longer stretch, and too many pulls make you hold your hand in an awkward position.

For the Itinerant Dollar use the pull for the second vanish right on top of the cigarette, and for the third vanish use a pocket handkerchief with a folded paper sewn into the hem. To your inside coat pocket have fastened the regulation wallet for the now common Card in Wallet effect. For the last vanish, hold the folded bill (not folded as small as before though) in your left hand and cover it with the hank in your right. The left fingers carry up the faked corner and the spectator holds. You first take hold of apparently the bill through the hank with your right fingers, and, as you hand it to the spectator, your left hand with the bill goes to the pocket and brings out the wallet. Snap the rubber band to show it secured and give this to your spectator’s free hand. Then whip away the hank and the bill has vanished. Now take the wallet and open it to show the bill under the glass. For this last test with the bill, have the owner check it after the lemon bit. Then do the last effect as an afterthought, but tell him to mark his initials on it this time. This is a neat throw off for anyone who might not think the same bill was being used throughout.

Here is the program in correct order :

A Cigarette Rolled By Proxy — Jinx #11
The Dixie Cigarette Vanish — Jinx #10
The Itinerant Dollar — 35/36 Winter Extra
A Matter of Policy — Jinx #9
Seven Keys to Baldpate (new) — Jinx #12
The Acme Thought Card Pass — Jinx #16
The Torn Deck Location — Jinx #17

The opening speech may go something as follows :

“Ladies and gentlemen; there are a great many people of the opinion that all magic is accomplished by the hand being quicker than the eye. That such a belief is wrong I hope to prove beyond any possible doubt, because everything that I shall attempt here will be done slowly and deliberately in order that you may follow closely whatever I am doing. Then, and only then, if you see me making fast moves or underhanded bits of business, can you honestly say that I am a charlatan on deception bent. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is a magician’s way of saying that I wouldn’t deceive you for the world.”

With that opening you proceed to show how a magician would roll a cigarette if his hands were full. Good luck from there on.