Conceived, written and published by Theodore Annemann, The Jinx is not a magazine, neither is it a crusading sheet with a chip on each shoulder and a woodpile in reserve.
All offices, both in an artistic and business sense are held by one individual who has but a single thought in mind, that of supplying magicians and mystery entertainers at large with practical effects and useful knowledge.
Where the editor (also owner and head office boy) finds his own knowledge lacking, he steps out with the ever-at-work minds of the country’s best amateurs and professionals and therefrom gleans the necessary information to keep his brain child on an even keel and prevent lopsidedness from one track logic.
The tricks will be good, the hints, tips, and miscellaneous matter that may creep in will be practical, and above all, the price will remain a fraction of a fraction in comparison with the value of the information disclosed.
At times the grammar may be bad, but on other occasions we can assure you that it will read unusually well. We do not believe in promises or over enthusiastic statements of things to come. The fraternity at large is respectfully requested to accept The Jinx from month to month with no boosting of fanfare, but simply on the merits of what it contains for what it costs.
Al Baker said that if a person can get one trick out of an issue it costs them only a quarter, if they find two they can use, the cost is twelve and a half cents each.
So with a lifted glass instead of a broken bottle, I dedicate, instead of christen, the first copy of The Jinx to a memory.