Mr Theo Annemann
Waverly, New York
Dear sir,
The unfortunate combination of scotch block plus a gradual
infiltration of scotch liquor may be held responsible for the
following idea.
I imagine the construction and technique of the ordinary tray in
use for the substitution of a pack of cards is known to all.
Trying to apply this idea to a less stagey looking object than a tray
and also, what was more important, make a saving of the three
bucks that the magic depot is only too glad to receive, I thought of
gluing the cover of one magazine on to the back of another. This
worked well enough to satisfy and the sum cost of the apparatus
was only a dime since I had a magazine at home and all it was
necessary to buy was a duplicate issue. This is fine in one’s own
home, but if you pick a magazine out of a rack when out, and your
host doesn’t recognize it, – well !
I overcame this by using the back or advertising page. This I have
found is perfect. One of the drawbacks to my original plan was
that if the magazine used is a pulp, they generally have such lurid
covers that people are tempted to riffle thru them and that is very
annoying.
The additional benefit to the latter method is that no expenditure
at all is necessary since advertisers generally have the same ad on
the back of the periodical for a few weeks hand running.
I think that if you use this method it will be found subtle
enough for the deception of the most carping.
Yours truly
Bruce Elliott
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