As of June 18, 1941. - - - - - We were glad to be wrong in thinking that the S.A.M. wouldn't expel George Karger for his participation in the Life-Clark expose. The present ethics committee really isn't pulling any punches in such matters. Tom Worthington is no doubt sad, in one way, for his Tablets of Osiris monthly has for over ten years carried a continuous challenge for the S.A.M. to name one member expelled for exposing. Now they can do it. Baltimore papers will no doubt carry an ad such as, "Wanted - something worthy of a crusade."…
As of June 25, 1941 - - - - The mailman just brought a letter from England in which Edmund Younger spaced his mentions of magic with, "We are still waiting for the invasion, and so are the fishes. It will be the greatest vanishing illusion of all time." And yesterday came a rewrapped letter from India and The Indian Magician. The rubber stamped notation read simply, "Damaged by immersion in sea water and rewrapped at Glasgow." It all helps to bring the war pretty close, but withal, magic seems to be keeping in step. From Roger Barkann (Rosinoff): "Ever…
Somebody stuck a pin in the balloon. It blew up in Johnny Mulholland's face while he still was trying to stretch it (the balloon) just a bit more. With angular John labeled "The Sphinx", the balloon "S.A.M.-M.U.M.", and the wind "Arrogance", the picture becomes clearer. We guess that the 40 year old monument to magic means a lot to the Mulholland. Beginning with the May 1930 issue of The Sphinx, he picked up the reluctantly dropped reins of "Doc" A.M. Wilson, M.D. when the latter suddenly passed away. Dr. Milton Bridges (N.Y.C.), now deceased, was to have a little to…
The Parent Assembly #1 of the Society of American Magicians held a special meeting on March 25 at N.Y.'s Barbizon-Plaza Hotel. In accordance with Article I, Section 3, M. Ill. President Trepel arranged the party to discuss and review the action of the National Council in reference to the "Sphinx". Readers of the last Jinx (#131) will know about the actions of the Council in awarding the M.U.M. contract to "Genii". In fact there were plenty of Jinx issues present at the meeting, for it was only through this honestly "independent" journal for magicians that certain letters, "state" papers, and…
The April 7th LIFE magazine magical expose, as partly depicted at left using but one of SIXTEEN photos, show a modern method of eye-catching by means of "cheesecake", a camera-man's slang term for pictures predominantly featuring girls with legs. The technique exhibited in this still another violation of a magician's rights to some privacy is a fundamental policy of Mr. George Karger, a New York photographer, and member of the Society of American Magicians. After joining the Society during the past year, Mr. Karger requested co-operation in picturization of magical revelations but was turned down quickly and emphatically. His view…
As I grow older I find it easy to make mistakes, but I find it as easy or more to compare my errors with those of still greater men in our chosen profession. And that leaves me with plenty of ground to cover. When, in that answer to the "eight points" condition contract for The Sphinx vs. M.U.M. (Jinx #131), Mr. John Mahomet saw fit to say that "officers of the Society have elected to disregard their end of the contract", he erred, to be kind, for any faults he may have had in mind could only have been blamed…