When Jinx #69 appeared, Stewart James' Sefalaljia spirit cabinet routine became an outstanding hit. I have taken one part of that effect and made it into a trick which can be done by night club performers who entertain at tables, a trick which is impromptu requiring no underhanded fixing of the materials used, and one which is far different from any heretofore shown in that field. The only requisites are a needle and thread, a two foot length of soft half inch ribbon, and a ring borrowed on the spot. The performer shows the ribbon and drapes it over his…
We first saw Frederick Eugene Powell in a little town near Waverly when he was on one of his last Lyceum circuits. His magic, as we look back now, was of the old school sort overlapping a new era. But never can be erased our feelings and thoughts as he unfolded mystery after mystery, and today we still have reverence for his faultless manner of working together with a confidence and kindness born of gentlemen and world travelers. The passage of a borrowed ring into an unprepared egg can well be used today for in my notebooks I can find…
This is one of those seemingly impromptu effects which can, in the hands of a capable performer, rival the famed and classical ring on the wand trick which has been in the repertoire of the world's best known sleight- of-hand artists. The performer shows a knotted loop of cord or narrow silk ribbon upon which a finger ring is already strung. A spectator unties the knots and removes the ring. Then he re-ties the ends of the cord or ribbon, but without the ring which he hands to the performer. The spectator holds the knotted ends of the cord and…
Of all the classics of magic, the flying ring effect is one of the prettiest. In this masterful method however, no pull or body attachment is used. The effect is just the same as with the original version wherein a borrowed ring passes from one hand to the other while they are enclosed with handkerchiefs, which also may be borrowed. Follow the instructions as given here and you'll have one of the nicest program effects you ever have used. Duplicate a wedding ring in the five and ten cent store. Good imitations are to be had there and with this…