Card tricks in print often bore one to tears. One wades through the renowned Encyclopedia, then through the great Hilliard legacy. Crimps and squeezes, shuffles and passes, glides and peeks, and a thousand and one other sleights and subtleties jostle one to and fro in already over card-conscious minds. So we tend to overlook the magazine card trick and examine more closely that interesting looking item with a sticking plaster, a sheet of glass, a horseshoe magnet, and a length of wire. This card trick (!!!) is one of the minority that ARE really good for the platform; because it…
Into a ten ounce bottle put the following : 1/2 ounce of Gum Sandarac; 1/2 ounce of Gum Mastic; 8 ounces of Grain Alcohol (use Denatured Alcohol if Grain is not obtainable); 1 ounce of Liquid Carbolic Acid. (Editor's note : Death to the guy who wets his thumb or finger every time he deals a card !) Shake the bottle to dissolve the gums. Then let it stand for several days to fully dissolve them. Strain through a fine white cloth which action removes all foreign substances. Daub a wad of cotton into the fluid and then rub it…