The magus lets a card be chosen from a deck. The spectator tears it into three pieces across, puts the pieces together and then tears them into three parts to make nine about equal sections. The performer now has a silk handkerchief which he throws over his left hand and onto which are dropped the torn pieces of the card. Next he picks up the silk's corners and drops them over the pieces. He pokes the entire bundle into his fist to make a compact ball of silk with card inside, and this is given to the spectator to clench…
Cut and restored ribbon effects are legion, and their many methods are ingenious, but that which follows here should find favor because of its cleanness in operation and close-up perfection. The performer gives an onlooker a piece of baby ribbon (silk) about 3/8 in. wide and 1 yd. long. At one end is attached a little paper tab. After examination the spectator is asked to cut the ribbon into four about equal parts and tie them together with hard, small knots. The performer next takes the ribbon and, with hands seen otherwise empty, winds it around his thumb until the…
Editor's say: The Hartmans, Grace and Paul, are acclaimed by critics as being America's most perfect satirists of the dance. Combining a sort of mad type of magic with their subtle burlesques of ballroom and exhibition dancing, this couple has reached the heights of accomplishment as judged by their bookings in the finest and "swankiest" of places. The trick which follows is of that semi-serious, semi-humorous type that lends itself well to presentation by those who do not present their magic in a strictly serious vein. The idea simply is to get a number of laughs without exposing any parts…
The following is an endeavor to make a new presentation of the old Torn and Restored effect, and at the same time a more "logical" effect from the audience's point of view. The performer having, for no apparent reason at all, torn a perfectly good paper napkin or programme into pieces, states that he will give a little lesson in sewing for the benefit of the ladies. He then holds the pile of torn papers flat in his hand, and taking a needle and black thread, runs it several times through the papers. Upon opening the papers out they are…
The boys on the front cover may not be of the best looking calibre, that is, as far as sketches go, but as a clan of conjuror thinking magi they can be depended upon to break down any problem of magic submitted to their collective brains. This elite crew of mystical trouble shooters are engaged in modernizing, by method, some of the classics. In the Jinx #73, the effect of rising cards was rather well taken care of, and in the present issue the effect of a torn and restored strip of paper will be made to look more attractive…
For the mystery lover who wants a close up effect away from the general run of things, this oddity should fill the bill. Four white squares of pasteboard are used. Each is about an inch and a quarter square and they may be cut from standard index card stock, or even by cutting a couple of business cards in half. Squaring them together the performer takes from his pocket an ordinary ticket punch with which he deliberately makes a hole through the center of the squared up pasteboards. One of these is given the watcher and he's asked to pick…