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W ILL ALMA
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PREFACE.
Dear Magicians,
Here is my seventeenth magical effort, and it all started
over forty years ago through seeing a man vanish a marble
in a handkerchief. He must have been good, for the magic
bug hit me right then, but I did not get going till some
considerable time after, when I purchased my first book on
magic. This was Aunt Kate’s conjuring book, twopennyworth
of magical literature that gave me my first lessons and brought
a heap of trouble over my head at the same time, through
distracting the attention of my class mates at school with my
sleight of hand ( ? ) .
TOM SELLERS.
1943.
CONTENTS
PREFACE.
M AGNETISED CARDS.
BLUE SYM PA T H Y.
DISSOLV IN G KNOTS.
CUPS A N D BALLS NOTION.
P A R A S O L E X C H A N G E TUBE.
THE E G G B A G A G A IN .
DIM INISH IN G COINS.
DOUBLE FAN F O R FAN W O R K E R S.
THE “ T.S.” KNIFE.
THE M A T CH JUM PER.
THE QUICKIE H A N D K E R C H IE F TUBE.
POSTAL O R D E R RESTORATION.
NOTE IN BEER BOTTLE.
A USEFUL C A R D FLOURISH .
TIP F O R THE M ISER’S D R EA M .
B O R R O W E D NOTE IN CAN DLE.
PRO D U CT IV E GOBLETS.
A USEFUL THUMB TIE.
THE C H a NGE-OVER ACES.
M A G IC LINKS.
THE PAT RIO T IC V IA L .
T W O C A R D S RISE.
PASSE PASSE H A N D K E R C H IE F.
CIGARETTE T H R O U G H H A N D K E R C H IE F.
TORN A N D REST O RED STRIP.
Y O U C A N ’T KEEP A G O O D M A N D O W N .
THE SH O OT IN G C A R D .
NEW SLATE W R IT IN G .
ACE, KING A N D A POCKET.
CREEPY C REEPY 20th CENTURY.
BIRDS A N D CASES.
NIGHT-CAP.
RABBIT A N D H AT .
THE MYSTIC IMP.
M A G IC A L M IX T U R E 5
M A GNET ISED C A RD S.
BLUE S Y M P A T H Y .
Effect.— Performer introduces two packs of cards, one
red-backed and one blue-backed. The blue pack is replaced
in its case. Performer now asks any one to name any card
in the red pack, when this is done this card is removed and
replaced reversed in the red pack. This pack is now replaced
in its case. The blue pack is removed from its case and
fanned out, a card of the same value as the one chosen from
6 M A G IC A L M IX T U R E
F /6 1 F lG n F/C, J l
W H EN T / I N C T H E
D ISSOLV IN G KNOTS.
Effect.— Two handkerchiefs are tied together, then
several knots are tied in the two handkerchiefs, the two ends
are pulled, the knots dissolve, and you are left with a separate
handkerchief in each hand.
Requirements.— Two silk handkerchiefs and the ability
to make a special knot about to be explained.
M A G IC A L M I X T U R E 7
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longer
than Pa r a s o l
Parasol E X C H A N G E -TUBE
TH E
Partitioned
' T u b e '
SHOIVWC POSITION S
OR BO TH PA fPA SOLS
Ft6 X
P A R A S O L E X C H A N G E TUBE.
T HE E G G B A G A G A IN .
"D IM IN IS H IN G C O IN S "
S E V E N C O IN S S i* C O IN S F IV E C O IN S F O u f ? COINS
R iv e t e d t o Ge t u e i s . H iv e T E D - /? « fT E Q - O l/£ T E O .
(th /? £ £ e .x t /? a ) (O N E E X T }?A j ( o n e e x t r a J ( one S v tR a)
D IM IN ISH IN G COINS.
W ith the right hand fan the cards into the left hand,
getting the position shown in Fig. 1, then twist the wrist of
the left hand to the left, this will bring the fan to position
shown in Fig. 2. W ith the right hand reach over X , Fig. 2,
that is, right over the top of the little finger. W ith the thumb
and fingers of the right hand take away half the fan, turn the
fingers of both hands upwards and show a fan in each hand,
Fig. 3. The larger fan in the left hand can be split very
quickly by the above moves.
D O U BLE B L A D E
This is an idea for getting the 10/- note into the remaining
envelope. The knife used is really a narrow flat tube. It is
cut away at the back as shown, Fig. 1. Fig. 2 being an end
view. To work, the note is folded into a narrow strip. It is
then put into the hollow knife. The envelope is opened with
the knife, then the knife is pushed into the envelope to open
it further, but before withdrawing it, the thumb is pressed in
at " X , ” Fig. 1, and the knife withdrawn. This leaves the note
inside the envelope.
12 M A G IC A L M IX T U R E
MATCH UUI-'lP'cfi
THE M A T CH JUM PER.
Effect.— You remove a match from the box, strike same,
as soon as it lights it flies high into the air.
Requirements.— A little metal tube with a spring and a
little platform attached, fixed inside the tube.
Method.— Conceal tube between the finger and thumb,
get the match inside the tube and press it right home, keeping
it from jumping out by pressure of the fingers. Strike match
on box, when it flares up, release the pressure on match and
allow it to fly high into the air.
Ha n d k e rc h ief tu & £
-1 "POSTAL OQDE& r e s t o r a t io n
N? 983 N9 98S
S u b s t it u t e d
COUNTERFOIL
FIXED on POSTAL O R D E R
EH D O FRO .
FIG. 2
— A USEFUL CAPO F L O U R IS H
PRO D U CT IV E GOBLETS.
MAGIC LINKS.
THE PA T RIO T IC V IA L .
Effect.— Three pellets of tissue paper are pushed into a
glass vial, this is corked. When opened the pellets have
transformed themselves into a small silk Union Jack.
Requirements.— Two glass test tubes, about the length
and a little thicker than a cigarette, two corks for these, three
small pieces of tissue paper, red, white, and blue, a pencil,
and a pair of tweezers.
Preparation.— Put the small flag in one of the tubes,
cork it and place it in your right hand trouser s pocket, put
the pencil and tweezers there too.
Method.— Show the empty tube, roll the papers into
pellets of a size just a little too large for the tube, take the
pencil from your pocket, and at the same time finger-palm the
tube with the flag. Pick up the pellets and push them into
the tube with the pencil, cork the tube, and lay the pencil
aside. Lay the pellet tube across the left hand, place the right
hand behind this hand and close the fingers round the pellet
tube, Fig. 1, turn the left-hand thumb down and under cover
of the right hand, push up the vial with the thumb making it
rise above the closed left fist. Take the tube again, lay it across
the left hand, but as you close the fingers round it steal it
into finger-palm of right hand and drop the flag tube into the
left hand, make the flag tube; rise this time, same as you did
with the other tube, keep it still sticking up from fist, go to
your pocket for the tweezers, leave the pellet tube behind as
you withdraw the tweezers, withdraw the cork from the tube,
then withdraw the flag with the tweezers.
M A G IC A L M I X T U R E 21
TW O CARDS RISE.
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and turn them right over face up on top of the pack, but still
keeping a hold of them with the right hand. A t this point
say, I want you to imagine for the time being the King of
Clubs is Mr. Churchill. Turn the three cards face down on
top of the pack again, then deal the top card face down on
the table. Turn the next card face up and say, “ This
represents Mussolini,” turn it down, deal it on top of the
first card saying, ‘‘ Mussolini would like to jum p on Mr.
Churchill. Turn over the next two cards as one and say,
" This represents Hitler.” Turn them down again, deal the
top card on to the two cards on the table and say, “ Hitler
would like to jump on both Mussolini and Churchill, but Mr.
Churchill would not stand for that sort of thing. Turn up
the top card of the three on the table showing it to be the
King of Clubs, saying, ” When it comes to jumping, Mr.
Churchill takes' a bit of beating."
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