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Before even giving the purchase of a trick a thought, is to secure a copy of this book, and learn its very interesting story.

You can have no idea ofhoiv really entertaining this story is until you read it, and your time zvill be well spent; for what you possibly thought of as a mere momentary pastime, may prove an avenue to social p7referme7it andfin- ancial success greater than you ever dreamed of. The Interest in Magic is Growing by Leaps and Bounds

and it promises, in trie very near future, to eclipse every other form of entertaining. The difference between the actual work required to succeed or fail, is very small.

In fact, zvith this zvork, success will require less effort than failure without it. You can become an expert magician. Magic will never die out as a form of entertaining The subject is too exhaustless— its variations so infinite, as to always be "something new—something original." You want this book. It is worth reading many times. Its story has the charm of being ever new.

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Copyright. 1907, by the Crest Publishing Company. THE CREST MAGICIAN AN ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF MAGIC AND MAGICIANS

Vol. L, No. i. New York, November, 1907. Price Ten Cents.

HERMANN PALLME.

Mr. Pallme was born in Kensington, on from Canada to Mexico for several sea- the outskirts of London, England, July sons. 3d, 1869. During this time he served his illus-

His ability as a magician seems to have trious uncle in almost every capacity, in been inherent, as at an early age his "front of the house," and behind the skill and dexterity astonished his school- stage, overseeing the erection of the mates and amazed his elders. He also paraphernalia of the different illusions, evidenced an early liking for the stage and personally preparing the program of and successfully played child parts in the tricks that made Alexande Herr- the late Augustus Harris' Drury Lane mann famous; thus gaining a wonderful Pantomimes, while yet attending school. amount of valuable experience and data. A severe illness contracted in Van- In 1885 he left England to tour Eu- couver, B. C, caused him to abandon the- rope with his uncle, the late Alexande stage and magic, and upon his recovery Berrmann, making his first public ap- he entered commercial life, became a pearance in magic at the age of sixteen naturalized citizen of the United States as an assistant to "Herrmann the and a resident of New York. Great." He appeared before King Ed- He is a student and philosopher, and ward and Queen Alexandra (who were although successful in mercantile life he then Prince and Princess of Wales), dur- has never given up his first love, and ing their Majesties visit to the Eden spends all his leisure time in studying Theatre, Paris, France, where Alexande and developing magic and mechanics. Herrmann was performing. Mr. Pallme fills engagements in the After visiting most of the continental lyceum field, and is much sought after cities and appearing with his uncle be- in the social world. He has a clean, fore many other celebrities, he returned clear-cut personality, that is at once to London the following year, entering pleasing and masterful, and his perfect the office of a leading barrister-at-law mastery of the art of magic is a source in the Temple Bar. of keenest pleasure to those fortunate While the law had its educational enough to witness his exhibitions. value, yet it did not possess the charm Mr. Pallme is an indefatigable worker, of the footlights, and upon the earnest and he is now working out some of the request of his uncle in 1889 to join him, undeveloped ideas of the late Alexande he forsook law for magic, and came to Herrmann, and the results of his experi- the United States, where he toured the ments and achievements are eagerly country from Maine to California, and awaited for by the world of magic. THE CREST MAGICIAN

red from the white sand, producing two plates upon which you ask him to please place the sand when separated. This, of course, will produce a laugh at its ridiculous impossibility. Appear surprised at the laughter, and assure your audience that your request THE SAND TRICK. is easily complied with, and request them to state what color sand they wish you An Explanation of a Trick That Is Pop- to extract from the basin. Suppose the ular With Many Magicians. demand be for white sand; the perform- In this experiment several different er reaches down into the basin and colored sands are mixed in a basin of brings forth a dry handful of the color water, but, at command of the audience, sand requested, which he places upon a dry handful of any of the colors can one of the plates, and passes it out for be extracted from the basin by the per- inspection. former. The performer then extracts a hand- Several methods of doing this trick are ful of dry red sand from the basin and in use by professional magicians, but the places it upon another plate, which is following is, I believe, the more simple also passed out for inspection. or easiest method. The solution of this mystifying ex- Commence by showing an ordinary tin periment is as follows: Secure pieces ot wash basin, and allow the audience to gold-beaters' skin and in one of them examine same, proving that there is no wrap up enough of the red sand to make false bottom or other mechanical con- a package about the size of a billiard trivance connected with the basin. ball, proceeding in same manner with the Turn up your sleeves to the elbow, and, white sand. Twist the tops of your taking back the bowl, fill it half full of packages several times around; tie them water, in full view of your audience. as tightly as possible with fine twine, Then bring forward two-quart size then after cutting off all superfluous paper bags filled with different colored skin, seal the package tops with sealing sand—one red and one white, for in- wax, to prevent the water from getting stance. Take a handful of sand from into the sand. Use different color wax each bag and place each handful upon a for each package, or in some other way separate white china plate, and show this mark the packages for identification. to audience. Two of these prepared packages are Having thus convinced the audience concealed in each bag of sand, and while that the sand is genuine, pour it from in the act of taking the sand from the the plates into the basin of water, add- bags secure the packages and place them ing a handful more from each of the in the basin so that you know which is bags, stirring it around in the water to the white and which is the red. This thoroughly mix it. The water now be- is easily and effectively done, and they comes clouded or muddy, which is what cannot be discerned in the muddy water you desire. of the basin. Ask some one from the audience to as- When the desired color is wanted, it is sist you, and then taking a handful of an easy matter to secure the proper the wet sand from the basin, and, plac- package, bringing it out of the basin ing it upon a plate, ask your volunteer with the hand tightly closed. Shaking assistant if he will kindly separate the the water from the hand, squeeze the THE CREST MAGICIAN

package tightly (which breaks it), and the dry sand trickles through the fin- •doings* gers upon the plate. Placing the hand in the basin,, as if to rinse it enables y* OF THE X you to get rid of the skin, or you car palm it, and drop into your servante at I CULT X, convenience. GOLDIN'S TRICK. Palming the skins is really the best method, as you can then ask any one to Horace Goldin relates an amusing in- feel in the basin, and bring out some cident which happened during a visit to dry sand; they will then find nothing of San Francisco. While there he dropped a suspicious nature in the basin. into the Chinese Theatre, and in the lob- Waxed paper will do for the packages, by were a lot of Chinese pedlars of if you do not let it stay very long in the sweetmeats, dear to the Chinamen's water, but the gold-beaters' skin is by hearts and palates—oranges and other far the best. fruits. Goldin made for a thin-faced, avaric- Magic grows more popular every day. ious looking old fellow, and bought from A certain large magazine that numbers him an orange. Goldin cut the orange- its readers by the millions, and one of open and apparently from its juicy pulp the leading of metropolitan newspapers, dropped a shining gold piece, which are devoting a large amount of their val- Goldin held up before the astonished uable space to articles on magic. eyes of the pedlar. The Chinaman's eyes almost bulged Never expose a trick if you can help from their sockets, and a pained look of it; your audience wants to be enter- despair and disappointment crossed his tained, not enlightened, as to the art of usually expressionless face. legerdemain. Goldin bought three more oranges and from each drew out a shining gold coin. Try and keep good humor uppermost This was too much for the Chinaman; all through your exhibition, but don't perspiration stood on his forehead in force yourself to be funny. Forced beads, and he looked sick; gathering up humor is often pathetic, sometimes his remaining stock of oranges he mut- tragic. tered all sorts of curses in his native

The motto of a famous magician is gibberish. worth quoting here: "To succeed as a Goldin offered to buy another half conjurer, three things are essential- dozen of the oranges, even offering a first, Dexterity; second, Dexterity; third. dollar for them, but under no considera- Dexterity." tion would he sell them. "Glo way; me This is literally true, not a mere play no wantee sellee," he almost screamed.

on words, for a three-fold dexterity is He retired to a corner and with trem- required—adroitness of hand, requisite bling fingers and an air of expectancy command of eye, and a quickness of he began to cut up his oranges, one after tongue. another, but no more gold pieces ap- Should you not meet with the success peared. you desire at first, do not be discour- His face was now a study in disap- aged; remember, patience, perseverance pointment and dark despair; it was ac- and practice are the keys to success in tually tragic when the last orange was every profession. opened without the golden (or Goldin)

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result, and Goldin had to give him a dol- THE STUDY OF MAGIC AS A SOCIAL lar to prevent him committing suicide. ADVANTAGE.

EGGS WITHOUT HENS. Hermann Pallme.

, A certain magician called a bright lit- While magic is a splendid profession, tle lad from the audience to assist him both as to being a dignified calling and in some forthcoming trick. As soon as a remunerative one, yet it is my purpose the lad was on the stage the magician in this chapter to consider it in its proceeded to take an egg from the lad's broader field, that of the amateur—and hair, another from his nose, and several when I say amateur, I mean the correct more from the pockets of the boy. definition of the word, "a person who "There, my little man," said the ma- practices an art, especially a fine art. gician, in a patronizing manner, "if" your not as a means of livelihood or profes- mother could do that it would be useful sionally, but for the love of it." to her; now she can't get eggs without There are many advantages for the keeping hens." "Oh, yes she can," said amateur in magic, its educational value, the boy. "How?" said the astonished as a means and incentive of research magician. "Why, she keeps ducks," re- into chemistry, mechanics, history and plied the lad, and the professor enjoyed languages, its development of natural the laugh that followed as much as his grace and poise, and its general improve- audience. ment and broadening influence on the mind. But the main point to the ama- THE FAIR SEX IN MAGIC. teur is the social advantages, and these Quite a few ladies have gained fame are so manifold that I shall endeavor to and some fortune as professional ma- here take them up in detail. gicians, and the number in private life Magic, as we have seen, compels a who can perform creditably is much lar- broader mental horizon through its ten- ger than is commonly supposed. Among dency towards erudition. Its careful those best known professionally are study cannot but help you to have a Mile. Patrice (Mrs. Lang Niel), Madame command of language, and what is bet- Nicolo, Madame Card, Okita and Mad- ter still the proper expression of your ame Herrmann. thought—an absolute necessity for one who desires social prominence. MARSHALL WILDER. The practice of magic gives a gracious Clever entertainers should master manner, a poise, and self-confidence that some magic tricks, no matter what other is acquired through the practice of no line they may follow. Marshall Wilder, other art. It gives polish, makes one although best known as a monologist, is quick-witted, develops the gift of bright a very clever magician as well. repartee, and adds a finish to one's manner and speech. THE LATE CHARLES BERTRAM. I knew a chap who had all the ad- Charles Bertram's parents intended vantages wealth could give him, educa- that he should be a minister of the gos- tion, position, etc., but he was of such pel, and he really did study to be a a quiet and retiring disposition that he Wesleyan minister, but a severe spell of got the reputation of being morose. illness interrupting his studies diverted Naturally he received but few invita- him from this profession and he later tions to social functions, and at those became the clever magician and enter- he did attend he was neglected. tainer. He lacked nothing as regards educa-

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tion, he was a deep thinker and conver- ful art, and truly the sex are the real sant with almost every subject; but lie exponents of all things appertaining to lacked self-confidence. grace. Nor is it a new thing with the For his own amusement he took up gentler sex; Madame Herrmann has the study of magic and developed rare achieved a professional prominence in ability in the art. One day he was per- the art that is at once the admiration suaded to give an exhibition of his talent and the envy of the world of magic, and before some of his father's friends. many ladies in private life are also ex- Thoroughly wrapped up in his subject pert in the practice of this art. he gave really a marvelous performance I have often wondered why more and had the deportment and speech ac- young girls do not turn their attention companying each trick down to a fine to the study and practice of magic, as point. it develops every one of the attributes The result of that exhibition was his necessary to social success or prominence, awakening—the report of his skill grace, physical culture, dexterity, agility spread and he is to-day one of the bright- and ease of movements, ease of manner est and most sought after members of and speech, and confidence in oneself and his social set. one's powers. He has developed into a brilliant and It gives a girl confidence in herself without making her bold, and it opens witty conversationalist, has lost all diffi- . dence of manner, in fact, I do not know opens up the way toward social prom- a more gracious, better poised fellow inence even more so than in the case of than he is, and he gives all the credit to her brother aspirant. his study and development of that fas- To be a successful entertainer is to be cinating art, magic. a social success—to be an adept in the The man or woman who masters a few practice of magic is to be a successful tricks in legerdemain and can properly entertainer. present them for the edification of their Even though you should be a brilliant friends, has an entree into society and performer on the piano or some other is sure of an invitation to social func- instrument, or are an accomplished and tions from which they might otherwise gifted singer, yet the mastery of a few be barred. tricks will add to your power as an en- How often have you been at enter- tertainer and intensify your versatility. tainments, both public and private, It would not be fitting to close without where the program consisted only of giving some attention to the proper way vocal and instrumental music, and reci- to work in a parlor or drawing room, and tations or readings, and how many times I will give a few of the most important have you declared you would never at- points. tend another. You should first curtain off sufficient Mark the difference if some of the en- space at the end of the room to be large tertainers varied the monotony by per- enough to accommodate your table and forming a few tricks in magic; it added other paraphernalia. variety—the very essence of successful There should be as wide a space as entertaining—to the evening, and gave possible between your table and the au- a better flavor to the music and recita- dience to enable you, in going from your tions. spectators to the tables, to make the ex- The study of magic is not confined to changes and substitutions necessary for the sterner sex, in fact it is remarkably the successful accomplishment of certain well adapted to the ladies. It is a grace- tricks. THE CREST MAGICIAN

In working in a parlor or drawing- room a screen may be a necessity, and at times two may be required. Place them on either side of your stage room, well back. These screens should be at least six feet high and four to five feet wide when opened. As you cannot go "off the Carlton, the magician and card juggler, stage," it may be necessary to retire be- has a vein of real comedy, and his patter hind the screen to consult your program, is delightfully amusing. He is now tour- to relieve yourself of certain articles, or ing Australia. to secure accessories for subsequent tricks, it would be well to have a small Sahib Fasola, who terms himself "The table back of the screen to deposit arti- World's Greatest Illusionist," is now cles on. But never retire behind or use performing in England. screens unless absolutely necessary, as it breaks the continuity sequence of up or England as well as America seems your act. flooded with second sight and mental properly dress scene you To your telepathy performers; not the least of should have two small tables, one either these is "The Howes," whose act is pleas- side well down, and a larger table in the ing and mystifying. centre, farther back. Many substitutions can be made passing from one of The Svengalis are in Australia with these tables to the other. their wonderful act. They do not convey Have dark cloths on your tables, and any spoken signals, which adds mystery on the larger table this should hang to their performance. down a little way in front, to better conceal your servante or drawer, or what- F. E. Powell possesses that quality we ever you may have at back of table to call personal magnetism in a marked place things in. degree. He wins his audience at once, Be sure that there are no bright lights and is known as a graceful, finished per- behind your table and that there are no former. mirrors in your part of the room. The reason for this last injunction is obvi- Lawrence Crane, who calls himself ous. "The Irish Magician," is one of the best; the for Never repeat same trick an he is constantly improving his act, which encore, unless you have some completely has always been a good one. different method of doing it. You will lose the interest of your audience if you The Fays have an act that seems to do otherwise. interest their audiences, and they merit Collect the magic articles that appear the applause they receive. from time to time in the magazines and

papers, and in time you will have a very Carter, the conjurer, who I understand

valuable reference book. will tour Australia, is one of the best exponents of "black art" in the profession.

The Great Albini Co., exponents of His act is beautifully mounted and he magic and mental telepathy, are touring carries a small army of trained assist- the West. ants.

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Vol. I. NOVEMBER, 1907 No. 1 To every one sending us a year's subscription to "The Crest Magazine," we will give a membership in The Crest We make our initial bow; the orches- Magicians' Club of America and will tra has played the introduction, so now send a membership card entitling them it is on with the act. We hope you will to all the rights and privileges of the like us, and all our acts, for upon you club for one year. Read the advantages depends our success. to members on page 8. THE CREST MAGICIAN

To enable its members to procure all magical paraphernalia or requisites,

tricks, illusions, etc., at the lowest possible cost. IfttoRECTOWU To promote the spirit of fraternity among those interested in the art of the magcian and its development. All questions or other matter pertaining to To devote every possible means of this column should be addressed to Hermann Pallme,care Of The Crest Magician, 144 W. placing the art of the magician in that 37th St., New York. Always give full name, address and membership number. position as a scientific divertisement which is its right and dignity. J. A. W.—Your question is answered To publish and maintain an official or- fully in article on advantages to members, in this column. gan to be called "The Crest Magician," and which shall be a clearing-house for A. M. S.—The trick you mention is original and novel ideas in magic and its called the Kellar Wine and Water Trick, proper expression. and can be purchased of all magic goods dealers. Advantages to Members. A. L.—I am not permitted to give the The advantages of being a member names or addresses of firms or anything of The Crest Magicians' Club are mani- that is nature of an advertisement in this column. Send two-cent stamp and fold: Thorough our advisory board of which I will mail you the address. Mr. Hermann Pall me is chairman and K. D.—Yes, it is generally understood on which are some of the world's great- that Harry Kellar is to retire from the est magicians and authorities on things stage at the end of this season, and magical, we are enabled to secure au- Howard Thurston is expected to succeed him. thoritative statements upon everything appertaining to magic and its proper J. M. S.—We do not know of any magician who styles himself Khedive The expression. Through keeping in touch with the ad- Mystic, so you would be safe in adopting in this title. vancement of the art of magic both this country and abroad, we are able to C. N.—Paul Valadon is still in this keep our members posted on everything country, and recently played in New York. that is new both in the construction and . performing of new tricks, illusions, etc... THE CREST MAGICIANS' CLUB OF and in the newer expression of the old AMERICA. tricks. Its Aims and Object. All members will receive the official To advance the cause of magic and organ of the club, "The Crest Magician," magicians. free of all cost during their membership. To practically aid, through suggestions To all others the charge will be $1.00 and in every possible way, all those in- per year. terested in magic, either as a pastime or as a profession. It is wonderful how magic has caught To furnish its members with all the on with the "400." Society here and latest details of magical devices and par- abroad has gone in strong for the mystic aphernalia, to keep its members in touch art, and no drawing-room affair is now with the advancement of the art through- complete without its magician, be he out the world. professional or amateur.

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of "Queen of Magic." Indeed, she is the only woman necromancer now before the public. She has. some new magical creations, including "The Mystic Cross." Mme. Herrmann's performance is always handsomely staged.

WITH THE PROFESSION. Laurence Crane is with the Blue Rib- bon Girls Co. His genial personality, Farewell Tour of The Dean of Magic. with an improved act is cementing old Kellar, the world-famous magician, friendships and making many new ones. began a week-end engagement at the Lyceum yesterday, giving his perform- Hal Merton is a Brooklyn magician ance in the presence of crowded houses who is well known on the lyceum stage. afternoon and evening. The bills an- Should he ever decide to break away nounce this as Kellar's farewell tour. from this limited field, he will undoubt- He is sixty-four years of age, and hav- edly make good, as he is an adept with ing Avon fame and fortune has decided sleights, an accomplished ventriloquist, to yield the center of the stage to a and possesses an easy, graceful manner younger man. Kellar's mantle is to fall and the gift of pleasant speech. upon the shoulders of Howard Thurston,, a young magician who has been a top- Manekshah, an oriental magician, liner in vaudeville for several years. gives a mystery act in the popular vau- Thurston accompanies Kellar on the deville houses that is not particularly present tour, and takes the last half of new but what he does is clever. the program. Kellar's personal offering includes the best of his repertoire of The Tenjes troupe of magicians re- mystifying tricks, not omitting his mas- cently arrived in Berlin from Japan are terpiece of magic. Princess Karnac in pronounced by critics most skillful. midair. Many of the feats performed by They are performing in the Berliner

Thurston are old, but are . accomplished Wintergarten most astounding tricks, with more cleverness than characterizes such as allowing electric light bulbs to the work of the average magician. This be emitted from their hands, arms, feet, is particularly noticeable in his card and even their faces. These bulbs are passes. Thurston's masterpiece, a triple lighted and remain lighted until by a mystery, in which he has the assistance gesture from the magician they disap- of Princess Kiyo, compares favorably pear in secret places on his person. The with the best results worked out by the magician is examined by parties from the genius of Kellar. audience immediately afterward, and no By way of variety, Kellar introduces trace of bulb or electric wire can be Balla Hussan. a Hindoo conjuror, who. found. while constantly chattering in his native But most wonderful of all is their tongue performs some of the tricks of magic fountain trick. Three members of the low caste street fakirs of his coun- the troupe stand on a platform in the try. Kellar explains that he introduces middle of the stage. Persons from the Hussan to show the difference between audience are requested to come and ex- the oriental and occidental conjurers. amine them and the stage to see if there Mme. Herrmann, widow of Alexander is anything hidden about their persons Herrman, has no disputants to her title or under the platform. THE CREST MAGICIAN

Slowly small jets of water are seen to come from various parts of the bodies of CHAFF the Japanese and from the platform until a beautiful fountain, the waters of which show all the colors of the rainbow, PATTER, under strong electric light, is in full op- ^ eration. . m Magician: Now, ladies and gentlemen. Leon Herrman is the fourth member I mix the eggs in this gentleman's hat, of his family to be known professionally and the result is an appetizing omelet. under the stage name of "Herrmann the Any kind of eggs would do as well as Great." One or another of the Herr- these I use. I do not encourage an audi- manns had appeared before practically all ence to bring eggs with them, as they of the rulers of the civilized world, and might be tempted to throw them rather Leon Herrmann has also entertained than wait for me to ask for them. But. crowned heads on many occasions. Sam- as I said before, any kind of eggs would uel Herrmann, grandfather of Leon Herr- do. mann, was the first of this remarkable Voice from gallery: I know one kind family to appear as a magician. He was wouldn't do. a native of Hanover, and was acknowl- Magician (surprised): What kind is edged to be the greatest performer of that? his day in Europe. On the death of Voice from the gallery: Hard boiled Samuel Herrmann his son Karl became ones! the successor. Karl Herrmann was per- There is quite a difference between haps the greatest magician the world cakes and drinks: You can't eat your has ever known, and it was he who did cakes and have them, but you can drink most to make the name of Herrmann your drinks and have 'em, and have 'em famous. He appeared in almost every bad, too. part of the world and came to this country in 1863, playing in the old Acad-' It is said woman taught man to eat. emy of Music. Alexander Herrmann was but he took to drink of his own accord. the next successor to the name and probably is better remembered by the pres- Adam and Eve must have been in a ent generation of theatregoers than his roof garden when Adam was tempted, for brother Karl. Leon Herrmann came to it is stated that they saw snakes. America from Paris where he was then a performer at the time of his Uncle Tramp entering cafe where a crowd of Alexander's death. sports were assembled stated that he was a great magician and for a dollar he Hardeen is a success with his act, but would perform one of his greatest tricks. how can he help it when his brother He was given the dollar and then called "Houdini, the Handcuff King," showed for a glass of whiskey. When the whis- him how. key was given him he said, "Now, gentlemen, I propose to turn this glass of Imro Fox seems to have forgotten his whiskey into a man," and, quickly swal- American friends, but his American lowing same, he slipped out into the friends have not forgotten the genial night before the crowd could reach him. Imro, although London and Berlin now vie with each other in calling him their Send in your subscription to The Crest own. Magician. See our special offer on page 7.

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139. Magic Chafing Dish. 141. Flag and Handkerchief Pro- d action.

borrow several ladies' rings and place them an ordinary china plate. Now show an en- 2ly empty chafing dish, pour in some spirit, lite it, and then drop the rings in also, tinguish the flames by placing the cover on. ke the cover off. See what happens. Two e doves fly out, each of them bearing a bor- ved ring tied round its neck with a piece of bon. Very finely made. Price, $5.00; add A nickel tube is examined. Now place a I transportation. piece of tissue paper over each end and secure with a band, thus forming a sort of elongated 140. Electric Pack of Cards. drum. Cause a flag or handkerchief to vanish. Hand the tube to one of the company, who breaks the paper and pulls out the missing flag or handkerchief. Price, postpaid, $2.25

^.fter shuffling a pack of cards, you cause them to run Silk handkerchiefs are dropped into a papei- ;ily and gracefully to other, a dis- from one hand the cone and suddenly appear inside an empty ice of from two to three feet. From the left hand :y are instantly laid along the right sleeve, and with casket made of clear, transparent glass. Every- bther quick motion, the pack is back in the hand thing can be freely examined. Price, casket kin. Many other wonderful and dexterous passes. !ce, postpaid, $] 50. alone, finest make only, $6.25 postpaid. THE CREST TRADING CO. 21 WITMARK BUILDING NEW YORK 11 THE CREST MAGICIAN

143. Travelling Bottle and Gla§s. 146. The Magic Funnel.

This enables you, by means of a couple of cylindrical covers, to keep changing a bottle of wine and a glass of wine from one place to another, for as long as you feel disposed. At the close of the trick, you may hand bottle, glass and covers for inspection. Price, $4.00; add 25c. transportation. 144. The Jumping Peg. Take your assistant or anybody else from tl audience and hold this funnel to his nos Pump his arm up and down, and water will once flow through the funnel into a glass he uuderneath. Very humorous effect. The fu nel is first shown to the company, who see th it is empty. Price, postpaid, $1.00 same, polished brass, $1.50

A wooden paddle with holes bored through 147. Wand to Produce Half it is shown, and a small peg is inserted in the topmost hole, so that it protrudes on each side. Dollars. By simply breathing on this peg, it actually leaves the upper hole of its own accord and passes into the second,, thence to the lower hole and back again. Price, postpaid, 15c. 145. latest Money Holder.

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HARRY KELLAR

Harry Kellar, rightly termed "the the lordly Hudson, in New York State. Dean of Magic," has been so long before Here he comes at the road season's end the public, and has been so often the to work out new mysteries and to im- subject of magazine and press writers, prove his old ones. He ranks high as

that it seems almost superfluous to say an inventor, and his genius in this line Anything other in this article than to has enabled him to present his illusions note that this season marks the final in the masterful manner that has made appearance upon the stage of this man, his name famous. who has done so much for magic in this Mr. Kellar has all his lifetime been a country. close student; he is an Oriental scholar His stage career has been a succession of high repute, has travelled extensively of triumphs, and I do not doubt but that throughout Tibet, India, China and other to-day he numbers a larger clientele of Oriental countries, and to his knowledge? friends and admirers than any magician —gained in these travels—is due the air" who has ever been before the public; his of Eastern mysticism that pervades his; personality, whose very keynote sounds performance. sincerity, and the kindliness that shines I am always skeptical of farewell' from his eyes, have endeared him to the tours, especially where one has been so> hearts of thousands, and they who have long feasting upon the plaudits of de- had the pleasure of meeting him per- lighted audiences, and imagine that our sonally will ever treasure the memory of respected and beloved Dean will let him- his genial magnetism, that at once com- self be tempted to continue to come be- mands your respect and friendship. fore us, to delight and mystify us, un- Mr. Kellar is a Pennsylvanian by birth til that time when comes the summons but has made his home for years near to a final rest.

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following aniline dyes, in crystal form: Emerald green, black, bismarck brown t canary yellow, pomona and ponceau.

Dissolve these separately in a little water to which has been added glycerine and a little honey. Mix thoroughly until they have the consistency of a thick THE PRODUCTION OF VARIOUS gummy paste. WINES FROM A CRYSTAL Place a small spot of each at regular WATER BOTTLE. intervals around the lip of the carafe, leaving wide enough space between each This is a very interesting trick and color so that the water may be run off easy and beautiful in operation; it is clear without touching any color, if so really an improvement upon the inex- desired. haustible bottle, or, rather, an improved Eemember the order in which you set way of doing the wine and water trick, the colors so as to be able to pour out although it should replace neither of the wine (or rather its imitation) that these tricks in the up-to-date magician's may be called for. Familiarize yourself repertoire. with the appearance and colors Of wines, The effect is as follows: The perform- and by experimenting with your dyes er shows a clear glass carafe or water- you can match in color any wine that bottle, from which he pours upon re- may be called for. quest any wine asked for by the aud- When any wine is called for it is sim- ience, and he can also produce milk or ply necessary to hold your water bottle water. The glasses used (with but one in such a manner that the water will exception, that for milk) can be passed pour over that color, with which it read- around for examination, thus warding ily mixes and produces the wine called off suspicion of previous preparation. for. One glass for the various wines can Should anyone call for milk, you must "be used and carefully washed and wiped have a separate glass in which a small dry before each wine is asked for, the quantity of liquor plumbi (undiluted performer can even go so far as to ask Goulard's extract) must be previously one of the spectators to do this. placed; as this is This looks to be a very mysterious clear like water it will not be noticed. trick, as the various colors come from a the bottle containing clear water. When water which (as above) contains carbonate of soda mixes with The method of doing this trick is as the liquor in the follows: The carafe should be one that glass it forms a fluid that looks exactly like milk. is large enough to hold about a quart, This is, as I have said, one of the and have a broad flat lip or rim. prettiest, cleanest and Fill the carafe about three-quarters most mystifying of wine and water tricks. with water, to which add half a gill of whiskey and one teaspoonful of carbonate of soda; then wipe the lip of the A good performer never mentions what bottle perfectly dry. he is going to do, but simply names the To produce the different colors, secure articles he is going to work with, and from a chemist or at any drug store the lets the audience see the result.

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EXPOSING AN ILLUSION. Recent Examples of the "Black Art" Not DOINGS

New and Are Easily Explained. . From time to time various identical OF THE stage illusions crop up with regularity. i CULT We have recently had a revival of the mysterious and uncanny black art in THURSTON HAS t GOOD PRESS this country; and in London the under AGENT. direction of J. N. Maskelyne, the well- known magician, "black art" has al- Here is a new story concerning How- ways lent itself to spiritualistic pur- ard Thurston, who is appearing with poses as in the present case. Kellar. At a recent performance Thurs-

When the curtain rises the stage is ton passed into his audience for the pur- empty. Mr. Maskelyne enters with a pose of performing a trick which is one

friend, who is introduced with spirit of his most pleasing little interludes. mediums. The actor in the course of a The trick consists of extracting a couple few minutes appears to go into a trance, of $10 gold pieces, apparently from the se- • and almost immediately a filmy cloud ears of some victim. Mr. Thurston of vapor is seen to be issuing from his lected his man and made the usual deft j passes about him, but the coins failed i left side. In a few seconds a human hand appears followed by a head and to materialize. An embarrassed look body, until at last the complete figure spread over the face of the magician and of a woman clad in light draperies ap- he muttered something about "scarcity

' parently in a trance is visible. The of gold coins." He tried again and mur- woman walks across the stage to the mured something that sounded like j footlights, opens her eyes in apparent "financial stringency." At the third ef-

1 wonder, exclaims "Where am I?" The fort he extracted, not gold eagles but illusion has produced a profound sen- two neatly engraved clearing house checks, such as are now taking the place i sation in London. In this illusion the entire stage from of gold and paper currency. The story

the first groove to the rear is hung is not vouched for editorially, but is | with black velvet, the floor covered with given to illustrate the wild and fertile of I black felt, and the top also, thus form- fancy the press agent.

I ing a room lined with black, the Worn-

an is garbed entirely in is IMRO FOX. ; black and provided with a black mask. The gar- The genial Imro has made many ments are made in sections adapted to friends in England, and his act was par- be pulled away piecemeal until she is ticularly well received at "The Palace," completely exposed in light raiment. London. Black cords manipulated by attendants If you ask Imro Fox for a joke he behind the black cloth pull away the hands you a conjure. If you should hap- black covering in detail or all at once, pen to ask him to conjure he gives you as is desired by the performer. a joke. And if you by any means get

the two mixed you will know it's no

Leroy, Bosco and Thalma are in Ger- fault of yours. Imro does it. many, meeting with their usual success. It is part of his scheme apparently to

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THE CREST MAGICIAN make his audiences believe that his magic MAGIC AS A PROFESSION. is a joke, and then bring them up sharp Hermann Pallme. with a mystery that is all too amazing Not only is there no better divertise- to fathom. And the audience no sooner ment for adult, or child than the study start scratching its collective head than and practice of magic, but there is it finds an excuse to give up the job and scarcely a more profitable field for a pro- chuckle at Imro's bald head and funny fession. feet. Along with an imperfect articula- In the former case, it takes the mind tion of the English language and a for- off the cares and worries of daily rou- tunate habit of putting the cart before tine, serving as a splendid relaxation the horse make valuable assets. for oneself and an unlimited source of The fact that his humorous quips are entertainment for one's friends. generally levelled at himself leaves no In the latter case, it constitutes a re- avenue of complaint, though the merry spectable calling which yields fine re- twinkle that steals out of the corners turns, income steadily increasing with of his eyes as he completes each decep- ability. tion seems to convey the message. It is an axiom that nothing can be "You're having a great time out there accomplished without study or practice. but so am I." Yet, it is quite within the bounds of Mr. Fox has been a conjurer since he truth to say that there is nothing which and his business were in their infancy. repays one more for the time spent in He is not too clever to be taught, and its study than does magic. his fund of story concerning nearly every To attain that degree of perfection country in the world is big enough to fill which characterizes a Herrmann or a a dozen books. Kellar naturally requires continual and lifelong study and application. DID NOT WANT HIS HEAD CUT OFF. Yet, to acquire sufficient proficiency to During a recent performance of a wel* entertain successfully and earn a good known magician, he called for a small living, means less time and labor than boy to come upon the stage and assist the study of art or music, and gives in some forthcoming trick. A manly quicker results and better pay. looking little fellow from the audience Let me enumerate a few points which responded to the call for assistance, and show the value of magic as a profes- his apparent uneasiness concerning what sion. would come next caused many a hearty It is dignified. The audiences drawn laugh at his expense. He stood the test to this form of entertainment always well, however, until the magician an- are refined, cultured and appreciative. nounced that he would perform the "de- An atmosphere of gentility thus sur- capitating trick," when the little fellow rounds both performer and auditors. The fled precipitately from the stage, making conjurer has constant opportunity to dis- it necessary to omit (?) this bloody fea- play his scholarship by frequent mention ture of the evening's entertainment. of historic and scientivc facts, allusion to travel, acquaintance with persons of Paul Valadon seems to like America, note, familiarity with languages, and so and his present bookings look like he on, ad infinitum. All this may be done means to stay with us a while. most naturally in the "patter" which is —

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the monolog running in conjunction with SUBTLETY AND RESTRAINT. experiments Again, magic, as a pro- the A playwright discussed at a dinner offers an unlimited field. By fession, in New York the art of acting. I two things. First, unlim- that mean "I believe," said he, "in subtlety and as to its possibilities; for the study ited restraint. A nod, a shake of the head, of mechanics, chemistry, electricity and a silent pause—these things are often will suggest an endless variety optics, more effective than the most violent experiments. These of new tricks and yelling and ranting. can be patented, and" thus become your "Life is like that, subtle and silent. exclusive property; nor can they be used What, for instance, could be more ex- anyone else unless on payment of a by pressive than this scene, a scene with- royalty to you an additional source of — out a spoken word, that I once wit- income. nessed in the country? in speaking of its My second meaning "An undertaker stood on a corner offering an unlimited field is that it is near a noble mansion. He elevated his not overrun as are most professions, brows hopefully and inquiringly as a there being but adept performers few physician came from the house. The now in the field, and room for many physician, compressing his lips, shook more. The trite platitude, "There is al- his head decidedly and hurried to his ways room at the top," applies particu- carriage. Then the undertaker, with a larly to magic. sigh passed on." Again, magic as a profession presents There is a point in this story that the an opportunity for wide travel. I might man of magic should ponder upon. While also subdivide this advantage. a well worded patter is a delightful aid First, because one's engagements in in doing a trick ("Hermann the Great" j the course of time cover a continent; was the most finished artist in this line and in the event of marked success take that I have ever heard), yet after all

'in the civilized world. it is the subtlety of action, the easy,

Second, which is akin to the first, the graceful manipulation of a trick that

! splendid income of a good magician counts the most. Indeed is the trita before referred to—makes extensive trav- platitude true, "Actions speak louder el possible. than words."

And third, advancement and develop- Don't parade your dexterity; be slow ment in the art necessitates travel. For and graceful, easy in your manner, and example, some of the most famous ex- j avoid the false idea of the "quickness of periments shown have their origin in the the hand, deceives the eye." Your ma- ' far East—India or China. The more suc- nipulations and illusions have an added

cessful performer finds it necessary to mystery and wonder if done slowly. Do go there, to get the local color, and in not hurry, take your time. Give your some cases to buy the secrets of a trick time to fully appreciate your j audience itself. One of the most marvelous tricks every word and movement. seen on the stage in our day—growing a full- sized tree from a seed—was pur- Your finishing trick should always be chased from an East Indian magician by one that is full of mysticism or leaves the conjurer who introduced it in Ameri- your audience filled with merriment and ca, for a sum equal to one dollar. laughter. —

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The Great Alexander is making magic and also money out West. He has his own show and it is a good one, from report.

Mme. Sa-Hera is another of the many, many, many performers now doing "second sight" or "mind reading" acts, but Among the best of burlesque magicians her act is making good over the Klaw- are Bunth and have lately Rudd, who Erlanger circuit. returned to this country. They are genuinely funny, and their possesses work Thurston has made good with Kellar finesse even if it is burlesque. and everyone knew he would. He is now booked to be the successor to "The Dean Maro finds time between his numerous of Magic." Lyceum dates to write some very enter- Dr. Walford Bodie, "The Mighty Mira- taining articles on magic for a boys' cle Worker of the North," is booked at paper published at Oak Park, 111. the leading London Music Halls at what is said to be the largest salary paid any The Okitos are a family of very clever performer. magicians. Horace Goldin will shortly return to Cunning, the Jail Breaker, is the star New York; he opens at the Colonial of a sensational melodrama now en tour. Theatre on December the twenty-third. The play is called "From Sing Sing to Liberty," and Cunning's handcuff work Brindamour "The Jail Breaker" is is made the feature of the play. booked for twenty-five weeks over the

K. E. circuit. His act is especially Wayne, the Wizard, is a product of» & an California, and would make good in the clever and mystifying one, and he is one East, or anywhere, for that matter. of the best of the handcuff manipula- tors.

Mellini is in favor at many private Magic, mind reading, mirth and music affairs in and about New York. He is constituted the excellent programme ren- a clever magician. dered by the Floyd Company of Magi- cians now touring the South. Renk, an illusionist touring Germany, bills himself as the "Great American Il- Maskelyne and Devant keep up the lusionist," yet I am told that he cannot name of magic in London, and their fa- speak English. Oh, well, some of our mous exhibitions crowd St. George's own American and English magicians Hall at each performance.

are in the same fix.

To be ignorant nowadays is really a It is doubtful if the stage of magic crime. Aim constantly to improve your- would seem complete without a Herr- self from the mind's standpoint; and I

mann to grace it. Mme. Herrmann and know of no better advice to give you Leon Herrmann are both touring the than to say, read all things good that country, and each has an act that is a come your way. credit to the famous name. THE OBSERVER.

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MAORI MAGIC. lieve that what he saw was a fresh, Tohoto was the last of the old "to- green leaf; yet it was in reality still a hungas," or native magicians, of New dry, brown one."—Chicago News. Zealand. A writer says: "The number of his years could hardly be guessed; he was almost a Methuselah of the Maori. ANENT CRITICISM. I visited him several times in the 70's, We have been asked to publish an arti- but so extremely sacred was his person cle that is in the nature of a criticism held that it was only after repeated de- of one of our friends in magic, who has lays that I was allowed to see him; in- had the bad taste to criticise our efforts deed, he considered that white people to present a magazine that is worthy to' were not fit to associate with, as they be placed in anybody's hands; hence we had no system of tapu (consecrated and make this statement. sacred), nor did they regard things which The Crest Magician's columns are open were tapu to the Maori with any rev- at all times to anything that is good erence. From the first he had resisted for the cause of magic; it shall ever be all efforts of the missionaries to induce our endeavor to print only such items him to abandon his ancient faith for that will be of general interest, and that Christianity. As he still had a large will not wound the feelings of even the following who for his sake refused to most sensitive. recognize Christianity, his conversion We have no place in our columns for was greatly desired. the grouches of grumblers, the kicks of "New Zealand's greatest bishop laid kickers, the knocks of knockers, nor the siege to the old heathen at Makota, that morbid expressions of malice or envy, tree-clad isle in Lake Roterxa to which that emanate from small minds. the beautiful Hinemoa swam. For hours j We expect to be criticised, and appre- the bishop endeavored earnestly to win ciate that honest criticism, whether from the priest over. But his powers of per- friend or foe, is good for us; we do not suasion for once failed utterly. Tohoto expect to please everybody all of the sat unmoved, in moody silence. At length time, although our every endeavor will- he lifted his head. 'Harken unto my be made with that end in view; but we

! words,' he said. 'If you can do this, I are too well grounded in our optimism' will accept your God.' Then picking up not to realize that this is a good old the dead leaf of a cabbage tree which world with room for every one's opin- l had fluttered to the ground, he held it ions, whether said opinions agree with out loosely between his fingers at arm's our point of view or not, and that, after length. all, the good in mankind is predominant "His withered body was naked to the r and will adjust our differences in an hips; the sun was high in the heavens; equitable, just manner, if given half a no deception was possible. After repeat- chance. ing an incantation he invited his visitor Hence again we say, we have no room to look. Lo! the leaf had become green! for knocks nor the carping criticisms The strong minded, highly educated engendered by envy or malice—if we Englishman had no belief in either To- cannot say something good about you in hoto or his powers, yet by some mental these columns we will not say anything. influence the decrepit Polynesian was able to make the virile white man be- THE EDITOR, THE CREST MAGICIAN

•Heap on more wood! the wind is chill; erwise he would not be a successful ma- IBut let it whistle as it will, gician. We'll keep our Christmas merry still. A slight movement of the hand, or a —Scott. glance of the eyes in an opposite direction, suggests to the audience that they THE WAY OUR SENSES PLAY US (to catch the magician) must gaze in the FALSE. direction thus suggested. Just what the performer wants, for he can then make Our senses deceive us curiously at the desired passes while the audience is times. flash of lightning lights up A deceived into imagining that they are the ground for only one-millionth of a closely watching him. second, yet it seems to us to last ever so much longer. What happens is that IN the impression remains in the eye or the MAGIC MOROCCO. retina for about one-eighth of a second, (From the Chicago News.) or 124,000 times as long as the flash lasts. If on a dark night a train speed- Mrs. Mansel-Pleydell writes of the ing along at sixty miles an hour is lit curious charms used by the women of up by lightning flash it appears sta- Morocco: "Moorish women resort to tionary, yet in the eighth of a second charms to gain lovers or to keep their during which we seem to see it the train affections when gained. There is one travels eleven feet. But we really only charm which is seldom known to fail.

see it during one-millionth of a second, It consists of shredding a small piece of and in that time it travels only one- an undergarment which the man has hundredth of an inch. worn and, after certain incantations have

When a man's leg is cut off, if the been said over it, of rolling the parti- stump be irritated he feels the pain in cles into the shape of a small ball. This

"his toes. This curious deception is the is imbedded in a larger ball of clay, and «ame as any one can practice on himself after being slightly damped, it is kept in by striking his elbow on the table, when a pot over the embers of live charcoal. he feels the pain in his fingers. Of course "I have been assured that as soon as

in both cases the pain is felt in the brain. the air penetrates the clay the man, who- We do not actually perceive different ever he may be, will lay aside whatever distances with the eye, but judge them work he is doing at the time and fly to from various indications. When our the arms of the woman who invokes the judgment is at fault we are deceived. charm. As long as the ball is kept warm If you see a person in a fog, for in- so long will the heat of love burn in the

3 stance, he seems to be much bigger than heart of the lover for that woman.' usual. The same thing happens when

you see men or cattle on the top of a It is surprising how many of the better hill against the horizon in twilight. In class of papers are running magical arti- both cases you judge them to be farther cles; Collier's, The Ladies' Home Jour- away than they really are, and conse- nal, The Star Monthly, The American quently they appear uncommonly large. Boy, The New York Herald and several Really our senses are deceived by sug- other prominent magazines and papers gestions, and the successful magician un- are giving much valuable space to ex- derstands and appreciates this fact; oth- ploitations of the art.

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Our Christmas gift from subscribers EDITftQfiRJAJL and club members was a most pleasing one—both Mr. Pallme's and my own desks are piled high with your letters of good cheer. We can only say thank you, we are glad you like us, and our maerazine. A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Magic and Magicians The Crest Magicians' Club of America and The Crest Magician magazine are Official Organ of both emphatic successes. Hence we are THE CREST MAGICIANS CLUB OF full of joy and the real Christmas spirit, AMERICA. and look forward to the New Year to Published by mean even greater things for us. THE CREST MAGICIAN PUB. CO., You will notice an improvement in 144:146 W. 37th St., New York. this number over our first; we mean to Edited by A. E. MORROW. keep on improving—making each num- Price, per year, $1.00. Single Copies, 10c. ber just a little bit better than those

preceding it.

A limited amount of advertising will We add a new department called be received; for rates apply to above address. "With Our Members." That is your Remittances must be made payable page; use it. to The Crest Magician Publishing Co. Make remittance by Post Office or Express Money Order or Registered A year's subscription would make a Letter. Contributions on all topics that are very acceptable and much appreciated of general interest to magicians are de- Christmas gift to your magic-loving sired. If remuneration is expected, please state amount on article when friend. sent in. It must be fully understood that We want ten thousand new subscrib- the Editor is not responsible for the opinions expressed by contributors and ers. How many will you send in? correspondents. All MSS. should be written on one side of the paper only, with the name On a recent trip through Northern and address of sender on the back of each sheet. New York "ye editor" gave several pri- MSS. will returned unless No be exhibitions of a few of the minor stamps are enclosed. All contributions vate not accepted will be returned; but at tricks, and now his friends in that part the same time the Editor does not hold himself responsible for the loss of any of the country are calling him Professor MSS. the All contributions should be addressed —a just punishment for laying down to the Editor, care of The Crest Ma- pen to take up the magic wand. In gician, at above address. future he promises to stick to the pen.

Vol. I. DECEMBER, 1907 No. 2 Hundreds of letters expression appreciation of our first number, and only one

criticism! Well, that is a right good A Merry Christmas to you all; may start. Help us to keep it up. Criticise the magical influence of the day enter and suggest any improvement you think all your hearts and make them glad. will add to the magazine's value. THE CREST MAGICIAN

THE CREST MAGICIANS' CLUB OF AMERICA.

Its Aims and Object.

To advance the cause of magic and magicians. To practically aid, through suggestions All questions or other matter pertain- and in every possible way, all those in- ing to this column should be addressed to Hermann Pallme, care of The Crest terested in magic, either as a pastime or Magician, 144 "W. 37th St., New York. as a profession. Always give full name, address and membership number. To furnish its members with all the H. D. W.—Thank you for your sug- latest details of magical devices and par- gestion; we will have additional exposes aphernalia, to keep its members in touch of tricks next month. We will use your with the advancement of the art handkerchief production in an early is- throughout the world. sue. To enable its members to procure all J. J. G.—I appreciate your letter and magical paraphernalia or requisites, its helpful ideas. We send rate asked tricks, illusions, etc., at the lowest pos- for via mail. sible cost. B. H.—Any correspondence of general To promote the spirit of fraternity interest we will gladly publish on our among those interested in the art of the members' page. magician and its development. To devote every possible means of R. A. F.—Single copies of this maga- placing the art of the magician in that zine will be sent anywhere upon receipt position as a scientific divertisement

of ten cents, but we cannot promise to which is its right and dignity. supply back numbers. To publish and maintain an official organ to be called "The Crest Magician," F. H.—We will publish the programs and which shall be a clearing-house for you ask for in as early an issue as we original and novel ideas in magic and its can. — proper expression. C. G.—Kindly let us know which trick Advantages to Members. you refer to, as there are several under the title you give. The advantages of being a member of The Crest Magicians' Club are manifold: E, O. T.—Pleased to learn about your Through our advisory board, of which club; will help you in any way that I Mr. Hermann Pallme is chairman and can. Keep us posted. on which are some of the world's greatest magicians and authorities on things

J. J.—Your ideas are all good; at an magical, we are enabled to secure au- early date we will adopt some of them. thoritative statements upon everything appertaining to magic and its proper ex- I wish to thank the hundreds of mem- pression. bers who have written me regards our first issue. We will do everything pos- Men are probably nearer to the essen- sible to keep your good-will. tial truth in their superstitions than in HERMANN PALLME. their science.—Thoreau.

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Brother A. F. Barbours writes that he has not been out since November 1st;

we hope, if he has been ill, that he has now fully recovered.

Brother H. D. Vila sends a tip for handkerchief production which we will publish next month. Thanks for same. Send in your notes for this column; write on one side of paper only, and always sign full name and address, and Brother Roth's letter is so full of good give your club number. advice that we publish it in full here-

Brother John J. Grdina sends some with: very valuable suggestions, and offers to December 2, 1907. act as one of our correspondents. We Mr. Hermann Pallme, Esq., New York, expect some interesting items from his N. Y. Sir: in receipt of pen to. appear in our pages. My Dear I am membership card No. 202 in the Crest Magician's Club, together with first num- In answer to several letters from club ber of "The Crest Magician." The mag- members, we state that all club members azine is all right in every respect, and now enrolled will receive "The Crest if carried out as outlined the same will Magician" free of all further cost for be a great success. I hope the members one year. of the club will use thier efforts to stop Brother Walter E. Williams writes us the practice of exposing tricks, as done that he will call on us shortly; we will by some performers, as, in my opinion, be glad to see him, or any of our mem- a true artist will not have to stoop to bers, at all times. such means in order to make a living. Whenever there are any fees due, kindly It is with sincere regret that we learn notify me and I will remit promptly. of the death of Brother H. W. Yeaton, Wishing you success in your under- of Auborn, Me. Our heartfelt sympa- taking, I am, yours respectfully, thies to his relatives and friends. PETER, ROTH, No. 202, C. M. C. Brother Francis Heyoth is informed that

Paul Valadon is filling vaudeville dates, Anything that you think will interest and that Howard Thurston is now trav- the club or magicians generally,send it elling with Mr. Kellar. in.

Brother Jefferson Jones writes us We would particularly request new about a local club he and his friends in- ideas on small tricks that are appropri- terested in magic have formed, and if he ate for drawing-room use. will send us full particulars we will be pleased to publish same. Do not watch your hands while performing a trick. Keep your eyes upon Brother Leslie Cole promises to send your audience, keeping up your patter, in a new idea for a trick, and when he and they will not detect any of your does we will be glad to publish it. motions. THE CREST MAGICIAN

Mildred and Rouclere in "The Flight of Princess Iris" present a beautifully mounted and very interesting act. They are touring the Eastern States.

WHY THIRTEEN IS UNLUCKY.

It is usually stated that the supersti- WITH THE PROFESSION. tious objection in sitting thirteen at a table in Christian countries was based The Burchs are playing in Chicago, on the fact of the last supper, when and their act has won them many flat- Christ and His twelve disciples sat down tering notices in the local press. to eat together, immediately before the Saviour was seized by His enemies. Russell, the Magician, has a very pret- But in the Norse mythology, which is ty act in "The Mysterious Silks." If he supposed to antedate the introduction of comes your way see him. Christianity among the Northmen, we find the superstitition referred to the fact Carl Hertz is back from Africa, and that at a banquet of the gods, Loki, the is playing in London and the Provinces. spirit of mischief, introduced himself, making thirteen at the table, wherefore Donn Smythe keeps busy playing club there was a fight, and Balbour, a young and lyceum dates; he is the ideal society hero especially loved by all the gods, entertainer, possessing a personality that was killed. For the fact is the objection wins him the immediate friendship of his to this number seems to have existed audience. even before Christianity. Among the Have you seen Thompson work with Turks the number is so disliked and handkerchiefs? It is wonderful what he feared that it is never even named; with does with them, and he well deserves the Aztecs, the aborigines of Mexico, it the sobriquet "The Handkerchief King." was believed to have magic power, and I near his, am a neighbor of and some a like fancy has been found in other In- time I promise myself the pleasure of dian tribes. going down to Elizabeth, N. J., his home, Among the ignorant blacks of the and have a chat on magic. I'll tell you South the fear of this number in any about it I do. when connection is actually absurd, but whether they have borrowed this idea Imro is coming to Fox back us in time from their imperfect knowledge of the to eat his Christmas turkey. He will Christianity, or whether it is a survival find glad hands everywhere. of the Voodoo worship of their ancestors", it is impossible to say, for the super- Al Barnes, magician and juggler, has stition has a strong hold everywhere, an act that wins applause. He is now even among those who should know bet- playing dates in the Middle West. ter than to be swayed by it. In Italy it is never used in making up the num- Norton, conjurer, is making good out bers of the favorite lotteries, and in Par-

in the far West. I understand he is is it is omitted in numbering the houses booked far into the new year. on the streets.—The Housekeeper. THE CREST MAGiCIAN

CAT'S EYES AS CLOCKS.

So long as there is a cat anywhere CHAFF near it is not necessary to have a watch fOR.^ or a clock, for'the animal's eyes will tell you the time of day. The first Euro- g| PATTER, pean to learn of the use of a cat as a m time indicator was M. Hue, who, in a Take a joke as a joke and it will not work on the Chinese Empire, tells how provoke. he was initiated into the mystery. M. These handcuffs were made for me by Hue and a party of friends set out to a blacksmith, but I am afraid he is a visit a Chinese Christian mission settle- rascal, for I have been told he forges ment among the peasantry. They met and steels every day. a young Chinaman on the road, and to test his intelligence they asked him if Is that a horse pistol? he could tell them the time. The native No; it is only a Colt's. looked up at the sky, but the clouds hid the sun from view, and he could not read If you ever catch a fellow taking your any answer there. Suddenly he darted watch tell him to stop, as you have no away toward a farm, returned in and a time to spare. few moments with a cat in his arms. Pushing up its eyelids with his hand, he Mother—John, are you in those sweet- told Hue to look at them, at the same meats again? time volunteering the information that John—No, ma'am; them sweetmeats it was not noon yet. While they were is in me. puzzling over the matter the boy went There are two reasons why I do not about his business. trust some men. One is because I know

When the party reached the village them, the other is because I don't. they asked the Christian converts if they could tell the time by a cat's eyes. Im- A GOOD BARGAIN. mediately there started a wild hunt for Pat wanted a bottle for some reason cats, and all the cats obtainable in the and went into a drugstore to purchase neighborhood were brought before them. one. The druggist called him to view The Chinese pointed out that the pupils the array of empty bottles behind the of a cat's eyes gradually grew narrower case and pick out^what he wanted. Pat up to 12 noon, when they became scarce- found one to his liking and asked the ly perceptible lines, drawn perpendicu- price. larly across the eye, and after that di- "The bottle is 5 cents—but if you want lation recommenced. Hue examined the anything in it I'll give you the bottle," eyes of several cats and verified what said the druggist. the Chinese told had him. No doubt it "Be jabbers, put a cork in it thin, an' is a trick with which the natives have thank ye," replied Pat.—Exchange. been familiar for centuries.—London P. T. O. When you have a leisure hour keep We wish all our members would take yourself in practice by performing before an interest in making the columns of a mirror. This will enable you to see our magazine rich in ideas. and correct your faults.

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The First Thing to Do in Magic

Before even giving the purchase of a trick a thought, is to secure a copy of this book, and learn its very interesting story.

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Vol. I., No. 3. NEW YORK, JANUARY, 1908. Price Ten Cents.

HOWARD THURSTON

Howard Thurston was born in Ohio not of Wales, and Prince Arthur of Con- many more than thirty years ago, and naught, and their royal suites. was, like the late Charles Bertram the Mr. Thurston has also appeared before English magician, intended by his par- the late King Christian, King Edward ents for the ministry. With this pro- VIL, King George of Greece, the Czar of fession in view he spent nearly four Russia, and numerous Oriental poten- years at Northfield, Mass., studying with tates. the famous revivalist, Dwight L. Moody. After his European success he returned But Mr. Thurston since a boy had a to this country, prepared an elaborate yearning for the field of magic, and he magic act, which he successfully present- determinedly set himself to work to mas- ed at all the best vaudeville houses ter the arts of the conjurer and the illu- throughout the country, creating a fu- sionist. ror everywhere as his act was far ahead Always a retentive and industrious of anything of a similar nature that had scholar, he was in a short while suffi- ever been seen. ciently adept to make his professional In June 1904, Mr. Thurston sailed from debut, which occurred in Cincinnati. San Francisco for a world's tour, being One of Mr. Thurston's earlier experi- gone three years, to return in May of ences was a tour with a company play- last year to join hands with Kellar, ing the country fairs, which show came whom he is booked to succeed as the to grief at Williamsport, Pa. leading exponent of magic in this coun- Rapidly improving in his dexterity and try. ability to entertain as a conjurer, he soon In his worldwide wanderings Mr. became known as a clever magician. Thurston saw many wonderful things, As soon as he considered himself suffi- had many adventures and gathered a ciently proficient he went to Europe, and fund of knowledge of incalculable value. was successful in securing an engage- Mr. Thurston visited Australia, Tas- ment at the Palace, where he remained mania, New Zealand, the Philippine nearly six months, going from there to Islands, China, Japan, Java, the Strait an engagement at the Empire, which Settlements, India, Egypt, Morocco. lasted over five months. Italy, France, Spain and England, ap- While performing at the Empire Mr. pearing in all of the principal cities of Thurston had the pleasure of appearing these different countries. before the Shah of Persia, the Prince Mr. Thurston is a splendid workman.

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He has a pleasing stage presence, is A NEW YEAR'S WISH. graceful and moves quickly; in fact, he God keep thee, dear, through all the does his elaborate and intricate tricks years, with so much ease and with such rapid- Through all the joys, the sorrows, tears ity that one hardly gets started in won- Of life—its commonplaces, too, derment before something else is offered. God keep thee sweet, and brave and true, He is not only an originator and inde- Amid the doubts and fears that rise pendent producer, but he has taken those In every life—the mysteries, tricks others have done and improved Things that are hard to understand, upon them. Mr. Kellar has certainly The movings of a mystic hand, been fortunate in selecting such a cap- God keep thy reason sound and sure, able and expert performer to take up Thy mind alert, thy heart still pure. his work. God keep thee always—this I pray THOUGHTS FOR THE NEW YEAR. For thee, upon this New Year's da}^. —Exchange. There is a past which is gone forever; but there is future, which is still our JANUARY FIRST. own.

jSTo first of One to-day is worth a half-dozen to- one ever regarded the Jan- morrows. uary with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and count By losing present time we lose all upon what is left. It is the nativity of time. our common Adam. Of all sounds of We always have our doubts about the bells (bells the music highest bordering people who make good resolutions and upon heaven), most solemn and touching then loudly boast of them. is the peal which rings out the old year. I never heard without a gathering-up of Be always in time; too late is a crime my mind to a concentration of all the for which the future will punish you. images that have been diffused over the past twelvemonth. A man who does nothing never has All I have done or suffered, performed time to do anything. or neglected—in that regretted time. I begin to know its worth as when a per- The trouble with some people on New son dies. Year's day is that they make so many It takes a personal color; nor was it good resolutions that they soon lose a political flight of a contemporary, when track of them. he exclaimed: "I saw the skirts of the Many an honorable career has resulted departing j^ear !

from a kind word spoken in season or It is no more than what we all seem the warm grasp of a friendly hand. to be conscious of in that awful leave- taking.—Charles Lamb. The man who tries his level best and fails is entitled to more credit than the Any time generally means no time. man who succeeds without effort. Look how the world's people are The man who hath order and system amazed at apparitions, signs and prodi- saveth time; and time is money. gies.— Shakespeare,

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THE IMPORTANCE OF DEPORTMENT. purpose: "Ladies and gentlemen, in order to show my appreciation of the hon- Hermann Pallme. or you do me by your presence here to- Deportment means the art of properly night I shall try my very best to enter- presenting a trick before an audience. tain you with some feats in legerdemain. Not a few professional magicians and But let it be understood at the begin- most amateurs are defiicent in this most ning that I will not attempt to deceive important phase of their work. you. If there is any deceit, it will be In order to make myself perfectly that you deceive yourselves or that your clear I think it best to expound this own eyes deceive you." question of deportment in a series of Let another simple (paragraph conclude sections. The order in which these are your entertainment. This will serve as given is not necessarily the order of a polite dismissal, and prevent that em- their importance. barrassment which an audience some-

1. First, as regards your relation to times feels when not sure that a per- your audience. This refers particularly former is through with his program. This to distance; but I am tempted to say a needs be no more than an acknowledg- word with regard to manner. ment of thanks, as, "With this illusion I Keep your distance and let them do shall close my entertainment; I thank the same; do not make the error of get- you for your consideration and atten- ting too familiar with your spectators. tion."

You know "familiarity breeds contempt," 3. Always maintain an attitude of re- but worse, it opens up means to worry spectful dignity before your audience. or perhaps detect you in your work. This does not mean to assert your egot- Keep your distance also as regards ism to the point of being thought con- space. This should be as wide as pos- ceited, but by your manner—the mastery sible, as many "substitutions," etc., are of your work and yourself—command effected as you pass from the audience to their respect.

your table. It is apparent, therefore, If you are a natural humorist it is that the longer the distance the more well, and may assist your performance. time you have for necessary manipula- But always perform in a natural man- tions. ner. Do not try to be funny. It is only It may be difficult in a parlor to get a step from the sublime to the ridiculous. the necessary distance to perform certain Just one letter makes the difference be- tricks, but aim to get as far from your tween pathos and bathos. audience as the room will permit; but In this connection aAT oid personalities. there are many tricks, called "close Of course, watch for and avail yourself work," that can be done right in the of every chance for repartee, but never midst of your audience. lose your temper, no matter what de-

2. A few apt, bright sentences ad- rogatory remarks may be addressed to* dressed to your audience as an introduc- you. Just make a mental note of such tory to your performances are not only persons as try to embarrass you, and necessary as a matter of courtesy, but when you can (always politely, though), will serve to put you and them in sym- turn the laugh on them and make them pathy, on good terms as it were, or, as look small, don't fail to do so. the French say, "en rapport." 4. In case of an accident or hitch, Something like this will answer the such as forgetting to provide yourself be-

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forehand with some accessory, or the ways an aid in discovering how it was dropping of an article, do not become con- brought about.

fused. On the contrary, treat the inci- 6. As a corollary to this rule it fol- dent as a joke, and with a smile say lows that the same trick should never be something witty, such as (in case of performed twice in the same evening. A dropping article), "I just put it there to beautifully rendered bit of acting or prove that it was solid"; or (in case of declamation can stand an encore; but forgetting some article), "It is almost the best trick would lose its effect upon impossible to perform this trick without a repetition.

first consulting the fairies. With your Besides, having seen it once and know- kind permission 1 should like to retire ing the denouement, the spectators will for just a moment for consultation." devote their whole attention this time Leave the stage, or if you are perform- to an effort to detect where you mystified ing in a parlor, have an accommodating them the first time. screen to retire behind in just such emer- It is not necessary that you refuse an gencies. encore. It is possible to repeat a trick

In such an exigency some such remark with variations, bringing it to the same as above will save the marring of your conclusion; or with the same prelimina- act, and your spectators will applaud ries bring it to a different conclusion. and admire your presence of mind. Thus you are presenting practically a But should something go radically new trick, yet possessing elements of wrong, do not plead guilty to a failure. similarity to the one for which an en- Keeping your wits, either bring your core was asked. This will serve both to trick to some conclusion, or glide natur- please the audience, and to avoid chances ally into the next one. of detection. If you suffer a complete breakdown, You should study, as every profes- keep up your "patter" just the same and sional performer does, variation and com- burlesque the trick. Frequently, with a bination of tricks. The better books on little quick-wittedness, this may be a magic explain many ways of vanishing more acceptable finish than the original. an article, and as many ways of repro-

It is a matter of record that some of ducing it. the best performers meeting with .such 7. In the preceding articles I have an accident have by their ready wit brought about a better finish to their trick, and always afterwards used this Do You Love Music ? conclusion. Many excellent bits of "business" have been discovered in just Do You Sing or Ploy? this way. Again let me emphasize, keep You should know all about your wits about you always. The Crest Music Lovers' Club 5. As a general rule, do not tell an audience beforehand what you are going We will send full particulars together with complete thematics, words and music, of 260 to do. The reason for this should be of the most popular songs, 150 thematics of clear to you. If the spectators know popular instrumental numbers, and a com- what to expect, not only is the trick plete piano copy, worth 50 cents, for 10 cents. robbed of half its charm—that of sur- THE CREST TRADING CO. prise, but you increase the chances of de- 213 Witmark Building, New York tection. Knowing what to expect is al-

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said that the secret of success is to di- that will tend towards this result, and rect the attention of the spectators from introduce them into the performance of your hands at the right moment and for each trick. just a moment. For example: a number of performers This leads me, then, to lay down the entering upon the stage, before intro- rule that when you desire to divert the ducing the first trick, take off their attention of the audience to a certain gloves, roll them into a small ball, and point, you must yourself look fixedly at vanish them. that point. Obviously you cannot point Some go a step further in discoursing or suggest looking somewhere; that a moment upon the importance of the would arouse suspicion and you would wand, and then "remember to have for- be watched the more closely. gotten it." But they "must have it" in The great requisite is to cultivate a order to proceed, so it is mysteriously invariably the case "good eye." It is produced from "somewhere." that an earnest look of the performer in Again, in the course of a trick, you a particular direction will carry every need an egg. How much better for the one's else glance unconsciously with it. general effect if, instead of taking it By all means avoid furtive glances at from the table, or having an assistant your hands, as it would ruin the trick. bring it, you produce it from a lady's 8. I have intimated elsewhere, but bonnet or some one's mouth. will repeat here more explicitly, the im- This principle can and should be portance of always taking your time in worked out to the fullest extent. the performance of your tricks. There is a very considerable element of Speak your "patter" with the natural- psychology in magic—that is, an en- ness of a good actor, not with the stiff- deavor to make the spectators believe, ness of a schoolboy reciting his piece. through inductive suggestion or infer- Let the audience hear every word, and ence, that which is not he case. In other let them see every movement. Give words, to have that manner or style them time to appreciate these, so that about your deportment as to lead the, when you pass to the second stage of audience to unconsciously accept the fact a transformation they will have under- that you are really a magician possessed stood fully the first. Where is the interest or surprise, let me ask, in changing a card into a rose, unless the spectators know in the first place that it was Have Lots of Fun a card? and Make Money 9. A word now with regard to by- For your Lodge, Church, School or for yourselF by putting on an up-to-date play, or what is called in stage parlance "business." Attention to this has a MINSTREL SHOW, marked tendency to keep alive the inter- or an "Advanced Vaudeville" Show est of the spectators, as well as to cre- We will furnish everything necessary ate a mystical atmosphere. This puts from start to finish complete. Partic- the spectators in the proper mood to ac- ulars and a copy of that great book. "The Business End of a Minstrel cept your pretensions to a supernatural Show/' all for 10c. power. THE CREST TRADING CO. Tax your ingenuity, therefore, to in- 212 Witmark Building, New York vent or devise every possible incident

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of the powers with which you seem to For instance, if you do a series of be endowed. handkerchief tricks, call this part of In fact, the successful performer your program "The Bewitched Handker- should adopt auto-psychology—that is, chiefs," or if a series of flower tricks, study and aim to make yourself believe "The Enchanted Garden," and so on, giv- that you are performing miracles. ing each series of tricks some fanciful It is well known that the great actor name, which will awaken the curiosity lives the character he is portraying on of your audience and yet not tell them the stage; and some have gone so far, anything. in the study of a new part, as to merge In giving a performance do not fail to their identity wholly into that new char- have a private program of your own fas- acter for weeks. tened in some conspicuous place behind Just so, you as the magician must the scenes, or if working in a parlor, learn to impersonate the part. From the some place where it can be seen only by time you appear upon the stage until the yourself. This prompt-program must conclusion of the performance you should contain a list of the tricks to be per- act not only as if, but should persuade formed that evening, together with a yourself that your supposed power is a detailed list of accessories necessary in real one, and that your wand is not alone the performance of each. an emblem, but the very source of your After each trick or group of tricks power. when you retire behind the scenes or Having cultivated this faculty of enter- screen this must be consulted so as to ing into the spirit of the part you play, enable you to be in readiness for the you will acquire the ability to produce next series. It is quite impossible for an almost unlimited effect upon the im- you or an assistant to keep in mind the aginations of your spectators. many articles required in the course of Thus both you and they will lose sight an evening. I remember once being on of the mere commonplace or mechanical the verge of failure in a certain trick means through which you obtain your re- because I did not have a necessary hook sults, and you create the impression that pinned to my trousers. those results are reached through actual In this article I have embodied those magic. The successful people of the elements of success characteristic of the world—whether orators, players, or in master-magicians of this and past ages, any walk of life, are those who have ac- together with a few original principles quired this faculty of psychology. which my own experience has shown to

10. The arrangement of your program be most valuable. Do not minimize the is deserving of some comment. Your importance of any one as against the printed program should contain little or others. They are all equally essential no information as to the exact nature of to the finished performer. your tricks, and yet should be worded in such a way as to arouse the greatest Now is here—to-morrow nowhere. curiosity. In other words, you must give no clue as to the real nature of the Do not hurry, do not flurry! illusion, this being in accordance with Nothing good is got by worry. the directions above: Not to tell an audience beforehand what you are going to Lost time is never £ound again; he do. that hath most time, hath none to lose.

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Now replace the cards, and in so do- when you want the coin to vanish press MOW card upon coin before raising it. TIS

As no particular dexterity is required to appear to slightly bend the card in to perform this trick,, ret it always raising it, which releases the coin, and meets with favor; it is a good number when you want the coin to vanish press for either the amateur or professional card upon coin before raising it. magician to add to his list of coin or card tricks, as it fits equally as well into MARVELOUS CARD AND NUMBER either series. TRICK.

The preparation is simple: all that is While this is really a very simple trick necessary is to have two half-dollars,, and the only ability necessary is that of and upon one side of each put a thin being able to force cards, yet it appears coating of adhesive wax. You are now very mysterious. ready to perform the trick. First prepare a sheet of white paper Borrow a half-dollar from your audi- about eight inches square by painting ence, and palm it, substituting one of the upon it in black figures a number—say waxed coins for it, and then lay this 23—and take another piece, the same waxed coin unon your table, waxed side kind and size, and write upon it four up, at the same time getting rid of the figures which, when added up, amount to palmed coin. 23: for instance, 6, 5, 4, 8; and draw a Pick up an ordinary pacK of cards, at line under them; fold both these papers the same time securing the other waxed three times, and then conceal about your coin, concealing same in your left hand. person where they can be easily procured. You now request some one to kindly Take a pack of cards. Ask some one draw two cards from the pack; hold the to select four cards, and force upon them pack in your right hand for them to do cards that will total the same number

so. as is on your paper. Take the chosen cards in the left hand, Say the cards you force are the S of in which you have the waxed coin, and diamonds, the 4 of clubs, the 5 of hearts press this coin against the center of the and the 6 of spades; this will total 23, undermost card, which we will call card and the diversity of the spot cards ward No. 1. off any suspicion of a prepared deck of Place this card (with coin on it) upon cards. the table about a foot from the waxed Take an envelope from your table, and coin that is already there, taking the re- take from it a clean sheet of paped dou- maining card (card No. 2) and cover this bled up in the same manner and of the coin with it. same kind as your prepared paper. Open You can now lift both cards, showing up this paper and request some one to

the coin is still under card No. 2, and place a figure (from 1 to 9) upon it; then apparently there is nothing under card fold it and pass to some one else, who

No. 1. adds a second figure, folds it, passing in

39 THE CREST MAGICIAN turn to a third person, who adds a figure, folds the paper, and passes to a fourth •DOINGS* person, who also adds a figure. Ask the fourth person to please draw OF THE a line under his figure, and take the paper from him and, having palmed ,1 , CU LT X your paper with the sum upon it, substitute this for the paper just handed to CRANE WON THE FIFTY. you. Lawrence Crane, who is presenting an Now request some other person to attractive and mystifying act of magic kindly add up the figures (presumably) and illusion, tells an interesting story of placed upon the paper by the others. how luck came to him in carrying out As this gentleman gets your prepared a trick while giving a performance in a sheet the sum of course of the addition Riverside Drive mansion recently. This will be 23. was to place a rabbit in a box and pass

Now ask this gentleman not to tell it to a woman in the audience for her you the total, but to double up the paper examination. The trick was to remove in its original folds, and to be sure and the rabbit into a flap of his long coat remember the amount of his addition. so quickly that no one could see it be- the audience. You have now palmed the piece of fore he passed the box to the trick, and ex- paper containing the large 23, and give One man perceived the the gentleman the envelope to examine, claimed loudly that he knew where was at the same time taking the paper from rabbit was. Crane realized he the him, and for which you substitute the caught, but thought to brazen out bet that palmed sheet. Hand him this sheet with matter, and said he would $50 auditor would be found the large 23 on it, and which he believes the quick-eyed in the coat is to be mistaken. The flap the piece he just had ; requesting him the hiding place. Un- to place it in the envelope, seal it up was named as a hole in the and hold it tight. known to Crane there was nature, Now request the person who selected flap, and the rabbit, true to his any one the cards to call out to you the num- burrowed out of it without of the con- bers on same, and as they call out each seeing him in the excitement to his number write it upon a blackboard in troversy and, as it happened, went according to full view of the audience; then add them box behind a screen where, Crane was to up and show the total to be 23. Now the routine of the trick, as request the gentleman who has the en- find him. He was as much mystified could not account for velope to open it and unfold the paper the audience, and until later in the evening, when contained in it, which you assure him the thing coat. But should be the same total in his own he discovered the hole in the handwriting. he won the $50.

He opens the envelope and is surprised to find a big 23 staring him in the face; ONE ON THE MAGICIAN. ask him to hold it up so that all may A magician who was performing at a see. country fair called one of his auditors to You will be astonished at the amaze- assist him in the "marvelous transmuta- ment of your audience if you bring this tion of metals" which he was about to trick to its proper conclusion. perform. He borrowed a half-dollar

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from the countryman, and, after making CHARACTER. a few passes, desired him to hold out Many people seem to forget that char- his hand for a moment, and apparently acter grows; that it is not something to placing the half-dollar in it, told him put on, ready made, with womanhood or now to close his hand. manhood; but day by day here a little Passing his wand over the country- and there a little grows with the growth man's closed hand he said: "If you will and strengthens with the strength, until now open your hand you will discover I good or bad, it becomes almost a coat of have changed your half-dollar into a mail. Look at a man of business twenty-dollar gold piece." The country- prompt, reliable, conscientious, yet clear- man, upon opening his hand, found the headed and energetic. When do you sup- shining gold piece laying where he pose he developed all these admirable his half-dollar was. thought qualities ? When he was a boy ? Let us "Now," said the magician, "close your see the way in which a boy of the years hand, and I will change it back again gets up in the morning, works, plays, to a half-dollar." studies, and we will tell you just what "No, you won't!" said the man, pock- kind of man he will make. The boy who eting the magician's gold piece, "I'm neglects his duties, be they ever so small, satisfied." And down he jumped, leaving and then excuses himself by saying, "I the chagrined conjurer to swallow his didn't think," will never be a reliable loss as best he could. man. And the boy who finds pleasure in the suffering of weaker things will never be a noble, generous, kindly man MISSED HIS GUESS. a gentleman.—Pomeroy Leader.

A magician once borrowed a hat, and Reputation has carried men to success

( while producing different articles there- when their characters would have con- from noticed a paper that was under the demned them. hatband; slipping this paper down he. If you won't do better to-day you will under cover of getting some article from do worse to-morrow. the hat with both hands, opened the

paper and saw that it contained the words are fine, but fine words are name and address, presumably, of the Fit owner. not always fit.

Folding up the paper, he slipped it back in place, and upon concluding the If you think twice before you speak | trick handed the hat back to the gentle- once you will speak twice the better for l

man from whom he had borrowed it, with it. the remark that he could always tell the DISAPPEARING PAPER. name and address of a man whose hat he

had borrowed, mentioning the name and Disappearing paper is a novelty for address of the paper. use by those whose correspondents for- "Oh," said the man, "that's the fellow get to burn the letters after their utility who used to own this hat; he died last has ceased. It is steeped in sulphuric

month and his wife gave it to me." acid, dried and glazed, the acid being The magician joined in the general partly neutralized by ammonia vapor^ laugh that followed. It falls to pieces after a given time.

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ITEMS FROM ABROAD. ODDS AND CURIOS.

llinnard, the magician and illusionist, The periscope of a submarine boat is with Lillie Luraine, who also does a a long, narrow tube, which is thrust up novel musical specialty, is playing to through the surface of the sea, and by appreciative and large audiences through- an arrangement of lenses, a picture of out the English provinces. the objects near is focussed and thrown upon a reflector inside the submerged In England Anthony, "the comic con- vessel. jurer," is doing well. His humorous act A wild elephant has a keen sense of gains him much laughter and applause. smell. At a distance of 1,000 yards it can scent an enemy. Chung Ling Soo is making English About a third of the entire population magicians take notice; his elaborate of the world speak the Chinese language billing and his princely mode of travel- or its allied dialects. ing are revelations. In the great church at Mengo, Uganda, there are over 200 trees to support the Chevalier Ernest Thorn is meeting roof. Each of these trees took 100 men with great success in Geramny. to drag it up the hill. Seals sleep upon land; they also do Carl Hartz has been kept busy ever so floating upon their backs in the sea. since his return from Africa. This habit they mostly indulge in when the weather is fine and the sea calm. average limit of sustained atten- Arnold De Biere, the American ma- The tion in an audience is twenty gician, has made a pleasing impression about minutes, and it is ^ery difficult for a upon our German cousins. speaker to interest his hearers for thirty minutes. Nate Leipzig, the card manipulator, Some Australian gold veins are 130 recently appeared before their majesties, feet wide. the King and Queen of Spain. Every town in Mexico has a public bath-house. LeRoy, Talma and Bosco are enchant- Audiences are forbidden to applaud ing large audiences wherever they ap- in Russian theatres. pear. Sun spots 100,000 miles in diameter have been measured. My Australian friend has not written Some of the stars move with a veloci- to me lately. There must be something ty of nearly fifty miles a second. doing in magic over there, so please let The famous "dragon" tree on the isl- me hear from you. and of Teveriffe is 5,000 years old.

I would like to have my friends all Some famous old books still in exist- over the world send me items of interest ence are bound in tanned human skin. for this column. Just send them to The The Enterprise made the first steam Crest Magician, 144 W. 37th St., and voyage from England to India in 1825. they will reach me. With every good To salute with the left hand is a wish for the new year. deadly insult to Mohammedans in the Yours, THE SCRIBE. East.

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Why not outline a system by which EDITORIAL you will conduct your affairs the coming year—and stick to that system. There is only the difference of one letter between luck and pluck, but that one letter makes all the difference in the world. A Monthly Magazine Be sure and read Mr. Pallme's article Devoted to Magic and Magicians on the "Importance of Deportment," in this number. It gives good advice to Official Organ of every magician. THE CREST MAGICIANS CLUB OF Over six hundred new members to AMERICA. The Crest Magician Club in the past Published by few months! Of course we are proud of THE CREST MAGICIAN PUB. CO., that record. You will notice an improvement in 144-146 W. 37th St., New York. this number over the previous one Edited by A. E. MORROW. that's our policy, each number a little Price, per year, $1.00. Single Copies, 10c. better than its predecessor. Do not fail to read every item on the

A limited amount of advertising will members page, and do not fail to send be received; for rates apply to above in your items for that page. address. Remittances must be made payable New subscriptions are coming in fast. to The Crest Magician Publishing Co. Make remittance by Post Office or How many new subscribers are YOU Express or Money Order Registered going to secure ? The more subscribers Letter. Contributions on all topics that are we have, the better we can make om- of general interest to magicians are desired. If remuneration is expected, nia gazine. please state amount on article when sent in. What a difference it would make if It must be fully understood that we kept the December 25 spirit in our the Editor is not responsible for the opinions expressed by contributors and hearts every day in the year! correspondents. All MSS. should be written on one Watch us grow; watch us do all we side of the paper only, with the name and address of sender on the back of promise to do for you, and more. each sheet. No MSS. will be returned unless stamps are enclosed. All contributions SPECIAL OFFER. not accepted will be returned; but at the same time the Editor does not hold To every one sending us a year's sub- himself responsible for the loss of any MSS. scription to "The Crest Magician," we All contributions should be addressed to the Editor, care of The Crest Ma- will give a membership in The Crest gician, at above address. Magicians' Club of America and will send a membership card entitling them Vol. I. JANUARY, 1908. No. 3. to all the rights and privileges of the

club for one year. This is a splendid May every day in the new year bring chance for those already members to added joys and blessings to each of you. send in subscribers and have their mem- Last year's failures will count for bership dues paid up for years to come. naught if made the stepping stones to Every subscriber sent in means a year's this year's successes. dues for vou.

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THE CREST MAGICIANS' CLUB OF AMERICA. WITH Its Aims and Object. To advance the cause of magic and IRECT01 magicians. To practically aid, through suggestions and in every possible way, all those in- All questions or other matter pertain- terested in magic, either ing to this column should be addressed as a pastime or to Hermann Pallme, care of The Crest as a profession. Magician, 144 W. 37th St., New York. Always give full name, address and To furnish its members with all the membership number. latest details of magical devices and par- L. R. T.—Full directions come with aphernalia, to keep its members in touch the trick you mention, and as the secret with the advancement of the art of a trick is its value, not alone the throughout the world. apparatus, it would not be fair or pos- To enable its members to procure all sible to reveal the method of doing the magical paraphernalia or requisites, trick in this column. tricks, illusions, etc., at the lowest pos- H. R, M.—For back hand palm with sible cost. cards proceed as follows: Hold card be- To promote the spirit of fraternity tween thumb and first finger, palm to- among those interested in the art of the wards audience, then grasp card between magician and its development. fourth and first finger, bending the card To devote every possible means of convex; second and third fingers are placing the art of the magician in that passed under the card, forcing it to the position as a scientific divertisement back of the hand. Reverse and the card which is its right and dignity. is shown at the finger tips. Practice so To publish and maintain an official or- that the movements appear as one. gan to be called "The Crest Magician," E. F. H.—The complete directions and which shall be a clearing-house for come with this trick. original and novel ideas in magic and its A. L. T.—See exposes under "How proper expression. 'Tis Done" in this month's magazine. Advantages to Members. It gives an easy yet mysterious coin The advantages of being a member of trick. The Crest Magicians' Club are manifold: R- B. Will — answer your queries by Through our advisory board, of which mail some time this month. Mr. Hermann Pallme is chairman and To every member of The Crest Ma- on which are some of the world's great- gicians Club of America, I wish a happy est magicians and authorities on things and prosperous new year. I thank you magical, we are enabled to secure au- for your personal letters of good will, thoritative statements upon everything and regret that I so am busy that I appertaining to magic and its proper ex- cannot find time to answer each indi- pression. vidually. HERMANN PALLME. Through keeping in touch with the advancement of the art of magic both in All members will receive the official this country and abroad, we are able to organ of the club, "The Crest Magician," keep our members posted on everything free of all cost during their membership. that is new in magic.

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ion in February Magician Write your opinion and send it in at once.

Springfield, 111., Dec. 19, 1907. Hermann Pallme, C. M. C. of A., New York: Dear Sir—I write you for the purpose of asking you if you do not think it Send in your notes for this column; proper and fitting that the Crest Ma- write on one side of paper only, and always sign full name and address, and gicians Club of America should have an give your club number. emblem pin, by which its members may Brother H. D. Wila sends in the fol- know each other. By the use of such lowing tip: an emblem the spirit of fraternity may A Tip for Handkerchief Production. be better promoted by those really in- Have the handkerchief rolled up in a tersted in the development of magic as small ball, tied with thread; vest this an art. I think no better design could or conceal it on the table. Secretly ob- be found than one similar to the one tain this and put wand in same hand. now in use by the T. M. A., I. C. M. A. Point with wand to other hand, indicat- and several other organizations. I think ing emptiness. Now turn half way if an article was published in The Crest around and place wand in other hand Magician soliciting the opinion of mem- with it the handkerchief. Now show the bers that there would be many in favor other hand empty. Place wand under of it. It would not be necessary for all arm pit and develop handkerchief. This members to be in favor of such an ac- is an easy and effective production. tion; only those who cared to do so need purchase the pin. Brother Will R. Robinson suggests Yours truly, that we devote a page to small parlor CYRIL F. NORRED. tricks submitted by the members. We will be glad to do this; send in your matter. Don't apologize for your work. Do it so well that no apology is needed. Have Brother Wilton Norriss received a sil- it so that it will speak for itself. No ver mounted wand among his Christmas man can make a real success of his life gifts. when he is all the time making excuses HOW ABOUT A BADGE? for the things that don't satisfy himself or anybody else. A large number of letters have been received regards getting up a badge or button for the members of The Crest Talk to your audience as entertain- Magicians Club, and our present em- ingly as possible. It will help you con- blem would make a splendid button, the siderably in your work, and add to the largest number think. We like the sug- amusement of the audience. Have as gestion, and think such a button is need- many tricks as possible on the stage, ed, but a before taking action we would even more than you intend to use, as like to hear from the members as to not only does this help to dress your their opinions, regards cost, design, etc. act, but you are prepared for an emer-

We will announce the concensus of opin- gency or an extra encore, if given.

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necessary to light lamps and kill people. Volta places himself in direct contact with the electric current, lights a cigar with his ringer, burns out incandescent bulbs, lights lamps, and finally sets fire to several handkerchiefs that are placed in" contact with his body. He then sits down to a little supper HORACE GOLDIN. with the various assistants who have The return of Horace Goldin from been invited to witness the act from Europe, after quite an absence, was sig- the stage, and the frantic attempts of nalized by the presentation of many im- these men to dodge the electric current provements to his act, and the new that Volta shoots about furnishes plenty things proved to be on a par with his of comedy. Volta concludes his enter- other work, all of which is capital. tainment by welding together in cold His tricks are all elaborate, the one water two bars of iron. He holds these showing the bridal chamber, in which bars in his bare hands, thus showing he turns an apparently empty cabinet that the current must pass through his into a prettily furnished bedroom, with body, and they are securely welded in a girl in the bed and electric lights about a few seconds. The act makes a big the room, being one of the most effec< impression. tive of mysteries. He still uses the trunk mystery, and he fires Jeanne ZAMLOCK COMPANY. Fransioli, his clever assistant, into the A very fine act in magic and spirit bound trunk. Mr. Goldin has a great act, mystery is that of the Zamlock com- and doesn't weary the people with talk, j pany, one portion of it, in particular, 1 which is a strong point in his favor. having the element of novelty. This odd and thoroughly interesting part of the THE GREAT RAYMOND. act was the one in which were shown The Great Raymond, "The Mark Twain the "spirits" of the table, the drum and of Magic," is at present making a tour the hat. A small wooden disk was of Central and South America, after a placed on a table, which was then car- very successful season in Cuba. This ried into the orchestra and placed in the S tour is part of an itinerary that will aisle. Questions were then asked of the carry Raymond and his company entire- table, and the disk rapped the answers. ly around the world. He has a very As the table was a small one, with ap- j elaborate act and is breaking records parently no chance for a mechanical everywhere. contrivance to be concealed in it, and the disk moved about without any visible VOLTA. help, the effect was startling. The A brand new electrical novelty was drum, a small one, placed in full view I disclosed in Volta, who plays the part of the audience, then beat various an- of a modern Ajax to the queen's taste. swers to questions, and a hat placed on Volta is Scotch to the backbone, and a tray tipped answers. he performs while dressed in kilts of his There is quite a little fun furnished bonny native land. After a description by this part of the act, and the novelty is given from the stage of the volt-age of it makes the audience keenly alive THE CREST MAGICIAN.

and expectant. Zamlock has a capital specialty, and his assistant, a "tired" individual, gives him good aid. The entire act is away from the beaten path,

and it makes a hit.

L. JEROME MORA. Genial Imro Fox is back in America, This is an up-to-date magical act that with the same old smile, and a basket is clean-cut and entertaining. Mr. Mora of new ideas and tricks. calls the act "The Enchanted Casket," and he takes from the casket mentioned various birds and animals, in a most Mme. Adelaide Herrmann, widow of mystifying manner. the Great Herrmann, charms and mysti- The entire act is of a quality that merits fies old and young with her new crea- attention, and Mora does his different tions and illusions, including "The Mys- tricks in a pleasing, agreeable manner. tic Cross," which has proved most im- pressive everywhere. Mme. Herrmann HARDEEN. stands alone as a feminine wonder-worker and she has richly earned her right Hardeen, expert jail-breaker and hand- to keep the name of Herrmann before cuff manipulator, gives a quarter of an the public. I

' hour's session with wrist manacles and "Resisto, the man who cannot be elec- leg irons that is most interesting. ; trocuted," presents a new act. He gives He begins with a brief talk on the

1 demonstrations in high tension electric- how and why of his act, and then gets ity, and allows volts of the dead- to 300,000 | several men with handcuffs come up ly current to pass through his body. on the stage and shackle him. When I \

' While this is going on he performs many saw him he slipped out of three pairs of remarkable tests. He lights a cigarette, wrist bandages and one pair of leg-irons. I an oil lamp, and an incandescent lamp all placed on him at the same time, his finger tips. His with remarkable quickness, liberating from most sensa- j tional demonstration is when the fierce himself in a small cabinet which permits | blue flames shoot over and around his his head to be in full view of the audi- j body. covers his hands feet. I ence, but up and After some more quick shedding of Shekla, the magician, sailed for Eu- irons from his wrists, Hardeen, securely rope Dec. 15, on the "Lusitania." From shackled and tied up in a sack, is placed j London he will go to India and will re-

; in a trunk, and his female assistant, turn later with an elaborate entertain- after locking the trunk and tying ropes ment. around it, wheels it into a cabinet, steps Zima, "the "King of Cards," has just inside the curtain, counts three, and Har- returned to Cleveland from a tour that deen, in that space of time has been lib- embraced many of the big theatres of erated and undoes the trunk to show the country. that the assistant has changed places Avith him in the sack. This trunk mys- Amar Nath, Hindoo necromancer and tery, although by no means new, is done illusionist direct from Cashmere, India, so quickly that it makes a hit. will shortly be seen in New York.

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Mme. Konorah does a rapid calculat- brought to our notice is "Miller, the ing turn that is simply wonderful. Her Handcuff King." feats with figures seem all but impossi- Malini is a wonder worker truly, and ble, and her act is intensely interesting. his card tricks are particularly good.

And now comes the "Handcuff F. De Verne, of St. Louis, is said to Queens," among them Mme. Vano, and have one of the finest outfits of magical "Tarpica." From accounts of their acts apparatus of any amateur magician. they are worth seeing, but not start- lingly new. Deodato, the Italian magician, seems blend- Comedy and mystery are nicely to have made good with his up-to-date ed in the act of Ziska and King, which magic act. has proved a big hit. Ziska is one of Svengali is one of the best exponents the foremost of the present-day magi- of the mesmeric art. Recently at Cleve- cians. His tricks are new and adroitly land, Ohio, his work created quite a sen- performed. King contributes the com- sation. edy element of the performance.

Clinton Adams is a clever sleight of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Burch won well hand performer. He is able to give a merited success in their Chicago engage- two -hour recital of pure sleight of hand, ments. They have a charming person- without any mechanical aids or confed- ality, and are genuine artists. erates.

"Silent" Tait, the European eccentric The Okito Family, three in number, wizard, is as -genuinely funny as he is present one of the best Chinese magical clever. He does an original act all in acts ever seen upon the stage. pantomine.

Hilliar, the magician, was in Mary- Hellman, the magician, who lives in land during Christmas week. He played Chicago, is a clever entertainer, and has at the Academy of Music, Cumberland, made good in all of the best vaudeville Dec. 20, to a large and enthusiastic audi- houses in this country. ence.

Maro spent Christmas week in Flori- Herbert Brooks is clever with cards da. and also uses them in the presentation of the trunk mystery trick. Locked in Reuschling, the mysterious, is one of a trunk, which is then securely roped, the best of the younger magicians. Mr. he, during the operation, pokes cards Reuschling's home is Baltimore, where through a small opening as an evidence he filled many club and private dates that he is inside. It takes him less than during the holidays. fifteen seconds to make his escape, leaving the trunk locked. J. J. Grdina has joined hands with THE OBSERVER. F. M. Jackson, and now has a particularly strong magic act. Send in your subscriptions now—to- "Handcuff Kings" are about as numer- day, and tell your friends to do the ous as "Mind Readers." The latest same. One dollar for one whole year.

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A STORY FROM INDIA.

An Indian merchant wished to dis- CHAFF pose of an old elephant and took it to FOR} a fair. As soon as he had arrived he noticed a man who, without saying a PATTEfcr word, began to walk round the animal, m examining it attentively on all sides. Blessed be mirthfulness ! It is one of The merchant became very anxious, for the renovators of the world. Men will he feared the man had found out that let you abuse them, if only you will his elephant was not worth much. He make them lauffh.—Beecher. took him aside and whispered in his car: "I see a customer coming. Do not Magician: Will some one kindly loan say a word until I have sold the beast, me a ring? A little boy told me the and I will give you 50 rupees." The other day what a ring is. He said it is man looked at the merchant and won- a hole with a rim around it. That's deringly complied with his request. It what I want, please. happened that the customer had more money than sense, so he was easily This ball of yarn reminds me of a taken in. When the bargain was com- defeated army, you see it is "worsted." pleted and the elephant led away by its new owner, the merchant handed the 50 The wick of this candle reminds me rupees to the silent man, saying: "Now of the city of Athens; they're both in I want you to tell me how you discov- the middle of "Greece." ered the defect in his left leg. I thought I had concealed it so skillfully." "I Ah, you see the green silk handker- have discovered nothing," replied the chief has disappeared; it is now like stranger. "It is the first elephant I snow in winter—invisible green. have ever seen, and I wanted to know which was the head and which was the Don't be avaricious; you know an av- tail." aricious man is like a person with a bad memory—both of them are always "TELL IT TO ANOTHER." for-getting!

If you want to fix a thing in your The Child: Are you the trained nurse mind, tell it to another. He may not mother said was coming? retain it as his own, but you will. A The Nurse: Yes, dear; I'm the trained skilled teacher said to his pupils, in urg- nurse. ing them to "talk back" to him by ques- The Child: Let's see you do some of tions and comment. "You may forget your tricks. all that I say to you, but you'll not forget all that you say to me." A thought First Magician: I never offer to pro- best reaches one's mind by coming out duce a glass of brandy because of three objections. from one's mouth. Let us store our Second Magician: Why, what do you minds with important truths by talking mean? of them to our fellows. —Canadian First Magician: Well, you know there Teacher. are three "scruples" in every dram.

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NORWAY SUPERSTITIONS.

So drenched is Norway with old leg- ARTHUR H. MOSHER ends and fairy tales and a pervasive "WIZARD OF THE HILLS" intimacy with the supernatural that it Correspondence Solicited is impossible to understand Norwegian Permanent Address character, especially as expressed in LITTLE VALLEY, N. Y. Norwegian art, without some compre- hension of the spirit world, for the white northland, the world of the peasants and simple country folk, is inhabited by DANA WALDEN savage ,wicked elves and spirits. Every- MAGICIAN thing is controlled by its own demon, Unique & Original Magical Wonders who must be propitiated if life is to go Permanent Address smoothly. Even the weather is con- PALATKA, FLORIDA trolled by various demons, and the can- ny Finns, with their pretensions of magical power, have reaped a rich harvest from the superstitious Norwegians, JOHN J. GRDINA many of whom still buy fair weather EUROPEAN MAGICIAN from the Gan-Finn by the sackful. Who- AND ILLUSIONIST ever has known a Norwegian fisherman Permanent Address has heard of the Draug, that demon of 8308 Korman Ave., CLEVELAND, O. the sea who rides in half a boat and who is a warning of swift and awful death.—Jonas Lie in Craftsman. "THE PEER OF TRICKSTERS"

Maskelyne and Devant, at St. L . JEROME MORA George's Hall, London, are now produc- Permanent Address ing an entertaining and mystifying act, 112 Charles St., ALLEGHENY, PA. which they call "The Magical Master."

From all accounts it is in keeping with the merit of their previous offerings. riARVIL, flODERN flAGICIAN Go to see other magicians perform Special Programs for Clubs, Etc. whenever you can, for you will learn Now Open for Engagements. something from even the poorest per- 48 Seventh Avenue former. Always try to improve on, and NEW BRIGHTON, S. I. work different from what you have seen. "PAUL VALADON" Late of England's Home of Mys- MUSICIAN flARO MAGICIAN tery, the Egyptian Hall, London. Now touring in vaudeville with Jome Address entire new act. All communications LELAND, MICHIGAN address care EDWARD BEADLE, # 1193 Broadway, NEW YORK, N. Y.

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IMRO FOX

Imro Fox was born in Bromberg, Ger- stage "business" a delightful touch of a many, May 5th, 1862, and came to freshness and geniality which at once

1 America when eleven years of age. He makes him a persona grata with his went into business in Washington, D. C, audience. More than that, his very ap- in 1882, but the fascinations of magic pearance—tall, magnetic, and ever im- claimed him and he made his first ap- maculately attired—rivets attention, and pearance at Barton and Logan's Musee, the easy, graceful fashion in which he which was situated on Pennsylvania talks, jokes and "bye-plays" during his avenue, Washington, where the post- entire performance stamps him as a ofhce building now stands. comedian of no mean order. We have An innate fund of good humor, a gen- seen few more attractive personalities ial personality combined with painstak- on the stage. I ing practice and attention to details, He has a style unequalled among the soon placed him in the foremost ranks members of his "craft." He takes a de- of modern magicians. light in talking of the days when he From his very first appearance he ev- was an amateur, and is ever ready with idenced an originality in his work that assistance and advice to those who are interested I has won him praise from not only his in magic. many audiences, but from the profes- Mr. Fox has a thousand tricks at his sion as well. finger-ends, and from the list he can al- Mr. Fox was the first performer to ways be trusted to provide a varied and combine real comedy with magic, and original selection. Many of his com- jmuch of the humorous patter used by peers are content to go on, year in, year pother magicians to-day emanated from out—very frequently "out" for this very his brain. "Waltz Me Again," "Watch reason—submitting the same perform- the Professor," ''Marvelous," and many ance wherever they go. Imro Fox scorns other bits of amusing patter originated slavish devotion to exploded "wonders";

with him. In 1890 he went to Europe it is his proud boast that he never fol- and made his first European appearance lows but always has something new. Mr. at the Trocadero Music Hall, London. Fox is a deceptionist who revels in his

Since then he has travelled nearly all work. He is one of those individuals I over the world, and has firmly estab- who are only supremely happy while oil lished himself as a prime favorite in all the stage and holds his audiences, as the

the principal cities of Europe. saying has it. in the hollow of his hand. A conjuror and magician of wonder- During a performance which could, ful powers, he brings to bear on his with great acceptance to the audience.. THE CREST MAGICIAN

be indefinitely lengthened, Mr. Fox sub- Any silly fool can pick a fault; but it mits a happy blending of simple leger- takes the well put advice of the wise to demain effects with feats of a much correct faults. more wonderful character, and his "Mys- terious Box of Cagliostro" is one of the Were every one to put his house in best illusions of the stage to-day. order there would be no time to find Cagliostro's Box, when Mr. Fox first disorder in others; but there would be displays it, is a little affair into which no other thing than order. one might conveniently stow half a dozen handkerchiefs. By the time he has In our age we have more need of good set it down upon a plain wooden pedes- examples than of good advice. tal and surrounded it for the briefest possible moment by a simple draught- Censure no man for that which you screen the Box has developed prodigious yourself cannot do. proportions, and when it is unlocked by a key which has never left Mr. Fox's What costs no effort to secure is hands it is found to contain what old worth nothing. English writers would have described as

"In good faith, a most comely damsel!" Confidence is the conqueror of all which the human heart and mind have interest. OPTIMISTIC PHILOSOPHY.

Let another man praise you; use your A Column of Good Advice and Cheer for time in praising other men. February.

If laughter and good cheer were elim- Necessity sharpens industry, is a hard inated from our lives, we would not ap- nurse, but raises strong, healthy chil- preciate Sunshine. Love nor Roses. dren.

A man who never smiles, who never Deliberation is not delay; think well passes out the word of cheer, may be and deeply before you try to act. honest, but I wouldn't trust him with anything I held dear. Learning, the consummation of knowl-

edge, is the sceptre that rules the world. Ever notice how a homely face loses its homeliness when it smiles? No man has ever tested his full capa- bilities and failed. You never can tell what you can accomplish until you try. Rob me of my purse, I can earn more; but take from me my good nature and I have lost all that is worth while. Purpose to be kind in all things and to all beings; you will then be a real

The day brings its cares and disap- gentleman. pointments; but meet them with cheerful confidence and they are overcome and Cultivate kindness; it is the most soon forgotten. valuable business of life Do good, and care not to whom. Optimism should be the universal re- ligion, for its creed is not susceptible to If a thing be easy, do it as well as if man's narrowness. it Avere hard.

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THE EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF quickly rests a part of the performer's MAGIC. success. The art of magic likewise cultivates By Hermann Pallme. strength. Many muscles otherwise rare- For the all round development of the ly used are brought into play. In the youth, of both sexes, there is nothing simpler experiments the hands and arms better than the study and practice of are marvelously developed. In the more magic. elaborate performances the entire body-

First, there are the mental advan- is trained to instant and trying re- tages. sponse.

Being scientific, it induces a study of - Last, but not least, comes self pos- the sciences, and on their most interest- session—or poise—as an advantage. The ing side—the practical. For magic, in conjuror is thorough master of the sit- its fullest sense, is closely related to uation, including himself and his audi- chemistry, to mechanics and to magne- ence. He inspires one with the feeling tism. that he is completely at home. He knows It stimulates the inventive faculties. what to do, and just when and how to

Stock tricks call for, or suggest, more do it. convenient apparatus. Original tricks You see, then the array of advan- necessitate new paraphernalia. And tages to be gained in the study of mag-

'"necessity is the mother of invention." ic. They are advantages, moreover/ use- j It requires rapidity of thought. The ful in every walk of life,—professional

' magician must be, of all things, quick or mercantile. On the mental side, it is witted. He must rise to every occa- equal to a liberal education. On the

i sion. He must be equal to every emer- physical side, it develops grace and ap- gency. proaches an athletic training.

\ It cultivates that rare faculty of

thinking of two or more things at the Perseverance is the great necessity; same time. For example, the hands are remember the tree does not fall with busy with the trick; the eyes are upon the first stroke.

« and must hold the audience; the

thoughts dwell upon the monolog and It is not the eye for faults, but beau- the speaking of the right word at the ties that constitutes the real critic. Do psychological moment. not make the grievous error of confound- Again, the study of magic has its ing fault-finding with true criticism. physical advantages. It develops grace. Indeed, this is one of i of the essential qualities of a successful Have Lots' Fun performer. Every movement must be and Make Money natural. It must harmonize with the For your Lodge, Church, School or for yourself by putting on an up-to-date nature of the particular trick. It is important that one's grace and ease of ac- MINSTREL SHOW tion be so marked as to attract the at- or a.n "Advanced Vaudeville" Show tention of the audience. This serves to We will furnish everything necessary close his man- j divert a too watch upon from start to finish complete. Partic- ipulations. ulars and a copy of that great book, "The Business End of a Minstrel Another physical advantage derived is Show," all for 10c. agility. The importance of this feature THE CREST TRADING CO. is indicated in the very name Sleight- — 21 Witmark Building, New York of-hand. Upon his ability to move

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ST. GEORGE'S HALL. ter, to which we have had occasion to refer in terms of praise, receives the "We are indebted to the London Era warm plaudits of the audience, the vari- the following excellent description of for ous feats concluding with the remarka- St. George's Hall, England's Home of bly neat-performed Indian rope trick. ilagic. Mr. Devant as the student of magic The entertainment which Messrs, Mas- startles one with the rapidity and clev- l%elyne and Devant are. presenting at the erness with which he executes his dif- St. George's Hall is deserving of warm ferent feats; and Mr. William Mayne, public support, for it is thoroughly at- as the manservant, in addition to giv- tractive and amusing, and in every ing us some capital acting, renders able sense refined. Early in the evening we assistance. Miss Dora Devant as a sea- are treated to a most enchanting selec- nymph, Miss Florence Eaton as a "bird tion by the orchestra, entitled '"'The of the air," and Mr. A. Booth as an In- Wedding Day." It is a descriptive fan- dian youth, distinguish themselves in tasia, by M. Jean Bertrand, illustrative their individual ways. Tunes and Tarra- of a wedding and a honeymoon by mo- diddles, by Mr. Barclay Gammon at a tor. The anvil used in this selection piano, is a humorous musical interlude, was originally the property of Powell, wherein Mr. Gammon entertains us with the blacksmith, who was parish clerk at a host of comical sayings, some of them Whitchurch at the time that Handel illustrated by their own pianoforte ac- was organist there. The magical por- companiment. It is intensely funny. tion of the programme is started by The amusing "theosophical and spiritual- Joad Heteb, described as the Egyptian istic sketch" entitled Spectres of the necromancer and wizard of the Sphinx, Sanctum concludes the entertainment. who gives great pleasure in a spectac- In this Mr. Maskelyne once more brings ular act of Oriental mystery. One of his before us the really astounding "mani- most remarkable tricks is his production festation," which he calls "The Side Is- of a paper pillar, which seems to come sue," and in which a young lady appar- out of nothingness. Then, Mr. Owen ently comes from the left side of the Clark comes on to present to us a series magician. The whole show is neatly ar- of magical problems. He takes a pack ranged and carried out, especially the of cards, invites a member of the audi- dissolving into air of two characters in ence to pick out a card and tear it in the playlet. Mr. Edward Morehen treats four pieces. This done, Mr. Clark puts the house to some really excellent com- all the pieces into a bag, with the excep- edy acting in the role of George Smith; tion of a corner, which is retained by and Miss Helen McCulloch as Mme. Cun- the spectator. The services of another ningham, Mr. Maskelyne as Dr. Cun- member of the audience are requisition- ningham, and Miss Cassie Bruce, Mr. J. ed. He goes on the stage, holds in one B. Hazards, and Mr. Charles Glenrose in hand the bag containing the torn pieces, other roles afford capital support. while in the other he grasps a glass por- trait frame. Mr. Clark fires a pistol, If you would fare ill, wish for your and the next thing we know is that the supper. If you would fare well, work bag is empty, that the card is fixed in- for it. side the frame, and that it is a complete card with the exception of the scrap of cardboard held by the individ- Enjoyment stops where indolence be- ual in the stalls. Mr. David Devant's gins Happiness is the result of being surprising absurditv, The Magical Mas- up and doing. THE CREST MAGICIAN.

THE WONDERFUL LIBRARY OF Amusements, 1821; Whole Art of Hocus- SARAM R. ELLISON, M. D. Pocus, 1812; Endless Amusements, 1831; Porta, Natural Magic, 1658. Without question the most complete Those works printed in the French in- and comprehensive collection of works clude those of Houdin, Brignogan, Ber- on magic and its kindred arts is that trand, Bonnefont, Caroly, Delion, Du- owned by Doctor Saram R. Ellison, of rand, Ducret, Felix, etc., De Cremps (4 New York City. vols.), 1789 to 193; Guyot's Recreations This truly magnificent library is the (3 vols.). 1799; Garinet's History of finest in the world, and it is almost Magic, 1818.

! priceless, many of the volumes being The Latin works include Portae, Nat-

! without duplicates. ural Magic, 1644; Pererius, Magic, intrinsic Some idea of its value may Dreams, Etc., 1598. be gained from the fact that in 1902 The Dutch works include Witgeest. Kellar, the magician, offered Dr. Harry Natural Magic, 1773; Krom, Fortune Ellison col- two thousand dollars for the Telling, 1795; Kosman, Pinetti's Tricks, lection, and since that time many val- 1817; Handbook of Magic, 1738; Hen- uable works have been added. ning, Ghosts, 1786; Natural Magic (8 To-day the collection fills twenty-four vols.), 1791. sections of regulation size, and lists German works of Willmann, Suhr, 1 nearly thousand titles, printed in two Bosco, Desoir, Bellachina, Conradi, Herr- nearly every known language. Frickelli, Halle, j mann. Alexander, Ortleb, The works in English are those by Magic (17 vols.), 1784 to 1802; Zauber- Kellar. Herrmann, Blitz, Anderson, Bur- Buch, 1745; 101 Tricks, 1762. lingame, Devant, Downs, Cremer, Gan- Besides the above volumes the library thony, Goldston, Bertram, Thurston. contains books on Chaldean magic, Ma- Wyman, Roterberg. Shaw, Evans, Stan- lay magic, Egyptian magic, magic of yon, Niel, Robinson, Maskelyne, Pallme. the middle ages, Exposes of Spiritual- and Hoffman are among the modern. ism, Slate Writings. Raps and Knocks

! works, while the more rare are De Foe's Table Tipping, Revelations of Mediums, System Magic, 1727; Hutton's Recrea- Thought Reading, Mental Telepathy, tions, 1844; Engleby's Whole Art of Mind Reading, Second Sight, Lives and Legerdemain; Badcock's Domestic Recollections of Famous Conjurers, Hyp- Amusement, 1823; Breslaw's Last Lega- notism, Palmistry. Ventriloquism, Par- cy, or, Conjurers Magical Mirror, 1812; lor Entertainments, Evening Amuse- Naudeus History of Magic, 1657; Bres- ments, Fireworks, Magic Lanterns, Puz- law's Last Legacy, 1784; Pinetti's Last zles, Knots, Fortune Telling, Black Art, Legacy, 1785; Jackson's Puzzles, Etc., Shadowgraphy, Dreams, Illusions, Delu- 1821; Conjurers Repository; Pinchbeck's sions, Spirits, Clairvoyance, Astrology.

I Expository, 1805; Engstrom's Humorous Conjuring. Pastimes and Sports, Tricks. Magician Unmasked, 1836; Wilken's Sleights, Etc. Works on playing cards Mathematical Magic, 1648; Gale's Cab- by Goldsmith, I Culin, Chatto, Taylor, inet Knowledge, j 1800; Wnole Art of Pettigrew, and Van Rensselaer; books Legerdemain, or Magical Mirror, Etc.; on gambling devices, gaming tables, etc.; Hodgson's Edition The Universal Con- exposes of card j sharpers' tricks, some of jurer, Etc.; Hooper's Recreations in 4 them dating back to the Elizabethan vols., 1774; Dean's Hocus-Pocus, 1781; era. Conjurer Unmasked. 1790; DeKempelen's Dr Ellison also has a complete list j of Chess Player, 1821; Enfield's Scientific all patents as applied to magic tricks, THE CREST MAGICIAN to which he adds every new patent as mann (four representatives of one fam- soon as they go to issue. ily), Willmann, Anderson, Blitz, de Kol- The library also includes copies of the ta, Hoffmann, Goldin, Maskelyne, Pow- Bible and Old Testament, magic being ell, McAllister. Robinson, Kellar, Fox, here mentioned in its earliest workings. etc. Each of the wands is accompanied Nineteen volumes cover the scrap book by a story regarding it. collection, in which is pasted all the Dr. Ellison is not a magician, although newspaper and magazine articles on he is clever at card tricks, and is better tricks and magic, and another set of posted on the basic principles of magic scrap books contain notices of various than the average operative magician. He magical performances, cards, letterheads, is a Canadian by birth and a physician write-ups, programs, etc. by profession. Coming to New York, he established a lucrative practice and as- Complete files of all the magical peri- a prominent place in Masonic af- odicals ever published are bound in vol- sumed fairs. His activity and usefulness to the umes, and the list includes The Con- Fraternity were recognized by the crown- juror's Magazine, August, 1791, to Jan- ing honor of high Masonry, and he was uary, 1794; The Mahatma, March, 1895, a Thirty-third Degree Mason. In to date; The Sphinx, March, 1902, to made addition to this honor he has filled many date; Magic, October, 1900, to date; important offices in the various Masonic Tricks, June 1, 1901, to January, 1903; grades, and no one in the Northern Ma- The Showman, September, 1900, to sonic Jurisdiction is better known or March 28, 1902, and The Crest Magi- more valuable to the Craft. cian to date; Die Zauberwelt (Ger- Some years ago he interested himself man), January 1, 1895, to date; Der in magic and purchased a couple of vol- Zauberspiegel (German), October 1, 1895, umes on the subject. As he pursued the to June 1, 1898; LTllusionniste (French), subject his interest increased, and, pur- January, 1902, to date. suing the study with the same intelli- The oldest and rarest works in the gent application that he had given his library include "Discorso del Reverendo Masonic work, he soon became thorough- M. Francesco de Cattani sopra la Super - ly well versed in the theory of magic. stizione dell' Arte Magica," which Avas The collecting of these works brought published in 1567, and "De Magia de Ob- the Doctor in contact with all the ma- servatione Somniorum." by Benedictus gicians, many of whom were his personal Pererius, published at Cologne in 1598, friends, and this acquaintance naturally and The Crest Magician to date. led to the formation of the Society of Over thirty working models of all the American Magicians, of which the Doc- best cabinets and illusions prove the tor is one of the founders. The society Doctor's right to be known as a creative now numbers more than two hundred mechanic of no little skill. of the leading magicians. Dr. Ellison also has a fine collection of Magical Wands, now numbering about The best things of life are not bought sixty, in are represented all of the which or sold. True friendship has no price. famous modern day magicians, as well as many of those who flourished in the A right-thinking man is always strik- early days of the art, when the people ing out something new. Learn then to loss ascribe the were at a whether to think right. powers of the magician to dexterity or the evil one. These include wands of Policy goes beyond strength; that is Carl, Leon, Alexander and Mme. Herr- why the weak succeed.

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be written the names of the dead. When you feel them on top of your head if they have a smooth edge and a rough

edge it is, of course, the name of a dead person. The other piece of paper when torn into two strips has both edges rough, HINDOO SECOND SIGHT TRICK. and upon these pieces are written the names of living persons. Hence when good second sight trick that will fit A you feel the paper on your head has no in any series and can be done anywhere. smooth edge, both edges being rough, it Effect The performer takes a piece of — must contain the name of a living per- paper about eight inches square, and son. tears a strip about two inches wide off To be able to tell the name on the side, then tearing these two of each paper you must have two confederates strips in half; this gives four pieces of in the audience, to one of whom you paper, each two inches wide, and four give one of the "living" pieces of paper inches long. Upon these pieces of paper and to the other one of the "dead" he requests different persons in the au- pieces of paper, having an understanding dience to write the names of persons with them as to the names they will who are dead. Taking the remaining write on the paper—say, for instance, piece of paper he tears it into two strips, "Washington" for the dead, "Roosevelt" and each strip is then tora>in half; this for the living. Of course, your first again gives four pieces of paper the same piece of paper, if it is one of the "liv- size of the other four. ing" pieces, you call out "Roosevelt," but Upon these pieces of paper the per- the chances are it will be one of the other persons to former requests four other names which you must remember, write the names of some living person. ! or "Washington" if a dead piece, and holders of the pieces of paper are The proceed in same manner. to fold over twice i now requested them and place them in a hat. The performer takes these pieces of THE TURNED CARD.

paper from the hat one at a time, and This is a very neat card trick that by simply holding them upon the top of can be performed with but little prac- his head can tell whether the name is of tice, and is a good number to add to a live person or a dead one. The per- your card series. former using the following patter: Ah, Effect—The performer takes any deck this feels cold to my brain; hence it is of cards and after shuffling them offers the name of a dead person (or), this* them to the audience, with the request feels warm; hence it is the name of one that a card be selected, looked at so as who is living. The performer can also to determine the denomination of the tell the name written upon the paper, if card, and then put back in the pack. he desires. The performer does not know what card Preparation—Take any piece of writ- was chosen, but upon spreading out the ing paper eight inches square, and tear cards the chosen card will be found to off both outer edges (right and left), the be reversed in the deck. first two strips. These two pieces of Preparation—Any pack of cards will paper have now one straight or smooth do; the secret simply lies in reversing Eedge and one (the torn edge) rough edge. the bottom card in the deck, while the Remember this. On these pieces are to assistant is examining the card chosen.

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When the deck is offered for the card handkerchief so that the prepared match to be put back it must be offered with is offered to hold and is broken; the the pack reversed (the reversed card other match will have dropped down into being on top, prevents the spectators the fold of the handkerchief, and, of

finding this out), and' the performer now course, when the handkerchief is shaken deftly turns pack over as he at same the the good match falls out, the broken time reverses the bottom card back to match being retained in the hem. its original position; all the cards in the pack now face one way except the cho- TO CHANGE A HALF DOLLAR TO AN sen card, which, of course, was inserted ENGLISH PENNY. in the pack upside down. The cards can be cut or shuffled, if desired, and when You perform the trick by taking two spread out for examination the chosen half-dollars and two English or large card will, of course, to the amazement American pennies, and grinding part of of the spectators, be found to be re- them away on one side only, so that they

' versed. may be half the common thickness, and THE RESTORED MATCH. that they are quite thin at the edge; then braze or solder a half-dollar and a pocket trick, yet suitable for A neat penny together. Lay one of these dou- parlor stage use in a sequence both and ble pieces, with the penny upwards, on tricks, is the restored of handkerchief the palm of your hand, at the bottom trick explained herewith. match of your first three fingers, and lay the performer takes a perfect Effect—The other piece, with the half-dollar up- places it in the centre of a hand- match, wards, in a like manner in the other kerchief, and then folds each side of the hand. Let the audience take notice in handkerchief over the match. He now which hand is the half-dollar and in asks one of the spectators to take the which is the penny. Then as you shut handkerchief hold on to the match, and your hands you naturally turn the pieces handkerchief the but in handing the to over, and when you open them again the is broken (accident- assistant match the half-dollar and penny will appear to ally) in half, and is thus shown (cov- have changed hands. ered, of course, by the handkerchief), broken in two pieces. The performer re- THE RESTORED RIBBON. grets the accident, but upon shaking the handkerchief the match falls from it in Get two pieces of colored ribbon of ex- as perfect condition as when first placed actly the same size and appearance, one in the handkerchief. of which being damped, may be placed Preparation—Take a handkerchief, one in the palm of the hand. The other of silk with a dark-colored border pre- piece hand to the audience, together with ferred, but any one will do; and in the a pair of scissors, and ask them to cut fold made by the hemstitched border in- it in fragments; then collect the pieces sert a perfect match. You are now and burn them on a plate in front of ready for the trick. the audience Take up the ashes and Take another perfect match and lay produce a basin partly filled with water, it in the centre of the handkerchief, then at the same time stating you have mag- fold each half so the hem goes just be- netized the water so that it will produce yond the match, the hem containing the the ribbon completely restored. prepared match being folded over first. Dip your hand containing the ashes In handing handkerchief to assistant into the basin, withdraw it and show to hold, the performer should hold the the ribbon, damp, but perfectly restored. THE CREST MAUCIAN

the lights went up, and I got a great •DOINGS® hand of applause. "Now comes the real funny part: That of the * night after the show I was introduced to x a gentleman at the hotel, and he com- I I CU LT plimented me upon my act; but, said he, 'That black art business got me; I could HORACE GOLDIN'S PRESENCE OF not see the elephant at all, but the or- MIND PREVENTS PANIC. chestra I saw and heard, and it was great; I don't see how you did it. I am Every one knows what an easy thing sorry,' he continued, 'that I am leaving it is to create a panic in a theatre, and town early to-morrow, as I would like what dreadful results usually are accred- to go to the show again to-morrow night ited to all such affairs. Horace Goldin and see that elephant trick done again.' tells a story of how he once prevented a I was glad he was going to leave, and, panic, but modestly ignores the heroic of course, I did not have the heart to side, and tells the story for the sake of tell him the true story." its humorous point only.

Said he : "I was performing one night at a well-known theatre in one of the HOW A MAGICIAN PAID THE RENT. New England States, when just in the A certain magician who modestly re- midst of one of most important illu- my quests that we do not mention his name, sions the lights went out. every one As is responsible for the following: seen who has me perform knows, I do Filling a lyceum date, he was giving not use patter in my act, but upon this a half hour of magic, and among his occasion I was compelled to do so. most successful tricks was one in which "Not knowing for how long a time we he changed a half dozen half dollars would be in darkness, yet realizing that into twenty dollar gold pieces. something must be done, and at once, I At the conclusion of the entertain- stepped to the stage front and said: ment, he was approached by an old 'Ladies and gentlemen, I will now show white-haired woman, whose form was you some remarkable productions in bent with age and hard work. black art; first I will produce an ele- "Be you th' purfesser," she said, phant; you will notice his shadowy form j "what changed them air half dollars in- in the centre of the stage, and if you to dollar I twenty gold pieces?"

! will listen attentively you will hear him.' "Yes," said the magician, "I am, and,

I Picking up a papier-mache tube that I taking a half dollar from his pocket he • used in my act, I hollered through this, thought to humor the old lady by re- giving the best imitation of an elephant peating the trick. Here's how you do it, trumpeting that I could. now watch me and I'll show you." "At this juncture some smart Aleck The old woman watched in amazement lit a match, and I said if it was done as the sleight was performed, then drop- again I would have to stop my act. ping on her knees - she cried : "Please, "Next I said I will produce the com- for God's sake, show me how that can plete Metropolitan Orchestra, who will be done just once! Oh, please, please play a selection from Verdi. The or- do!" chestra leader was a bright chap, and he Surprised at this outburst, the magic- got wise at once, and whispered to his ian comforted her and asked why she men to play that old standby 'II Trova- particularly desired to learn the trick. tore.' Just at the finish of the selection "Oh, sir, my man is sick; he's the jan- THE CREST MAGICIAN itor of this hall, an' all the money Ave HOW THE CHINESE TREAT THEIR has he makes tending to things here, CRIMINALS. and doing odd jobs. He's been sick now for four weeks, an' I'm tryin' to do the Howard Thurston Details a Blood-Cur< tending so's he won't lose the job; an' ling Experience in the Pens. it's all we have, the money I get here, fifty cents a night. To-morrow the rent "There is no more cruel people on the is due, an' my man needs medicines an' face of the earth in the treatment of other things; if you'll only show me their criminal class than the Chinese, how to turn this fifty cents into a gold especially if the criminal happen to be piece I can pay the rent an' get the of the coolie variety," says Howard medicine. I don't know how else to do Thurston, Kellar's new associate in a it.? ' ..... tour of the world. The magician took the old lady's half "While in Hongkong," says Mr. dollar, placed it in her hand, and told Thurston, "I had an opportunity of wit- her to count three, then open her hand. nessing a wholesale execution of coolies She did as bid, and upon opening her for various offenses from robbery to hand found it contained a twenty-dol- treason and murder. It was not an un- lar gold piece. usual event and no particular fuss was "God bless you!" she sobbed. made about it. These executions are "That," said the magician, £ T consider supposed to be private, but almost any- the best trick I did that evening." one may witness them for the asking. I asked and was heartily sorry for it before the end came. The execution was MALINI TELLS WHO WINS. set for an indefinite time in the fore- Malini, the magician, who can appar- noon, whenever the prison or stockade ently, with his eyes shut, tell any card authorities found it convenient. Conse- from the back by merely the feel of it, quently I had ample opportunity to had a little poker game recently in his make a short study of the prison meth- apartments. The other players included ods of China at close range. I was as- two mind readers, another magician, a signed to the care of a Chinese soldier, muscle reader, a handcuff king and a whose sense of duty seemed only that manager. he must follow wherever I led. I roamed "And who," says Malini, "do you sup- about at will, but could not get myself pose got the money?" away from the death pens, as the Euro- "The manager." peans term them In construction they resemble the small wooden cages we of- I never knew a man to do an evil deed ten see built about trees in this country whilst he was laughing. to protect them. They are about seven feet high and eighteen inches square, If you respect the rights of others it with a floor about a foot from the will bring its own reward in a clear ground. At the top a hinged board with conscience which begets cheerfulness. a hole in the center forms a sort of stock for the prisoner's neck. The condemned Xo man ever lived who did not reap man is placed inside this cage, his feet a thousand per cent, upon his deeds of resting on the floor, and his head pro- kindness. truding from the stock at the top. If

he is little or much too short or too long Be a good companion and you make for the cage that happens handiest, it good company. makes no difference to his jailers—he is THE CREST MAGICIAN

forced in, sometimes his feet barely the cry of the gulls and curlew echoes touch the floor, and he is virtually hang- over rock shores and across wide boughs ing by his neck in the stock, or again and estuaries, one might well fancy that he may be doubled up like a jack knife the sounds were the voice of giants or in a cage that is much too short for wizards doomed for their sins to wan- him. Little or no attention is paid the der forever round this coast, the mourn- condemned men. They are fed small ful wail of the "banshee" or of "the quantities of rice or given an occasional White Lady of the Cliffs"—a famous drink of water by the attendants, who Munster apparition. treat them with as little concern as Women and children, crouching over though they were a part of the cage it- the fire of driftwood, peat or furze self. Here they await^ their fate—some branches, flaming fitfully on the open times wait for three and four weeks, hearth, cross themselves as the louder though usually only over night. wail rings through the darkness or a "In this comparison with imprison- rumbling sound is heard that to their ment the end is child's play, and a re- ears seems to be the rolling of the lease much to be desired. On the day I Avheels of "the headless coach" or "death speak of the eleven cages containing coach," so called in the County Cork, their victims were loaded into as many because horses and driver are supposed carts ox and hauled to the execution to be headless. The coachman is the ground just outside the old walled city. "Dullahan" —that is, a dark or sullen Here the cages were opened and the person, a goblin of most malignant dis- coolies caused to kneel in a row about position. six feet apart with their heads bent well This phantom is said to "follow" forward and their necks exposed in a many old Munster families, the vehicle horizontal position. An executioner, or lumbering heavily up the avenue and soldier, armed with a heavy sword took stopping at the front door whenever a his place beside each of them, and at a death is about to occur in the house. I given signal there was a swish of eleven know numbers of persons—and not by sharp blades, and all was over. During any means merely uneducated peasants the whole scene hardly a word was —who are persuaded that they have spoken—both the prisoners and their ex- heard the rumbling of the headless coach. ecutioners went about their respective Needless to say, the noise of a heavy parts with a nonchalence that would cart at night along an unfrequented surprise and horrify the civilized road is sufficient to terrify superstitious world." people into believing that they have heard the death coach—they take good IRISH SUPERSTITION. care not to see it!

No wonder strange superstitions lin- Another rnucii dreaded, apparition is ger in the scattered hamlets by the sea the Phooka, or Fairy Horse, a very ma- or in the lonely cabins on the rocky licious spirit, who is said to appear in islands round the iron coast, for on the shape of a beautiful coal-black steed, winter nights, when the mighty surges with fire darting from his eyes and nos- break thundering against the towering trils. cliffs and the storm wind wails weirdly Occasionally he adopts the form of a j (through the hollow caverns and ivyed black bull or goat, and sometimes he Iruins, where the deserted fortresses of appears as an awful compound of sev* ,the powerful chieftains of bygone days eral black animals—horse, bull, goat, look down on the foaming waves and and ram In his equine form he is said THE CREST MAGICIAN to amuse himself by enticing solitary "Puck, the household fairy," of Eng- travelers whom he meets after dark into lish legend, finds his Irish counterpart in mounting him, and as he invariably the "Fir-Darrig, or "Red Man," a merry looks like a "nate cut of a horse," such goblin, very similar to the Scotch red as every Irishman appreciates, he is said cap, or brownie. He is said to be dressed to succeed very frequently in his ne- in scarlet—the attire of most of the farious plan. Irish fairies is supposed to consist of a

The instant the rider is on his back green suit, red shoes, long white stock- the elfin steed dashes off madly through ings, and a red or black cap with an stream, lake and bog hole, thicket and eagle's feather. This little red-clad coppice, hedge and ditch, marsh and ra- sprite is said to be remarkable for the ac- vine, till the terrified mortal, drenched, extreme beauty of his voice, which, torn and bruised, shrieks for mercy or cording to the now fast disappearing perhaps remembers to gasp out a prayer, race of story tellers, is "like the sound when, with a furious bound, the Phooka of the waves," "the music of the angels, flings him off, preferably into a muddy or the warbling of birds." A sweet pool or a furze brake, and darts away, voice is highly esteemed in Erin, where leaving the unhappy rider to pick him- a girl possessing that "excellent thing

self up, invariably finding that he is in women," is said to be able to "coax miles out of his way. the birds off the bushes."—New Ireland Review. Sudden falls are attributed to this malignant sprite, and many a man who has lost his way or met with an acci- THE CHANGED COINS. dent coming home from fair or funeral Hide a quarter up your left sleeve on a dark night is convinced for the rest first of all without any one seeing you. of the Phooka), just as deep pools or Borrow a handkerchief, Which throw by the Phooka, although his troubles lightly over the left hand. Take a cop- were possibly due to a yet more potent per or gold coin the size of a quarter spirit. Dangerous rocks and crags are and apparently wrap it up in the hand- often called "Carrig-na-Phooka," (rock kerchief, but in reality substitute the of the Phooka), just as deep pools or quarter in its place, dropping the copper holes in a river or bog are "Poul-na- or gold coin down your sleeve. Give the Phooka." A beautiful waterfall in handkerchief to some one to hold. Then Wicklow bears this name. borrow another handkerchief and a quar-

"The Poukheen," as he is sometimes ter, and go through the same move- called, is also said to adopt the form of ments as before, this time substituting a great black bird or a bat—the latter the copper or gold for the silver coin. is greatly feared by the country folk. In Give this handkerchief to a second per- the bat form he is supposed to lure peo- son, and station them facing one an- ple into climbing ivyed walls and tow- other some yards apart Then with a ers, from which he throws them—an wave of your magic wand you command idea which seems to bear some relation the coins to change places, and if you to the vampire stories of Eastern Eu- have carried out the trick without a mis- rope. He is the "pouke" of Spenser, and take the effect will be one of profound from breaking the necks of the unwary surprise. to spoiling the blackberries on Michael- mas Eve, in order to vex the archangel, If you be true to yourself you cannot there are few enormities of which he is well be false to others. Therefore to not guilty, according to popular belief. thyself be true. THE CREST MAGICIAN.

This is only the fourth number, yet EDITftQfiRJAJL we now have subscribers in nearly every country on the globe.

From everywhere have come letters of good cheer and congratulation, and it would take four times our present force to answer all letters received. A Monthly Magazine appreciated that there field Devoted to Magic and Magicians We was a for a new magic magazine, upon new Official Organ of lines; one that would treat impartially THE CREST MAGICIANS CLUB OF both professional and amateur, and that AMERICA. would set as its ideal not only the bet- Published by terment of all interested, from a point of view of magic, but as regards all THE CREST MAGICIAN PUB. CO., things that tend to the real fraternal 144-146 W. 37th St., York. New feeling among men, that would recog- Edited by A. E. MORROW. nize the world's trend towards the optimistic. And be it recorded here and Price, per year, $1.00. Single Copies, 10c. now that while ever the present editor and his plans remain in force, nothing A limited amount of advertising will that cannot stand the test of being for be received; for rates apply to above the general good of all our readers will address. Remittances must be made payable find place in our columns. to The Crest Magician Publishing Co. Make remittance by Post Office or Criticise us as much as you please, Express Money Order or Registered Letter. but do not ask us to criticise others; Contributions on all topics that are advice Ave are always ready to give, but of general interest to magicians are desired. If remuneration is expected, we will not knock. please state amount on article when sent in. Our standard is nailed to the mast. It must be fully understood that the Editor is not responsible for the It contains but one word, Optimism, and opinions expressed by contributors and correspondents. we will continue to find the good m all All MSS. should be written on one things. side of the paper only, with the name and address of sender on the back of generous support. each sheet. Thanks for your No MSS. will be returned unless We will try our best to give you a mag- stamps are enclosed. All contributions not accepted will be returned; but at azine that deserves it. the same time the Editor does not hold himself responsible for the loss of any Be sure and read the "Director's" and MSS. All contributions should be addressed "Member's" pages this month. Both to care of the Editor, The Crest Ma- departments are full of important mat- gician, at above address. ters.

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J. G. Griffin: Dr. J. W. Elliott is the occur. Thanks for your "tip;" send in originator of the card palm, as well as some more. I know of no life of Mr. many others of the best of the card Hoffman, but if you will send me ad- tricks now in use. dressed and stamped envelope I will tell you what I can. We will later in the Albert Field: We do not know of any year publish some sketches along the other magician who presents an act sim- lines of those you mention. "The Witch, ilar to Horace Goldin. Mr. Goldin is the The Sailor and The Enchanted Monkey" originator of his style of rapid fire mag- is an old fashioned English sketch orig- ic without the use of patter. inally performed by Maskelyn and Cook in the old Egyptian Hall, London.

Horace L. Jonks: We do not know of H. H. Mosher: Thanks for your cour- any magician by that name. No one teous greeting. Will be pleased to pub- can honestly do what he claims he will lish any matter you send in. Regards do for you. other items of your letter, will answer by mail at first opportunity M. L. Smith: Your attention is called to the several good parlor tricks in this F. P. Britto: We would be very glad month's "How 'Tis Done" column. indeed to receive any items of interest you may send us from China. We have E. P. Rees: Will answer your inat present no correspondent there. quiry by mail this week.

David H. Bohrer: The card trick of Melvern Gibson: We can furnish you Howard Thurston that you mention is the names of dealers who can supply very effective. Mr. Thurston publishes levitation acts. Send us a stamped and a very good book on card tricks. If you addressed envelope for reply. Regards have not a copy of it, send me stamped Mr. Kellar's levitation, would say this and addressed envelope and I will tell is his own invention, and the apparatus you where to get it. cost him several thousand dollars to bring up to its present state of perfec- J. L. Brown: Mr. Horace Goldin owns tion. This act, of course, is not avail- the rights to the levitation act he uses. able. See answer to J. L. Brown. We cannot expose this in these columns. Other levitations are available. Send Sjd. Campbell: Thanks for your stamped and addressed envelope and I kind words and good wishes. Let us will tell you where you can secure levi- know how you are getting on. tation apparatus. THE CREST MAGICIAN

Cyril F. Norred: Owing to numerous delays in getting out their new cata- logs, has caused the non-publication of the system of discounts that will be given to club members. The Crest Trad- ing Company authorize me to state that upon all purchases from old catalog under ten dollars a discount of five per Send in your notes for this column; cent will be allowed, and over ten dol- write on one side of paper only, and lars a discount of ten per cent. This always sign full name and address, and give your club number. will remain in force to club members only until new catalog is issued when REGARDS THE BADGE. very generous discounts to members Hundreds of letters were sent in with will be named. suggestions and approval of the badge idea. The consensus Brenton Jennings: I have never seen of opinions thus far a published photo showing the entire received seem to be Herrmann family, but those of individ- for the present de- ual members can be secured. sign to be made about half the size of the the Wm, F. Hiester: Your request for cut printed herewith. correct name and address of the gentle- We are having one of contemplates using the man who name the best known badge of "Khedive, the Mystic," was forward- and pin makers in ed to the said gentleman who writes us this country figure upon the cost, etc., that as he is not yet ready to make his and by the time next month's magazine debut he would rather remain unknown is ready for the press we hope to have for the present. But that if you know the full data ready to print, explaining of any one who has a right to the use price, design, etc. of the name to kindly let us know, as A great many members have also re- he is having printed matter, etc., pre- quested us to figure upon stationery pared. with their name and address and the Club emblem upon same. While we are John 0. Newbold: Any good book of not printers of letterheads, we shall be card tricks will explain the methods of very glad, indeed, to have this done for forcing a card; which, of course, means any of our members that desire it. Just making your audience take the card* send us details of what you want and you desire them to choose. The discount we will get best prices for you. if you mention your membership in The Crest Magicians' Club will be 10 per Brother Burling Hull would like to cent on trick mentioned. correspond with other members upon the subject of magic. Address 1216 47th Lotus O'Hynomia: Will be pleased as St., Brooklyn, N. Y. I am sure all our readers will be, to publish all matter you may send in on We want correspondence upon all the the subjects of "Hypnotism and its kin- magic happenings in your city; write us dred sciences." Send to our editor any for full particulars. Members of the other items you may think will be of in- Crest Magicians Club only are eligible terest. for correspondents. THE CREST MAGICIAN

While the following letter is one of I hope to see magic and "The Magic- the few that does not favor the above ian" flourish, and such language as the design, yet it so full of good, interest- latter gave us for January the world ing matter that we publish it in full: will be the better for it. I am, Fraternally yours, Ft. Atkinson, Wis., Jan. 27, 1908. R. H. STRUTHERS. Dear "Crest":

My number is 638. I wish to con- TIPS OF MEMBERS. gratulate you upon your success in fur- nishing us with such a magnificent New A Tip for the Production of Coins in Year's number of the "Magician." It "Shower of Money" Trick: Bore a hole was truly filled with good things in through the coin you intend to use and many directions. I was truly delighted thread a piece of flesh-colored silk with it. Everything in it was good. I through the hole and tie it in the form am glad to learn that there is a move of a loop. Hang this over the first fin- made to have a pin or badge in our Or- ger, the coin hanging on the palm. Show der, and I am going to make a few sug- the back of the hand and then, allowing gestions as to its form, whether a badge the coin to slip between the first finger or pin. I prefer a silk badge. To have and the thumb to the back of the hand, it consist of an uplifted right hand, show the front empty. This sleight can palm out, resting upon a magic wand; be accomplished with a little practice. on the palm of the hand two moons, a Pretend to grasp a coin from the air, at new and old interlocked in this form tlie same time allowing the coin to slip

) ( ; over the moons a five-pointed star. back into the palm between the first The "Star of the East," which guided finger and the thumb. Produce the coin the magic wise men to where the great from the finger-tips. Proceed with the mystery lay. The world is indebted to trick as usual by means of the "back the Arabians for those ten characters, hand finger palm." This is a great help, denoting numbers, and there is truly a as it allows the performer to spread his great deal of magic in the manipulating fingers and it prevents him from drop- of those ten figures. Things that are ping coin.—Francis Heyroth, 592 C.M.C. beautifully striking. Tricks with num- I am so pleased with the last number are always interesting, and have ber of the Crest Magician, that I would been of great help to teachers who un- like to suggest a very effective handker- derstood handling them in arousing a chief vanish for amateurs who cannot dull scholar to master his multiplica- palm a handkerchief; the apparatus is tion table. Teaching how to unite magic this, get a brass shotgun shell No. 10 is squares and then add them rapidly. the best, remove the primer and thread Arithmetic becomes a most lovely study in the hole a piece of cord elastic, sew when applied magically. To go back to the other end of elastic to the coat lit- the pin or badge, those three figures are tle below the collar, the elastic must be all single stroke figures, ending at the of such length that when it hangs down point of beginning. What could a ma- it will not show outside the coat. The gician do with a wand without a hand. best way to work the vanish is this, I think those figures made in the air by have the vanish in the right vest pocket, a single stroke of the hand as a hailing the handkerchief in the same, only on sign, and the allusion thereto much top of the vanish. Show both hands preferable to a flourish alluding to a empty then take handkerchief out of man having his throat cut from ear to pocket and the vanish with it; make half ear. turn to left, work handkerchief into var- THE CREST MAGICIAN

nish, and release the hold and it will Ernesto Bellini, telepathic phenom- fly under the coat unobserved.—C. M. C, enon, is making his first German tour. No. 507. Chas. Lakavee. His act is all the more mysterious and interesting from the fact that he works "You can do better," should be the alone, no mediums being used. motto of every member of the Crest Magician's Club. Practice, have confi- Wishart, "The Bottle King," has an dence, read and learn. Watch others; act of originality. He claims to do the correct your own faults, then Success is only act of its kind without traps or sure to come. Don't be afraid; every confederates, and calls it "the sensation, successful magician or illusionist was al bottle and double box trick." once an amateur. Czerney is one of the foremost of ITEMS FROM ABROAD. Australia's magicians. It is said that he contemplates coming to America in lightning magicians, The Davenports, the near future. are booked solid throughout the season. favorites in England. They are From everywhere come reports of the success of The Svengalies. Their act himself the memory Datas, who calls has met with a succession of hits is a reigning man and living almanac, throughout Australia. hit in London. He seems to have a lightning reply to every question asked, Charles J. Carter, the illusionist, is enlivens his performance with an and now traveling in Australia with his own natured and humor- endless flow of good company, and are meeting with appre- repartee. ous ciative audiences everywhere. They remain in Australia seven months, after- "the world's leading wonder Morritt, ward touring the Philippines, China, tour through England, worker," is en Japan, India, Egypt, France, England open dates for and claims to have no and then back to America. In the com- over a year. pany are Allen Shaw, magician, and Ab- igail Price, mind reader. Only a few gives one of the most Bruno Schenck years ago this entire company were complete magical entertainments, and is amateurs, but pluck, perseverance, one of Germany's most unquestionably study and the use of right materials magicians. popular have put them in the front rank of the

profession.1 Harry Steffin, with his expert billiard THE SCRIBE. ball manipulations and other tricks, is making good. He is now touring Ger- If we spent half the time improving many. our own faults that we spend in criticiz- ing others there would soon be no faults Tom Jack, "the Ice King," and his —the world would be perfect. marvelous lightning releasing act is meeting with success on his present tour The chap who spends his time in the of Russia. uplifting of his brothers is laying up a golden store that is better than riches.

Breton the magician and juggler is a skilled performer who is meeting with Those men become great who learn to success in Australia. do the small things well.

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There is one thing that I like about Cunning, the "Jail Breaker." He does does not knock every other handcuff expert on earth. As the star of the sensational melo-drama "From Sing Sing to Liberty," he is adding to his laurels and his check book. Dr. C. M. Sawyer, who gives a demonstration of spiritualism, has been Brindemour is another of the hand- abroad several times, and says he has cuff kings who is playing profitable studied the occult in Europe as well as dates. in the Orient. He declares that he can make spirit figures appear, disappear Madame Konorah is still mystifying and reappear in a lighted theatre with large audiences with her marvellous a committee on the stage. Other tests, manipulation of figures. slate writing, spirit pictures, and an- swering questions written by persons in The great Rismor, Hindoo Yogi, was the audience and retained are also in a recent caller. his repertoire. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Floyd are prime Miller, the Handcuff King, is winning favorites in the Lyceum field of the applause and praise for his work. He is South and West. Mr. Floyd is a ma- being featured with Kennedy's Players. gician of more than ordinary merit, while Mrs. Floyd ranks high as a mind

Imro Fox called on me recently and reader and in telepathic tests. was full of new stories of his success abroad. Paul Valadon is meeting with well deserved success in playing through State. is Harry Houdini is still making good New York Mr. Valadon a wherever he displays his ability to laugh magician of skill and resource, and is at locks and prison bars, etc. one of the best of the present day magicians.

Madame Adelaide Herrmann has en- Horace Goldin keeps continually gaged Mr. Carl Anderson, and he will changing his act in minor details, and is in future appear as an added feature never satisfied with anything until it is of her act. Mr Anderson is a clever ma- perfect. gician, and has some clever inventions The week of February the 3d I had in magic to his credit. the pleasure of witnessing his wonderful act from the front and a two-hours' Leon Herrmann has both an elaborate chat with him behind the scenes after- and mystifying act. Madame Maria wards Herrmann assists him in a manner that proves her an actress of no little skill. Harry Kellar, the magician, is a native of Erie, Pa. He started life as a Hal. Merton, of Brooklyn, is a clever drug clerk, and from an amateur start magician, and is making friends and in his home town, branched out as a additions to his bank account "down professional and has made a cool mil- South." lion entertaining the people. THE CREST MAGICIAN.

Howard Thurston has as stage assistants two native Hindoo fakirs. One of them, an old man of nearly 65, claims the distinction of being the only sleight- of-hand performer capable of palming an even dozen silver dollars successful-

WITH THE PROFESSION. Albini, the magician, is away out "Mr. Kellar's intentions for the fu- West. In Seattle, Wash., he played one ture, after the present season, as I un- of his most successful engagements at derstand from various sources is to as- the Coliseum in January. sociate himself with Dr Funk in inves- tigating the different phases of spirit- Eugene Laurant has earned many lau- ualistic phenomena that are made public rels as entertainer. is an a lyceum He from time to time. Dr. Funk is a be- excellent magician, and possesses a gen- liever of spiritualism and with Mr. Kel- ial personality that wins his audience lar will endeavor to solve and explain from his first entrance. the various phenomena, the materializa- ing of spirits and other things which

Durno ""the mysterious" is the title are features of the seances. Mr. Kellar of a magician who recently appeared in will remain in New York when not trav- Indianapolis, Ind. From the following eling for pleasure. description sent to me he must be worth seeing: Howard Thurston, the magiciari, has "Durno's slight of hand and illusion a cocoanut shell that holds an even bar- tricks, while not all new, were just as rel of water, or at least he gets that greatly enjoyed and just as mysterious much out of it at every performance.

as if one had not seen similar perform- He hangs it up by a string and a stream ances before. The wonderful empty or- of water flows from it until the curtain gan pipes from which he produced table- falls. | cloth, napkins, knives, forks and spoons

' and the food for the dinner table caused Lawrence Crane has been all over the world since he started as lad I much amusement. His feats of ven- a young triloquism and the trunk trick or meta- from Ireland to rival the feats of Herr- morphose, showing the dematerializa- mann and other experts in the line of j tion of human bodies, and, in fact, all magic. He was born in a little place in I Roscommon county and never got to ! that he did was received with enthusi- asm." town except on the annual fair day at Will Mr. Durno kindly send me some Boyle. Here he saw a magician and he data regarding himself? I never had quickly made up his mind to learn the the pleasure of hearing of him before. mysteries of the so-called black art, When Professor Weston came to Boyle a year later, Crane got a chance to show Kalma, one of the young magicians of his accomplishments and was quickly Cleveland, Ohio, got the chance of filling engaged to travel with him. Crane stud- a spot on the bill at the Lyric Theatre, ied new tricks continually, especially in made vacant by a cancellation. His act the line of illusions and now has para- is a strong one and easily made good. phernalia enough to give a performance THE OBSERVER. for several hours. ! ! —

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73 1239. CARDS AND BOUQUET. 1294. FROM GLASS OF WINE TO POT Show a pack of cards in your left hand. OF FLOWERS. The foremost card facing the audience is now- Pour wine from a bottle into the glass. caused to change from a king to a queen. Show a fancy empty cover for inspection, Show both sides of right hand and then place and place this over the glass of wine. Re- it over the pack, which suddenly resolves move the cover, and instead of the glass of itself, as it were, into a large and beautiful bouauet of flowers. Price, complete, wine you have a pot of flowers. The trick is done by an entirely new method. Price, $2.25. j postpaid, $1.75. 1251. DISSOLVED PACK OF CARDS. 1299. TO PASS A FINGER THROUGH A Place a pack of cards in a transparent glass case just large enough for the purpose. Cover COIN. with a handkerchief. Take another handker- Show a silver half dollar. You then push chief cause ft to suddenly vanish. Now and a finger right through the centi • of it, and raise the first handkerchief from the glass afterwards restore the coin to . ts original of cards is seen to have case and the pack condition, and all in the briefest space of In its place in the glass case is disappeared. time. Price. $2.75. the handkerchief which vanished so mysteriously just before. Price, $1.25. 1302. CRYSTAL CASKET. very pretty casket, exceptionally well 12521. NUMBERED CARDS. A made. Sides of glass, so that nothing can be This is a pack of 32 cards, plainly num- concealed within it. Suddenly, at command; bered, for use at church, Sunday school and two three-colored balls appear suddenly in similar entertainments, where regular play- the casket, completely filling it. Should yorj ing cards are not permitted. Fine quality. prefer, the casket can be suspended by the Price, postpaid, 25c. two rings at the sides. Price, $2.00 1253. PENETRATION OF CARDS. 1304. THE DANCING SKELETON. choose some cards. Let the audience Re- A jointed figure of a skeleton, three feel turn them to pack and shuffle well. Borrow a high. Show it for examination. Then lay hi it into pack, pocketknife and thrust the and down on the floor or a chair and command selected cards will become impaled on the the it to rise and dance. It immediately does soj same. Very astonishing and effective. Price, dances to the time of the music you play, anc, postpaid $1.25. performs all sorts of grotesque capers 1266. MAGIC TUMBLER AND BOX. Prices, postpaid—3 ft. high, $1.25; life size, From a pretty box distribute a quantity of $3.00. The same, 3 ft. high, and made lu« flowers Now borrow a lady's handkerchief minous, so that it can be seen in the dark and place in the box. At command this van- $3.00; ditto, life size, $5.00; ishes, and in its place appears a large glass tumbler, containing three balls. This is 1308. TRAVELLING DEVIL. taken out, replaced and changed again to a of devil in 1 handkerchief. Price, $2.50. Fine made figure a clad a cloak He disappears mysteriously from under same 1272. MYSTERIOUS APPEARANCE OF and then reappears just as inexplicably COINS IN A GLASS. Very entertaining. Price, postpaid, $1.00. Place an ordinary pack of cards which you 1309. LIGHTNING ARTIST. have been using on top of a transparent Stretched on a plain frame is a plain Whit< tumbler. Take one or two' coins and com- canvas. This is shown on both sides. Placi mand them to pass into the tumbler. This ing this on an easel, the artist takes palett* they immediately do. The mystery is inex- and brushes, and commences to rapidly paim plicable. Price, $3.00. a picture on the canvas. In about five min 1280. MAGIC CARD LADLE. utes, to the untold astonishment of all bej One of the audience is asked to write his holders, he has finished an ambitious lookini name on a piece of paper. This is then oil painting. This has been executed in ful placed in a handsome ladle and burned. The view of the audience, and the canvas is neve ashes are retained in the ladle, and, at the removed from their sight. Price, postpaid, word of command, the piece of paper with 25c. the name on it is restored whole. Price, 1312. WAND TO PRODUCE HALF D01 $1.75 postpaid. LARS. 1289. THE CANDLE CASE, Take the little black wand you have bee Take the candle that is burning in a can- using all the evening, and lightly touch wit' dlestick on your table and place it in a case. the end of it a lady's hair, or a flower. In) Blow it out and close the case. When the stantly there will appear at the end of th| latter is again closed, the candle is found to wand a half dollar, which, is given for ex| have vanished, and in its place is a handker- amination. Waving the wand in the ail chief which had previously been placed else- there appears another half dollar, and so thlj where, and which now completely fills the magic supply goes on apparently unending case. Price, postpaid, $1.50. Price, postpaid, $4.75.

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Vol. L, No. 5. NEW YORK, MARCH, 1908. Price Ten Cents.

HORACE GOLDIN

Horace Goldin is of Hebrew parent- Early in life he evidenced a decided age and descent, and was born at Wil- liking for the stage, and was never so na, Russian Poland, where he passed happy as when witnessing a "show." the first seventeen years of his life. A visit to a small travelling circus prac- In early life he gave evidence of great tically settled his future career, and, cleverness, and was especially noted for although for several years his chief am- his excellent memory. bition was to be a circus rider, yet any- Mr. Goldin's father was a school thing that savored of stage life found teacher, and his children were brought favor and admiration in his eyes. up under the strict Jewish system of Mr. Goldin says that seeing this cir- education, in which the Bible was the cus awoke in him a passion for the principal study; and under his father's stage and that intense desire for public able direction the boy Horace learned applause and admiration which has not only to read and speak Hebrew, but ever since dominated his life, and has also quickly accomplished the far more acted as a constant spur in his profes- difficult task of writing that language. sional career. Rapidly advancing in his studies, he Not prospering in Russia, Mr. Goldin's was soon promoted to the study of that father turned his eyes towards the most wonderful book, the "Gemara," the "great" America, and when an invita- study of which, it is claimed, has much tion came from one of his brothers (who to do with the success that is generally had already made some measure of suc- attendant upon the efforts of the Semit- cess in Nashville, Tenn.) to come to the

ic race. United States, it did not take long t© Mr. Goldin early exhausted the re- decide that this was the proper thing to sources for study afforded by the Rus- do; Horace Goldin was then seventeen sian schools, and his appetite for study years of age. and improvement was insatiable; to Horace Goldin entered into employ in this present day he is a close student, the new land as an assistant in a gro- and devotes many hours to his mind's cery store, but still dreamed of the improvement, with the result that he is days when he would achieve his heart'a well versed in modern affairs, has a desire—the stage. wonderful fund of general information Here his ability was shown in weigh- and knowledge, and has command of ing and measuring the usual commodi- quite- a few languages besides that of ties found in groceries, and it is told his native tongue. of him that his judgment was so keen THE CREST MAGICIAN. and correct that he never had to use Goldin tells of this period of his life any weights or measures, but could at with much gusto, and can now look once serve up the right quantities asked back upon tnat time with a humorous for. He confesses that some of this viewpoint, although it was a seriuus dexterity was not altogether the result business matter then. of skill, as he had marked most of the They gave two shows the first week bags and other packages used, in such and the takings amounted to only thirty a manner that he could easily tell how dollars, and as it was in the agreement much goods to put in so it would v/eign that the magician was to pay all ex- a pound, etc., hence laying the founda- penses it was soon apparent to that tion even in this lowly calling for the gentleman that the partnership agree- profession of a trickster. ment was hardly equitable, hence they Serving several years at this, to him, soon parted with the conjurer owing distasteful task, he next went to New Goldin quite a few dollars; but Goldin York and secured a position in a dry had learned the tricks, and now goods store, and here again he made a launched himself upon his career as a success until a change in the ownership magician. of the concern made him think it wise When the Virginia uncle learned this to again make a change. he expressed his amazement and wrath An uncle of his was in the dry goods in rather a forcible manner, and did business in Roanoke, Va., and here not hesitate to pronounce Horace Goldin went, entering into the services "crazy'.' of his uncle as a drummer, carrying a Mr. Goldin has always been a shrewd line of jewelry and small wares He advertiser, and during these early days was so successful in this new venture of his magicianship used some unique that he was allowed to choose his own methods of attracting attention to him- territory, and during one of his trips self and his performance. met his final fate at Bristol, Tenn., Upon entering a town he usually bor- where he witnessed the performance of rowed the big drum from the local band, a travelling magician, and was at once and then stationing himself upon the fascinated with the art of magic. principal thoroughfare would bang that At the supper table at the hotel the drum with all his strength; when the magician occupied a seat at The same crowd collected, small boys hired for table, and Goldin got acquainted with that purpose passed out circulars ex- him, the magician after the meal show- plaining tne merits of the show. ing Goldin some few simple tricks. After several months of this Goldin The magician refused to teach Goldin was forced through circumstances to their secret, and when Goldin offered again accept a position in a New York himself as a travelling assistant, with ary goods house, but during all liis the hope of thus learning the tricks, spare time kept up the practice of his the conjurer refused to listen to the tricks, and was soon filling engagements proposition. at clubs, concerts, etc.

In despair Goldin finally offered to One day, while in Gloucester, N. J., become his business partner, which prop- Goldin offered his services to a chap osition was accepted after much hag- who kept a sort of combination bar, gling over terms, and for a payment eating saloon and concert hall, where of twenty-five dollars he was to receive two shows a day were given, but no a one-fourth interest in the gross re- charge was made for admission, the pro- ceipts, the magician to pay all expenses. prietor depending upon his bar receipts THE CREST MAGICIAN. for his profits. The man agreed to give payin' you a dollar a day and yer don't Goldin a chance, and engaged him at help me to take in fifty cents, so ye one dollar per day. Goldin began his got to quit." engagement on Monday, and on Thurs- Next Goldin received an engagement day the proprietor came to him and at a seashore resort, at twenty dollars told him he had to quit. "Why?" asked a week, giving eight shows each day. Goldin. "Well," said the man, "it's like At the opening performance everything

Jeanne Fransioli. this; people git so all-fired interested in went lovely until the sixth show, when your tricks they forgit to order their the tide came in with such a booming drinks, and that don't pay me." and roar that Goldin could not make Finally Goldin persuaded the man to himself heard, and as at that time pat- let him go on at the end of the show, ter was an important part of his act, and thus keep the crowd longer in the the result was failure and a request to hall, but at the end of the week the quit. proprietor said: "It ain't no use; I'm Finally wandering back to New York,

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Goldin was standing disconsolately on Duty only frowns upon those who flee a street corner, wondering what next to from it; meet it fair; it smiles upon do, when he was approached by an agent you. who knew "him; this agent explained To him that wills, a way will never that owing to a disappointment by one be wanting. of the artists he had engaged, there Cheerful people make the real sun- was an opening in the bill of a show shine of life. that was to open in Wilkesbarre, Pa. Here he went, made a success, and from TELL 'EM NO. that time his luck changed; he has since When they ask you if you're wearied out steadily advanced, until to-day he is with living, recognized as one of the best and most Tell 'em no. original of the modern magicians. When they ask if there's folly His early experience with the tide you in forgiving, suggested the idea to compress an even- Tell 'em no. ing's magical entertainment into less Tell 'em No, all than a half-hour by omitting the patter. with your might; Optimism's never trite; Mr. Goldin is the originator of this Put the pessimists flight style of rapid-fire magical entertain- to ment. He has travelled extensively, has Tell 'em no. been twice commanded to appear before When they ask you if the world is bound England's present King, who presented for ruin, him with several magnificent jewels. Tell 'em no. Mr. Goldin owes much of the attrac- When they ask you if there's always tiveness and artistic finesse of his pres- trouble brewin,' ent act to his clever assistant, Jeanne Tell 'em no. Tell Fransioli, who is an actress of no little 'em No, and say it loud; ability, is prepossessing, and under- Say it open-like and proud; stands the arts of well dressing and of Howl it out before the crowd pleasing an audience. Tell 'em no. When they hint the world's a hotbed of OPTIMISTIC PHILOSOPHY FOR injustice, MARCH Tell 'em no. When they hold that folks are foolish To lose money is ill; to lose a friend when they trust us, is worse; but to lose your spirits is Tell 'em no. thrice as evil as is both the former. Say it so they all can hear; Yelp it out without a fear; Cheerfulness is health—a grouch Spread your gospel far and near breeds disease. Tell 'em no. Form the habit of searching always When they claim the world's unselfish- for the bright side of things. ness has perished, Tell 'em no. Cheerfulness has more wondrous power When they say the things are dead our than that of steam and electricity com- father's cherished, bined. Tell 'em no. Cheerfulness is man's first duty to his Laugh whene'er you hear 'em croak; fellow man. . Give their sore old ribs a poke; Industry breeds cheerfulness, the busy Treat their growling as a joke man is always happy. Tell 'em no. —Exchange. THE CREST MAGICIAN.

THE ANTIQUITY OF MAGIC. horse many centuries before Franklin dreamed of his kite or Watts saw the Hermann Pallme. tea-kettle boil over. I repeat, then, that the ancients were Magic is among the earliest growths very skillful in and possessed a great of human thought. It is and ever has knowledge of the art of legerdemain. been present in some form or other Magic survived the barbarism and ig- among ail races of mankind. norance of the Middle Ages. It has The word is from the Persian, Magi, come down to us stripped of all relig- and refers to a caste of priests of an- ious significance, free from suggestions cient times whose advancement in the of witchcraft, and stands forth as an supernatural crafts has astonished and art pure and simple. influenced the Western world. Ignorant superstition gives way before In olden time magic was synonymous the searchlight of progress and to-day largely with necromancy and sorcery. some of the master minds of our times To-day it means the performance of have given their life to the study and tricks and exhibiting of illusions by the development of magic as a science. aid of apparatus or through mere dex- The earliest professors of the modern terity. In a word, magic signifies those school were Italian. The most famous practices or arts which seem to be be- exponent was French. Lr.ter on magic yond the ordinary actions of cause and obtained a foothold in England, where effect. it has since had a large following. Sub- The first mention of natural magic as sequently the art crossed the sea. and a performance is perhaps in the Book America is now the mecca and in many of Exodus fifteen hundred years before — cases the home of some of the greatest the Christian era. But at a far earlier of magicians, who have helped to lift date than this the Black Art was in magic to the high level of legitimate en- vogue as a religious rite. Legerdemain tertainment that it now occupies. was very common among the Greeks and Romans. It will be seen, therefore, that there were of old two branches of magic. TESTING COUNTERFEIT BILLS. The one was the imposture of necro- The United States Government prints mancy. The other was the amusing its currency and numbers its bills in a mystery of sleight-of-hanu. The first series of four, so that every piece of still exists, but only among the most paper money turned out bears one of barbarous people. The second consti- the check letters, A, B, C, D. One of tutes the great modern school of con- these letters is always found in two juring. places on a United States bill, in the up- There is every reason to believe that per left-hand corner and in the lower the ancients were equally, if not more right-hand corner. The placing of the proficient than their present-day suc- letter on the bill is not determined by cessors and imitators. Modern magic the number of the bill. The rule is to calls to its aid all the appliances of divide the last two figures on the note modern science. Its confederates are by four. Should the remainder be one, electricity, magnetism, optics and me- the check letter must be A; should it chanics. The ancients anticipated us be two, the check letter is B; three, the in doing the same thing. The results check letter is C; and nothing, the let- of research prove that they made elec- ter D. tricity their errand boy, and harnessed For example, I have before me a five- steam and mechanics as a draught dollar silver certificate. Its number is THE CREST MAGICIAN

81489730. The terminal number is 30. CZAR OF RUSSIA WARNED BY Divide by four, the result is seven with SPIRIT. two over. The check letter is B. Here is a ten-dollar Buffalo note. The That's What the St. Petersburg Gossips terminal number is 24. Divide by four, Are Saying Now. and we have six even. Then the check Premier Stolypin and the Czar of letter is D. Russia are at outs because of the Czar's There is a yellow back gold certifi- devotion to spiritualism Seance after cate with 23 as its terminal number. seance has been held at the Czar's pal- Divide this by four, and we have five, aces and the Premier holds that his im- with three over. C is the check letter. perial master is under the influence of Should this rule of four fail to work mediums, who are being used by design- on any United States currency note, ing persons to cause a breach between you may bet all you have that the him and the head of the Russian Gov- money is bad. Some counterfeited bills ernment. The Czarina first led her hus- are right to their check letters, but a band to attempt to lift the veil, and peer great many are not so if the rule of into the spirit world, and it is claimed four works. The bill may be still bad, that he has become so engrossed in spir- but if it doesn't it is surely bad. This itualism that he neglects duties of state. rule applies only to United States cur- At a recent seance, according to a rency and not to national bank notes. cablegram from St. Petersburg, the It doesn't take a minute to figure Czar held communion with the spirit of out this rule of 4, and if at any time Verestchagin, the famous painter of bat- you should come across a bill that tie scenes, who met his death with Ad- doesn't look exactly right, take out miral Makaroff when the Admiral's flag- your pencil and divide the terminal ship Peropazlozsh was sunk at Port Ar- number by four; then you can figure thur at the beginning of the war with out your A, B, C and D. Japan, and the spirit, according to persons close to His Imperial Majesty, A meat dealer was noted for his clev- warned him to beware of Stolypin. erness in playing jokes on his customers. One day several friends went into An early morning customer in an op- his establishment, intending to turn the tician's shop was a woman with a de- tables on him. One of them said: termined air. She addressed the sales- "Please let me have a yard of pork for man thus: one dollar." "Give me the dollar first," "I want to look at a pair of eye- replied the dealer. The friend gave him glasses, sir, of extra magnifying power." the dollar and he went to the ice-box "Yes, ma'am," replied the salesman; amid the laughter of his customers, and "something very strong?" returned with three pigs' feet. Handing "Yes, sir. While visiting in the coun- them over, he said: "Three feet make try I made a very painful blunder which one yard. That's what you asked for." I never want to repeat." "Indeed! Mistook a stranger for an Who would wish to be valued must acquaintance ?" make themselves of value. "No, not exactly that; I mistook a bumblebee for a blackberry." Be not angry at two things, first what you can help, second what you No one ever got into trouble without cannot help. his own help. THE CREST MAGICIAN.

the handkerchief and to press the bag. This causes the springs to open, and out falls "good things" upon the plate. The next proceeding is to drop the bag into your table servante unseen, and to hand to the audience the mysterious sweets.

THE MAGIC PRODUCTION OF TO REMOVE A RING FROM A TIGHT- SWEETS. LY FOLDED HANDKERCHIEF Effect—The performer hands the audi- WITHOUT TEARING HAND- ence a dessert plate and a handkerchief KERCHIEF. for examination. These being returned, he places the plate upon a table near Effect: Performer borrows a gold him The handkerchief is then spread band ring from audience, and after out quite flat over the plate. At com- showing a handkerchief to be unpre- mand, bon-bons and candy pour into the pared, places the ring in the handker- dessert plate the instant the handkerchief, and wrapping the handkerchief

chief is lifted up, producing a marvelous tightly around the ring requests one of effect. the audience to hold the ends of the Preparation—The trick is done in this handkerchief tightly, placing both

way : Make a calico bag large enough hands upon it, one on top of the other. j i to hold the sweetmeats you intend to It is apparently impossible to remove distribute among your audience A small the ring without tearing the handker- selvedge is turned up at the bottom of chief, but the performer, covering his lithe bag. Procure two pieces of watch hands with a borrowed hat or another spring and bend them quite flat, each handkerchief, easily removes it with- spring to be exactly half the diameter out tearing the handkerchief, and upon

; Lof the bag. These are put into the sel- the other handkerchief or hat being re- vedge and sewn up firm. When the bag moved the borrowed ring is found rest- is opened it will close itself in conse- ing upon the top of the handkerchief, quence of the springs. A long pin is the handkerchief still being clasped by passed through the top of the bag, and the assistant, and the handkerchief upon jbent round hook-shape. being shaken out and examined is found If the bag now be filled with candies to be uninjured. nit may be suspended by the hook with- Preparation: Previously provide your- Jjout any danger of anything falling out, self with a piece of brass wire pointed ('because although the mouth of the bag at both ends, and bent round so as to is | downwards, the springs keep it shut. form a ring about the size of a wedding- KWhen this trick is to be shown the pre- ring, which conceal in your hand; then pared bag is hung on the side of the commence your performance by borrow- jitable that is away from the audience. ing from a gentleman a silk pocket-

' The plate is also placed on that side, handkerchief, and from a lady a wed-

| and when the handkerchief is laid over ding ring; request some person to hold the plate a portion is left to fall over the handkerchief for you. You next ex- jthe side of the table. Now the handker- hibit the wedding-ring to the audience, | fehief is picked up with the right hand in and announce to them that you will | Centre, and with the bag of sweets; the make it pass through the handkerchief.

i folds of the handkerchief hide the bag. Then place your hand under the hand- 'iThe left hand is now used to draw over kerchief, and substituting the false THE CREST MAGICIAN ring which you have previously con- opposite side of the stage, covering that cealed, press it against the centre of also with a handkerchief. the handkerchief, and desire person Upon lifting the handkerchiefs the helping you to take hold of the ring cups will be found to have exchanged through the handkerchief, and to close places. his finger and thumb through the mid- Preparation: Have two tin cups made dle of the ring. Hold the handkerchief with straight sides and with the bot- in this manner to show that the ring toms sunk about a quarter of an inch. has not been placed within a fold. Now If handles are to be added, have them desire your assistant to release the ring of such a pattern that no matter which and take hold of the four corners of the end cup is stood upon they will look handkerchief, giving them a few twists the same. which holds the ring up in the center. Glue sufficient small seed upon the Now request him to clasp the handker- sunk bottoms of the cups, to make it chief tightly with both hands, when it appear they are flush full of seed; se- will be quite evident to the company cure two large dark colored handker- that the ring is secure within the cen- chiefs, a quart bag filled with small tre of the handkerchief. seed, and you are now ready to pro- Now take hold of the ring m the ceed. handkerchief and request some other Take up both cups, show they are person t~ cover your hands with a hat empty, then take one of them and, dip- or handkerchief, and when they are thus ping into the bag, apparently filling it covered open the false ring, by bend- with seed, but in reality simply reversing one of its points a little aside, and ing it; show it to your audience with bringing one point gently through the the bottom side up and it appears filled handkerchief, the remainder may easily with seed. Place this upon your table be drawn out,—be careful to rub the and in the act of covering it with one hole you have made in the handker- of the handkerchiefs again reverse it, chief with your finger and thumb to leaving the empty end up. conceal the fracture. You then put the Now take the remaining cup, show it wedding-ring you borrowed over the to be still empty, then placing it upon outside of the handkerchief, and desir- the opposite table also reverse it while ing the person who covered your hands covering with handkerchief, leaving bot- with the hat or handkerchief, to take tom end up. Of course when you re- it away, exhibit the ring (placed as de- move handkerchiefs the cups seem to scribed) to the company, and while their have changed places. attention is engaged, taking the opportunity of concealing, or getting rid of the brass ring. MARCH OFFER.

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sending to their bereaved, grief-stricken hearts and minds some portion of solace that may tend to soften the heavy blow. Maro possessed a charm of manner that has endeared him and his memory to all of those who were so fortunate as to meet him; he was a man of more than ordinary attainments, an artist in every sense of the word, and above all one of those men to whom gentleman is rightly applied. Versed in music, art and science, possessed of a ready kindly wit, with a well-grounded love for the beauties of nature and art, it is not to be wondered at that his was one of those cor- dial, sympathetic natures that seem to sparkle with the kind of personal magnetism that not only makes friends, but keeps them as friends in tne fullest meaning of the term, ever afterwards. Beautiful "Maronook," his new home just finished at Leland, Mich., is an architectural delight, and in its furnish- ings, decorations, etc., breathes the spir-

it of his artistic soul. Here he had collected all the little curio and art treasures secured in his many travels, and here, too, ruled over by his own social charm, and the sweet gracious- The death of Maro just at the time ness of his charming wife, he had hoped when he had commenced to enjoy in full some day to come and live out the years the fruits of his many years of success- he had a right to think would yet be ful labor, is distressingly sad. his, in the full enjoyment of the beau- His many friends were pained to tiful nest he had builded. learn of his illness, but it was not thought that he was near unto death. He died February 20th in the Presby- Speak not only to be understood, but terian Hospital in Philadelphia where speak also that ye be not misunder- he was being treated for typhoid fever, stood. having been compelled to disband his company and to cancel all dates for the season, owing to being taken down with If cheerful people make your life this dread malady while in the Quaker brighter, why not confer this pleasure City. on others? Mrs. Maro was with him when he died, and to her and his relatives and Be sure and read the "Director's" and friends we extend our heartfelt sympa- "Member's" pages this month. Both thy, and trust the many prayers sent departments are full of important mat- forth may result in a Divine Providence ters. THE CREST MAGICIAN

W. B. WOOD DROWNED OFF COAST that none of the crew perished. OF YUCATAN. "At the request of Mr. Clawson, E. A. Williams, the American Consul at It is with sincere regret that we Progreso, made an investigation of the chronicle the death of W. B. Wood and matter. It was deemed peculiar that his daughter, who were drowned off the passengers should have been left to Yucatan by the foundering of a tug- perish. Nothing satisfactory about boat on February 20. them, however, was obtained from the Mr. Wood was well known both in survivors. this country, South America, and also in "When he started on his voyage Mr. Europe. Wood had with him uoout $14,000 in Hastings Clawson, his manager, in a cash, none of which has been found. letter to the New York Times, gives the Reports had reached him of the finan- following details of their death: cial flurry in the United States, and he "Mr. Wood was about to begin a tour had drawn out all the money he had in of Mexico as 'The Real Devil.' He had the banks in New Y7ork and elsewhere been associated years Ago with Kellar, and taken it with him. Search for the the magician, in his various tours, and bodies has been unavailing, and the cap- had obtained the rights to the use of tain and crew of the tugboat say they many of Kellar's tricks, to which he believe that they were eaten by sharks, added others. In these specialties and which are numerous in that vicinity. accompanied by vaudeville performers "Miss W^ood had intended to end her he had been seen in all the principal stage career after the close of the Mex- cities of South America and Europe, ican tour, when she was to have been and at times had made large profits. married." "In the last winter he had been through Colombia, Venezuela, the Gui- PROVIDENCE R. I. NOTES anas and in the West Indian Islands. A fever, however, kept him idle for A special meeting of the Providence many weeks, and he had been compelled Society of Magicians was held February to disband his company. On his recov- 20th, at which "Cunning, the Jail ery Mr. Clawson went to New York and Breaker," was a guest. The following engaged some vaudeville performers for members furnished the entertainment: the Mexican tour, on which it was "Olver" (Q. Purnell), with the Chinese hoped to make up for the losses conse- linking rings; Frank R. White, spiritual- quent on his idleness. istic rope and tape ties ; C. Foster Fen- Mr. Clawson went to Progreso, Yuca- ner, hypnotic experiments; "Leonizo" (S. tan, with the performers, and Mr. Wood A. Young), billiard ball manipulations. and his daughter started out from Fron- Mr. Cunning closed the entertainment tera to meet them. No steamer could with a very clever escape from locked be had, so they took a tugboat, which and sealed handcuffs and padlocks that was towing a schooner along the coast. had the boys guessing, and that is some- On the night of February 20 the tug- thing rare. Mr. Cunning was elected an boat began to leak badly, and was cut honorary member by unanimous vote, loose from the schooner. It foundered and the meeting closed as the dawn was about midnight, and the captain and breaking. some men came ashore in the boats and reported that the two passengers and We would particularly request new three members of the crew had been ideas on small tricks that are appropri- drowned. Afterward it was learned ate for drawing-room use. THE CREST MAGICIAN

will some gentleman (pause) kindly ex- DOINGS* amine the hat?" *?* The little ripple of applause that fol- OF THE lowed showed that the rest of the audience appreciated the rebuke, even if the CU LT I alleged gentleman did not. A VALADON STORY. AN EDWIN BRUSH STORY

is a gentlemanly, even Paul Valadon Edwin Brush is one of those fortu- tempered chap, and the quality to gov- nate beings who would look well if one's to disguise one's ern temper and dressed in even the worst of ill-fitting quality real feelings is essentially a clothes; hence when he appears upon of successful needed in the makeup a the stage in immaculate evening dress, magician. with all the magnetism of his keen per- tells he neatly Mr. Valadon how sonality shining forth from his expres- scored on or got even with a fellow sive and frank eyes, it is little wonder who he would much rather have given that there is a nutter of pleasurable ex- kicking. a good citement in the hearts of the feminine Valadon performing a trick that was portion of the audience. required high silk hat, and being un- a I had the pleasure recently of sitting able to borrow one from his audience re- next to a most charming "peaches and quested his assistant to fetch his (Val- cream" style of girl who had honored adon's) own hat. me by allowing my escort to see Mr. The hat was a brand new one for Brush perform; charmed with his clever which the genial Paul had but recently magical manipulations I turned to my given up eight good American dollars, female companion and said, "He is great, and he gazed upon its shining sides with isn't he." "Yes," she replied, "he has pride as the assistant handed it to him. got the cutest mustache I ever saw."

To ward off all suspicion of the hat I am still wondering if she saw the being prepared Valadon passed it to magical part of the exhibition. one of the audience to examine. The fellow was apparently a gentleman, but ONE ON HOUDINI. evidently his closest familiarity to silk We are indebted to Brother Louis M. hats previously existed in his gazing at Rathbun, C. M. C. 511, for the follow- them in the shop windows or upon oth- ing neat little story. Mr. Rathbun er's heads. says: He handled it in about the same man- "I want to tell you of a little joke on ner a grocer would handle a bushel of Harry Houdini, 'The Handcuff King,' potatoes, and then deliberately stood up while he was playing in Denver, Colo., and threw it upon the stage. last summer. He had been putting on Valadon's blood boiled at this brutal his trunk mystery, getting in and out treatment of his magnificent new tile, of a locked box, when he was chal- but his quick wit saved him from ad- lenged to take a bet of $500 that he ministering a scathing rebuke to the could not get into a box that a certain lout, such as he perhaps deserved. cabinet maker owned, remarking that

Stepping over to and picking up the keys were with it, and that it was hat, smoothing as best he could its sad- an exact duplicate of the one he, Hou- ly ruffled sides, he said in as calm a dini, used. Not to be baffled Houdini voice as he could command, "and now took the bet and upon reaching the THE CREST MAGICIAN"

shop of the cabinet maker he was shown Mile. Lutzi Jorden is one of Ger- the box. It was a 10 x 10 x 20 ins. many's lady magicians whose name model of Houdini's regular trunk trick. seems oestined to shine among the elect. Houdini owned himself beaten, and spent the rest of the day setting up the Chevalier Ernest Thorn plays his drinks. third return engagement at the Krystal Palast, Leipzig. ITEMS FROM ABROAD.

Nate Leipzig is well booked and is The Svengalis made a wonderful im- happy in showing our English cousins pression in South Africa, duplicating what he can do in the art of sleight-o'- their Australian success. hand.

Amar Nath, a native of Cashmere,

Le Roy, Talma and Bosco, who have India, is in America, but I have not as met with much success in Vienna, will yet seen a notice of his performance. shortly be seen m London. He is said to be a most clever necromancer. Arnold De Biere has returned to Eng- land. It is said that quite a few Chinese magicians hope to come to this coun- Carl Hartz seems more popular than try next season, as fabulous tales have ever with his act improved, and many reached their ears of America's possi- tips learned on his recent South Afri- bilities. can trip are interpolated in his act.

Wallace the wizard is another of the Morritt, as a wonder worker, is mak- many of the magic craft now touring ing good, and living up to his claim to Australia. be "the world's leading wonder worker."

Dr. Walford Bodie, "the mighty mir- "The Great Raymond" and his clever acle worker of the North," is com- company are now playing in Central pelled to sit up late o' nights, kept busy American and South American cities, counting the money he 'is making in meeting with success everywhere. Scotland, Ireland and England. He knows the art of advertising, all right. Charles J. Carter has met with great success in Australia, and both he and Resisto has been booked for a long his company have received many social European tour, presenting his electrical invitations and attentions. Mr. Carter wonder act in all the larger cities. He is a cultured gentleman, a thorough, art- opened February 1st at Circus Schu- ist, and well deserves a full measure of mann and made an enormous success. success. From Schumann's he goes to the Apollo Theatre, Vienna, and later to the Or- Maskelyne and Devant intend sending pheum, Budapest, and then London. a company to Australia to present similar performances to those that have No country seems to be without its made St. George's Hall famous. They magician "Herrmann"; Melot Herrmann will play in all the principal cities of after success in France is meeting with the country. approval throughout Germany. THE SCRIBE.

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usual, making good with their up-to- date magic.

Paul Valadon keeps adding to his act,

and to-day presents one of the most finished and artistic magic acts seen on the vaudeville stage.

Minerva, the handcuff queen, is playing in Pennsylvania and receiving some Caesar & Co. present an act of clever splendid notices for her clever work. sleight-of-hand and magical wonders, in which they include the well-Known but Mr. and Mrs. Floyd are kept busy always pleasing and mystifying trunk presenting their attractive act for the mystery. edification of Lyceum audiences. The

Floyds are among the most popular of It is with pleasure that we learn of the artists upon the Lyceum stage. the complete restoration to good health of Mr. and Mrs. Laurant. Tney are Silent Tate grows stronger in popu- back at work filling good engagements. larity every day. His act is a pleasing variation of the usual routine magical Karland, a handcuff king, has been act, and his style is inimitably his own. pleasing and mystifying large audiences in Canada. Horace Goldin got more free advertising during his recent Boston engagement Lola Cotton does a neat and clever

than any magician who has ever ap- second sight act. She is at present fill- peared in that city. ing an extended engagement in the Keith & Proctor houses. Dana Walden leaves sunny Florida to

fill his engagements in the Eastern Frank Lovelle, illusionist, is filling States. profitable and successful engagements in the Southwest. Marvel, modern magician, whose home

is New Brighton, S. I., presents his en- George W. Stock, of Cincinnati, ia tertaining magic at many local church, kept busy filling local club and lyceum club, and private entertainments. He is engagements. kept busy, which means his act is well liked. Kellar and Thurston can have no cause to worry over "hard times." Im- "Silent" Mora and his company of mense audiences greet them everywhere, trained chickens is being featured as a and many are the expressions of regret conjurer with the Grahame Stock Com- that this is "The Dean's" farewell tothe pany. stage.

Carl Herbert is in San Francisco, Leon Herrmann closes his American which he expects to make his perma- tour in New York this month, sailing nent home. for France in April.

Mr. -and Mrs. Burch are playing the Reuschling, the mysterious, is kept Western vaudeville circuit and are, as busy with lyceum and club dates.

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Brindamour, ''the Jail Breaker," is do- I have been told inat King, of the ing some clever advertising stunts up team Ziska and King, intends to enter through Pennsylvania, where he is play- the moving-picture business. ing to big, appreciative audiences. The announcement that he would jump into That Mellini is popular with the clubs the Susquehanna while handcuffed made in and about New York is fully attested r the people read the papers over a sec- by the fact that they all seem to want ond time, and when Brindamour asked him and his magic at their smokers and the Pennsylvania railroad for permission other entertainments. to be fastened to the cowcatcher of the engine which takes along the Chicago Brindamour, the jail-breaker, seems to limited, Harrisburg commenced to stare. be able to satisfy large audiences that The proposition to the railroad said he is an expert in handcuff work and 'that Brindamour should be manacled to other "jail-breaking" feats. His act is the cowcatcher one minute before the a good one. train would depart. If he did not release himself in that time he would ride The Great Okito, assisted by Fong- on the cowcatcher to the next stop, forty Gnung and pretty Miss Houang-San- miles away. "The Jail Breaker" offered Yuen, is presenting in the best vaude- to release the company from any liability ville houses a most remarkable and new for injury. Chinese magical wonder act, which is The local papers took up the matter, the talk of every audience fortunate to and in consequence Brindamour received witness it. The gorgeous scenery, em- several columns of good reading matter. broideries, real Chinese accessories, mechanical effects, etc., give a sort of Chi- Shungopavi, who calls himself an "In- nese fairyland effect to the act. dian Magician, delighted a large audience at Xenia, Ohio, and despite the fact Imro Fox certainly does present his that a small sized blizzard was raging act of magic and humor in a manner outside, managed to create a good deal calculated to draw expressions of won- of sunshine and mystery inside the cozy derment and real laughs from even a opera house. stone image.

Okito has large placards printed in Madame Konorah seems capable of four different languages posted about giving the expert accountants some new the stages of the theatres where he per- rules in the science of higher mathemat- forms, forbidding any one upon the stage ics; she can most assuredly manipulate while he is occupying it. figures in a manner that seems but little short of miraculous.

We have received a lengthy and in- of the handcuff queens, teresting communication from Dr. J. W. Hilda, another is winning ap- Elliot and have in preparation an arti- presents an act that cle presenting Dr. Elliot's claims re- plause. garding certain card tricks. The article will be published in our next issue, Ah Sing Soo is another of the Chinese and we hope will help to forever set at magicians touring this country. He pre- rest the claims of those who wish to sents a well-dressed, clever, Oriental receive credit for what is the fruits of magical act. the Doctor's brain. THE OBSERVER.

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words of kindly cheer and appreciation EDITiiQfiRJAL you have sent us; fifty pair of hands could not encompass or accomplish the task, pleasant though it would be. We can simply say here, to all of you, dear friends, with your help we shall try to fully merit all the good A Monthly Magazine things you have said to us and about Devoted to Magic and Magicians us; sincerely do we hope all our acts will merit your continued good-will and Official Organ of pleasure. THE CREST MAGICIANS CLUB OF

AMERICA. When all our present plans are con- Published by summated we believe you will agree with us that The Crest Magician is THE CREST MAGICIAN PUB. CO., worthy to be classed as one of, if not 144-146 W. 37th St., New York. the best magic magazine published. Edited by A. E. MORROW. We are frank enough to acknowledge

Price, per year, $1.00. Single Copies, 10c. that as our goal.

Just a word to the many who have A limited amount of advertising will not yet received answers to their let- )e received; for rates apply to above iddress. ters. We will answer them in time, as Remittances must be made payable soon as we possibly can, and now in O The Crest Magician Publishing Co. confidence. Our heart is in this little Make remittance by Post Office or Express Money Order or Registered journal. We have woriced hard, and setter. Contributions on all topics that are will in the future work hard to make f general interest to magicians are de- it all you want it to be all we hope ired. If remuneration is expected, — 'lease state amount on article when it will be. ent in. It must be fully understood that It has taken hard work to start and he Editor is for not responsible the keep up the pace we have set, even if pinions expressed by contributors and orrespondents. we had no other duties, and as our All MSS. should be written on one ide of the paper only, with the name friends know, we have many duties nd address of sender on the back of other than the fostering of this—our pet ach sheet. No MSS. will be returned unless brain child. tamps are enclosed. All contributions ot accepted will be returned; but at ae same time the Editor does not hold Hard work has brought the necessity limself responsible for the loss of any tss. of a physical and mental rest to our All contributions should be addressed door, and for the next few weeks the ) the Editor, care of The Crest Ma- ician, at above address. editor will seek rest In the Great North Woods. Here we hope to work on and

ol. 1. MARCH, 1908. No. 5. finish our plans for the future, listening to the merry music of the crackling camp fire while the wild winter winds B W ords of praise continue to pour in sing their weird symphonies outside our 0011 us for the marked improvement cabin door. pdenced in each number of The Crest Mail sent to the office will be for- 'agician. We wish that it were pos- warded, and your letters when they ble to write each of you a personal reach us in the solitude of these giant

,'tter, expressing how we feel at the mountains will find a double welcome.

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Carl Dornbush.—T. Nelson Downs haa published an excellent book on coin tricks. Consult Crest Catalog No. 60 for additional coin tricks. Constant :wi^iRECTOF¥: practice is necessary to acquire proficiency in coin tricks.

All questions or other matter pertaining to this column should be addressed Dr. J. A. Kane.—Any chemical tricks to Hermann l'allme, care of The Crest you may send us we will be glad to try Magician, 144 W. 37th St., New York. Always give full name, address and and will publish results in the columna membership number. of this magazine. H. A. Brauer.—The trick you mention R. N. Karlo. It has not been estab- is a combination of the principals of — lished that Mr. his daughter the billiard ball trick and the disap- Woods and were murdered and robbed, but an in- pearing ball and cone trick. Most ma- vestigation is being made. to the gicians have a different way of perform- Up time of going to press we have no fur- ing the staple tricks, and any one with ther data than that published upon an- the least ingenuity can create many page. variations of any of the well-known other tricks. N. O. Scull.—Yes, we have heard oi the library of Harry Houdini, but we M. Michalowitz. expect to print —We still believe that in point of intrinsic some interesting articles upon hypnotism value and as regards rare and valuable in this magazine. Brother Lotus O'Hy- books on the subject of magic the libra nomia has promised also to supply our ry of Doctor Ellison is the most complete columns with some interesting data upon and valuable in the world. "Hypnotism and its kindred sciences." We will be most pleased to receive items A. E. Morton. good flag trick it from you upon the progress or doings —A one of the best to close such an act a: of magic in China, and are glad to in- you outline in your letter. form you that we now have several members in China. Will furnish you their names and addresses if you would Albert Schaeffer.—The Kellar produc like to correspond with them. Send tion of flowers is a very pretty trick stamped and addressed envelope. and real roses can be used. Send stamped and addressed envelope and I will tel you where the apparatus for the trie! Richard Seehoffer.--See members' page can be secured. regarding badge.

W. E. Stone.—We know of no magi Aitken. Packs of cards con- Adam — cian who calls himself Arto-Mystic. taining different numbers are manufactured; these are used many times in Carrie Mason. Yes; magic was prac place of the usual spot and picture cards, — ticed in the days of the Old Testament and surely could not give offense to your audience, no matter how strict they were in the observance of church or re- Alfred L. Jones: The trick you mer ligious matters. See Crest Catalog No. tion is described in Crest Catalog N

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of its performance in these columns.

The value of most tricks is not alone the apparatus, but is the method of their presentation—their secret.

E. R. Rees: We believe Mr. Kellar is still performing the trick you mention. See also answer to Albert Schaeffer. Send in your notes for this column; write on one side of paper only, and Paul Benson: See members' page re- always sign full name and address, and gards pin, etc. Thanks for kindness ex- give your club number. pressed in your letter. OUR BADGE.

Richard SeehofFer: Many thanks for We had hoped to be able to present your kind wishes. See members' page full descriptions and prices to our mem- for data on pin and button. bers in this month's issue, but were not j satisfied with the specifications and Will Brother Francis Heyroth kindly prices furnished us; hence we are obliged send us a program of his interesting to hold the matter in abeyance. The act? Also glad to receive news notes manufacturer promises to have all the from him and all of our members. details, prices and a finished pin and a button in our hands by the 25th inst. Brother Robt. Bowman, C. M. C. 699: If any of our members desire to know This column is open to you and all our anything further before our next maga-

members. We shall be glad to receive zine is published, we shall be glad to pews notes or any matter that will be give them full information if they will of general interest to our members. write us after above date.

In reply to many letters received, would say we will be glad to furnish ^-^^ By an overwhelming majority electrotypes of the Crest Magicians' Club the club emblem was adopted

emblem for use on members' stationery, ^club'. as the proper design for the at fifty cents each, postpaid. We have ^^^^^ button and pin, to be exact this electrotype in two sizes at above size as cut herewith, and to be enam- price, size same as cut of badge in this eled in black and red upon gold, silver number of The Crest Magician, and twice or some of the cheaper metals, so the that size. In ordering give club mem- price can be made to suit all pocket- 'ber's number and state size wanted. books.

As the young man was taking leave So many letters have been received re. Ifor the night his voice, as he stood on the garding the making of our order a secret piazza, rose passionately in the still air. fraternal organization, with branches "Just one," he said. "Just one." wherever two or more of our members Then the young girl's mother inter- reside. This we believe can be done, and rupted, calling from her bedroom win- the C. M. C. widened in its scope, influ- jdow: ence and power to do good. These col- "Just one? No, it ain't quite that yet. umns are open to the presentation and But it's close on to twelve, so I think discussion of any ideas or plans our

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From China, Japan, India, The Philip- I predict within three years that our pines, Germany, France, England, Cuba, club will change slightly. That in that many other countries, and all parts of time it will be a fraternal and benefi- the United States have come letters ex- ciary order, something like the orders pressing this thougnt. We wish we of that kind to-day; only ours will be could publish all of them, but space more modern and up-to-date, when we prevents us so doing. have one. When that time comes please allow me to be one of the first to pin The letter that follows is so full of you. And now, brother, as our wings Western breeziness and whole-hearted grow stronger, why not stretch them interest that we print it in full, and let just a trifle? In the right way. What

it stand for the idea of the new C. M. C. do you think of the idea? And in re- pin or lapel button. Tiger Mine, Arastra, Colo. gard to an emblem

February 6, 1908. I say push that pin, but don't get stuck. To The Crest Magician Editor and those I say we should have one by all means. it may concern. It will be a great help to every one of for an example a brother ins Please allow me to make a few re- us. Take place and in need of help; if marks in behalf of the Editor and mem- a strange he has an emblem pin another brother bers. I have received my membership would know him at a glance. And if card No. 692, also three numbers of The him, he should have Crest Magician — November, December it was me that met brotherly help at once. Of course, we? and January—and I am very thankful will allow only the members to have for the same. I am proud that there is these pins. I suggest that there is noth- a Magician's Club, and I am very proud ing more fitting than the present Crest that I am a member. And if all the emblem. Now, dear brothers, stop and members will continue to feel as I do in think could only be showing The regard to the club, in the near future we Crest Company was the first to think they will have cause to feel extremely of this club and us, and to start it. I proud. Our little magazine tells us think we could only be showing The what people are doing all over the world, Crest Company the courtesy we owe how they do it, and why. And, friends, them by accepting their present emblem. allow me to say that our magazine is going to be a winner, and our club is And in making a pin or lapel button al- going to prosper without having to use low me to suggest that the gold-filled a club. Our club will always go for- quality be the cheapest made. Gold- wards, not backwards. And it will al- filled goods are, as a rule, durable an ways go upwards, not downwards. The presentable. Any one could surely af management handling our club and mag- ford a gold-filled button; and make azine will always keep it modern and these from gold-filled quality on up up to date, and I believe just a few prices to suit the most extravagant dates ahead of any other magazine. And You may put me down right now for now, brothers, in some respects we are a lapel button, just so the emblem is no like an oak forest of trees. In a very too large. I would very likely take short time we will be planted all over solid gold button just according to th the world, and, like the oak, we will price and size. I do hope this letter will grow long, strong and sturdy. But we not tire you too much. I have tried my won't be so long growing, will we? best to make it short, but somehow the And now, will the Editor and members shorter I try to make it the longer it please allow me to make a prediction? gets. So I will promise to close it soon.

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And now, kind friends, I fear my letters very good by saying, "Excuse me, ladies will always be behind time or late in and gentlemen, Pm a little nervous this reaching you, at least for a few months' evening." This is the first time I had time, for I am in a place where it is the pleasure of witnessing Mr. Fox's per- very hard to get mail in or out. We formance, and it has taught me a lot of haven't had any mail for five days, and good pointers in magic. What is very the train is not expected in tor several good is his slow and cool manner of days yet. About all the magic we are working. performing up here now is in riding I'm patiently waiting for the result aerial tramways and dodging snowslides. of our badge or pin, so I can have some Our bunk house is built in the side of letterheads printed with same on it. I a mountain, and the slides go over the have just run out of them. house. They have been calling quite often lately, and when they call they CLEVER PARLOR TRICK. linger just long enough to take our From Bro. Joseph E. Schedlbauer, stovepipes with them, and tnen we all C. M. C. 581. have a free smoke. We won't have any In company it is desirable that each sunlight in our bunk house for at least should furnish a portion of the evening's three months, but your magazine is sun- entertainment. As cards and the usual light to me, and I do appreciate it. paraphernalia of a magician may not be Yours sincerely, handy, it is well to know at least one BARKER. CHARLEY trick which requires nothing but a pencil, a slip of paper and a good memory. CLEVELAND NOTES. It is called "Who Wears the Ring?" The number of persons participating Reported by Bro. John J. Grdina, in the game should not exceed nine. C. C. 112. M. Some one of the company is selected un- Please excuse me for not writing soon- known to you to put a ring on one of er and send you the Cleveland's doings his fingers. You now say you will tell in the past month. (1) who wears the ring, (2) the hand it The week of January 13, 1908, we is on, (3) the finger of the hand, and had here in the Star Theatre the two (4) the joint of the finger. This is ap- well-known magicians, Martini and Max- parently presuming to do a great deal, imillian, the World's Worst Wizards, as and your hearers will look on at first they call themselves. Their act is full rather dubiously. of fun and laughter, especialy when they The company being seated in regular expose some of the smaller tricks in a order, the persons must be numbered comic way. They are certainly funny. 1, 2, 3, etc. The thumb must be termed The week of February 17, 1908, we the first finger, the forefinger being the had the pleasure of seeing the famous second. The joint nearest the extremity magician, Mr. Imro Fox, in our new must be called the first joint; the right two-million-dollar theatre. Cleveland hand is one and the left hand two. Hippodrome. His act is one of the best, The preliminaries arranged, leave the especially in his very handsome stage room in order that the ring may be setting and fine tables, with no fringe, placed unobserved by you. Suppose that but all carved work, which is very rich- the third person has the ring on the looking. His humorous patter, "Waltz right hand, third finger and first joint. Me Again, Professor," and "Marvelous" Your object is to discover tne figures and the little trip he uses in his act goes 3131. Returning to the room, ask one —

THE CREST MAGICIAN of the company to perform secretly the MAGIC MIRRORS. following arithmetical operation: Some years ago a cargo of old metal of the per- 1. Double the number was discharged at a Liverpool dock from the ring; in the son who has a ship that had voyaged from the East- case supposed this will pro- ern seas. A part of the lading consisted 6 duce of a number of bronze hand mirrors that 11 2. Add 5 had been cast out of the Japanese tem- 55 3. Multiply by 5 ples when a revolution had caused a 10 65 4. Add change in the form of worship. A specu- denoting the 5. Add the number lative dealer bought the mirrors at so 66 hand much a ton, but as soon as the votive 10 660 6. Multiply by mirrors came to be recognized as works

of the finger. . 663 7. Add the number of art each mirror advanced in value

10 . . 6630 8. Multiply by according to the decoration on the back.

the joint. . 6631 9. Add the number of In addition to bronze, these mirrors 10. Add 35 6666 often contained portions of the precious the figures He must apprise you of metals. They are also said to possess a will then in all produced, 6666. You magic charm, for when held in a strong it 3535. In the pres- cases subtract from light they reflect from the polished con- there will remain 3131, de- ent instance vex surface the form of the high relief noting the person number 3, the hand design on the back. Many experts have the number 1, the finger number 3, and failed to explain the phenomena. Pro- joint number 1. fessor Sylvanus Thompson, however, by readily The formula may be memo- means of the electric arc, has proved rized, or the various operations may be that in the polishing of the reflecting written on a small card by the performer surface the thinner part of the disc has- for reference and convenience. yielded to the rubbing so slightly as to produce a relief that is not seen by the At a party recently they were playing eye, but at once becomes visible on a a game which consisted in everybody in flat surface when reflecting a strong the room making a face, and the one beam of light.—Dundee Advertiser. who made the worst face was awarded a prize. They all did their level best A GOOD BURLESQUE TRICK and then a gentleman went up to one Upon a table place three pieces of of the ladies and said: cake, or any other eatable, at a short "Well, madam, I think you have won distance from each other, and cover each the prize." with a hat; take up the first hat, and "Oh," she said, "I wasn't playing." removing the eatable, put it into your Philadelphia Ledger. mouth, letting the company see that you swallow it; then raise the second hat Be always a man of cheerful to-days and eat what was under that, then pro- and confident to-morrows. ceed to the third hat in the same manner. Having eaten the three pieces, ask Anything you think will interest the any person in the company to choose club or magicians generally, send it in. which hat he would like the three? pieces to be under, and when he has marde his Our mission is to preach magic and choice of one of the hats, put it on your optimism, and our text will ever be head and ask him if he does not think

"Verite sans peur." they are under it.

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IS VAUDEVILLE PASSING?

Have you noticed what rapid advancement the moving-picture business has made recently? Keith & Proctor have cut out vaudeville in several of their most important houses, and 'tis said if their venture proves successful, they will do the same with more of the AMPERE. theatres under their control. "Ampere" is a young man who uses It must send a pang of something "The Electrical Demon" as a sub-title. more than regret through the hearts He lives up to his title, for in his act of the vaudeville cult when they pass he seems to have no fear nor to suffer the Fourteenth street and Twenty-third any harm from the strong electric cur- street theatres in New York these days. rents that (apparently) pass through Both houses are rich in vaudeville mem- his body. ories and traditions; almost all of the He is being features in The Miss New modern magicians have played engage- York, Jr., Co., in an exhibition during ments in one or the other, or both of the progress of which he acts as a trans- these theatres. mitter for an enormous voltage of elec- Where will this moving-picture game tricity, and does a number of things stop? which mystify. With new patents recently issued it He appears in shirt sleeves in his act, is possible to present a duplication of explaining that he wishes to convince any performance or act; a combination the audience that there are no wires or of the phonograph principle and that of other protecting metals about his per- the moving-picture machine make it a son. little explanation probability that you may some day in After a of the the near future witness an entire per- exhibition, made by an assistant, "Am- formance of a vaudeville show, or even pere" gets into direct contact with the the Metropolitan Opera Company, with electrical machine on the stage, and the original artists in all of their move- lights gas jets by simply touching them ments and with their voices emanating with his fingers, sets clothes on fire as from the machine records, with two or they touch his body, and in many ways three men running the whole show—not shows that the current, to all appear- even a pianist or orchestra will be nec- ances, passes through him. essary. As a finish to his contribution he holds We do not like to go on record as two iron bars together under water and being prophets, but simply wonder, are welds them by the heat of the electric the days of the vaudeville performer current. The act makes a big hit, and passing? runs about eight minutes on the full

There is something in this for sober stage. thought, and we hope that it will cause CLEMENT DE LION. you not only to think, but think deeply Clement De Lion, a Danish magician, of what the future of this new rival offers an act of billiard ball palming means to you. that makes the audience rub its eyes in

bewilderment. De Lion is a tall Dane., Omit no opportunity of doing good, who talks in very broken English while and you will find no opportunity of do- performing his tricks, and gets tripped

ing ill. up in his language to the amusement THE CREST MAGICIAN. of his auditors—which makes his act all changes are made with lightning rapid- the more pleasing. ity, in full view of the audience, which He begins by bringing a number of is naturally very much impressed. The billiard balls out of the empty air, and act runs about eight minutes, and makes then makes them appear or disappear at a decided hit. will. He is a wonder at the palming HILDA. game. His other tricks are not new, Hilda, a handcuff exper-, begins her but, like the billiard balls trick, are act witn the usual exhibition of liberat- cleverly done, which, with his amusing ing herself from wrist manacles and leg patter, take very well. He occupies full irons, retiring to the cabinet and emerg- stage for about fifteen minutes. ing therefrom within a few moments, free of the eight or more pairs of hand- MR. HYMACK. cuffs with which she has been fettered. She is then securely Dound with a While Mr. Hymack, who calls himself stout rope, which is wound tightly does not "The Chamelson Comedian," around and around her body from neck bill himself magician, yet his act as a to knees. This she liberates herself savors it is so strongly of magic that from in a few minutes. worth noting in this column. Her last feat consisted of getting out per- He certainly gives an original of a straitjacket in full view of the au- formance, which is quite new and away dience. The applause she receives for from the beaten path, and which will her work shows that the audience is no doubt cause quite a little guessing. greatly interested. Her act runs about He makes his appearance in ordinary twenty minutes, on the full stage, and garb, and tells of a recent experience he closes in one. has had with a hypnotist, who has HENRY CLIVE. threatened to place him under a certain spell. He scoffs at what the hypnotist Eva Tanguay, who was billed at one tells him, but as the clock chimes out of the Keith-Proctor theatres as the the hour of 5 he finds that his hands, headliner, was replaced upon a few min- from which he has just taken a pair of utes' notice by Henry Clive, the ma- tan gloves, are now covered with green gician, who had only a deck of cards and ones. Rapidly pulling off the green a lot of clever patter, but he made good gloves, a pair of yellow ones mysteri- and was underlined for the rest of the ously appear upon his hands. These he week. takes off and throws aside, and one green and one pink glove at once cover his Have Lots1 of Fun hands. He approaches a pump, draws and Make Money some water in a pail, picks up the pail, For your Lodge, Church, School or for which falls apart, and proves to contain yourself by putting on an up-to-date nothing. By this time he has grown warm and MINSTREL SHOW, uncomfortable, and takes off his neck- or an "Advanced Vaudeville" Show We will furnish everything nedessary^ tie, only to have another one shoot into from start to finish complete. Partic- place. Canes, collars, cuffs and neckties ulars and a copy of that great book, "The Business End of a Minstrel he produces at will. Finally he throws Show," all for 10c. aside his coat, and a long black coat at THE CREST TRADING CO. once covers him, and his hands are sud- 2,4 Witmark Building, New York denly covered with black gloves. These m

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Care to our coffin adds a nail, no doubt; And every grin, so merry, draws it out. —Dr. Wolcot. DANA WALDEN Dust is said to be "mud with the juice MAGICIAN squeezed out." Unique & Original Magical Wonders Permanent Address Ah, I note this watch you have loaned PALATKA, FLORIDA me is a "second-hand affair." I note it also has an hour and a minute hand.

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139. Magic Chafing Dish. 141. Flag and Handkerchief Pi duction.

Borrow several ladies' rings and place them on an ordinary china plate. Now snow an entirely empty chafing dish, pour in some spirit, ignite it, and then drop the rings in also. Extinguish the flames by placing the cover on. Take the cover off. See what happens. Two live doves fly out, each of them bearing a borrowed ring tied round its neck with a piece of finely Price, ribbon. Very made. $5.00; add A nickel tube is examined. Now plac« 25c. transportation. piece of tissue paper over each end and sec with a band, thus forming a sort of elonga 140. Electric Pack of Cards. drum. Cause a flag or handkerchief to vani*

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The First Thing to Do in Magic

Before even giving the purchase of a trick a thought, is to secure a copy of this book, and learn its very interesting story.

You can have no idea ofhow really entertaining this story is

' until you read it, and your time zvill be well spent; for what you possibly thought of as a mere momentary pastime, may prove an avenue to social preferment and'financial success greater than you ever dreamed of. The Interest in Magic is Growing by Leaps and Bounds

and it promises, in the very near future, to eclipse every other form of entertaining. The difference between the actual work required to succeed or fail, is very small.

In fact, with this work, success will require less effort than failure without it. You can become an expert magician. Magic will never die out as a form of entertaining The subject is too exhaustless— its variations so infinite, as to always be "something new—something original." IkTou want this book. It is worth reading many times. Its story has the charm of being ever new.

We will send the book post-paid on receipt of Fifty cents. Crest Trading Company 21 Witmark Building NEW YORK THE CREST MAGICIAN.

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POPULAR BOOKS ON MAGIC. 3IODERN MAGIC. By PROF. HOFFMAN. 318 illustrations; 563 pages. This is a practical treatise on the art of conjuring. All the tricks, and there is an immense variety of them, are clearly and comprehensively explained by diagrams and illustrations when necessary. This book will afford an inexhaustible fund of amusement in a family where the young people "are fond of games and are quick in acquiring these things. The explanations are given most comprehensively, and cover an immense field; besides, the book is filled with illustrations demonstrating the easiest way to accomplish these feats of legerdemain, magic, etc. There is a vast difference between telling how a trick is done and teaching how to do it. This is the only book that teaches how to do it. Price, $1.50. MORE MAGIC. By PROF. HOFFMAN. Uniform with "Modern Magic." 470 pages; 140 illustrations. 12mo, cloth. Contents: The Magician's Wand —The Magician's Table and Dress—Principles of Sleight of Hand applicable to Card Tricks—Card Tricks with ordinary cards, and not requiring Sleight of Hand—Tricks involving Sleight of Hand or the use of specially prepared Cards—The "Charlier" System of Card Marking, and tricks performed by its aid—Card Tricks requiring Special Apparatus—Methods of Sleight of Hand applicable to Coin Tricks—Coin Tricks with and without Apparatus i

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