Genii Volume 05 (Sep 1940 - Aug 1941)
by William W. Larsen

September 1940 - August 1941
Official American Organ for The International Alliance of Magicians Including S.A.M. and M-U-M pages
Mr. and Mrs. William W. Larsen, Editors

420 pages

1. Genii - Volume 5, Number 1 - September 1940 - 32 pages
1. Cover - Bernard A. Giannini
5. Bernard A. Giannini - biographical notes
5. We Hope You Are Like One of These - testimonials
5. Index- Contents
6. Genii Speaks - editorial comments
7. Nite Club Magic - Milbourne Christopher and Russell Swann
   • Opening Tricks and Gags
     • A Blare of Trumpets
     • A Pin Please
     • Introducing the Magician
     • The Rising Cane
8. The Whirling Drum - Len J. Sewell
8. Shooting a Handkerchief Through a Girl - Loring Campbell
9. L. W. Card Through Silk - Page Wright and Wm. Larsen
9. Herman Weber Says [re: Keeping shoelaces tied]
9. The Impossible Coin Fold - Dr. E. G. Ervin
10. The Genii Card Prediction - Edward Reese
10. The Scrap Book - poem - Harry Opel
10. A Trick in Timing - Dr. Jacob Daley
11. "London Lowdown" - Lamonte
12. Did You Know That - bits of news
12. Genii Juniors - A Page For Junior Magicians (Under Sixteen Years Of Age) - Billy Larsen, Jr., editor
    • Editorial
    • Pasadena Magique Show Success! - Spencer Crilly
    • Hot Dog! - Robert Schroeder
13. Billiard Balls, No Less - Sid Fleischman
14. Los Magicos Legerdemain - Rudy Miller
14. Magic of the East - Max Holden
15. Meyerettes - Orville Meyer
15. Orlo Moody - Winner of Subscription Contest
16. From Wisconsin - Walter The Magician
16. New England Convention in New Haven Sept. 21-22
16. Connecticut Conjuring - Vynn Boyar
17. Paging the Ladies - Geraldine Conrad Larsen
    • "Wand"-ering Down Magic Lane - Rouclere Jr.
    • Magigals
    • Justa Note - Gerrie
    • Brownie Delight - Brownie Cooper
18. Chicago Chatter - Jim Sherman
18. Trikartoons - Tom S. Lawless
18. Detroit News - Harold Sterling
19. Kanter's Komments
19. New Title Contest
19. Dr. Ervin Says
20. Ribbins - C.T.
20. A Gem from a Master - Thorburn Snape
20. Didja Ever - Frank Stratton
20. Southwest Magic Convention - Harry McDaniel
20. Notice
20. The Headless Lady - review - William W. Larsen
20. Congratulations to the Irelands - marriage of Frances Vandevier and L. L. Ireland
21. Just Paragraphs - Herman L. Weber
21. Max & Skully - vent - Max Terhune
21. Seattle News - Charles N. Smith
22. Chaps Corner - Frank M. Chapman
22. Weller's Wireless Woozer - Dr. Ervin
22. Scatted Shots - L.O. Gunn
23. Chicago Notes - George Troseth
23. Pasadena Magicians' Guild - Bill McGee
23. Northern California Comments - Bob Stull
23. Uncle Charley's "Epigrams"

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33. Genii - Volume 5, Number 2 - October 1940 - 36 pages
33. Cover - The Houdinis
36. Houdini Said - quotation
37. The Houdinis - biographical notes
37. Index- Contents
38. Genii Speaks - editorial comments
39. Nite Club Magic - Tricks for the Floor Show - Milbourne Christopher and Russell Swann
    • Part Two - The Show Goes On
      • His Super Set
      • Red, Yellow or Blue
      • The Lemon Again
40. An Artistic Conjuring Table - Len J. Sewell
40. A Puzzler - Chalidenig
41. Chambers' Mentoplastic Effect - Lloyd W. Chambers
41. A Code Effect For Two People - Caryl S. Fleming
42. "Think It" - A magazine or book test - Edward Reese
42. It's Gone - unknown
42. Seeing Through Envelope - Henry W. Braumann
43. Psychology of Prestidigiitation - Harry Houdini
44. National Magic Day
44. Dallas Magic Circle - S.A.M. Milk Fund Benefit Show
45. The Eighth Annual New England Convention of Magicians
46. Ribbins - C.T.
46. Max Terhune & Skully - vent - Monogram Studios, Hollywood, Calif.
46. Chicago Notes - George Troseth
47. Magic of the East - Max Holden
47. E-Column-izing the Ladies Page - Gerrie Larsen
    • Gloria Jerome
48. In Memoriam of Caryl S. Fleming
    • Caryl S. Fleming - Wm. Larsen
    • A brief biography - Bill Larsen
    • Photo
50. Excerpts from Letters and Wires of Tribute To Caryl from his Friends
    • Charles N. Smith
    • Mrs. Harry Houdini
    • Carl Jones
    • Percy Abbott
    • Gladys Abbott
    • "Our Friend" - L. [sic] O. Gunn
    • Charles Larsen
    • last picture of Caryl Fleming
    • Julien J. Proskauer
    • Edward Saint
    • Harry Shaw
    • Laury and Francis Ireland
    • Mike Kanter
    • Frank Chapman
    • Robert C. Anderson
    • "Gig and Mom" Miller
    • Harlan Tarbell
    • Capt. Charles Howard
    • Russ Walsh
    • Resolutions Unanimously Passes September 7, 1940 by the Parent Assembly Society of American Magicians - Julien Proskauer
    • Arnold Furst
    • There Was A Man - Caryl Fleming writing of W. W. Durbin
    • thanks from his mother Grace R. Glaser
53. The 8th Annual Piff Paff Poof
54. From Wisconsin - Walter The Magician
54. Seattle News - M. C. Hickerson
54. Copping a Column - Bob Weill
54. Nelson Enterprises Move To New Location
55. English Notes - Peter Warlock
55. Pacific Northwest to Hold Magic Round Table
56. Chicago Chatter - Jim Sherman
56. Detroit News - Harold Sterling
57. Kanter's Komments
57. Spokane News - C. W. Talbot
57. Los Magicos - Rudy Miller
58. Chaps Corner - Frank M. Chapman
58. Scatted Shots - L.O. Gunn
58. Magiministers - Rev. Gordon W. Mattice
59. The Great Leon Testimonial - October 25, 25, 27, Pasadena, Calif.

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69. Genii - Volume 5, Number 3 - November 1940 - 32 pages
69. Cover - Magi-Minister Issue
73. Magi Ministers - biographical notes
73. We Hope You Are Like One of These - testimonials
73. Index- Contents
74. Genii Speaks - editorial comments
75. "The Sermonizing of Magic" - Russell S. Balsiger
75. Magi-Ministers - poem - Harry Opel
76. "How to Make the Sunday School Grow" = Rev. Sherman H. Epler
    • Beautiful Deeds
    • Breaking the Power of Evil
    • Getting New Members
    • Notes
76. Books for the Minister Magician
77. Theological Professor Teaches Magic After Hours - Dr. Gurdon Corning Oxtoby
77. What is a "Magi-Minister?" - Alden L. Dillenback
77. "With Every Temptation there is a Way of Escape" - Rev. Fred A. Mills
78. "The Bonney Workers" - Rev. Gerald E. Bonney
78. How I Use Magic - Rev. Charles C. Morrison
78. Houdini Said - quotation
79. "Why I Left Magic to Enter the Ministry" - John Booth
80. Some Notes by Homer Rodeheaver
80. "Gospel Cylindricals" - Rev. Clarence S. Long
81. Paging the Ladies - Geraldine Conrad Larsen
    • "Magic in the Pulpit" - Rev. Mildred Bangs Wynkoop
82. From Wisconsin - Walter The Magician
82. S.A.M. - Gerald Kosky
82. Scatted Shots - L.O. Gunn
83. Magic of the East - Max Holden
83. Convention City News - Charles N. Smith
84. Kanter's Komments
84. November 1st, 1940 - A personal message to each individual member, from the President of the P.C.A.M.-I.A.M.
84. Detroit News - Harold Sterling
85. Magicians Honor Great Leon
86. Chicago Chatter - Jim Sherman
86. Anent Brunel White
    • The World's Fair, Saturday, Sept. 14, 1940
    • The World's Fair, Saturday, Sept. 14, 1940 - letter to Jim Sherman
86. Northern California Comments - Robert J. Stull
87. Chaps Corner - Frank M. Chapman
87. Winner of Title Contest [Frank Herman]
88. Twentieth Annual Installation-Dinner of the Knights of Magic - Lew Dick
88. Billet from Buffalo - The Doc
88. Los Magicos Legerdemain - Rudy Miller
89. The New York State Round-Up - Rev. Gordon W. Mattice
90. Connecticut Conjuring - Vynn Boyar
90. Magiministers - Rev. Gordon W. Mattice
91. Mystic Thirteen of Southern California News - Bob Gunther
91. Max & Elmer - vent - Max Terhune
91. Chicago Notes - George Troseth
92. An Open Letter to a Magician of Draft Age - J.J.P.

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101. Genii - Volume 5, Number 4 - December 1940 - 48 pages
101. Cover - The Ushers
105. The Ushers - biographical notes
105. We Hope You Are Like One of These - testimonials
105. Index- Contents
106. Genii Speaks - editorial comments
107. Predictopack - Orville Meyer
107. cartoon
107. Make No Mistake - Sidney Fleischman
108. "Have a Drink!" - R. M. Jamison
108. The Enemy - Allegorical - T. Page Wright
108. Just Paragraphs - Herman L. Weber
109. Nite Club Magic - Tricks for the Floor Show - Milbourne Christopher and Russell Swann
     • The Vanishing Glass
     • Incidental Bits
       • Money to Burn
       • Bullet Catching
       • Spilled Goldfish
       • Premiere
110. The Flight of Fame - adapted by Caryl S. Fleming
111. Did You Know That - Maury Kains
111. On the Spot - Dr. Jacob Daley
111. Correction to Abbott's ad
112. Kanter's Komments
112. Chicago Chatter - Jim Sherman
112. Max & Elmer - Monogram Studios - vent - Max Terhune
113. Magiminister Page - Rev. Gordon W. Mattice
     • The Use of "Mystery" in the Pulpit - Rev. Charley Grant
114. Chaps Corner - Franklin M. Chapman
114. "King of Coins" - poem - Harry Opel
114. Dallas Magic Day - Carl Hunt
115. Paging the Ladies - Geraldine Conrad Larsen
     • Lady Genii Speaks
     • Magigals Have a Studio Party
     • "Wand"-ering Down Magic Lane - Rouclere Jr.
116. Do You Know That - Maury Kains
116. Billet from Buffalo - The Doc
116. Sorcery from San Antonio - J. Dittmar
116. Sprinklings of Whuffle Dust - Myron Scott
117. I.M.P.S. Notes - Thorburn C. Snape
117. The Minnesota Houdini Club Stages It [sic] Premier
117. Scatted Shots - L.O. Gunn
118. Magic of the East - Max Holden
118. Los Magicos Legerdemain - Rudy Miller
118. Convention City News - Charles N. Smith
119. From Wisconsin - Walter The Magician
119. Knights of Magic - Lew Dick
119. Connecticut Conjuring - Vynn Boyar
120. Chicago Notes - George Troseth
120. Houdini Said - quotation
120. Northern California Comments - Robert J. Stull
120. A Gem from the Masters - Thorburn C. Snape

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149. Genii - Volume 5, Number 5 - January 1941 - 32 pages
149. Cover - Happy New Year
153. It's 1941
153. We Hope You Are Like One of These - testimonials
153. Index- Contents
154. Genii Speaks - editorial comments
155. Rice bowls Up-to-Date - Dr. Raymond L. Beebe
156. correction - Infra-Red - Ray should be credited to Ross A. Burley
156. A Simple Card Stabbing - T. Page Wright
156. Just Paragraphs - Herman L. Weber
157. ESP Again! - Fred Rickard
158. More Nite Club Magic - Tricks for the Floor Show - Milbourne Christopher
     • Watch the Handkerchief
     • Milk to Confetti - a quickie
     • Torn and Restored - a suggestion
     • The Secret Snake - a presentation for Albenice's Serpent Silk
158. Match Through Match Illusion - Martin Gardner
158. Did You Know That - Maury Kains
159. Genii Juniors - A Page For Junior Magicians (Under Eighteen Years Of Age) - Billy Larsen, Jr., editor
     • Editorial
     • It's Magic - Robert Schroeter
       • One Plus Two - One - Or A Rope Trick
     • An Idea
160. St. Louis Briefs - Paul S. Limerick
160. Connecticut Conjuring - Vynn Boyar
160. Trikartoons - Tom S. Lawless
160. Scatted Shots - L.O. Gunn
161. Magiminister Page - Rev. Gordon W. Mattice
     • "God's Increase" - Rev. J. Allen Sheterom
162. Chaps Corner - Franklin M. Chapman
     • Toast at New Year
162. Los Magicos Legerdemain - Rudy Miller
162. Billet from Buffalo - The Doc
163. Paging the Ladies - Geraldine Conrad Larsen
     • Happy New Year
     • The Hybrid - poem - Chalidenig
     • Magigals
     • Lines for Pent-A-Maid - Joan Nash
     • Recipes Of The Month - Carrie A. Mawe
       • Jelly Cranberry Salad
       • Spiced Tea
164. From Wisconsin - Walter The Magician
164. San Jose Mystic Thirteen Installation of Officers
164. L.A.S.M.
164. Houdini Said - quotation
164. Convention City News - Charles N. Smith
165. Some Personal Reminiscences of Dr. A. M. Wilson - Dr. Ervin
166. Magic of the East - Max Holden
166. Chicago Notes - Jim Sherman
166. Max Terhune & Elmer - Monogram Studios, Hollywood, Calif. - vent - Max Terhune
167. Chicago Notes - George Troseth
167. Portland Prestidigitation - Hugh Riley
168. Kanter's Komments
168. Knights of Magic News - Lew Dick
169. Odd Magical Facts - Frank Fewins
169. Repairing the Walsh Cane - Orville Meyer
169. Gwen - poem - Harry Opel
169. Mystic 27 Advise
169. Did You Know That - Maury Kains

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181. Genii - Volume 5, Number 6 - February 1941 - 36 pages
181. Cover - Jack Gwynne
185. Jack Gwynne - biographical notes
185. We Hope You Are Like One of These - testimonials
185. Index- Contents
186. Genii Speaks - editorial comments
187. The Expanding Card Frame - Len J. Sewell
188. Judge Charles W. Fricke's Mutilation of a Handkerchief - Judge Fricke
188. How to Cure a Cold - Dr. Raymond L. Beebe
189. Did You Know That - Maury Kains
189. Trikartoons - Tom S. Lawless
189. Houdini Said - quotation
190. A New Pickpocket Problem - T. Page Wright
190. cartoon - Walt Kaeber
190. Just Paragraphs - Herman L. Weber
191. "My Impromptu Gimmick Case" - Winston H. Freer
192. Cards of Satan - A One Act Play - Clayton Rawson
193. The Spirit Mirror - Loring Campbell
193. Did You Know That - Maury Kains
194. Tricks for Table, Pocket and Bar - William W. Larsen
     • Number 1. Match Divination
     • Number 2. Publicity Item
     • Number 3. Quick Table Trick
     • Number 4. Nut Cup and Sugar
     • Number 5. Double Header
     • Number 6. There's Money in Tea
     • Number 7. Melted!
     • Number 8. The Hat
     • Number 9. Recent Note
     • Number 10. Stuffed Olive
195. Genii Juniors - A Page For Junior Magicians (Under Eighteen Years Of Age) - Billy Larsen, Jr., editor
     • Editorial
     • Die Box Routine - Robert Schroeder
     • Fu Lum Card Prediction - Bill Pitts
     • Ark and Saw Notes - Bill Pitts
     • cartoon
196. Chaps Corner - Franklin M. Chapman
     • Reincarnation
196. Prologue for a Magic Show - Fred Faltersack
196. Scatted Shots - L.O. Gunn
197. Paging the Ladies - Geraldine Conrad Larsen
     • Editorial
     • Magigals Installation Dinner
     • Recipes Of The Month - Blanche Nathan
       • Orange Ice Box Cake
       • Ginger Wafer for Dessert
198. From Wisconsin - Walter The Magician
198. Mystic Thirteen of Southern California
198. Chicago Chatter - Jim Sherman
199. Magiminister Page - Rev. Gordon W. Mattice
     • Minister or Magician? - Rev. Willard S. Smith
     • A Thumb Tie - Rev. J. J. Sessler
200. Pasadena Magicians Guild - Dr. Raymond Beebe
200. Connecticut Conjuring - Vynn Boyar
200. Northern California Comments - Bob Stull
201. Billet from Buffalo - The Doc
201. Los Magicos Legerdemain - Rudy Miller
201. Did You Know That - Maury Kains
202. Kanter's Komments
202. Detroit News - Harold Sterling
203. Magic of the East - Max Holden
203. News from the Wigwam - Chief Blackstar
203. Convention City News - Charles N. Smith
204. Chicago Notes - George Troseth
204. Veteran's Hospital Show - Hans Hjorth
204. Odd Magical Facts - Frank Fewins
205. The Knights of Magic 20th Anniversary Magic Show - Lew Dick
205. St. Louis Briefs - Paul S. Limerick
205. Max Terhune and Elmer - vent - Max Terhune

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217. Genii - Volume 5, Number 7 - March 1941 - 32 pages
217. Cover - Eugene Laurant
221. Eugene Laurant - biographical notes
221. We Hope You Are Like One of These - testimonials
221. Index- Contents
222. Genii Speaks - editorial comments
223. The Eight in the Side Pocket - Dai Vernon
223. Did You Know That - Maury Kains
224. Gammatration - Frederick Kolb
224. Did You Know That - Maury Kains
224. Jamisonian Kinks - R. W. Jamison
225. The Proskauer Prediction - Julien J. Proskauer
225. Did You Know That - Maury Kains
226. The "New Century" Thimble Routine - Winston H. Freer
227. The Problem of the Five Coins - Orville Meyer
227. Houdini Said - quotation
227. Blossom Time
228. Sugar Routine - Bill McCaffrey
228. Any Gum Called For - Dr. R. V. Stone
228. An Impromptu Quicky - Dr. R. V. Stone (Ramo)
229. Genii Juniors - A Page For Junior Magicians (Under Eighteen Years Of Age) - Billy Larsen, Jr., editor
     • Editorial
     • Silks and Balloon Trick - Bascom S. Jones, Jr.
     • The "Do That Again" Glasses - Bob Koller
     • Where's My Card? - Sidney Kimmelman
     • Diminishing Money - Bob Schroeder
230. Billet from Buffalo - Bob Weill
230. Max Terhune & Elmer - vent - Max Terhune
230. Chicago Notes - George Troseth
231. Albini - Program Presented September 19, 1910 - R. V. Stone
232. Chaps Corner - Franklin M. Chapman
232. Expert Card Technique - reviewed by Frank Stratton
232. Mystic Thirteenia - Bob Gunther
233. Magiminister Page - Rev. Gordon W. Mattice
     • God Supplies Our Needs
234. From Wisconsin - Walter The Magician
234. Connecticut Conjuring - Vynn Boyar
234. Los Magicos Legerdemain - Rudy Miller
235. International News
     • English Notes - Peter Warlock
     • A Gem from the Masters - Thorburn Snape
     • I.M.P.S. Notes - Thorburn C. Snape
     • Rex, the Ace Magician Adds
236. Pasadena Magicians Guild - Dr. Raymond Beebe
236. Convention City News - Charles N. Smith
236. Scatted Shots - L.O. Gunn
237. Magic of the East - Max Holden
237. Announcement
237. The Knights of Magic - Lew Dick
238. Did You Know That - Maury Kains
238. St. Louis Briefs - Paul S. Limerick
238. cartoon - Tom S. Lawless
238. Northern California Comments - Robert J. Stull
239. Cards of Satan - Correction
239. Snakes? Shure ... and it is the month of St. Patrick!!
240. Kanter's Komments
240. Magigals
240. Chicago Chatter - Jim Sherman

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249. Genii - Volume 5, Number 8 - April 1941 - 32 pages
249. Cover - Bert Allerton
253. Bert Allerton - biographical notes
253. We Hope You Are Like One of These - testimonials
254. Genii Speaks - editorial comments
255. The Die-Box Without a Shell - Dr. Raymond L. Beebe
256. A Dinner Table Trick - C. R. Mawe
256. The Instant Speller - T. Page Wright
257. Fingertip Telepathy - Milbourne Christopher
257. Improved Dollar Bill Mindreading - Martin Gardner
258. The New in the Old - Lu Brent
258. The Last Medicine Man - Chief Blackstar
259. The L. W. Wonder Detection - T. Page Wright
259. Quizz - poem - Harry Opel
259. Just Paragraphs - Herman L. Weber
260. Duo-Sympathy - Peter Warlock
260. Modern Dollar Bill in Egg - J. Karson
261. Genii Juniors - A Page For Junior Magicians (Under Eighteen Years Of Age) - Billy Larsen, Jr., editor
     • Editorial
     • Top Hat - Bob Koller
     • Tips on Magnets - Arend V. Dubee, Jr.
     • Routine - Sylvan Barnet
     • Routine - Hugh Shepley
261. cartoon - Walt Kaeber
262. Chaps Corner - Franklin M. Chapman
262. Do You Remember When? - Harry Opel
262. Northern California Comments - Bob Stull
263. Dens of Deception - Magic Rooms in Homes
     • Ren and Billie Clark
263. Care of Magazines - C. R. Mawe
264. Scatted Shots - L.O. Gunn
264. I.A.S.M. Doings - David E. Swift
264. Houdini Said - quotation
264. Chicago Notes - George Troseth
264. Notes from Miami Beach, Florida - Jim Sherman
265. Paging the Ladies - Geraldine Conrad Larsen
     • Editorial
     • Recipe Of The Month - Jean Neville
       • Tuna and Noodles
     • The Ladies Do Magic
     • Magigals
266. Chicago Chatter - Jim Sherman
266. Connecticut Conjuring - Vynn Boyar
266. Detroit News - Harold Sterling
267. Magiminister Page - Rev. Gordon W. Mattice
     • Jesus At the Center - Dr. Sessler
268. Ottokar Fischer - November 10, 1873 - December 1, 1940 - Dolf Rudin
269. Fifth President of S.A.M. Dies at Eighty [William A. Ransom]
269. S.A.M. Convention News - Chas. Rosskam
269. James Sherman, Magician - Edward Saint
270. Magic of the East - Max Holden
270. Magicians' Use of Photography Revealed In Photographic Magazine
270. Billet from Buffalo - Bob Weill
271. From Wisconsin - Walter The Magician
271. Los Magicos Legerdemain - Rudy Miller
271. A Gem fro0m the Masters - Thorburn Snape
272. Kanter's Komments
272. St. Louis Briefs - Paul S. Limerick
273. Convention City News - Charles N. Smith
273. Odd Magical Facts - Frank Fewins
273. Pasadena Magicians Guild - Dr. Raymond Beebe
273. Did You Know That - Maury Kains
274. What's New In Books - Dr. Raymond Beebe
     • Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks
     • Dai Vernon's Select Secrets
274. Did You Know That

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281. Genii - Volume 5, Number 9 - May 1941 - 32 pages
281. Cover - A. M. Wilson
285. Dr. Wilson - biographical notes
285. Constructive Criticism - Do You Agree? - letters
285. In This Issue- Contents
286. Genii Speaks - editorial comments
     • Please Note
287. Comic Capers - Sid Lorraine
288. Chameleon Ink - Dr. R. V. Stone (Ramo)
288. Three Card Monte - Paul Morris
289. The "New Century" Thumb-Tie - Winston H. Freer
290. It's Merely My Opinion - Eddie Clever
     • Part One
291. Tap-It Variations - Tricks for Table, Pocket and Bar - Dr. Raymond Bebee [sic]
291. Milbourne Christopher's Telltale Flower
291. The Magician and the Hat Check Girl - Frank Herman
292. Ten Tricks You'll Do
     • 1. The Bending Spoon - Bob Stull
     • 2. Match Monte - Bill Allstrand
     • 3. Cup and Napkin - Bill McCaffrey & Russ Walsh
     • 4. Along the Same Line - Bill McCaffrey & Russ Walsh
     • 5. Odd or Even - Bill McCaffrey
     • 6. Bank Night - Russ Walsh & Floyd Thayer
     • 7. Most Simple Glove to Dove - Bob Stull
     • 8. Diving Match - Bob Stull
     • 9. Boomerang - Bill Allstrand
     • 10. Flower Matches - Mardoni
293. A Card Table Detection - T. Page Wright
294. Genii Juniors - Billy Larsen, Jr., editor
     • Editorial
     • Die Box - Hugh Shipley
294. The Mystic Circle - Thimbleny
294. Veteran's Show - Hans Hjorth
294. Do You Remember When? - Harry Opel
295. Kanter's Komments
295. News From Bombay, India - Jehangir
295. St. Louis Briefs - Paul S. Limerick
296. From Wisconsin - Walter The Magician
296. Connecticut Conjuring - Vynn Boyar
297. Magic of the East - Max Holden
297. I.A.S.M. News
298. Billet from Buffalo - Bob Weill
298. Odd Magical Facts - Frank Fewins
298. Pasadena Magicians Guild - Dr. Raymond Beebe
299. Spokane Magic Club - E. Vaughn Klein
299. Prestidigitation Portland - Hugh Riley
299. Scatted Shots - L.O. Gunn
300. Chicago Chatter - Jim Sherman
300. Los Magicos Legerdemain - Rudy Miller
301. Magiministers - Rev. Gordon W. Mattice
301. Chicago Notes - George Troseth
302. Convention News
     • S.A.M. - May 30-31 June 1 - Providence, R.I. - Chas. A. Ross Kam
     • I.B.M. - Cincinnati, Ohio - June 17, 18, 19, 20
     • P.C.A.M. - Seattle, Wash. - July 22, 23, 24 - Charles N. Smith
304. Chaps Corner - Frank M. Chapman
304. Mystic Thirteenia - Bob Gunther
304. Northern California Comments - Bob Stull
305. Paging the Ladies - Geraldine Conrad Larsen
     • Editorial
     • Magigals - Carolyn Trask
     • letter from Beatrice Houdini
     • Recipe Of The Month - Josephine Wright
       • Magic Kisses
306. The Last Medicine Man - Chief Blackstar
306. Pratt and Gwynne Greater Shows - Bill Larsen
306. Advice - poem - Harry Opel
307. Tricks of the Times - book & apparatus reviews
     • Reel Magic - Albenice
     • More Than a Trick - Jack Vosburgh
     • Magic and Mysteries of India - Eddie Joseph
     • Ten Stunners With a Nail Pencil - Chapman
     • Chick-A-Dee Pan - Percy Abbott
     • Kleen Kut Water Vanish - Holden?
     • Floating Glass of Milk - Thayer
     • cigarettes to matchbox - Orville Meyer
     • convex mirrors - Kanter
     • Sneak Peek Mirrors - Kanter
     • Mr. and Mrs. Green - Kanter
     • Mummy in Cabinet - Lew Smith
     • Sword Blocks - Lew Smith
     • arm amputation illusion - Thayer
     • pocket files - Thayer
     • Dr. Stone's Any Gum Called For
     • glass suspension - Thayer

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313. Genii - Volume 5, Number 10 - June 1941 - 36 pages
313. Cover - John Snyder, Jr.
317. John Snyder, Jr. - biographical notes
317. At the S.A.M. Annual Banquet in New York, May 24th - picture
317. In This Issue- Contents
318. Genii Speaks - editorial comments
319. Improved Bare Hand Needle Threading - W. H. Freer
320. Kling Klang - C. R. (Dick) Mawe
320. The Vanishing Alarm Clock - Milbourne Christopher
321. Two Practical Effects - Dr. R. V. Stone (Ramo)
     • By-Play Involving Inertia
     • Indian Head-Dress - A Paper Tear
321. Did You Know That - Maury Kains
322. Ten More Tricks You'll Do
     • 1. improvement on Abbott's Squash - Maury Kains
     • 2. a use of the Squash gimmick - Frank Stratton
     • 3. Handkerchief constructed mouse - Fred Kapp
     • 4. Torn and restored straw - John W. Joslyn
     • 5. Bottle suspension on a rope - Fred Kapp
     • 6. Key to key ring - Phil Dillinger
     • 7. Another key to key ring - Phil Dillinger
     • 8. Quizz trick - Billy Hockey
     • funny incident - cut and restored necktie - Ed Drew & Sheldon Atterbury
     • 9. Cigar bands in place of thimbles - Russ Walsh
     • 10. Okito Coin Box - Page Wright
323. The Belt of Fidget the Fixer - Rev. Willard S. Smith
324. It's Merely My Opinion - Eddie Clever
     • Part Two
325. Letter from Life - Hilda Scott for the Editors of Life
325. Magigals - Carolyn Trask
326. Thayer's Passing Parade
326. The Mystic Circle - Thimbleny
326. I.A.S.M. - D. E. Swift
326. Campbell Completes Sixteenth Season
326. Veteran's Show
327. Chicago Notes - George Troseth
327. Pasadena Magicians Guild - Dr. Raymond Beebe
328. Parent Assembly News - Steven Phillips, editor
     • The Annual Meeting
     • The Annual Show and Banquet
329. M-U-M - The Society of American Magicians
     • Omaha Assembly No. 7
     • Queen City Mystics Assembly No. 11
     • Worcester Assembly No. 16
     • National Council Notice to All Assemblies
     • National Council - members
     • Harry Houdini Assembly No. 29
     • Northern Conn. Assembly No. 21
     • Texas Assembly No. 19
     • Golden Gate Assembly No. 2
     • Royal Vilas Assembly No. 20
     • Southern Calif. Assembly No. 22
     • Philadelphia Assembly No. 4
     • Pittsburgh Assembly No. 18
     • Rouclere Assembly No. 25
     • Robert Houdini Assembly No. 24
     • Chicago Assembly No. 3
     • Boston Assembly No. 9
     • Indianapolis Assembly No. 31
333. Northern California Comments - Bob Stull
333. Chicago Chatter - Jim Sherman
333. Los Magicos Legerdemain - Rudy Miller
334. Chaps Corner - Frank M. Chapman
334. Odd Magical Facts - Frank Fewins
334. Scatted Shots - L.O. Gunn
335. Billet from Buffalo - Bob Weill
335. Magic of the East - Max Holden
335. St. Louis Briefs - Paul S. Limerick
335. Clever? - Poem - Harry Opel
336. Convention News
     • Thirteenth Annual Conference of the Society of American Magicians
     • P.C.A.M. - Convention City News - Charles N. Smith
339. Kanter's Komments
339. From Wisconsin - Walter The Magician
339. Connecticut Conjuring - Vynn Boyar
340. Central State Magicians to Hold Carnival and Play Day on August 1, 2 & 3, 1941 at Cedar Point, Ohio

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349. Genii - Volume 5, Number 11 - July 1941 - 36 pages
349. Cover - Pacific Coast Association of Magicians Convention Issue
353. Seattle
353. In This Issue- Contents
354. Genii Speaks - editorial comments
355. The Hindu Rope Trick - George Marquis
356. A Mistake, But ... - T. Page Wright
356. The Perfect Bill Switch - Irwin Tarr
357. "Vernon's" Find the Queen - Vernon Cook
358. Genii Juniors - A Page For Junior Magicians (Under Eighteen Years Of Age) - Billy Larsen, Jr., editor
     • Editorial
     • 20th Century Slick Silk - Robert Schroetter
     • Rising Cards - Sidney Kimmelman
359. Operator-Operator - Charles Arbuthnot III
359. A Good Paper Routine - Walt Kaeber
360. The Facts - Cold But True - Of "Finding Your Place in Magic"
     • Finding "Your Place in Magic"
361. Magigals
361. Thayer's Passing Parade
362. Magic of the East - Max Holden
362. Northern California Comments - Bob Stull
363. Chaps Corner - Frank M. Chapman
363. Scatted Shots - L.O. Gunn
364. Billet from Buffalo - Bob Weill
364. Dear Bill - letter from Doc Harad
365. In Memoriam
     • Fred H. Roberts - by Harold McFaddan
     • Homer S. Woodworth - 1842-1941
     • Carl Heilbron - 1881-1941
     • Tribute to a Memory of Caryl S. Fleming
366. One Hundred Percent Guaranteed - A Review of Tricks and Books - the Editors
     • linking ring routine - Winston Freer
     • Marvels of Mystery - John Booth
     • Percy Abbott
       • Sand and Sugar Trick
       • Grant's Haunted Hank
       • Magic Mallets
       • Shrunken Head Illusion
       • Milk Thru Body
       • Headless Girl Illusion
       • burning handkerchief
       • large size Exciting Milk Vanish
     • Karson
       • "flash" production of a silk on a rod
       • Vision Tester
       • New Rising Cigarettes
       • Cig-O-Bill
     • Al Baker
       • new catalog
       • Diminishing Cards
       • Drying Silks
       • Ball and Glass Trick
       • Break Away (locking) Wand
     • Max Holden - new catalog
     • Robert Nelson - new catalog
     • Magic Wand - George Johnson, editor
     • Something Borrowed, Something New - Paul Curry
     • Cardology of Tomorrow - Mike Zens
     • Massey's new miniature guillotine - Max Holden
     • silks - Max Holden
     • After the Desert - Martin Gardner
     • Dual Predicto
     • Hydrostatic Glass - Mike Kanter
     • large cups for baby chick routine - Mike Kanter
     • Original Ideas in Magic - Lloyd Chambers
     • Our Mysteries
     • two deck card trick - Sam Horowitz (Hartz) & Dai Vernon
     • John Snyder, Jr.
       • Grab a Dollar - Doc Harad
       • Blok Cord
       • Judah's Flying Matches
       • giant card trick with ten cards and an easel
     • Highlight Magic - Ben Berger
     • Diary of a Magician's Wife - Geraldine Larsen
366. Annual Meeting of National Council [S.A.M.] - Leslie P. Guest
367. M-U-M - The Society of American Magicians
     • National Council Notices
     • Omaha Assembly No. 7
     • Dallas Assembly No. 13
     • Harry Houdini Assembly No. 29
     • Worcester Assembly No. 16
     • Philadelphia Assembly No. 4
     • Texas Assembly No. 19
     • Queen City Mystics Assembly No. 11
     • Southern Calif. Assembly No. 22
     • Golden Gate Assembly No. 2
     • Royal I. Vilas Assembly No. 20
     • Harry Rouclere Assembly No. 25
     • "The Clinic"
     • Society of American Magicians Assembly Register
     • National Council - members
371. From Wisconsin - Walter The Magician
371. Spokane Magic Club - E. V. Klein
371. Chicago Notes - George Troseth
371. Los Magicos Legerdemain - Rudy Miller
372. Kanter's Komments
372. Odd Magical Facts - Frank Fewins
372. Chicago Chatter - Jim Sherman
373. Convention News
     • Cincinnati Spotlight [I.B.M.]
     • The I.B.M. Stage Show - Charles Arbuthnot III
     • P.C.A.M.
       • Convention City News - Charles N. Smith
     • Piff Paff Poof - Bob Weill
     • All Magicians Welcome At Central States Magic Play Day and Carnival - Baffles Brush
     • News from the New England Convention - Carl Miller

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385. Genii - Volume 5, Number 12 - August 1941 - 36 pages
385. Cover - Max Terhune as "Hammo the Great"
389. Max Terhune - biographical notes
389. In This Issue- Contents
390. Genii Speaks - editorial comments
391. The Affable Aces - Dr. Jacob Daley
391. Three Shell Game - A Startling Version - R. M. Jamison
392. It Is? It Isn't! - John J. Crimmins, Jr.
392. An Idea - R. M. Jamison
392. Just Paragraphs - Herman L. Weber
393. Matchik - Roger Barkann
393. A Pointed Discovery - Kingdon Brown
394. Cup and Ball Routine - O. W. Meyer
394. A Magic Word - Edward Saint
394. Genii Juniors - Billy Larsen, Jr.
     • Dart-A-Card - Robert Schroetter
395. Psychic Memory - Jerome Ash & Gerald Kosky
395. Loring Campbell Suggests - Three Ideas for Tricks
     • The Parachute Card
     • Seeing Serpents
     • Any Vase a Flag Vase
396. A Magician's Life in the U.S. Army - Dolf Rudin
396. Do You Remember When? - Harry Opel
396. Baby Chicks - Jack Handy
397. The Facts - Cold But True - Of "Finding Your Place in Magic"
     • Part Two
398. Expose? - Doc Harad
398. Northern California Comments - Bob Stull
399. Paging the Ladies - Geraldine Conrad Larsen
     • A Few Suggestions for the Woman's Page - Milbourne Christopher
     • By the Wife of One - poem - Virginia Rozum
     • Magigals
     • Ladies at the Convention [P.A.C.M.]
400. M-U-M - The Society of American Magicians
     • S.A.M. Membership List
405. Clinical Therapy - Roger Barkann
406. Chaps Corner - Frank M. Chapman
406. The Path - poem - Harry Opel
406. Scatted Shots - L.O. Gunn
407. Kanter's Komments
407. Chicago Notes - George Troseth
407. Billet from Buffalo - Bob Weill
408. Magic of the East - Max Holden
408. St. Louis Briefs - Paul S. Limerick
408. Portland Prestidigitation - Hugh Riley
409. Magiministers - Rev. Gordon W. Mattice
409. Los Magicos Legerdemain - Rudy Miller
409. Chicago Chatter - Jim Sherman
409. cartoon/advertisement
410. The Last Medicine Man - Chief Blackstar
410. Odd Magical Facts - Frank Fewins
411. From Wisconsin - Walter The Magician
411. Great Show for Veterans - Hans Hjorth
411. Pasadena Magicians Guild - Dr. Raymond Beebe
411. cartoon/advertisement
412. Convention News
     • Seattle Summary - 1941 [P.C.A.M.]
     • Pertinent Facts About the Ninth Annual New England Convention of Magicians

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