Hen Fetsch
(Baltimore, Maryland: 10th July 1912 - 1st January 1961)
Inspired seeing Carl Rosini show. Learned from Gilbert Mysto Magic set. Lessons in teens in Baltimore from Ernest Marx. Also quick-change artist. Died in Baltimore.
Invented the Fetsch Force (by 1940), Past-Present-Future (1943), The Magic Spell (1947, deck based on a Stewart James principle), Band-It Card (1949), Multi-Magic Glass (1950), Silk Epic (1951), Mental Epic (1952), Breaking the Sound Barrier (1953), A Minor Miracle (1955), Symbologic (1955), Wallet Wallop (1955), and Twin Twain (1958).
Wrote Miniature Card Magic (1943, 6pp), Milk Pitcher Magic (1946, 26pp), Magic at Your Fingertips (1947, 46pp, with Milbourne Christopher), Secret (1952, 7pp), Chinatown Quarter Magic (1955, 12pp), The Five O' Fetsch (1956, 9pp), Magic with Canes (1960, 48pp), etc. Tricks in Jinx, Phoenix, Dope Sheet, New Jinx, Hugard's Magic Monthly.
Coauthors: Milbourne Christopher