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| VOLUME 23 |
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| NO. 1: MARCH 1924 | |
| Harry Houdini. | 3 |
| Magic! Magic! Magic! By Baffles Brush. | 3 |
| Max Holden Master Card. By Max Holden. | 3 |
| The World of Magic. | 4 |
| - The Society of American Magicians - Parent Assembly. By Richard Van Dien. | 4 |
| - Society American Magicians. By Albert A. Rhine. | 4 |
| - Chicago Assembly No. 3. By Homar H. Woulffe. | 5 |
| - Notes of St. Louis Assembly No. 8. By Raymond L. Schopper. | 5 |
| - Queen City Mystics Assembly No. 11. By Leslie P. Guest. | 5 |
| - Boston Assembly No. 9. By "Vic the Mystic". | 6 |
| - Activities of the Demons of Baltimore. By Robert W. Test. | 7 |
| - With The W. W. A. By Euclide A. Laramee. | 7 |
| - The Society of Osiris. By Louis E. Shilling. | 7 |
| - Jottings from Boston. By Dan J. Silvey. | 8 |
| - The Knights of Magic Independent Order of Magicians. By Simon Cottlow. | 8 |
| - News from Indiana. By Amuso. | 009 |
| - Boston Magical Association. By L. J. Kasac. | 009 |
| - The Los Angeles Society of Magicians. By T. W. McGrath. | 10 |
| - "Yukon Jake" By Frank Fewins. | 10 |
| - Midnight Frolic and Theatre Party. By Geo. W. Stock. | 10 |
| - World Wide Magic News. By Eugene Parshall. | 11 |
| - The Thurston Second Show. By W. A. Russell. | 11 |
| - Wizards' Wanderings from Wheeling, W. Va. By Paul R. Semple. | 11 |
| - Notes from Washington, D.C. By H. R. Evans. | 11 |
| - Magical Doings in Toledo, Ohio. By Robert H. Gysel. | 12 |
| - Yep, There's A Trick To It. | 12 |
| - Trooping Around in Magic. By Max Holden. | 12 |
| - New Magic Club. By James McKnight. | 12 |
| An Improvement. By Baffles. | 12 |
| If the Editor Printed the Things He Would Like To Say. By Al Baker. | 13 |
| It Was Red-Letter Day. By Blanche Furth Ullman. | 13 |
| The Great Blackstone. By T. J. Crawford. | 13 |
| An Evening of Mystery and Merriment. By Clinton Burgess. | 13 |
| Seventy-Five Years Young. By Arthur D. Gans. | 14 |
| Thurston - The Man. By Raymond P. Schopper. | 14 |
| The Glasgow Society of Magicians. By Will Dale. | 15 |
| Patterisms. By Grady S. Nicholson. The Sun and Moon Effect; Selected Card in Egg. | 15 |
| Editorial. | 16 |
| Literature. | 18 |
| Chats. By Kolar. | 18 |
| Merely a Coin Sleight. By Allen E. Rice. | 18 |
| Adventures in Magic. By Henry R. Evans. The Gift Showmen. | 19 |
| A Master Tumbler Combination. By Mystic Eugene Parshall. | 20 |
| Sznek's Master Obedient Ball. By John A. Sznek. | 20 |
| "Originality Itself Applies to Rosencrance Technicality." Lip Palm. By Clayton W. Rosencrance. | 20 |
| Some Watch Moves. By Baffles. | 21 |
| Improved Coin Pass with Two or Three Coins. By Baffles. | 21 |
| Levitation of a Cigarette in a Borrowed Hat. By John A. Sznek. | 21 |
| Anywise Coin Vanish. By C. W. Rosencrance. | 21 |
| Queen City Mysticisms. By John Braun. The Acrobatic Card. | 22 |
| Some New Fakes. By Baffles. | 22 |
| Ring Released. By C. W. Rosencrance. | 22 |
| "Artistic Deception is Rosencrance Classic Conception". Astral Watch. By Clayton W. Rosencrance. | 22 |
| The Spirit Cabinet of Pong Chong. By Frederick DeMuth. | 23 |
| Ink from the Hand - An Improvement. By H. D. Wise. | 23 |
| The Flying Penny. By Al Snyder. | 23 |
| Dime and Penny Improvement. By Charles A. Leedy. | 23 |
| Magical Novelties. By Bert Douglas. | 24 |
| Specialized Magic. By Bert Douglas. | 24 |
| A Black Art Coin. By Theodore Colteaux. | 25 |
| My Christmas Necktie. By William Larsen, Jr. | 25 |
| The Necromantic Image. By Pagmar. | 26 |
| An Impromptu Watch Vanish. By Baffles. | 26 |
| Cut and Restored Ribbon. By M. A. Sumner. | 26 |
| Waldmann's Finish - For The Discorball Trick. By Otto Waldmann. | 27 |
| Doctor Wilson. By Arthur J. Moose. | 27 |
| The Elastic Finger. By Joe Berg. | 27 |
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| NO. 2: APRIL 1924 | |
| Jean Van Hoven Middleton. | 39 |
| The World of Magic. | 40 |
| - The Society of American Magicians - Parent Assembly. By Richard Van Dien. | 40 |
| - Society of American Magicians, San Francisco. By Albert A. Rhine. | 40 |
| - Chicago Assembly No. 3. By Ward Mac Donough. | 40 |
| - Detroit Assembly No. 5. | 41 |
| - Knights of Magic. By Paul Cotton. | 42 |
| - Iowa Magicians' Society. By Kalva Nortoni. | 42 |
| - Society of Osiris Magicians. By Louis V. Lane. | 42 |
| - Mississippi Mysticisms. By Alphrose. | 43 |
| - Doings of the Rubber City Magic Club Akron, Ohio. By William K. Longacre and R. A. Carrell. | 43 |
| - Activities of the Demons of Baltimore. By Robert M. Test. | 43 |
| - Magigrams. By Dorny. | 44 |
| - Miscellaneous Magical Mention. By Clinton Burgess. | 45 |
| - Crosley's WLW Audience Will Hear the Rip Saw Rip a Barrel in Halves in Which a Young Lady is Fastened with Ropes That Are Held by a Committe in the Studio. | 45 |
| - Trooping Around in Magic. By Max Holden. | 46 |
| - "Magical Murmurs" from Charleston, W. Va. By Al Snyder. | 46 |
| - World Wide Magic News. By Eugene Parshall. | 47 |
| - Another Magic Club. | 47 |
| - Route of Arthur D. Gans. | 47 |
| - World Wide Society News. By James McKnight. | 47 |
| - Wizards Wandering from Wheeling, W. Va. | 48 |
| - New England Conjurers Association. By Donald S. McKeen. | 48 |
| - Nashville Society Magique. By T. J. Crawford. | 48 |
| - Spot Lights from Hartford. By Clarence T. Hubbard. | 48 |
| - Letter. By Arnold Ross. | 49 |
| - Cincinnati Magicians' Club. By Geo. W. Stock. | 49 |
| - Toledo Magicians' Club. By V. D. Barbour. | 49 |
| - Australian Magic Circle. By A. H. Adams. | 50 |
| - Magic News From Cuba. By James Burner. | 50 |
| - British Magical Society. By J. C. Frisby. | 50 |
| - Letter. By David Bamberg. | 50 |
| Adventures in Magic. By Henry R. Evans. The Knights of the Green Baize Table. | 51 |
| Magicviews. By George Schulte. | 51 |
| Comedy Write-Ups By A Rube. By Augustus Rapp. | 51 |
| Editorial. The Three-Card Trick. | 52 |
| Literature. | 54 |
| Chats. By Kolar. | 54 |
| From Chicago Herald and Examiner. By Bruno Lessing. | 54 |
| Magic! Magic! Magic! By Baffles Brush. | 55 |
| A New Coin Fake. By Baffles Brush. | 55 |
| Another New Coin Fake. By Baffles Brush. | 55 |
| Two New Fakes. By Baffles Brush. | 55 |
| Rosencrance's Wrinkle in Ball Vanish. | 55 |
| Organized Magic. By Euclide A. Laramie. | 55 |
| Magnetic Miracles While You Wait. | 58 |
| "Magic Fans Say Rosencrance is the Original Envelope Card Man" Enlarging and Color Changing Pips. | 58 |
| The Passing of the Great American Magician, Carl Hertz. By Clinton Burgess. | 59 |
| The Funeral of Dr. S. S. Baldwin. By Jesse A. Mueller. | 59 |
| Father and Sons Dinner. By E. B. Heller. | 59 |
| Lightning Handkerchief Production. By John A. Sznek. | 59 |
| Rice Bowl Wrinkles. By Eugene Parshall. | 60 |
| The "Spooky Spools". By Eugene Parshall. | 60 |
| Al Baker Says. | 60 |
| The Appearing Spots - A New And Sensational Effect With Cards. By Walter B. Gibson. | 60 |
| A Few Observations. By Anson B. Ingels. | 61 |
| Omega Wrist Palm (for a Coin). By Clayton W. Rosencrance. | 61 |
| The Stamp Act. By William Larsen, Jr. | 62 |
| Just Passing Thoughts. By William Larsen, Jr. | 62 |
| "The Mystic Manipulation of the Tubes and Tray". By John A. Sznek. | 62 |
| Nothing in a Wooden Frame. By Frederick DeMuth. Pong Chong. | 63 |
| Is Conan Doyle Right? By Frederick DeMuth. | 63 |
| The Cups and Balls. By William Larsen, Jr. | 64 |
| The Cups and Balls. By Ben R. Badley. | 64 |
| Omega Wrist Palm (for Cards). By Clayton W. Rosencrance. | 65 |
| Life. By John Class. | 65 |
| Cartoon. By Scott. | 66 |
| "Artistic in Deception is Rosencrance Classic Conceptions". Pinch Palm and Passes. | 66 |
| "Artistic in Deception is Rosencrance Classic Conceptions". Absorbing Handkerchief. | 66 |
| Cartoon. By Scott. | 67 |
| "Magic Fans Say Rosencrance the Original Envelope Card Man". Two Fold Color Change. | 67 |
| "As You Were". By LeMont. | 67 |
| "Magic Fans Say Rosencrance is the Original Envelope Card Man". Rosencrance Regal Rising Card. | 67 |
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| NO. 3: MAY 1924 | |
| McDonald Birch. By C. V. Stout. | 79 |
| Queen City Mysticisms. More Cards from the Pocket. By Joseph Schreck. | 79 |
| "A Smashed Watch Surprise". By Al. Snyder. | 79 |
| The World of Magic. | 80 |
| - The Society of American Magicians - Parent Assembly. By Richard Van Dien. | 80 |
| - Society of American Magicians Ladies' Night. By Richard Van Dien. | 80 |
| - Society of American Magicians, Golden Gate Assembly No. 2. By Albert A. Rhine. | 81 |
| - Detroit Assembly No. 5. | 81 |
| - Queen City Mystics Assembly No. 11. By Leslie P. Guest. | 81 |
| - Trooping Around in Magic. By Max Holden. | 82 |
| - The Society of Osiris Magicians. By Louis V. Lane. | 82 |
| - The Los Angeles Society of Magicians. By T. W. McGrath. | 83 |
| - The Chicago Society of Magicians. By Ward MacDonough. | 83 |
| - "Magical Murmurs" from Charleston, W. Va. By Al. Snyder. | 84 |
| - Activities of the Demons Club of Baltimore. By Robert W. Test. | 84 |
| - 1924 - McDonald Birch. | 84 |
| - St. Louis and Otherwise. By Ben R. Badley. | 85 |
| - Railroad Y.M.C.A. Entertains Magicians. | 85 |
| - Cincinnati Magicians' Club. By Geo. W. Stock. | 85 |
| - British Magical Society. By J. C. Frisby. | 85 |
| - World-Wide Magic News. By Eugene Parshall. | 86 |
| - Boston Magical Association. By L. J. Kasac. | 86 |
| - Items from Beantown. By Daniel J. Silvey. | 86 |
| - World-Wide Magic News. By James McKnight. | 86 |
| - News from Indiana. By Amuso. | 87 |
| - Letter. By L. W. Duncan. | 87 |
| - Miscellaneous Magical Mention. By Clinton Burgess. | 87 |
| Between the Lines of Ledgerdemain. By George Schulte. | 88 |
| A Prophetic Card Discovery. By T. Page Wright. | 88 |
| Adventures in Magic. By Henry R. Evans. The Old Age of Robert Houdin. | 89 |
| The Ghost Knots and Flying Silks. By J. C. Walter. | 91 |
| Chats. By Kolar. | 92 |
| The Vanishing Dime Effect. By J. Jos. Brown. | 92 |
| Johnson's Copying Formula. | 92 |
| Presidents of the Society of American Magicians. Photos: W. Golden Mortimer; John W. Sargent; Francis J. Werner; Oscar S. Teale; William A. Ransom; Elmer P. Ransom; Chas. E. Roltare; Henry Hatton; Lionel M. Hartly; Richard Van Dien; Houdini. | 93 |
| Card Effects Classified. By T. Page Wright. | 94 |
| Artistic in Deception is Rosencrance Classic Conceptions. Aceology. | 95 |
| Editorial. | 96 |
| Literature. | 98 |
| Card Experiments. By William Larsen, Jr.: The Invisible Force; Is Algebra Reliable; The Mystic Prophecy; The Marvelous Turn About Card; The Back Hand Ace Trick. | 98 |
| Namreh's Nutty Notions. By Herman L. Weber. | 99 |
| A Little Different Way of Doing the 20th Century Trick. By J. C. Walter. | 99 |
| Magical Musings. By Baffles Brush. | 100 |
| The Trico Ball Fake. By Baffles Brush. | 100 |
| "Hints" By Frank Herbert. | 100 |
| The Production Basket. By William Larsen, Jr. | 101 |
| Showers of Flowers with Rhyme. By William A. Gluesing. | 101 |
| Sznek's Cut and Resored Card. By John A. Sznek. | 102 |
| The Perfection Spelling Bee. By Frederick F. Furman. | 102 |
| Wrinklets. Magic Circular, January, 1924. | 103 |
| Anywhere Anytime Series of Card Effects. By Grady S. Nicholson. | 103 |
| "An Emergency Handkerchief Fake". By John A. Sznek. | 103 |
| Ariel's Reversed Kling Klang - A Thousand Dollar Challenge Trick. By C. A. Costa Aliaga. | 104 |
| With a Borrowed Dollar Bill. By Colteaux the Magician. | 104 |
| "Artistic in Deception is Rosencrance Classic Conceptions". Vis-A-Vis Cards Production Coin. | 105 |
| The Infernal Mail. By Dr. R. Rothstein. | 105 |
| Another Combination With the Elusive Silk. By Euclide A. Laramee. | 105 |
| Nobility Nonplussed. | 106 |
| Crack in the Sphinx's Neck. | 106 |
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| NO. 4: JUNE 1924 | |
| Transposition of Flowers and a Flower Stand. By Baffles Brush. | 119 |
| A Pack of Cards. | 119 |
| The World of Magic. | 120 |
| - The Society of American Magcians (Parent Assembly). By Richard Van Dien. | 120 |
| - Society of American Magicians. By Albert A. Rhine. | 120 |
| - Annual Banquet Philadelphia Assembly No. 4. By Walter B. Gibson. | 121 |
| - Chicago Assembly. By Homar H. Woulffe. | 121 |
| - Queen City Mystics Assembly No. 11. By Leslie P. Guest. | 122 |
| - Clarence T. Hubbard Reports A Busy Month. | 122 |
| - The Rhode Island Society of Magicians. By B. C. Tillinghast. | 122 |
| - Society of Osiris Magicians. By L. V. Lane. | 123 |
| - Chautauqua Route of Frederick Eugene Powell. | 123 |
| - S. S. Henry Company, Routing for the Summer Season, 1924. | 123 |
| - Route of Duval Brothers - Redpath Sevenday Chautauqua. | 123 |
| - Knights of Magic. By Paul Cottlow. | 124 |
| - Route of Herbert A. Taylor. | 124 |
| - The Mystic Clayton Company. By Leslie A. McCracken. | 124 |
| - World-Wide Society News. | 124 |
| - Minneapolis Notes. By C. A. George Newmann. | 125 |
| - Trooping Around in Magic. By Max Holden. | 125 |
| - The Chicago Society of Magicians. By Ward MacDonough. | 125 |
| - British Magical Society. By J. C. Frisby. | 126 |
| The Match Box and Silk. By Baffles Brush. | 126 |
| Chats. By Kolar. | 127 |
| "Snap Shots" By Schulte. | 127 |
| Cleverness Handicapped. | 127 |
| The Power of Assertion. By Robert H. Gysel. | 128 |
| Hints from Escape Artists. By Bobby Sweet. | 128 |
| Magic - Quick or Dead. Byh T. Page Wright. | 129 |
| The History Card Trick. By T. Page Wright. | 130 |
| Hot Dog. By Walter Wilson, Jr. | 130 |
| Devil's Ladder Variations. By Pagmar. | 130 |
| Coin In Ball of Wool, A Little Different. By Walter Wilson, Jr. | 130 |
| A Card and Handkerchief Change, Introducing the Mirror Glass and the Nickel Plated Card Box. By Russell The Magician. | 131 |
| Hint for the Egg Bag. By Walter Wilson, Jr. | 131 |
| The Penetrating Thimble (one Thimble). By Samuel Miller. | 131 |
| Knew He Must Be No. 2. | 131 |
| Queen City Mysticisms. The Levassor Rising Cards. By Louis E. Levassor. | 131 |
| Fairy Hailstones. By William Larsen, Jr. | 132 |
| The Elusive Coin. By Murray A. Sumner. | 132 |
| Fathers Know. | 132 |
| "A Mysterious Flight". By Wilfred Huggins. | 133 |
| "Artistic in Deception is Rosencrance Classic Conceptions". Harridan's Pocket Book. By Clayton W. Rosencrance. | 133 |
| "Magic Fans Say Rosencrance is the Original Card Man". Piercing Pasteboard. By Clayton W. Rosencrance. | 133 |
| Editorial. | 134 |
| Letter. By Houdini. | 135 |
| All Magic Questions Settled. By Baffles Brush. | 135 |
| A Meli-Drama-Gician. By Baffles Brush. | 136 |
| The Golden Trophy Cup. By William Larsen, Jr. | 136 |
| A New Stunt For A Magic Act. By Baffles Brush. | 136 |
| Floating and Vanishing Card. By Joe Price. | 137 |
| Thread Thaumaturgy. By Baffles Brush. | 138 |
| A Deceptive Steal. By Baffles Brush. | 138 |
| Sleeve Productions. By Baffles Brush. | 138 |
| Endwise. By Clayton W. Rosencrance. | 138 |
| "Magic Fans Say Rosencrance is the Original Envelope Card Man." Card Tube Vanish. by Clayton W. Rosencrance. | 138 |
| Letter. By William A. Gluesing. | 139 |
| Miscellaneous Magical Mention. By Clinton Burgess. | 139 |
| "Artistic in Deception is Rosencrance Classic Conceptions." Shaken Card. By Clayton W. Rosencrance. | 140 |
| Subtraction and Addition. By Clayton W. Rosencrance. | 140 |
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| NO. 5: JULY 1924 | |
| A Question of Identity. By Donald Q. Burleigh. | 151 |
| A Magic Kettle Act. By Al. Snyder. | 151 |
| The Escaping Coin. By Ted Rogers. | 151 |
| The World of Magic. | 152 |
| - Banquet of the Society of American Magicians Held at Hotel McAlpen. By Richard Van Dien. | 152 |
| - Society of American Magicians. By Albert A. Rhine. | 152 |
| - Chicago Assembly No. 3. By Ward MacDonough. | 153 |
| - Annual Meeting Philadelphia Assembly No. 4. By Walter B. Gibson. | 153 |
| - Great Davis Show at Winthrop, Mass. By H. C. Kleemann. | 154 |
| - The Rhode Island Society of Magicians. By B. C. Tillinghast. | 154 |
| - St. Louis Magic Scandal. By Ben R. Badley. | 154 |
| - The Texas Trixster. By Paget Marr. | 154 |
| - "Magical Murmurs" from Charleston, W. Va. By Al Snyder. | 155 |
| - Knights of Magic. By Paul Cottlow. | 155 |
| - Chicago Welcomes Dr. Wilson. By Homar H. Woulffe. | 155 |
| - Spot Lights from Hartford, Conn. | 156 |
| - World Wide Society News. By Vincent. | 156 |
| - Leroy, Talma and Bosco in 'New York to Bagdad' as Seen by Clinton Burgess. | 156 |
| Something to Think About. By Bruno Lessing. | 158 |
| A Few Observations. By Anson B. Ingels. | 158 |
| Thurston. By Al. Snyder. | 159 |
| Easy Job for an Expert. By Irvin S. Cobb. | 159 |
| Chats. By Kolar. | 160 |
| Can You Use Money? | 160 |
| Another Pass Substitute. By T. Page Wright. | 160 |
| Improvement in Magnus Streamer and Flag Illusion Published in October, 1921, Sphinx. By Magnus. | 160 |
| An Additional Effect of the X-Ray Eyes. By Theo J. Anneman. | 161 |
| The Changing Cards. By T. Page Wright. | 161 |
| There, But Invisible. | 161 |
| Editorial. | 162 |
| Fowler Gets the Act - Is Only One To Do Magic Stuff With Watches And Clocks, Is Ruling. | 164 |
| Magical Secrets You Should Know. By Will Goldston. The Disappearing Candle. | 164 |
| Single Card Double Color Change and Vanish. By Walter B. Gibson. | 164 |
| A Second Sight Novelty. By Al. Snyder. | 165 |
| Subtraction and Addition. By Clayton W. Rosencrance. | 165 |
| "Artistic in Deception is Rosencrance Classic Conceptions." Shaken Card. By Clayton W. Rosencrance. | 165 |
| Just Magic by Baffles Brush. The Vanishing Pack of Cards; The Large Deck of Cards; A Hint for Floating Card; A Reply to Many Queries. | 166 |
| Questions Nobody Has Ever Answered. | 166 |
| Pearls of Magic. By Charles R. Brush. Tagrey's Original Hypnotized Handkerchief. | 166 |
| Laugh Lines Via Ledgerdemain. By George Schulte. | 166 |
| New Method for Changing a Pack of Cards. By C. A. Costa Aliaga (Ariel). | 167 |
| Some Bits of Magic. By T. Page Wright. | 167 |
| What to Invent - Notes from my Scrap Book. By C. A. Costa Aliaga (Ariel). | 168 |
| Hints by Colteaux, The Magician. | 169 |
| Nascent Candle. By Clayton W. Rosencrance. | 169 |
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| NO. 6: AUGUST 1924 | |
| Magic STill Potent to Attract Crowds. Eugene Laurant on Chautauqua Circuit is Disproving Chicago Paper's Assertion That Ledgerdemain Is Wane. By Geoffrey F. Morgan. | 179 |
| The World of Magic. | 180 |
| - The Society of American Magicians (Parent Assembly). By Richard Van Dien. | 180 |
| - Resolution of Testimonial. By Harry Houdini. | 182 |
| - Golden Gate Assembly No. 2. By H. Syril Dusenbery. | 183 |
| - Queen City Mystics Assembly No. 11. By Leslie P. Guest. | 183 |
| - John and Nellie Olms, Watch Wizards. Reviewed at the Palace Theatre, Cincinnati, Ohio, July 1924. By Leslie P. Guest. | 183 |
| - Queen City Mystics Assembly No. 11. By Leslie P. Guest. | 183 |
| - Knights of Magic. By Paul Cottlow. | 184 |
| - Cleveland Magicians' Club. By E. N. Lord. | 184 |
| - Society of Osiris Magicians. By Louis V. Lane. | 184 |
| - Miscellaneous Magical Mention. By Clinton Burgess. | 184 |
| - Route of Namreh, Magician. | 185 |
| - Milwaukee Magic Notes. | 185 |
| - Cincinnati Notes. | 186 |
| - Miscellaneous Notes. By J. H. Percival. | 186 |
| - New York Notes. By New Yorker. | 186 |
| - Massachusetts Notes. By Billy Tourtellotte. | 186 |
| - Wizard's Wanderings, from Wheeling, W. Va. By Paul R. Semple. | 187 |
| - "Magical Murmurs" from Charleston, W. Va. By Al. Snyder. | 187 |
| Schulte Slanguage. | 187 |
| Chats. By Kolar. | 188 |
| Resolution of the Los Angeles Society of Magicians, Passed at the Meeting Held this 10th Day of July 1924. President Adam Hull Shirk presiding. | 188 |
| Roland Travers. | 188 |
| A Wizard's Words. By George Schulte. | 188 |
| Literature. | 189 |
| The Encore. (Book Notes). | 189 |
| Future Magic. By Walter B. Gibson: Introduction; The Vanishing Glass and Ink. | 190 |
| The Sardo Deck Arrangement. By John Sardo. | 191 |
| What To Invent. By C. A. Costa Aliaga (Ariel). | 191 |
| Editorial. Wilsonisms. | 192 |
| The Card in the Cigarette. By Walter B. Gibson. | 194 |
| New Effects. By Will Blyth. | 196 |
| Blonds and Brunettes - A Card Trick. By T. Page Wright. | 197 |
| S. Al. Magundi. By Baffles Brush. | 198 |
| A Few Dont's Compiled by Famous Magicians Who Know, Dedicated to Those Who Ought To Know Better. By Al. Snyder. | 198 |
| Tested Magic - A Useful Opening Item. By Eric P. Wilson. | 198 |
| A New (Old) Card Trick. By Al. Snyder. | 199 |
| Doves from Foulard. By Bert Douglas. | 199 |
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| NO. 7: SEPTEMBER 1924 | |
| Roland Travers and Frank Van Hoven. | 211 |
| Just Practice. | 211 |
| The World of Magic. | 212 |
| - Golden Gate Assembly No. 2. By H. Syril Dusenbery. | 212 |
| - Queen City Mystics Assembly No. 11. By Leslie P. Guest. | 212 |
| - World Wide Magic News. By James McKnight. | 212 |
| - Knights of Magic. By Paul Cottlow. | 213 |
| - Indianagraphs. | 213 |
| - The Texas Society of Magicians. By Paget Marr. | 213 |
| - Dallas Magicians Form Society. By Lyle Douglas. | 213 |
| - "Magical Murmurs" from Charleston, W. Va. By Al. Snyder. | 213 |
| - Mystic Eugene The Weird Wizard. By Eugene Parshall. | 214 |
| - Tribute to Brother Charles H. Tickell. | 214 |
| - An Evening of Music and Mystery Presented by Lockman the Magician, Assisted by Charles C. Shepherd, Ventriloquist, and Carl C. Schroeder, Violinist Extraordinary. | 214 |
| - Demons Club, Baltimore. By R. W. Test. | 215 |
| - Letter. By Theo. Anneman. | 215 |
| - Letter. By Percy Naldrett. | 215 |
| - The New Zealand Society of Magicians. By Edward Axford. | 215 |
| - English Echoes. By Max Holden. | 216 |
| Tested Magic. By Eric P. Wilson. The Glass Through Hat. | 217 |
| A World of Magic. By Baffles Brush. At Last! A Real Card Trick; News and Notes. | 218 |
| A Card "Gag". By T. Page Wright. | 218 |
| Queen City Mysticisms. A Tip on Cigaret Vanishers. By A. B. Harrington. | 218 |
| Patter for Prestidigitators. For Use in Various Tricks. | 218 |
| Coin Case For Money Catching Trick. Author Unknown. | 219 |
| What to Invent. By C. A. Costa Aliaga (Ariel). | 219 |
| Production of Three Cards. By Edward C. Wase. | 219 |
| The Mysterious Card. By John Sardo. | 220 |
| Sliding Alarm Clock Box. By Paget Marr. | 220 |
| Rseoncrance Back Palm. By Clayton Rosencrance. | 220 |
| A Suitable Card Detection. By T. Page Wright. | 221 |
| A Sealed Letter Test With Cards. By Theo. Anneman. | 221 |
| Conjuring Court Card. By Clayton W. Rosencrance. | 221 |
| Letter. By J. Burnes. | 222 |
| A Different Color Change. By Theo. Anneman. | 222 |
| Cartoon. | 222 |
| The Penetrating Billiard Ball. By Paget Marr. | 222 |
| Words and Magic. By George Schulte. | 223 |
| "Comic Chatter". By George Schulte. | 223 |
| Do You Know? By Benedict. | 223 |
| Houdini and Spiritism. | 223 |
| Editorial. | 224 |
| Literature. | 226 |
| Ball Balanced on Card. By Clayton W. Rosencrance. | 226 |
| A Rapid Color Change. Author Unknown. | 226 |
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| NO. 8: OCTOBER 1924 | |
| Comic Comments. By George Schulte. | 243 |
| The World of Magic. | 244 |
| - The Society of American Magicians - Parent Assembly. By Richard Van Dien. | 244 |
| - Gossip from St. Louis Assembly No. 8. By Raymond L. Schopper. | 244 |
| - St. Louis No. 8. By Ben R. Badley. | 245 |
| - Queen City Mystics Assembly No. 11. By Leslie P. Guest. | 245 |
| - Dallas Assembly Honors Houdini. | 245 |
| - Houdini Night, Philadelphia Assembly. By Walter Gibson. | 245 |
| - Cincinnati Notes. By George Stock. | 246 |
| - Doings of the Demons of Baltimore. By R. W. Test. | 246 |
| - Spotlights from Hartford, Conn. By Clarence T. Hubbard. | 246 |
| - Society of Osiris Magicians. By Louis V. Lane. | 247 |
| - Doings of the Rubber City Magic Club, Arkon, Ohio. By William K. Longacre and R. A. Carrell. | 247 |
| - Knights of Magic. By Paul Cottlow. | 247 |
| - World Wide Magic News. By James McKnight. | 247 |
| - The Texas Society of Magicians. By Paget Marr. | 248 |
| - New England Conjurers' Association. By Donald S. McKeen. | 248 |
| - Cleveland Notes. By E. Y. Lord. | 248 |
| - New Haven Magical Society. By Royal S. Vilas. | 248 |
| - English Echoes. By Max Holden. | 248 |
| - British Magical Society. By J. C. Frisby. | 249 |
| - The Order of the Genii, an Association of Canadian Magicians. By Murray Sumner. | 249 |
| - Magigrams. By Dorny. | 249 |
| Konjuring Kweries - The Kwerer You Ask the Kwerer He'll Answer. By Edwardo. | 250 |
| Chats. By Kolar. | 251 |
| A Card in the Pocket Trick. By La Rosa. | 251 |
| Pong Chong. By Frederick DeMuth. The Patriotic Confetti; The Visible Color Change; A Dime Through the Hand. | 252 |
| Something for Nothing - A Match Effect. By C. C. Merrill. | 252 |
| Tested Magic - Voila! By Eric D. Wilson. | 252 |
| A Giant Card Trick. By La Rosa. | 252 |
| The Devil's Four Aces. By Theo Anneman. | 253 |
| A Musical Mystery. By Wizard Huggins. | 254 |
| How It Is Done. | 254 |
| The Appearance of a Card on the Edge of a Handkerchief. By John A. Sznek. | 255 |
| Sleights with Large Cards. By Baffels Brush. | 255 |
| "Magic Fans Say Rosencrance is the Original Envelope Card Man". Card on String. By Clayton W. Rosencrance. | 256 |
| The Flying Cards. By Al. Snyder. | 256 |
| Busted Magic. By Baffles Brush. | 256 |
| A Show of Hands. By T. Page Wright. | 256 |
| Suit Card. By Clayton W. Rosencrance. | 257 |
| Editorial. | 258 |
| - Mr. N. Maskelyne Found Dead. | 259 |
| "Klink Klang" By Al. Snyder. | 260 |
| Literature. | 260 |
| Color Change Through Hand and Burning Globe Combination. By J. C. Walter. | 260 |
|
| NO. 9: NOVEMBER 1924 | |
| The Sphinx at Christmas. By Harry Opel. | 279 |
| In Memorium. Francis J. Martinka. | 279 |
| The World of Magic. | 280 |
| - The Society of American Magicians - Parent Assembly. By Richard Van Dien. | 280 |
| - Golden Gate Assembly No. 2. By H. Syril Dusenbery. | 280 |
| - Summer Doings of Assembly No. 9. By Vic the Mystic. | 281 |
| - Queen City Mystics Assembly No. 11. | 281 |
| - Knights of Magic. By Paul Cottlow. | 281 |
| - "Houdini" Night At Keith's Theater, Boston, Mass. By Vic the Mystic. | 282 |
| - Society of Osiris Magicians. By Al. Snyder. | 282 |
| - World Wide Magic News. By James McKnight. | 282 |
| - Report of the Sixty-Seventh Meeting of the Toledo Magicians' Club. By V. D. Barbour. | 282 |
| - Route of McDonald Birch. | 282 |
| - San Francisco Notes. By H. Syril Dusenbery. | 283 |
| - Chicago I. B. M. Activities. | 283 |
| - Mississippi Mysticisms. By Alphrose. | 283 |
| - The Los Angeles Society of Magicians. By T. W. McGrath. | 283 |
| - Notes from Habana. By C. A. Costa Aliaga. | 283 |
| - British Magical Society. By J. C. Frisby. | 284 |
| - English Echos. By Max Holden. | 284 |
| Chats. By Kolar. | 286 |
| Ideas Wanted. | 286 |
| Another Telephone Card Trick. By Frank N. Kroner. | 286 |
| Magic For Two. By T. Page Wright. | 287 |
| How to Get a "Kick" Out of the Rice Bowls. By Edward C. Wase. | 288 |
| An E. Z. Card Trick. By James Phillips. | 288 |
| Kinks. By Frederick DeMuth. A Smoke Picture of Abraham Lincoln. | 288 |
| Sefflab. By Baffles Brush. | 289 |
| New Card Star. By Baffles Brush. | 289 |
| Cigarette Stand. By Baffles Brush. | 289 |
| Torn and Restored Bill. By Baffles Brush. | 289 |
| Hint for Bill and Lemon. By Baffles Brush. | 289 |
| Bill and Banana. By Baffles Brush. | 289 |
| Magicians' Sense of Touch. By La Rosa. | 289 |
| A Self-Contained Rising and Falling Ball. By Eric Wilson. | 290 |
| Nautical Dissolving Twin Loop. By Clayton W. Rosencrance. | 290 |
| The Human Volcano. By Frances James. | 290 |
| Queen City Mysticisms. For Paper Tearers - The Rotary Emblem. By Leslie P. Guest. | 291 |
| Original Patter for "Take a Card". By El Peegee. | 291 |
| Rosencrance Decreasing Card. By Clayton W. Rosencrance. | 291 |
| The Pips and Tray. By T. Page Wright. | 291 |
| Another Four-Ace Maneuvre. By Theo. Anneman. | 292 |
| Magicians and Their Methods. By Frederick F. Furman. | 292 |
| "La Devinette". By Wilfred Huggins. | 292 |
| "What to Invent". By C. A. Costa Aliaga (Ariel). | 293 |
| Indetectible Obstruction. By Clayton W. Rosencrance. | 293 |
| The Permanence of Retinal Impressions. By C. A. Costa Aliaga. | 294 |
| Letter. By David Bamberg. | 295 |
| Report of Dante's Show. By Donald S. McKeen. | 295 |
| Spirit Pictures. By Clayton W. Rosencrance. | 295 |
| Editorial. Francis J. Martinka. | 296 |
| An Open Letter to Sphinx Scribes. By H. Syril Dusenbery. | 298 |
| All Privacy Ended as New X-Ray Device Makes Wall Transparent. | 298 |
| Literature. | 298 |
| "Comic Views". By George F. Schulte. | 299 |
| The Art of Presentation. By Harry Opel. | 299 |
| A Card Revelation. By T. Page Wright. | 300 |
| Mysterious Head on Cane. From Burlingame Collection. | 300 |
|
| NO. 10: DECEMBER 1924 | |
| Van and Jean. | 315 |
| Final Proof. | 315 |
| Glass Through Hat. By Richard F. McKinney. | 315 |
| Perfect Penetration. By Charles A. Leedy. | 315 |
| A Suggestion. By Richard F. McKinney. | 315 |
| The World of Magic. | 316 |
| - Golden Gate Assembly No. 2. By H. Syril Dusenbery. | 316 |
| - Breezes From Chicago Local No. 3. By Ade Duval. | 316 |
| - Queen City Mystics' Assembly. By L. P. Guest. | 317 |
| - Route of Amac, The Card Illusionist. | 317 |
| - World Wide Magician's Society News. By James McKnight. | 317 |
| - Doings of the Demons of Baltimore. By R. W. Test. | 317 |
| - Demons Club of Baltimore Magicians. By Earle G. Heyl. | 317 |
| - Society of Osiris Magician's. By Louis V. Lane. | 318 |
| - Sphinx Chapter, Society of Osiris Magicians. By Al. Snyder. | 318 |
| - The Houston Mystic Circle. | 318 |
| - The Knights of Magic. By Paul Cottlow. | 319 |
| - Cincinnati Magician's Club. By Geo. Stock. | 319 |
| - Cercle Magique of Nashville. By T. J. Crawford. | 319 |
| - Wizards' Wanderings from Wheeling, W. Va. By Paul R. Semple. | 319 |
| - St. Louis Notes. By Ben R. Badley. | 319 |
| - Notes from Newark. By James McKnight. | 320 |
| - World Wide Magic News. By Eugene Parshall. | 320 |
| - Magigrams. By Dorny. | 321 |
| - English Echoes. By Max Holden. | 321 |
| - The Scottish Conjurers' Association. By Will Dale. | 322 |
| - Syko. By David Bamberg. | 322 |
| Magic Laughs. By George Schulte. | 323 |
| Patterviews. By George F. Schulte. | 323 |
| Chats. By Kolar. | 324 |
| Konjuring Kweries - The Kwerer You Ask the Kwerer He'll Answer. By Edwardo. | 324 |
| Observations. By H. Syril Dusenbery. | 325 |
| The Mystic Candle and Silks of Enchantment. By J. C. Walter. | 325 |
| Parlor Magic. By Simon H. Kottwitz. | 325 |
| A Subtle Slate Move. By Eric P. Wilson. | 326 |
| Magazine to Table. By Baffles Brush. | 326 |
| Ankore. By Baffles Brush. | 326 |
| The Rainbow Trick. By Charles R. Brush. | 326 |
| V & X. By Baffles Brush. | 327 |
| An Original Tray-Vanish. By Theo. Anneman. | 327 |
| The Derby Card. By John A. Sznek. | 327 |
| Multiplying Cigarette Production. | 328 |
| A Jumbo Card Combination. By V. D. Barbour. | 328 |
| The Three Numbers - A Card Effect. By T. Page Wright. | 329 |
| Editorial. | 330 |
| Literature. | 331 |
| Kinks. By Frederick DeMuth. Visible Production of a Handkerchief in Decanter on Tray Held by Assistant. | 332 |
| Ladies and Gentlemen. By Eric P. Wilson. | 332 |
| A Cigar and Cigarette Transposition. By John A. Sznek. | 332 |
| Some Novel Sleights. By T. Page Wright. | 333 |
| The Human Watch Target. By La Rosa. | 333 |
| Letter. By Harry Hanaoka. | 333 |
| Eavesdropping Reporter Hears. By Clayton G. Brown. | 333 |
|
| NO. 11: JANUARY 1925 | |
| Julius Zancig. | 351 |
| The World of Magic. | 352 |
| - The Society of American Magicians - Parent Assembly. By Richard Van Dien. | 352 |
| - Golden Gate Assembly No. 2. By H. Syril Dusenbery. | 353 |
| - San Francisco Notes. By A. Schwartz. | 353 |
| - Queen City Mystics, Assembly No. 11. By Leslie P. Guest. | 354 |
| - Cincinnati Magicians' Club. By George Stock. | 354 |
| - Demons Club, Baltimore. By Earle G. Heyl. | 354 |
| - Conjrers' Society of Western Massachusetts. By Martin L. Cramer. | 354 |
| - Chicago Assembly No. 3. By Ade Duval. | 355 |
| - Knights of Magic. By Paul Cottlow. | 355 |
| - Houdini's Route from January 12 to April 20, 1925. | 356 |
| - Cercle Magique of Nashville. By T. J. Crawford. | 356 |
| - Magigrams. By Dorny. | 356 |
| - Society of Osiris. By Al Snyder. | 357 |
| - No Test of Ability. | 357 |
| - Wizard's Wanderings from Wheeling, W. Va. By Paul Semple. | 358 |
| - Doings of the Rubber City Magic Club, Akron, Ohio. By William K. Longacre and R. A. Carrell. | 358 |
| - Letter. By John Reiter. | 358 |
| - Letter. George H. Godrey. | 358 |
| - Review of Hocus Pocus a New Magic Act of Charles R. Brush and Young Daughter, Jane. By R. G. Schell. | 359 |
| - The Order of the Genii. By M. A. Summers. | 359 |
| - English Echoes. By Max Holden. | 359 |
| Kinks. By Frederick DeMuth. Dove FRom Tambourine. | 360 |
| Not Till 3 A.M. | 360 |
| Tut-Tut-Tut. | 360 |
| Baffles Magic. A New Coin Fold; A Word to the Wise; The Evil Eye. | 361 |
| The Evil Eye. By C. R. Brush. Another Method. | 361 |
| Queen City Mysticisms. A Vanish for Large Silks. By John Braun. | 361 |
| Giant Spelling Trick. By La Rosa. | 361 |
| Ornate Magic. By Will Blyth: An Ornate Tambourine Production; Ornate Paper Cone Floriculture; Ornate Silk Creations. | 362 |
| Patterisms. By Grady S. Nicholson: The Radio Coin and Ball of Wool. | 362 |
| Magical Notions. By M. A. Sumner. | 362 |
| Lighted Candle Levitation at Finger Tip. By C. A. Costa Aliaga. | 363 |
| Novelty Puzzle Contest. By W. Dornfield (Dorny). | 363 |
| Konjuring Kweries. By Edwardo. | 364 |
| The Smoking Skull. By Clayton G. Brown. | 364 |
| Another Card Effect. By Ray Vaughn. | 364 |
| Daily Practice. By James Ellis. | 364 |
| Daily Calender Card Trick. By Clayton W. Rosencrance. | 365 |
| Cross Word Puzzle Magic. By Bert Douglas. | 365 |
| Hashish or Common Sense. By Wilfred Lynde. | 365 |
| Editorial. | 366 |
| Observations. By H. Syril Dusenbery. | 368 |
| President's Smashed Watch is Found Whole in Bread. | 368 |
| Electro. By Paget Marr. | 368 |
| Crooked Spirits. | 368 |
| False Praise. By Harry Opel. | 369 |
| Reminiscence. By Harry Opel. | 369 |
| Patter and Personality. By George F. Schulte. | 369 |
| Much Ado About Nothing. By Wilfred Lynde. | 369 |
| Magic - Past, Present and Future. By Adam Hull Shirk. | 370 |
| Smiling with Schulte. | 370 |
| Vanishing Aces. By Clayton W. Rosencrance. | 371 |
| The Power of Manners. | 371 |
|
| NO. 12: FEBRUARY 1925 | |
| Will L. Lindhorst. | 387 |
| Here's A Magic Moral. | 387 |
| Magical Mistakes. By George F. Schulte. | 387 |
| The World of Magic. | 388 |
| - The Society of American Magicians - Parent Assembly. By Richard Van Dien. | 388 |
| - The Golden Gate Assembly Dinner Dance and Other Things. By Ade Duval. | 389 |
| - Chicago Assembly No. 3. By Herman L. Weber. | 389 |
| - St. Louis Assembly No. 8. By Ben R. Badley. | 390 |
| - Queen City Mystics Assembly No. 11. By L. P. Guest. | 390 |
| - Cincinnati Magicians' Club. By Geo. Stock. | 390 |
| - The Rhode Island Society of Magicians. By B. C. Tillinghast. | 390 |
| - Sphinx Chapter - Society of Osiris Magicians. By Al. Snyder. | 390 |
| - Society of Osiris Magicians. By L. V. Lane. | 391 |
| - Demons Club of Baltimore. By Earle G. Heyl. | 391 |
| - Knights of Magic. By Paul Cottlow. | 391 |
| - Route of McDonald Birch. | 392 |
| - Please Read This Letter. By William Meyenberg. | 392 |
| Observations. By H. Syril Dusenbery. | 392 |
| Season's Greetings. By W. J. Banfield. | 393 |
| Letter. By Thomas C. Worthington, III. | 393 |
| Houdini Performs New Mystery. | 393 |
| Rain and Lightning. By Paget Marr. | 393 |
| The Trials of Magic. By Charles R. Brush. | 393 |
| Chats. By Kolar. The Power of Salesmanship. | 394 |
| Schultegrams. | 394 |
| Baffles' New Card Force. By Charles R. Brush. | 394 |
| Handy Kinks. By Charles R. Brush. | 394 |
| Wrinkle For Disc and Ball. By Baffles Brush. | 395 |
| A Triple Mystery. By Baffles Brush. | 395 |
| Baffles Coin Fold. By Charles R. Brush. | 395 |
| Dye Tube Wrinkles. By Charles R. Brush. | 395 |
| More on the Rope Trick. By Borelis. | 395 |
| Cards from Hat. By Al Snyder. | 395 |
| The Fan Color Change. By Wilfred Lynde. | 395 |
| Four or Five Colored Silks from an Empty Tube as the Colors are Called. By Eli Hackman. | 396 |
| Kinks. By Frederick DeMuth. The Spooky Lemon. | 396 |
| Cartoon. | 397 |
| The Better Yet Box, Rod and Ring Challenge. By Theo. Anneman. | 397 |
| Queen City Mysticisms. That Ball of Wool Again. By Louis E. Levassor. | 397 |
| The Ghost Card. By Theo. Anneman. | 397 |
| The Black Block. By T. Page Wright. | 398 |
| My Act "Over There". By Private Elmer Eckam. | 398 |
| Konjuring Kweries. By Edwardo. | 400 |
| What To Invent. By c. A. Costa Aliaga. | 400 |
| New Book Mystery. By E. Z. Holbert. | 401 |
| Editorial. | 402 |
| An Amateur's B. A. Table. By T. Page Wright. | 404 |
| A New (?) Reverse Card Trick. By Theo. Anneman. | 405 |
| A P. and L. Four Ace Suggestion. By Theo. Anneman. | 405 |
| Color Change Large Cards. By Charles R. Brush. | 405 |
| An Effective Combination. By H. Marshall. | 406 |
| Wrinkles. | 406 |
| Kton's Mystic Alphabet. By Kton (John A. Caton). | 406 |
| Magic Volcano. By Baffles Brush. | 406 |
| Majestic Theatre Program. The Wonder Show of the Universe - Thurston, The Famous Magician. | 408 |
| Magic, The Art of the Ancients. | 409 |
| Observations. By H. Syril Dusenbery. | 409 |
| Spectral Sight Seeing. By Clayton W. Rosencrance. | 410 |
| Base Finger Palm. By Clayton W. Rosencrance. | 410 |
| Rosencrance Slide. | 410 |
| Original. | 410 |
