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By U.7. Grant
T r i c k Ho. 1 Watch Jleejub:^, ''C^Q-fc
Any three p e o p l e take ordinary watches t o a f a r corner and s e t them at any hour, minute and second d s s i r s d , then s e a l them in s s a l l boxes. These are hung or p l a c e d anyplace and ycu can t e l l the exact hour, minute and second on each one,
Lika a l l good t r i c k s the method i s simple and depends on a c l e v e r dodge and th® one ahead principle*. When you introduce the t r i c k you have any three step f o r w a r d . You require f o u r watches, a l l alike*,, the
cheap t o y type with moving hands are 03X« One o f these watches i s a l
-ready set we w i l l say at rt3?22f- and sealed in one o f the b o x e s . This
should have some s e c r e t mark on it. BO you can d i s t i n g u i s h i t from the other t h r e e b o x e s . In t h i s prepared 'box have a s l i p with the name "George Erusso" on i t « How you have the other three boxes and a s i . p f o r each one handy 0 Have t h r e e step f or war dan d give each one a box,
s l i p and watch. They go t o a f a r corner or in another room, set t h e i r watch and sign t h e i r name t o t h e i r s l i p and p l a c e or s e a l t h e i r watch and s l i p with name on in t h e i r b o s , While they are doing t h i s you p a t t e r along to the e f f e c t that you gave a t e s t performance t h i s a f t e r -noon b e f o r e a p r i v a t e g a t h e r i n g , and one o f the men, a "Mr. Brusso",
set a watch and sealed i t in advance and sent i t over here t h i s evening along with a s e a l e d l e t t e r g i v i n g the hour he set the watch a t . and you w i l l endeavor t o read t h a t along with the other t h r e e now being s e t .
How the other t h r e e ccme back with t h e i r sealed boxes and these are p l a c e d in a l a r g e bowl or hat along with the planted one and mixed up a b i t , saying the reason f o r t h i s i s t o show that you do not have t o read any s p e c i a l one f i r s t , or know in advance which persons watch i s in which box. ? o r a more s p e c t a c u l a r performance I suggest you have a large cardboard c l o c k with movable hands. I f n o t . use a l a r g e
s l a t e with a d i a l drawn on and with your p r e d i c t i o n each time, draw in the hands t o show c o r r e c t time e t c . '.7e w i l l say you have a l a r g e c l o c k f a c e .
Walk over and p i c k up t r a y o r item watches a r e i n , p i c k one of the b o x e s , being sure n o t to take the faked one. Hold the box above your head and pretend t o c o n c e n t r a t e , then walk over t o c l o c k and s e t the hands at " 3 ; 2 2 £ " . D e l i b e r a t e l y open the box t o apparently see who s e t t h e i r watch at t h i s time, and r e g a r d l e s s o f who's i t i s , you mis-read and read o f f "George Brusso'% at the same time make a mental note of name on s l i p and time watch i s s e t a t . How have the man h o l d -ing the sealed envelope t e a r open same and see i f your p r e d i c t i o n i. c o r r e c t , which he v e r i f y s .
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How, unknown t o tha nridienco .you are one ahead of thero, eh and nsme j u s t opened i s p l a c c d in a hat or bowl. P i els: up another?
being sure i t i s not thfc planted one and hold above the head and p.i*Q« tend t o d i s c e r n i t s coat sat a end sat c l o c k as b e f o r e only set i t at the time i n d i c a t e d by the one j u s t opened,, supposedly the Ere Brus30
one. Then opsn t h i s package and the commit teem on v e r i f y s h i s name and that you have c o r r e c t l y e s t the large c l o c k t o correspond with h i s s e t -t i n g , This i s repea-ted wi-th -the remaining -two and each -tiraa as each watch and s l i p i s removed i t i s p l a c e d in the large bowl or hat, thus at the f i n i s h anyone may check the c l o c k s and s l i p s .
You w i l l f i n d with p r o p e r showmanship and handling t h i s i s one of the s t r o n g e s t t e s t s ever presented and most convincing and f o o l - f r o o f , as everything i s unprepared.
I f „ . . Y c u are working where you are n o t o f f e r i n g a reward t o the e f f e c t you use no c o n f e d e r a t e s , you m y have a p l a n t in the audience t o step up with any two and he s e t s h i s watch t o the time you have already arranged with him. This way you get to use the one ahead w i t h -out a f o u r t h person and watch set by the apparent Mr. Brusso.
For boxes t o seal watches i n , I suggest you buy 4 n i c e v e l v e t covered watch boxes from a Jeweler,
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By Uc^o Grant
T r i c k F o . 2 Cards & Boards Test
Any number of s e a l e d decks that have never been opened are given t o committeej. they s e l e c t any deck, break s e a l s and s h u f f l e same and remove any ton cords and s e a l them'between two boards and you are able to name the ten c a r d s .
This i s a banner e f f e c t in card magic and one they w i l l remember. The manner of f i n d i n g out the cards i s very n a t u r a l and never n o t i c e d , and a method n o t used in general card magic.
In your lower r i g h t vest p o c k e t you have a deck of cards which i s short any ten cards and i s n o t In the ores,, On the t a b l e you have ten complete decks that have n s v s r been opened and with the same back d e s -ign as the deck in your pockety Have the committee step forward and go into a corner or any near by a n t i rocm. They p i c k any deck and s h u f f l e i t as much as they l i k e and hand deck to you behind your back0
You stand with your back towards them. They p i c k any ten cards out of the deck and as soon as they do you bring the deck to your f r o n t while they take paper and p e n c i l and w r i t e down the names of the ten c a r d s . While they do t h i s and with your back s t i l l turned, you have ample time to s l i p the deck in an empty v e s t pocket and p u l l out the d u p l i -cate deck0 Then caution them to hide t h e i r c a r d s . You turn and hand
them the deck and t e l l them t o s t i c k the ten cards in anyplace and p l a c e the deck in case and anyone p l a c e s t h i s in t h e i r p o c k e t . You
leave the room while they n a i l the ten cards between the boards. I was wrong above, they do NOT put the ten cards back in the deck, they keep them o u t . While out of the room 7/ou run through the deck and deal i t i n t o f o u r p i l e s9 one p i l e f o r each s u i t , and when you are f i n
-ished you can e&sily see which ten cards are missing and write them down on a pad.
Now you walk back t o t h e i r room and gaze at the board and pretend t o c o n c e n t r a t e , take out the pad and pretend t o w r i t e down the ten cards that are a l r e a d y w r i t t e n down9 unknown t o them. When t h e y check
your l i s t , they f i n d that you are c o r r e c t . Anyone e l s e opens boards and v e r i f y s the cards a g a i n s t both s l i p s .
And there you have a wonderful e f f e c t , one they w i l l remember and t a l k about and a l l without p r a c t i c e o r s l e i g h t s and much g r e a t e r than the usual run of the m i l l card t r i c k s .
Now f o r a v a r i a t i o n I w i l l give you another method; In t h i s method you have t o open decks in advance and stack them, then r e s e a l them. Have h a l f of the decks red backs and the o t h e r h a l f blue backs,, You know the top ten cards o f each d e c k , as top ten cards of every deer,
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that you never touch the decks or go anywhere near them.
The committee goes t o the room and takes two d e c k s , one red and one b l u e , t h e i r own s e l e c t i o n . How any one o f them that i s used t o handling cards opens the two decks and r i f f l e s h u f f l e s the two decks t o g e t h e r . Ifow they d e c i d e on e i t h e r c o l o r . You never know which c o l o r they decide on. They take the top ten cards they come to of that c o l o r and these are the cards they note and seal,- e t c . , and you are l a t e r able t o name the c a r d s . Unknown to them, the mere a c t i o n of s h u f f l i n g ( r i f f l e s h u f f l i n g ) the two decks together does n o t d i s -arrange the order of each deck by i t s e l f . On top of that,- they are of the opinion that the decks have never been opened.
Here i s another method, using j u s t one deck and the r i f f l e s h u f f l e p r i n c l e . Have the middle 20 cards of the deck stacked so that you
know what they a r e . Then have person take and break the s e a l on the deck and open i t , then deal the top 26 cards onto the t a b l e , f a c e do.m, one at a t i m e . Then turn t h i s stack f a c e up and s h u f f l e i t i n t o the remaining f a c e down s t a c k . In other words the twot halves are r i f f l e
s h u f f l e d f a c e t o f a c e , so h a l f are one way and half the other way. How, they hold the deck e i t h e r way and run through i t and remove the
f i r s t ten f a c e down cards they ccme t o . You w i l l merely have to know which s e c t i o n they want and you w i l l know the ten cards-.
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By U. A Grant
T r i c k No. 3 B i l l & Glass & t e r
Several drinking g l a s s e s , u n p r e p a r e d , . 0They s e l e c t any one and
pour water in same and tast® i t , They s e l e c t anyone to take out a "bill and s e a l i t in a heavy "brown manila envelopep such as a pay
en-v e l o p e . How anyone gases in the glass o f water and is able t o gien-ve the s e r i a l numbers on the b i l l . The g l a s s i s again examined.
tfirst o f a l l , envelope b i l l i s sealed in i s f a k e d . This i s p r e -pared as f o l l o w s , Take one and cut o f f the back o f same, so just the f r o n t p a r t with f l a p on i s l e f t , How s l i d e t h i s down i n s i d e an unpre-pared one, so the two f l a p s are. such that one i s behind the o t h e r . How, between the w a l l s of t h i s envelops?, or in other words between the
s e c t i o n s that f l a p s are ony p l a c e a b i l l that you know the s e r i a l
num-ber o f . Then moisten the f l a p o f the rear one and s t i c k i t to f r o n t f l a p . You now have an envelope with b i l l in that appears empty and unprepared. Also r e q u i r e d i s a c e l l u l o i d d i s c that i s same s i z e as bottom o f a g l a s s of water. How with b l a c k India ink l e t t e r on t h i s
c e l l u l o i d near one edge the s e r i a l numbers that are on the b i l l i n s i d e the double e n v e l o p e .
How you w i l l d i s c o v e r that i f t h i s d i s c i s p l a c e d on bottom of a g l a s s and glass i s about h a l f f u l l o f water ( use about an 3 ounce s h e l l g l a s s ) Have g l a s s s i t t i n g on d i s c so that the numbers are a t the outer edge, i f person stands t o r e a r of g l a s s and gases thru the side of the g l a s s ( n o t down in top ) down into v;ater, they w i l l see j u s t the numbers, apparently mid way in the water, making a most g h o s t l y e f f e c t . Have d i s c in p o c k e t , handy f o r you to s t e a l at the proper time.
Have committee s t e p forward and have them p i c k a man from the audience. You step down to him and hand him a pay envelope and t e l l him to take out a d o l l a r b i l l , not t o o o l d , n o t too new. This i s so i t w i l l match your planted one. Have him seal i t in the envelope and step up on stage and hold i t high in the a i r . Stress the p o i n t that he does a l l , you never touch i t . How have committee s e l e c t g l a s s , pour water in and t a s t e i t e t c . Then s e c r e t l y get d i s c in hand and p l a c e g l a s s of water on palm of hand so i t covers the d i s c . How
any-one steps over and gazes in g l a s s and c a l l s out numbers, as he does another one w r i t e s them down on a l a r g e blackboards so a l l can see aid
v e r i f y them.
How r e p l a c e glass on t a b l e , keeping the d i s c in the hand. Then anyone p i c k s up g l a s s and drinks the water to prove no chemicals were used. D e l i b e r a t l y walk ox^er and take envelope and with sharp p o i n t e d
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b i tr hand envelope back t o the man, mentioning that you do not want
t o handle the b i l l , so no t r i c k e r y can be worked,, have him r i p the started t e a r , and remove the b i l l and to read o f f the numbers on HIS b i l l and they correspond with the cnea the man saw in the g l a s s of wat er *
That, my f r i e n d s , from the audience p o i n t of view is MAGIC* You w i l l d i s c o v e r that you can l e t them seal b i l l in envelope and t e a r i t a f t e r you s t a r t the tear and do so s a f e l y , t h i s i s the s t r o n g p o i n t of the t r i c k .
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By U.P. Grant
Trick No. 4 $500 l e t t e r Reading Tse"
This I can t r u l y say i s the "best mental t e s t idea I have e v e r developed. The l a s t word in liystery and t e s t has proven i t so„
F i r s t you r e q u i r e a l a r g e g l a s s f i s h bowl and prepare t h i s by c u t t i n g out a p i e c e o f clt^.r c e l l u l o i d ( or g l a s s i f p r e f e r e d ) so i t f i t s a c r o s s the center of bowl and d i v i d e s i t in two s e c t i o n s , as pes* sketch on next page. Also have some p l a i n e n v e l o p e s , p l a i n white cards t h a t f i t e n v e l o p e s , p e n c i l s and you are a l l s e t , f o r that p a r t . 'Ve w i l l say you are g o i n g t o p a s s out 20 cards, b e f o r e the show writ© on SO cards a message, f o r example " I b e t you do not get t h i s one" and s e a l these in e n v e l o p e s} same message in each e n v e l o p e . Have these
20 l e t t e r s in lower l e f t v e s t p o c k e t . You are now a l l s e t .
Pass out the o t h e r s and t e l l them t o w r i t e any message they d e s -i r e and s e a l -in e n v e l o p e . Not t o s-ign t h e -i r name, as most people -in an audience do n o t l i k e t o have t h e i r names c a l l e d o u t . You step i n t o audience and c o l l e c t them, in a neat stackin the r i g h t hand, hold
r i g h t hand high above the head, as you back up to the l e f t s i d e of the stage.. Just as you get t o the top step t o walk over a c r o s s s t a g e , the two hands come t o g e t h e r t o hold e n v e l o p e s . Previous to t h a t your l e f t haid s t o l e the 20 dummys out o f the v e s t p o c k e t . The two stacks are held t o g e t h e r as one, with l i t t l e f i n g e r of l e f t hand h o l d i n g a break between them. How as you drop them in the bowl, the o r i g i n a l s go t o the f r o n t p a r t i t i o n and f a k e s t o back p a r t i t i o n . A l l are in f u l l view and shaken up.
Now p i c k up bowl and hold i t high and have three step forward. Lach one reaches in the bowl and takes out an e n v e l o p e . But hold the bowl so that t h e y have t o take from the s i d e your l e t t e r s are i n . This
i s very simple, by h o l d i n g bowl high, so apparently they cant see what they are t a k i n g , keeps t h e i r hand from g e t t i n g t o c e n t e r of bowl t o touch the p a r t i t i o n . Audience d e c i d e s which l e t t e r i s to be u s e d , other two are tossed back in bowl. Person with s e l e c t e d one goes t o f a r end o f stage and you t e l l what i s in same. " I bet you do n o t get t h i s o n e . " He t e a r s i t open and v e r i f y s you are c o r r e o t .
S t i l l another v a r i a t i o n of the f i n a l e f f e c t i s t o have two men and a g i r l step f o r w a r d . Have men get t h e i r s l i p s from unprepared s e c -t i o n of bowl wi-th genuine l e -t -t e r s in and g i r l g e -t s f o r c e d one, -t h i s you do e a s i l y , as you p i c k bowl up t o c a r r y over to her e t o . Now the three l e t t e r s have been drawn. Then have a f o u r t h person step f o r w a r d . The g i r l you have picked to take out the faked l e t t e r should be a p r e
-t -t y one. This f o u r -t h man you have s -t e p forward should be yound and the type that u s u a l l y goes f o r g i r l s , f l a s h y d r e s s e s e t c . Now you say
Page 2 _ l e t t e r Reading Test Brain Busters t o him, "7fe have two men a g i r l , which do you want?" He w i l l p i c k the g i r l . So you hav; the two men open t h e i r l e t t e r s sad road them out aid have them v e r i f i e d by the w r i t e r s . Then you read the g i r l s , b e f o r e i t i s opened,
I:; the yeunt, man do-ss not s e l e c t the g i r l , you f a l l back on the Magicians choice* I f he p i c k s one o f tiie men, you have that man step
asiae* he takes e i t h e r the remaining man or the g i r l . I f he s e l e c t s other man, have him step a s i d e and that l e a v e s the g i r l . Or i f the g i r l , say, a l r i g h t , we w i l l use the g i r l .
And thus you have a l e t t e r reading t e s t that i s second t o none, i f presented in a h a l f way decent manner0
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