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VOLUME 16





NO. 1: MARCH 1917


1

W.B. Marks Bio

3

Magical Jingles By Schulte

3

Literature

3

The World Of Magic

4

- S.A.M. Francis J. Werner

4

- The Spokane Mystic Club C.W. Talbott

4

- Society Of Detroit Magicians W.H. Domzalski

4

- Ray Newton Route

4

- The Yogi Club Of Philadelphia H.F. Kenna

5

- R.I. Society Of Magic

5

- National Conjurors Association C.J. Hagen

5

- Spot Lights From Hartford, Conn. Clarence T. Hubbard

5

- Doings Of The Demons Of Baltimore Robert W. Test

6

- W.J. Hilliar In The Vaudeville Breeze Says

6

- Do You Remember

6

- Golden Gate Assembly Of S.A.M. H.Syril Dusenbery

7

- Madison, Wis., News Notes Louis C. Haley

7

- The Society Of Toledo Magicians F.W. Lindsley

7

An Easily Constructed Illusion, Suitable For Drawing Room Work, Etc. Morgan & Peterson

7

The Ever Popular Vanishing Cloth, Its Use And Improvements Theo Bamberg

8

The Magic Globe By P.G. Pauley

9

Edwardo's Mysterio

9

The Card In The Pocket By Walter Gibson

9

Editor's Page

10

- Editor's Page Continued

11

New Handkerchief Tube By G.Gilmore Gravatt

12

Mysterious Watch By L. Cohen

12

The Mystic Revue

12

Bird Cage And Paper Bag By H.A. Brooks

13

The Educated Cards By Walter Gibson

13

Money Trick By Charles S. Weller

14

Mr. Weller Tells David P. Abbott How He Did The Trick

14

Magic Blocks By Richard Christy

14

Appearing Handkerchief By C.T. Marshfield

14

Water To Anything Frederick Spearer

15

The Magicians' League Will Goldston & A.Kellar Goodwin

15

Lonergan's Emergency Tambourine By Davis Lonergan

15





NO. 2: APRIL 1917


21

Ford B. Rogers, M.D. Bio

23

Stage Slang By G.F.Schulte

23

Literature

23

The World Of Magic

24

- S.A.M. Francis J. Werner

24

- Chicago Conjurors Club Comments E. Dornfield

24

- An Evening With The Chicago Conjurer's Club By Schulte

24

- News From New York Winfield C. Decker

24

- Spot Lights From Hartford, Conn. Clarence T. Hubbard

25

- Pittsburgh Association Of Magicians J.P. Keamer

25

- National Conjuror's Association

25

- Universal Society Of Magicians, Glasgow, Scotland Wm. Morgan

25

An After Dinner Seance With Spirits By L. Albert Thunig

26

- "Seance" Continued

26

- "Seance" Continued

27

- "Seance" Continued

28

Edwardo's Perfection Hank Production

29

Editor's Page

30

He Wasn't In It Poem

31

Martinka-Carter Transfer

32

An Appeal And Protest

32

Uncle Feelix Correspondence Column

32

Bamberg's Envelope Mystery

33

The Mystic Art Of Entertaining By Louis C. Haley

34

The Sliding Die Box By D. Graham Palmer

35

Ita Est Poem

35

A New Trick Deck By Glenn Gilmore Gavatt

35

Louineta Or The Traveling Queen By Harry Louine

35





NO. 3: MAY 1917


41

Prof. H.S. Woodworth Bio

43

The World Of Magic

44

- S.A.M. Francis J. Werner

44

- News From New York Winfield E. Decker

44

- Society Of Detroit Magicians

45

- Spot Lights From Hartford, Conn. Clarence T. Hubbard

45

- R.I. Local Of The N.C.A.

45

- National Conjurer's Association

46

- A Little News From The "Wild And Woolly" Dr. C.W. Tolant

46

- Madison, Wisconsin, News Notes Louis C. Haley

46

The Imporved Coin Ladder - Original Design And Construction By Theo. Bamberg

47

Conjuring Clippings By Schulte

48

Uncle Feelix

48

Ladson Butler's "Reading Another Man's Eyes."

49

A New Card Effect By Harry A. Lee

49

Editor's Page

50

Literature

51

The Magician's League Omar Yama

51

Just A Little Jabber By Clarence T. Hubbard

52

Handkerchief Flying Spots - Slates By Harry B. Lowe

52

Mystery Of The Seven Coins By Jack Kneiff

53

The Tip Top Card By Alfeti Conjurer

53

Some Thimble Sleights By Walter Gibson

54

The Improved Nest Of Envelopes And Torn Card By H. Syril Dusenbery

54

The Impossible Made Possible (Coin Vanish) By C.W. Rosecrans

54

Patriotic Combinations By H. Syril Dusenbery

55

The Banknote And Lemon Trick By Harry B. Lowe

55

Freedom's Choice By L. Cohen

56

An Evening In Magic Bookland Bt G.F. Schulte

56





NO. 4: JUNE 1917


61

The Great Leon Bio

63

Magic Notes By Schulte

63

A Calendar For Two Hundred Years By T.W. McGrath

63

Conjuring Quips Harry J. Podmore

63

The World Of Magic

64

- S.A.M. Francis J. Werner

64

- The Conjuror's Club Of Boston Hans C. Kleeman

65

- Magical Notes From Chicago W. Dornfeld

65

- Spot Lights From Hartford, Conn. Clarence T, Hubbard

66

- Society Of Detroit Magicians W.H. Domzalski

66

- Pittsburgh Association Of Magicians Sam Margules

66

- Golden Gate Assembly S.A.M. H. Syril Dusenbery

67

- Spokane, Washington, News C.T. Talbot

67

The Superior Silver Boxes And Ball Of Wool By Charles Neil Smith

68

Novel Die And Orange Combination With Sucker Box By C.W. Talbot

69

A Suggestion By Clayton W. Rosencrance

69

Editor's Page

70

Thanks And Acknowledgment Francis J. Martinka

71

Literature

71

John Nevil Maskelyne Obit

72

- Maskelyne Picture

72

Uncle Feelix

72

To Exposers Poem

72

The Bewitched Blocks Magicus

73

Magic Poem

73

The Mysterious Necktie By Walter Gibson

74

Aladdin's Spirit Frame

74

Among The Advertisers

76





NO. 5: JULY 1917


81

Norman Cummins Bio

83

Literature

83

The World Of Magic

84

- S.A.M. Francis J. Werner

84

- Eugene Laurant Route

84

- Cincinnati Magicians' Club Geo. W. Stock

84

- Buffalo Notes Ladson Butlere

84

- Society Of Detroit Magicians W,H, Domzalski

85

- R.I. Society Of Magicians' News C. Foster Fenneer

85

- Spot Lights From Hartford, Conn. Clarence T. Hubbard

85

- Coin Tray Idea Clarence T. Hubbard

85

- Comments From Chicago W. Dornfeld

86

- Mysterious Smith Route

86

An After Dinner Trick By Jesse A. Mueller

86

Some Sleight Suggestions By W. Russell Walsh

86

The Sympathetic Colors By Theo. Bamberg

87

The Astral Jacks By Harry Louine

87

Tenacious Card By Clayton W. Rosencrance

87

The Mysterious Spiritualistic Seance By A.D. Ross

88

Red, White And Blue Of 1917 L. Cohen

89

Isn't It So? By Rudolph Reimer, Jr,

89

To Show 'Em Up! By Matt Martin

89

Editor's Page

90

De Mortuis Nil Nisi Bonum

91

Prize Competition

91

Magical Mirth By Schulte

91

Conjuring Quips By Harry J. Podmore

91

Our English (Poem) By Harry J. Podmore

91

Watered Stock By Clarence T. Hubbard

91

Uncle Feelix

92

Another One by Ento

92

Pluck

92

Good Tricks By Christianer

93

- The Die And Box Of Flags

93

A Novel Coin Production By Chas. A. Gallon

93

Design For A Center Table

93

A Man Of Tricks (Drawing) By Len J. Sewell

93

A Pack Of Cards Used To Illustrate The Principle Of The Moving Picture Machine By Lewis R. Hilliar

94

Can You By L. Cohen

94

Then The Rush Began

94

Effect No. 2 By Gus Miller

94

As You Make It Poem

94

The Skill Of American Mystifiers Harry Houdini

96

Persistence Poem

96

Ben Smart, The Konjurer By Robert H.Heger

96





NO. 6: AUGUST 1917


101

F.A. Koester, D.D.S. Bio

103

Colorino By E.E. Duryee

103

Literature

103

The World Of Magic

104

- Pittsburgh Association Of Magicians Sam Margules

104

- Buffalo Notes Ladson Butler

104

- Mysterious Smith Route Albert Smith

104

- Puzzling Pierson's Paragraph

104

- Spotlights From Hartford, Conn. Clarence T. Hubbard

104

- Society Of Detroit Magicians W.H. Domzalski

105

- National Conjurors'Association

105

- What's Doing In Chicago W. Dornfeld

106

- Is Magic Dead? M. Ovette

106

- A Royal Good Time Oscar S. Teale

106

- Magicians And Collectors Attention

106

Vaudeville Chatter By Schulte

107

Thoughts Of Others By George Frederick Schulte

107

New Coin Trick by George Morrow

107

A Wave For The Wine And Water Wonder By Clarence T. Hubbard

107

The Sense Of Touch Prof. E.M. Lipka

108

Chemical Changes By R.S. Sugden

108

Disappearing And Changing Handkerchiefs By M. Ovette

108

Patter For Cut And Restore Tape By Frederick F. Furman

108

Vanishing And Appearing Clock by Harry S. Nonrment

109

Second Sight Trick By J.F. Pierce

109

A Phenomenal Speller By Russell Magician

109

Editor's Page

110

- Editor's Page Continued

111

A Card Effect By Frederick F. Furman

112

Uncle Feelix

113

Little Handkerchief Mystery By M. Ovette

113

The Hindoo Balls And Bow Russell

114

Mystic Malee by M. Ovette

114

Selected Article And Chosen Potatoes by M. Ovette

114

Modern Coin Substitution By Clayton W. Rosecrance

115

Prize Competition

115





NO. 7: SEPTEMBER 1917


121

The Faker Of Ava Bio

123

Spirit Writing Unsurpassed by R.S. Sudgen

123

The World Of Magic

124

- War News From Chicago W. Dornfeld

124

- Pittsburgh Association Of Magicians Sam Margules

124

- Spot Lights From Hartford Clarence T. Hubbard

125

- Society Of Detroit Magicians W.H. Domzalski

125

- National Conjurers Association

125

- Golden Gate Assembly S.A.M. H. Syril Dusenbery

125

- Mysterious Smith Route

125

- Magic News from Wheeling, W. Va. Paul R. Semple

126

- Laurant's Act L.W. Carroll

126

Cloth False Finger Manipulations By De Vega

127

Literature

128

Concerning Books By Harry J. Podmore

128

The Lemon Trick-My Own Version By Theo. Bamberg

128

Cards Up The Sleeve By Louis F. Christianer

129

Magic Ruler By M. Ovette

129

Ovette's Ace Trick

129

Editor's Page

130

- Editor's Page Continued

131

What's In A Name? By John W. Frey

132

Comical Conjuring Comments By Schulte

132

Readers Of The Sphinx De Vega

132

Conjuring Quips Harry J. Podmore

132

Again The Ball Of Wool Experiment M.F. Zens

132

David P. Abbott's Occultism T.W. McGrath

133

1917 Glass Top Table L. Cohen

134

The Canary Silks L.B. Brown

135

The Flying Silk By H.A. Canar

135

An Easy Combination Trick By Paul R. Semple

135

The Magnetic And Revolving Wand

135





NO. 8: OCTOBER 1917


141

Mr. King bio

143

Literature

143

Ventriloquist Fat Cheek Boy Figure By L. Cohen

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