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Published by
Copyright 1942
By Samuel Berland
To My Wife Lena
and my two sons
Theodore, age 13
and
Lawrence, age 9
FOREWORD
All lovers of magic know what to expect when Sam Berland
writes a book. It is my pleasure to know him, not only as a friend
and gentleman, but as a magician and inventor of unique effects.
Here is his most recent effort and one which should prove a
classic in magic. One that has been the demand. "Tricks with
Watches", where no special apparatus are required, and most
effects can be performed with but the aid of simple sleights. It
plainly explains each trick and is lavishly illustrated, showing the
method of working step by step.
This book of choice effects, is a thorough, practical treatment of
sleights, equipment, suggestions, plus carefully worked out rou
tines. Every effect has been tested, and I'm sure many could be
sold singly for more than the price of this volume. I know of no
finer collection of tricks and routines with watches that has ever
been assembled within two covers.
I have seen the development of each effect from its first incep
tion, to the final completion, and the hours spent with Sam in
reviewing each effect, have been happy onesThe ample material contained here should give you choice
magical routines for immediate use in your programme.
Therefore this is one book that should be owned by everyone
who is interested in magic.
^JltosnGA. JlibatuUi
CONTENTS
Forew ord............. .......... ........................ .... ................................... 4
Chapter One
SLEIGHTS
Watch Vanish ala Zano______ ___ ___________ ___ _____ ______ 8
New French Drop Variation__________ ____ __________________ 8
Two Watch Vanish................................................................... ..... 9
Thumb Palm With One Watch. ..____ _________ _____________ 10
Thumb Palm With Two Watches...............................................10
Berman Deceptive Vanish.......*.................................................... 11
New Take-A-Way Vanish............. ........... .......... .......... ..............12
New "Swing" Sleight..................................... ................... .......... 13
Daring Double Vanish........................................ .................. ...... 13
Simple "Back-Palming" W atch................................ .............. ..... 15
Sleights therewith............ .............................................................. 15
Watch Sleight ala Card Vanish.............. ................................ IB
W atch Passes Thru Knee...................................... ...... i ..........-16
Watch thru Elbow Appears in Palm...........................................17
Misers Dream......................... .............................. -.... ..... ...............17
Chapter Two
GENERAL EFFECTS
Grasp the stem of watch between the middle fingers of the right
hand, thumb at opposite end, Fig. 1.
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The thumb of left is inserted under the right thumb, and left
fingers held in readiness to close around the watch, Fig. 2.
Left fingers completely cover front of watch, and while thus
screened, the right hand pivots away, carrying the watch away
easily and simply, thus clearing the grasp of the left hand, Fig. 3
rear view, (shown still holding onto the right thumb).
The closed left hand now moves aw ay from the right as though
containing the watch. Left is opened . . . watch has vanished.
Vanishing two watches is not at all difficult when using the New
French Drop Variation as a basic support.
Vanish the first watch as explained in the previous sleight. Now
take the second watch in the right hand, holding it between the
thumb and first finger, Fig- 1.
The left hand is cupped in a loose fist, both hands held as Fig. 2.
Push the watch into the left hand, the first finger being out
stretched, and held in the left fist, resting on stem, Fig. 3.
The left fingers curl upward, and the watch is allowed to rest
on the fingertips, Fig. 4.
The first finger is still held by the left thumb, and using it as a
hinge the hands are brought together, while thus screened the
right thumb reaches over and pulls the watch into the right hand
allowing watch to rest on top of other watch. The transfer takes
but a moment, and hands move apart the moment watch has been
taken into the right, Fig. 5.
The left hand releases right first finger, and moves aw ay a p
parently with the second watch. Hand is opened and shown
empty.
First watch can be produced from elbow, and second watch at
knee. Other possibilities are optional with the performer.
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as Fig. 1.
The watch is brought across the fingers, by the right thumb,
Fig. 2The right hand approaches the left to place watch in the left as
you did previously, and as soon as screened by the back of the
right hand, the right fingers close, pushing the second watch on
top of the other, Fig. 3, and while the fingers hold both watches in
place, the thumb opens, allowing both watches to be pressed at
the root of the thumb.
The thumb now closes over the stems of both watches, the
fingers straighten out, and the left hand moves away as though
containing the watch. Hand is opened and second watch has
vanished.
Watch is apparently placed in the left hand, but really thumbpalmed in the right hand, as Fig. 1. Note that the left hand is held
with its back to the audience.
The left hand now opens, still with its back to the audience,
fingers separated, simulating an empty hand, and the right hand
begins to reach toward the knee; while the right hand is thus
occupied, the left hand drops to the side, and the right hand now
produces the palmed watch behind the knee.
Once again the watch is placed in the left. Note I say placed,
for this time you really place the watch in the left, being careful to
simulate the real placement as the false move made previously.
The watch is gripped in the left thumb-palm as Fig. 3. The left
hand is now opened as you did before, with its back to audience,
fingers separated, as Fig. 2, and as the right hand begins to reach
toward the knee, the left hand is lowered to the side, and the
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With the watch held in its present position, between the middle
fingers of the right hand, you are in position to execute an easy
acquitmentLeft hand held with its back to audience, now while the left
hand turns with its palm toward the audience, the right hand at
the same moment is placed behind the left hand, and hand held
as Fig. 5, with watch concealed out of sight; thus audience gets
view of both palms, Fig. 5a how watch is held behind the left.
Watch is produced from back of hand with the aid of the thumb.
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Grasp the stem of watch, (the winding key) between first finger
and thumb of right, dial toward audience. You will find that if
you relax the pressure of the fingers, the watch stem acting as a
pivot, and your finger and thumb as guides, will cause the watch
to "swing" down out of sight into the palm. As soon as watch is
concealed in the palm, the first finger and thumb again apply
pressure on the stem of watch, holding it secureNow for the Complete Sleight:
The watch is gripped in front with the thumb and the two middle
fingers on the back, resting on the ledge. Fig. 2 shows hand
turned to show position of the fingers, watch actually is held
facing audience.
The thumb now pivots the watch backward, digging the tips of
the middle fingers on the inside wall of stopper.
The sides of stopper are gripped between the first and little
finger, and the two middle fingers are removed from inside the
stopper and curl inward the palm, Fig. 3. The thumb helps pivot
the watch during this action, and the middle fingers now straight
en out, with the watch safely concealed behind the hand, as Fig.
4 rear view.
The transfer of the watch to the back of the hand should be exe
cuted with a movement of the hand as though tossing the watch
into space to conceal the movements of the fingers and the revolv
ing of the watch to the back of the hand. The production of the
watch is merely the reversal of the foregoingCaution:
Don't get the idea that just because the watch is adapted to the
back hand palm that it will work itself. A little practice will be
required to train the fingers in holding this object, but the effects
it makes possible are worth the effort.
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Watch held in the right hand in position for sleight. The left
hand is extended and held with its back to the audience. The
fingers holding the watch are partly placed into the open left
hand, Fig. 5, and while thus screened from view, the watch is
back palmed, Fig. 6. The right hand is removed with palm toward
audience, so the obvious conclusion is that the watch is secure in
the left hand. Fig. 7.
The left hand pretends to crush the watch away to "nothing",
and opens palm toward audience showing it empty, and at the
same moment the right hand is placed behind the left arm, and
while thus shielded by the arm the watch is brought to front of
hand, and it is produced at the fingertips.
Now backpalm the watch in the right hand and produce the
one in the left to reverse the effect.
W atch Passed into Elbow Appears in the Palm:
Have a duplicate hat off stage loaded with watches and a nest
of alarm clocks. Now when you start the trick you show the hat
empty, and proceed to "catch" a hatful of watches, finally walk
ing off stage catching the watches as rapidly as possible. The
moment you get off stage, you switch hats, and walk back on
stage carrying the loaded hat. You now proceed to catch a few
more", passing watch thru crown of hat, etc. Finally turn hat over
revealing you really have a "hatfull".
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lEIEUL
EFFECTS
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Left hand reaches for chain at upper pocket, the right hand tak
ing out the watch from the right vest pocket. Left hand conceals
the presence of the second watch, Fig. 2.
The right hand takes hold of the watch, and with the aid of the
left hand unhooks watch from swivel, Fig. 3. The right hand now
places this empty end of chain over the first finger of left, the
thumb keeping it in place, Fig. 4.
The right hand holding the watch now makes a tossing move
ment, thumb palm ing the watch as you do so, w aving hand to
ward the chain, at the same moment you release the watch from
the left hand, holding on to the end of chain, thus appearing as
though vanished, watch re-appears on end of chain. Fig. 5.
The right hand now grasps the watch on chain, the left letting
go of chain, and makes a pretense of removing the watch, Fig. 6,
left hand is now brought near the right, and under cover of both
hands the watch on end of chain is concealed in the left hand,
and hands are separated, exposing the watch in the right, as
though you removed it from chain, Fig. 7.
You again place empty end of chain as Fig. 4 on right first
finger. The right holding the watch, now makes a downward
and upward swing of the right hand, and with the upw ard swing
you brush against your clothing and watch will hook on clothes,
but hold your hand closed as though it contained watch. Now
pretend to toss watch toward chain, releasing watch from hand,
and showing the right hand empty as the same moment.
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Pull out right trouser pocket and show it empty, and in replac
ing pocket, you pull the silk down to the bottom of pocket- Show
the watch (hooked) and place in the right trouser pocket, hooking
it in the upper part of pocket, Fig. 2.
Reach in coat pocket for silk, secretly obtaining the watch in the
hand. Fig. 3.
Roll up silk as compact and tight as possible and when end of
silk is reached the Wiztax tape will prevent it from unrolling, Fig.
4. Press ball-like rolled silk to back of watch, Fig. 5, where it will
be concealed . . . exhibiting watch as Fig. 6 with silk concealed.
Show right hand empty, reach in trouser pocket and bring out the
silk, pulling pocket out and showing it empty-
Effect:
watch held in the hand is tossed into the air, and it vanishes; at
the same moment handkerchief falls to the floor revealing watch
has re-appeared on end of chain.
Requirements:
Put end of thread thru hole in swivel of chain and tie securely.
Now pass thread thru the swivel itself, continue and put thread
thru ring of watch, finally tying thread to ring on end of chain.
Length of thread when tied should be same length as chain.
Tie the hooked watch to swivel end of chain with a piece of
white thread- Fig. 1 shows the complete preparation.
To Perform:
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dience view and Fig. 5 rear view. The left hand is opened and
shown empty. The open left hand is held near the right, and
hands come close together and under cover of the right, the cig
arette is dropped into the left, which forms in a fist, and the left
thumb pushes cigarette upward thus appearing to rise out of
the fist.
The right hand goes for the cigarette and in doing so rests palm
against back of left, thus pushing the thumbpalmed watch held in
the right between the thumb of the left, Fig- 6. The left hand with
the thumbpalmed watch is held with its back to audience as Fig.
7 (rear view); take a puff on cigarette and place in top of left
hand, again palming it out between the middle fingers. Open
left hand revealing the watch. Reach under elbow and produce
cigarette.
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Watch
To Perform:
Spread napkin on the left hand, and push center down as Fig1; push thumb inside, secretly leaving the thumb tip. Take a few
puffs of cigarette (should be about a third smoked) and push it
into center of napkin, really going into the thumb tip. Pack cig
arette well so fire will be extinguished, withdrawing thumb tip on
thumb with the loaded cigarette.
Casually show the right hand empty. Now right hand reaches
in vest pocket for watch, leaving the thumb tip behind and bring
ing out the watch. Exhibit watch and push it into center of nap
kin, bending the ring down, leaving the stem exposed, continue
pushing watch down, clipping stem between middle fingers as
Fig. 2 (somewhat exaggerated). Turn napkin more to audience,
and remove the right hand with the concealed watch, Fig. 3 as
seen by audience. Fig. 4. How watch is held, note how the
second, third, and fourth fingers are curled inward, as though
pointing to napkin.
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Five watchesFour of them in the right trouser pocket, one of them in the
vest pocket.
To Perform: with patter.
"I would like to show you a watch that I always carry around
to tell me the time" (watch taken from the vest pocket and shown).
"While there is nothing strange about this watch (pretend to
place in the left, really thumbpalming it in the right) I have
another one like it here in the pocket (reach in pocket and bring
out the palmed watch) this is the exact duplicate of the watch I
have here in the left hand" (open left showing it empty and look
perplexed).
"That's pretty strange; let's see, I placed a watch in the left
(suit action to the word and this time really place watch in the
hand, simulating the real move to the previous false one). Then
I reached into the pocket and took out an exact duplicate of the
watch I had placed in the left hand" (open left showing watch
and holding up both watches) you see I W AS right, I HAVE two
watches."
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6 regular watches.
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1 hooked watch.
1 watch prepared with short piece of catgut as explained un
der "Catching a Hatful of Watches," with an alarm clock finish.
1 miniature watch about one-fourth the regular size.
1 magazine page prepared with a secret pocket known as a
"Cornucopia (look under various watch vanishes).
Small snap fasteners.
Preparation:
Solder the male part of snap fastener to the top of watch stem
(Fig. 1.) Five watches are prepared in the same manner. The
other part of snap is sewn to a strip of binding, which in turn is
sewn to inside of coat. You now have a perfect "Watch Holder."
Merely push the top of watch having the male part of stem into
the part of snap sewn in binding, and watch will be held secure
until wanted, when a slight pull on watch will release it. Three
watches are arranged on each side of coat (Fig. 2). Watches
should hang about an inch above edge of coat.
Place a strip of wiztax on the back of one of these watches,
and stick the miniature watch to tape.
Now for the proper disposition of the watches on the snap
holders.
Three of the watches are placed on the left side. O n the
right side the first watch is ordinary, but the second watch has
the miniature on the back, and the third watch has the catgut
grip (Fig. 6.)
Of the remaining two watches, the regular one is placed in
the secret pocket of the "cornucopia," the page from the "Time"
magazine. This page should be replaced in the magazine.
The hooked watch is concealed in the right hand as in Fig.
3, gripped between the middle fingers, and pressed against the
palm. Magazine is held in the left, and you are ready.
To Perform:
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the left coat pocket. The right hand of course conceals the a b
sence of the missing charm by holding end of chain well in the
hand.
The chain is transferred to the left hand, while you are tell
ing this story, and stand with left side to audience. The right
hand forces the knife charm to drop in the hand, the fingers as
sisting in this operation (Fig. 2).
The watch and chain is now transferred back to the right hand
and the left hand reaches into the palm and brings the trinket
attached to the "long" chain between the first and second fin
ger.
The right palm is held facing upw ard as Fig. 4 and the real
end of the regular chain is kept coiled in the palm. Fig. 3 is
how hand appears to the audience. Notice the perfect illusion.
All that remains now is to pull on the charm trinket, and the
chain will begin to stretch, becoming longer and longer. When
the end of the "long" chain is reached the two ends of chain
are held together as Fig. 5, thus completing the illusion.
1 regular watch.
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miniature size watch (size of a quarter
watch), a 25c piece and a strip of Wiztax.
. . . use a toy
Preparation:
"He said that all the watch was worth was a quarter in junk
(close left hand and reverse it so coin side will face front, open
hand, revealing what apears to be a quarter).
"Well, I surely felt pretty low after that, so I decided to re
turn it to the dime er, I mean the jewelry store where I bought
it. Well, let me tell you, after hearing the sales talk that the
clerk gave me (place right hand in front of quarter and press
it to the back of the large watch (Fig. 6), I decided that it wasn't
such a b ad watch at all (remove right hand, showing the large
watch, show both hands empty, and hold watch at stem as
Fig. 7).
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The "ball" is now really placed in the left, which closes over
it. The right is now held a moment in front of left, and the ball
is reversed so that the watch side will face audience (Fig. 7).
Remove the right, revealing the transformation.
You are now ready to do a few watch effects, by merely
switching this Ball-Watch for a regular watch.
1 watch chain.
Two watches, one of them a "hooked" watch.
Two blue silks.
Any method of vanishing a handkerchief.
Preparation:
"SANDWICH W ATCH"
This is a jumbo-size watch about the size of an alarm clock,
made hollow and has a hinged lid. Its original use is for the
performer to take watch out of pocket, look at it and mention
he is hungry, open watch and remove a sandwich from its in
terior. However, its uses are many. Here are a few sugges
tions.
Production From a Borrowed Handkerchief (a la Glass of W ater)
Preparation:
Remove the pin from the hinge, and do aw ay with the hinged
door. Load the interior with silks, and paste a piece of paper
on back of watch to seal the silks inside.
Conceal behind a Saturday Evening Post.
To Perform:
THE HOLD-UP
Let us give credit to that fine m agician and gentleman from
England, Oswald Rae, who in his excellent book, "Sub-Rosa,"
first gave us the idea of a burglar robbing a magician, and the
magician turning the tables on him.
The version presented herewith is different both in effect and
method of performance.
Effect:
Then gaze on finger and notice the ring back on the finger.
"Now if I had my watch back, it would be wonderful," and with
that you open the coat, revealing watch and chain back in the
vest.
UNIQUE RESTORATION
Here truly is a brilliant effect that combines several unusual
surprises.
A watch chain is to be seen in the performer's hand, having
a watch on one end, and a watch charm on the opposite end of
chain. Aside from that the performer's both hands are seen per
fectly empty.
The performer now takes a wire clipper and deliberately cuts
the chain apart. Thus leaving a part of chain on the watch,
and other half of chain on the charm knife. Each half of chain
with the attached object are held in each hand, to prove every
thing quite fair.
The performer now takes his handkerchief and with it cov
ers half of chain that is attached to charm knife. This is given
someone to hold.
Taking the severed chain and watch, he places them into a
b ag for safe keeping. However, when he looks in b ag a mo
ment later it is empty! Bag is turned inside out. Part of chain
and watch have vanished.
Performer shows his hands perfectly empty and reaches un
der handkerchief being held by assistant and grasps charm
knife, with the request that handkerchief be removed. Audience
witness the most remarkable surprise they have ever seen, for
the chain and watch have become united and become whole as
it was at the very beginning.
Requirements:
Two
Two
One
Any
watch
watch chains.
watches.
charm knife.
method of vanishment, such as changing bag, watch bag,
pull, etc.
Preparation:
One of the watch chains is cut in half with a scissors, and with
the aid of a piece of white thread it is tied to other watch chain.
Watches are attached to end of both chains, and the charm
knife is hooked to end of regular chain. Complete preparation
is shown as Fig. 1.
You now apply a strip of Wiztax to the back of the watch on
the regular chain, and press the watch to the back of the left
hand, allowing the chain to pass between first and second fin
ger, the charm knife therefore hanging on the palm side of hand.
The attached short chain and watch hang over the second fin
ger. Fig. 2.
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Select any preliminary effects you may wish as part of the rou
tine. Make a bluff of returning the watch and chain you have
just used to the pocket, then changing your mind you remove it,
and place it in your vanishing device. Show hands empty, and
open coat, calling attention to the bare vest. Close coat, and
button second button, catching thumb on thread and pulling on
same as your hand moves downward to the lower button. Do not
look down on the coat or what you are doing, make it look as
natural as possible, looking at audience, and speaking about the
watch and chain in bag. Turn bag inside out and show it empty,
toss it aside. Show hands empty once again, dramatically open
coat revealing chain across vest. Reach in pocket, take out
watch, look at it, remarking: now it's "time" to go. Exit.
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TRICKS
WI T H
WRIST
WITCHES
A long, thin nail will do, but for a more convincing effect, ob
tain a wire of heavy gauge, and solder the head of a stem on
one end.
To Perform:
Conceal the 'long" stem in the left hand between the fingers.
Borrow the watch with the right hand. Transfer the watch to the
left placing it directly on top of wire, and the real stem of watch
points toward the palm, being concealed with the left thumb. The
head of the "long" stem extends over the edge of watch. (See il
lustration). Fig. 9, Page 62.
Pretend to listen to watch and then grasp the stem by the fingers
and thumb as is usually done and proceed to "w ind" it, pulling
the wire out by degrees until it extends several inches from the
watch. Finally "push it back" into the watch and return to the
owner.
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pieces, rubs them together, and passing his hand over the watch,
restores the strap as it was originally.
Requirements:
An extra half of strap (not the buckle end) glue a small piece
of tin to the end and bend it to form a hook. This hook should be
able to fit into slot of wrist watch where the strap is held, Fig. 1.
Be prepared with both a brown and black strap prepared in this
manner.
To Perform:
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Watch and chain; Wrist watch and metal band; Spring type
vanishing watch pull as explained under various watch vanishes,
with this addition: actually it's made of two bags, with one of the
bags opening at the top and other bag opening at the bottom.
The bags are sewn together.
To prepare for the effect, place a wrist watch in b ag with the
opening at the bottom. The spring across the opening, of course,
will prevent it from falling out of bag.
To Perform:
Secretly obtain the pull in the right hand after the performance
of some previous effect, in which the watch and chain have been
used.
Apply pressure on top opening of bag and slowly lower the
watch and chain into it. Now place the left hand, several inches
below the right in readiness to catch the wrist watch. Apply pres
sure on the bottom spring, which will open b ag and release the
wrist watch into the waiting hand below.
While you are staring in surprise at the wrist watch in the left
hand, the right hand releases the pull, causing b ag with its con
tents to fly away under the coat. Nonchalantly, open the right
hand showing it empty, place watch on wrist.
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Borrow the wrist watch, explaining that you can tell time even
when watch is hidden from your sight. This patter is designed to
lead them astray from the real purpose of the envelope. Make
them think you are going to do some mental feat with the watch,
SO' that when you crush it, the effect will be somewhat startling
to them.
Request that they set the watch to any hour, and while they are
doing so, you bring the envelope from the pocket, concealing the
slit from the audience, of course.
Now take the watch from their hands with the face toward
them, "to prove everything is fair". Lower the watch into the en
velope, really allowing watch to enter the slit and pass to the
outside of the envelope, where it is held in place by the right
thumb. The straps extending from the envelope proves every
thing to be ordinary. Fig. 2.
The envelope is placed on the edge of table, being sure the
edge of envelope touches the table first, and the watch itself,
guided by the fingers, now rests under the edge of table, out of
harms way.
Make a pretense of getting an "impression of the number
watch is set to, and pick up a knife to aid you in the "feeling
tone make a guess at some outlandish time, like 39 minutes, 49
seconds past 6, then failing in the first attempt, ask if you may
have another chance, and try again.
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Finally ask the owner what make of watch it is, and get angry:
"a Paskudnik?" no wonder I couldn't do the trick! And with that
you crush the envelope with the knife. The crushing noise of the
sugar is pretty effective. Look sorry, as if you didn't intend to lose
your temper in this manner.
Lift the envelope, bringing the watch safely behind the envel
ope, and lift it out. Crush envelope and place in pocket, and after
a bit of by-play, pretend to restore the watch and hand back to
owner.
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VARIOUS
WI TCH
VANISHES
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V A R IO U S W A T C H
V A N ISH E S
Fold the bottom edge as Fig. 2, then fold once again, completing
cornucopia, as Fig. 3.
Place the article to be vanished in the secret pocket. Now open
out paper, show on both sides, and article will have apparently
vanished.
V ANISHIN G W ATCH PULL
Clock Spring Top
Tie
Grasp the watch as Fig. 3b, with the loop around first finger.
The left hand places a handkerchief over watch. While thus con
cealed, the watch is allowed to drop on the back of hand, and the
handkerchief is lifted by the center as though holding watch, and
placed between first finger and thumb.
The left hand suddenly grasps a corner and pulls handkerchief
away, watch apparently has vanished, both hands are seen
empty, and handkerchief is shown back and front.
Right hand can be lowered to the side, and watch produced
from knee.
A dded Suggestion:
This is the best utility apparatus by far for the vanishing of say
a watch and chain, and for the exchange of articles.
The bag is really made double, having two compartments. The
long handle makes it appear impossible to touch the contents of
the bag, however the handle is responsible for the change, a mere
twist opens or closes either compartment.
This is a standard apparatus and is sold in most regular magic
shops.
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H u m o r o u s Watch S tem
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Hold watch in the right hand, between first finger and thumb
(dial toward audience) in front of body.
, Now open hand outward to the .side of body, this brings the
back of watch to audience, bring your hand downward with a
long sweep of the hand. Now bring the hand upward, and as you
do so "brush" the watch against the clothes, which will engage
the "hook" thus catching it on the clothes, where it is left, and
hand continues upward, but it closes so that when hand somes in
view of audience closed hand conveys the impression that watch
is still in the hand. Slowly open the hand and show it empty.
The purpose of the hand coming up closed is to misdirect
them from thinking that you got rid of watch in any pocket.
PAPER BA G VANISHER
This is our old friend the egg bag. Suggest however you have
it made up of black cloth so it forms a contrast to the watch. Also
the bag will keep audience from associating it with the little "red
bag."
In construction one side is really double, and the inner wall is
cut short from bottom about an inch. Fig. 8.
To Use.
Turn bag inside out to show it ordinary and place watch inside
of bgg, putting it under short wall, thus getting watch into the
double side. Turn bag upside down, finally turning b ag inside
out to prove it empty.
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