by Sheridan | Jul 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
Many of our readers have seen Chung Ling Soo perform the mystifying trick of a vase filled with ink suddenly change to vase containing the same amount of clear water. The method here described, is highly novel and ingenious. We understand Herr Ernest Basch, of...
by Sheridan | Jul 24, 2013 | Tricks Explained, Uncategorized
Effect. Performer sketches a picture or cartoon on a sheet of white paper, with a border all round it, which is then taken off and rolled up tube shape. Now, after a few passes, the paper is unrolled, when the sketch or cartoon is seen to have vanished. SECRET....
by Sheridan | Jul 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
BRADFORD MAGICIAN, Rationed Foods Without Coupon. Members of the Society of Yorkshire Magicians hold a special concert and competition at the Textile Hall, Bradford, on Wednesday. Mr. W. C. Joans, of Leeds, vice president of the society, gave a massive gold medal for...
by Sheridan | May 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
Pleasing Himself, Charlie Chaplin On The Secret Of His Popularity. Charlie Chaplin traces the beginnings of his great success to the day when he began to take his eye off the public and to aim exclusively at pleasing himself. “In the early days,” he says,...
by Sheridan | May 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
Programme of Mystery Delights Bradford Friends. A large gathering of friends and visitors enjoyed an entertainment full of mystery and dexterity at the Somerset Parlour last night, when the Yorkshire Society of Magicians held their fifth annual seance. Delighted with...
by Sheridan | Sep 17, 2011 | Tricks Explained, Uncategorized
This is a very amusing trick, the success of which depends solely upon the audacity of the conjurer. He puts an ordinary pocket handkerchief upon the table, with a sixpence in the centre of it. The handkerchief is slowly rolled up with the coin in the middle. After it...
