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In presenting the fourth booklet of this eeries to the fraternity, I have confined myself to manipulative magic and. effects with apparently little or no apparatus. It should appeal to the lover of small effects and to the manipulative worker. I have included a section of Thimble Sleights, as my booklet on "Thimble Tricks" will not now be published. Firstly, because a typescript booklet has already been published by Mr. Thayer of Los Angeles, v.'hich covers the subject admirably; and secondly, this branch must naosssarlly only appeal to one section cf magicians who have a leaning towards this branch of our art. X have, therefore, only given several of the more novel and origin..,! sleights on this subject in this booklet. I would like to here thank my old friend Chxin Van Bern and Mr, J\J. Smith (of Glasgow) for the excellent ofl'siitn they havo given mo permission to include in Berries,
Yours fraternally,
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COIN
Coin is taken in the right hand and thrown on the left hand, which is turned over. Eight hand forefinger points to the closed left hand, as much as to say: "watch"; left hand turned over and in due course opened and. coin shown to have vanish d. Working:- The coin is shown in right hand and tossed into left hand so as it will land in position shown in Fig. 1. just over the base of the line of life - if y o u know anything about palmistry - the fingers of the left hand close ever the coin at same moment the left hand is turned so as the back of hand is now seen. Now what really happens is till r lex cover of the turning of the hand, the fingers, ins d of closing over the coin grip it a follows - the third finger ips it as shown in Pig. 2 at x; this combined with pressure of the muscle at base of thumb, levers the coin up on edge. ivhe second finger now slides over edge of coin and thus the coin is gripped between the tips of the 2nd and 3rd fingers of the lof'c hand and is now outside the closed left fist, which is back, towards spectators. Right hand now closed with the exception of the forefinger, points to left h nd, and , as if to emphasise ch present position of coin; taps the back of left hand.. A m time left hand turns palm to front (hand still closed). If those two moves have been properly timed, it will be found that the coin comes Into contact with the closed fingers of the right hand, where its edge is gripped between the second and third fi t the first joint - the right hand therefore carries fingers away the conn without the least suspicious move and without the left hand being opened, even for an Instanto All that •remains to "vanish1 the coin from the left hand and reproduce as fancy indicates, studying the timing of the various moves
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