OFF-BEAT
MENTALISM by ARTHUR SETTERINGTON
ILLUSTRATED BY PAUL LENTI
1975
MICKY HADES INTERNATIONAL Box 476, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
WARNING
CONTENTS Page HEADLINER
3
I TOLD YOU SO
4
THE BURNING QUESTION
6
WHO TOUCHED WHAT?
7
MOTHER LUKA'S LOCKET
9
THE DARK READER
12
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
15
HYPNO-ACTION
18
WITCH?
19
I HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE
19
PARTNERS
21
VISION IMPOSSIBLE
23
IN THE DARK
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HEADLINER Effect: Three folded newspaper cuttings are given to a spectator who is asked to attach them to a small numbered stand. He is allowed to put them in any position he wishes. When this has been accomplished, the performer draws attention to a similar stand, upon which three duplicate cuttings have been attached. The performer takes the first cutting from this stand and reads the headlines. The spectator is asked to remove the first cutting from his stand, and also read the headlines. This he does, and the two headlines are identical. The second cutting is taken from the performer and the headlines read. The spectator does the same and again they match. The third cuttings are read with the same result. The method is simple, the working straight forward, the requirements few, and the effect on the audience, one of amazement. Requirements: Two identical stands, bearing the numbers, one, two, and three. A piece of elastic, or three clips on each stand to hold the cuttings in position. Two identical sets of cuttings. Prior to the show, the performer places three of the cuttings, (one set), in position on one of the stands. Method: The effect is dependent upon the performer being able to identify, at a glance, the three cuttings on the spectator's stand. He has memorized the headlines, and when he takes up the first of the cuttings from his own stand, and reads the headlines, he actually gives the headline which he knows to be the one written on the spectator's first cutting. This procedure is carried out with the other two. At the conclusion of the effect, all the cuttings may be given to the spectator, who can see for himself that everything is fair and above board. On some occasions it will be found that some of the cuttings have been placed in identical positions, and it is up to the performer to make the most of the opportunity, and if the three questions belonging to the spectator are in identical positions to those of the performer, he can really go to town, and allow another spectator to remove the performer's slips and check with the other spectator. It is necessary that the backs of the cuttings look alike, and plenty
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