Magic Secrets

Cut with a razor blade as shown by the heavy lines, and score lightly inside the box along the dotted line. Bend the flap you thus make so that it opens and closes easily.

When you have shaken the box and rattled the coin well, let the coin slide out into your hand through the flap. The blue paper covering the box should act like a spring to close the flap when the coin is out.

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Magic Secret #35
Out of Thin Air!

Having caused a coin to vanish, you can just as easily make it reappear inside three boxes (bound together with rubber bands) which you take from your pocket.

Large match box.                       Smaller match box.                 Smallest match box.
Flat tin tube, small enough to go into smallest match box.
This is placed in next largest box, which in turn goes into biggest box. A rubber band is snapped once each way round each box. The banded boxes, with tube projection, are placed in the pocket. The vanished coin (which is palmed), is dropped down the flat funnel, which is then withdrawn and left in the pocket.  The rubber bands will close the boxes tightly when the tube is withdrawn..

Magic Secret #36 Penny In The Bun

A profitable game, this magic, when you can break open a bun and find a coin inside.

1) The coin is first finger-palmed in the right hand which holds the bun.

2) Hands bend bun up, first, making break underneath.

3) Right fingers slip coin in break.

4) Hands now bend bun down and up pops the coin!

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Magic Secret #37 The Bank Note Machine

When a blank piece of paper is put between the rollers,  it comes out the other side printed like a $1 note. A black cloth "blind" goes twice round top roller and is then run twice round lower roller in opposite direction.
The $1 note is rolled onto bottom roller before you start the trick.
$1 note comes from under blind on lower roller. Blank slip goes under blind on top roller. Enlarged end view of rollers, showing the “blind” that goes round each roller.

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Magic Secret #38 The Secrets of Palming

	1) The normal palm. Coin is gripped between ball of  thumb and fleshy edge of hand. 2) Thumb clip. Coin is gripped by its edge between thumb and hand.
	3) Finger Clip. As thumb palm, but between fingers. 4) Finger Palm A. Coin rests in an easy position on the second and third fingers, and hand is hold in a natural position.
	5) Finger Palm B. Coin is gripped on lower joints of second and third fingers. 6) Back Palm. Coin is gripped between first and fourth fingers.
	Contrary to popular belief you don't have to have large hands to palm a card.
	1) This is the regular palm. The card is placed with one corner against the fleshy base of the thumb, and the fingers. Slightly curved, press against the other end of the card.
2) Using this method, the fingers can be opened wide.
3) The back palm. Top corners of card are clipped between fingers at X and X.
4) Palming a card from the top of the pack. The right hand covers the  pack in squaring it up. At the same time, left thumb pushes top card into right palm.

Magic Secret #39 Remember These Card Magic Terms

Magic Secret #40 The False Shuffle

— it retains a card at the top of the pack, although you apparently mix all the cards thoroughly.

Hold the pack in the normal shuffling position – thumb on face card, fingers on back card.  Press with fingers on back card.

Right hand draws out a portion of cards, but left hand fingers retain the back card (shown shaded).

Right hand drops its cards in front of those retained in left hand.  The left hand fingers, pressing against back card, always keep it in the same place.