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| VOLUME 30 |
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| NO. 1: MARCH 1931 | |
| Who's Who In Magic: Charles Armor Leedy; Ellinor Redan; Harry Redan; A. Eldon Duke; Ben R. Badley; Knut Korling; Vincent Dalban; John Elder Blackledge; John Platt; John Booth. | 2 |
| Told to the Sphinx. | 2 |
| Photos: Howard Thurston; Horace Goldin. | 4 |
| The Dragon Lantern Production. By Silent Mora. | 5 |
| Little Journeys Into the Lives of Big Magicians. By William J. Hilliar. | 6 |
| A House of a Thousand Memories. By Dr. Henry Ridgely Evans. | 7 |
| Sketcho the Great. By the Savage Brothers. | 10 |
| Pulls Los Angeles Express From the Hat. Duval Featured. Zingone Honorary Member. Al Baker Likes Hartford. | 10 |
| One Hundred New Magical Ideas. Part 2. By Page Wright and William Larsen. | 11 |
| Nicola in Chicago. | 14 |
| Around the World of Magic: | 15 |
| - London Notes. By Wilfrid Jonson. | 15 |
| - Brazilian Magical Society. | 15 |
| - Chats by Kolar. | 16 |
| - Squawks. By William Frazee. | 16 |
| - Cincinnati Magicians' Club. | 17 |
| - Notes of a Nashville Magi. | 17 |
| - News From Providence, R.I. | 17 |
| - A Visit to Ohio Magicians. | 18 |
| - Hollywood Mystic 27. | 18 |
| - Society of Osiris Magicians. | 18 |
| - Rouclere's Mother 86. | 19 |
| - A New Houdini Book. | 19 |
| - Talks Convicts Into Liking Prison. | 19 |
| - Oursler Now Detective. | 19 |
| - 10,000 Copies Sold. | 19 |
| - Ernst Does Other Work. | 19 |
| The Patriotic Liquids. By Berg and Hahne. | 19 |
| Current Magic: By Baffles: | 20 |
| - One From Four. By Charles A. Leedy | 20 |
| - An Impromptu Trick. By Martin Gardner. | 20 |
| - A New Ball Change. By O. Wayne Meyer. | 20 |
| - Conjuring With Hypnotism. By Howard Savage. | 20 |
| - Card Effect No. 12. By John Harry Keller. | 21 |
| - Still Stealing Money. With Morris Bernstein. | 21 |
| - Aig Baig. By C. M. Coles. | 21 |
| - Original Cork Ball Sleights. By Braden Hall. | 21 |
| - A Treatise on the Spelling Effect. By Eddie Clever. | 21 |
| - Coin Through Match Box. By Edwin the Enigma. | 22 |
| - Open Sesame, Close Sesame. By Edwin the Enigma. | 22 |
| - A New Packing Box Escape. By Edwin the Enigma. | 22 |
| - Alice in a Night Club. Henry Haldane. | 23 |
| Bridges' Reviews. By Milton A. Bridges: The Linking Ring; Tablets of Osiris Number 16; Tablets of Osiris Number 17; "World's Greatest Cut and Restored Rope Feats", by Burling Hull; The Valconasn Vol. 2 No. 2; Il Vademecum Prestigiatore Vol. 2 Nos. 3-4; Original Slate Secrets, by Burling Hull; Essence, 30 Magical Experiments, by Verrall Wass; A History of Playing Cards and a Bibliography of Cards and Gaming, by Catherine Perry Hargrave; The Magazine of Magic, Vol 1. No. 4; The Linking Ring, February 1931; Die Magie, Vol. 13 No. 2; The American Magazine. | 23 |
| Harry Kellar. Rotogravure. | 26 |
| Imro Fox. Buatier De Kolta. Servais Le Roy. William E. Robinson (Ching Ling Soo). Rotogravures. | 27 |
| Harry Houdini. Rotogravure. | 28 |
| Howard Thurston. Rotogravure. | 29 |
| Horace Goldin. Rotogravure. | 30 |
| Ching Ling Foo. Rotogravure. | 31 |
| Carl Hertz. Frederick Eugene Powell. T. Nelson Downs. Harry Rouclere. Rotogravures. | 32 |
| What the Amateur Should Know. By Clement de Lion. | 33 |
| Dean Powell Is 75. By Oscar S. Teale. | 34 |
| Mrs. Dana Walden Dies; Leipzig and Rochne. | 34 |
| M.U.M. Edited by Leo Rullman. | 35 |
| Editor's Page.The Thirtieth Year; Introducing Our New Business Manager. | 40 |
| 25 Years Ago. | 41 |
| Stevenson Moves; Gwynne's Clothes Vanish. | 41 |
| Fake Carter Jailed. | 42 |
| Original Magic. By Judson Brown and Jack McMillen: Typewriter Telepathy; Mental Photography; Sinister Vision. | 42 |
| Doing Magic for the Public. By J. B. Mussey. | 43 |
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| NO. 2: APRIL 1931 | |
| Who's Who In Magic: Spencer Howell; Ronald McHose Boffenmyer; Herbert M. Richmond; Carleton Lodge Matteson; Frank Frederick Holman; Andrew Lewis Carmier; Cyril P. Clarke; George Saric; Edward Harvey Webber; Charles Joseph Jones. | 58 |
| Told to the Sphinx. | 58 |
| New Zealand Society of Magicians, First Magical Convention. | 60 |
| Ringing the Ribbon. By Chris Charlton. | 61 |
| Little Journeys Into the Lives of Big Magicians. By William J. Hilliar. | 62 |
| Works for Charity. | 62 |
| Some Recent Additions to My Library. By Harry Price. | 63 |
| Sketcho the Great. By the Savage Brothers. | 66 |
| Cook to Have New Show. | 66 |
| Yettmah Loses Show. | 66 |
| Bennie Goldenberger in Films. | 66 |
| Pages From the Life of a Magician. By Harry Rouclere. | 67 |
| Current Magic: By Baffles: | 68 |
| - An Idea. By Edward Allan. | 68 |
| - Hint for Egg and Handkerchief. By C. M. Coles. | 68 |
| - My Head's Hat. By Nene Cardenas. | 68 |
| - A Slate Sell. By F. Jackson. | 68 |
| - Card Effect No. 13. By John Keller. | 68 |
| - Mynd Rede Yng. By Howard Savage. | 69 |
| - Just Another One of Those Things. By Dr. E. G. Ervin. | 69 |
| - A Few Tricks. By Edwin the Enigma. | 69 |
| - Magic Darts. By Edwin the Enigma. | 70 |
| - Loading Device. By Charles A. Leedy. | 70 |
| - Hull's Modern Television. | 70 |
| Around the World of Magic: | 71 |
| - London Notes. By Wilfrid Jonson. | 71 |
| - A Convention in New Zealand. By E. Axford. | 71 |
| - Keating Back in Vaudeville. | 72 |
| - The British Magical Society Annual Night of Magic. By J. Ashdown Sharp. | 72 |
| - Scraps From Scotland. | 73 |
| - Chats by Kolar. | 73 |
| - Squawks. By William Frazee. | 74 |
| - Notes of Nashville Magi. By David Price. | 74 |
| - Haverhill Magic Club. By John A. Haley. | 75 |
| - Hollywood Mystic 27. By Adam Hull Shirk. | 75 |
| - Cincinnati Magicians' Club. By E. L. Dodson. | 75 |
| - The Atlanta Societ of Magicians. By H. R. Hulse. | 76 |
| - Society of Osiris Magicians. By Thos. C. Worthington 3rd. | 76 |
| - News From Providence, R. I. By Everett Murphy. | 76 |
| - The Milwaukee Society of Magicians. By LeRoy Becker. | 77 |
| - Around New York. With Max Holden. | 77 |
| - Magic Minded Connecticut. By Walter A. Schwartz. | 78 |
| - Philadelphia - A Magic City. By Walter B. Gibson. | 78 |
| - News From Here and There. By Edwin Burchell. | 79 |
| Pulls Similes From Hat. | 79 |
| Jobs Secure. | 79 |
| Three More U.F. Grant Tricks. | 80 |
| New Twists. By Harlan Tarbell. | 80 |
| Performs for President. | 80 |
| Bridges' Reviews. By Milton A. Bridges: Le Prestidigitateur, Vol. 13 No. 147; The Valconasn, Vol. 2 No 3; The Magic Circular, Vol. 25 No. 284; Edward Bagshawe's Magical Journal, Vol. 4 No. 4; Liberty, Vol. 8 No. 15; Magikeren, Vol. 4 No. 71; The Magic Wand, Vol. 20 No. 149; Nel Regno Dei Misteri; Tablets of Osiris, No. 18; The Magic Circular, Vol. 25 No. 283; The Linking Ring Vol. 11 No. 1; The Seven Circles, Vol. 1 No. 1. | 81 |
| A Novel Card Rising Trick. By Harry Percival. | 82 |
| Alexander Herrmann. Rotogravure. | 83 |
| Karl Herrmann. Wizard Jacobs. Wyman The Wizard. Macalister. Rotogravures. | 84 |
| J. N. Maskelyne. Jonathan Harrington. Robert Heller. Antonio Blitz. Rotogravures. | 85 |
| William J. Hilliar. John Mulholland. Dr. A. M. Wilson. Rotogravures. | 86 |
| M.U.M. Edited by Leo Rullman | 87 |
| The Powel Testimonial Benefit. By C. A. George Newmann. | 93 |
| Dean Powell Pleased. McDonald Birch Marries. Completes Automobile Tour. | 93 |
| Editor's Page. | 94 |
| 25 Years Ago. | 95 |
| Scotland Yard - Baffling Mystery; "Give Me Liberty". | 95 |
| The Great Nicola. By C. A. George Newmann. | 96 |
| Letter From Agosta Meynier. | 96 |
| An Anderson Letter. | 96 |
| Patter for Grant's Counterfeit Card Miracles. By Herbert M. Richmond. | 97 |
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| NO. 3: MAY 1931 | |
| Who's Who In Magic: Lloyd W. Chambers; O. Wayne Meyer; Thomas Herbert Chislett; George Gilmore; Clarence Emil Wellnitz; Thomas Paul Keppler; William Wallace Lee; William George Rakauskas; David Price; Philip F. S. Winski D. Winson. | 114 |
| Told to the Sphinx. | 114 |
| Photos: The Detroit Assembly, Number 5 of the S.A.M.; S. S. Henry. | 116 |
| The Annemann Torn Card Method. By Theo Annemann. | 117 |
| The Ball and Vase. By Harlan Tarbell. | 118 |
| Another Trick and Letter. By Al Baker. | 118 |
| Current Magic: By Baffles. | 119 |
| - Nightmare Variation. By F. Jackson. | 119 |
| - Card Effect No. 14. By John Harry Keller. | 119 |
| - Another Envelope Test. By Roy Walker. | 119 |
| - A Sweet Trick. By Henry Haldane. | 119 |
| - Egg Bag of Borrowed Material and Pinned Together. By C. Coles. | 120 |
| - Walking Through a Sheet of Glass. By Edwin the Enigma. | 120 |
| - More Inspirations. By Spencer Howell. | 120 |
| - Another Cup and Ball Idea. By Braden Hall. | 121 |
| - Try This One. By Charles A. Leedy. | 121 |
| - Visions in the Crystal. By Ariel (C. A. Costa Aliaga). | 121 |
| - Find the Queen. By Mysto. | 121 |
| - Color Telegraphy. By Edward Jochens. | 121 |
| - Believe It or Not. | 121 |
| - Thirty-six Card Trick. By Clayton W. Rosencrance. | 123 |
| - An Impromptu Feat. By Roy Walker. | 123 |
| A General Magician. | 123 |
| Around the World of Magic: | 124 |
| - London Notes. By Wilfrid Jonson. | 124 |
| - Your Magic and Mine. By Cardini. | 125 |
| - Native Magicians and Their Doings Around 60 Degrees Latitude North. By Clement de Lion. | 125 |
| - Canadian Conjurer's Convention. By John Booth. | 127 |
| - Squawks. By William Frazee. | 127 |
| - News From Providence, R.I. By Everett Murphy. | 128 |
| - Notes of Nashville Magi. By David Price. | 128 |
| - Society of Osiris Magicians. | 129 |
| - Chats by Kolar. | 129 |
| Charles Wicks Describes Three Effects: Prophecy; A Shady Trick; A Silk and Card Symphony. | 130 |
| The Hypnotic Rabbit. By Ben R. Badley. | 131 |
| Routine and Wrinkle. By David Price. | 131 |
| Puts Magic to Work. By Arnold Belais. | 131 |
| Poetic Patter. By Barkann Rosinoff. | 132 |
| Smith on the Road Again. | 132 |
| Kuma Entertained. | 132 |
| Leedy Heads Show. | 132 |
| Desert Necromancy. By J. Elder Blackledge. | 133 |
| The Romance of Magic. By D. Jay Schwarz. | 133 |
| If I Were a Magician. By Tibor Toth. | 134 |
| Gibson Lecturers. | 134 |
| Magician's Club Ladies' Night. | 135 |
| Another Houdini Book. | 135 |
| A New Phantom Cigarette. By Everett Murphy. | 135 |
| The Phantom Voice. By Henry Haldane. | 135 |
| Houdini-Doyle Letters. | 135 |
| Real Magic Photograph. | 135 |
| Bridges' Reviews. By Milton A. Bridges: The Linking Ring, Vol. 11 No 2.; Correspondence Course of Rupert Howard School; Tablets of Osiris; Le Prestidigitateur, Vol. 13 No. 148; Die Magie, Vol. 14 No. 3; The Valconasn, Vol. 2 No. 4; Die Magie, Vol. 14 No. 4; Il Vademecum del Prestigiatore, Vol. 3 No. 1. | 136 |
| Robert Houdin. Rotogravure. | 137 |
| The Most Famous Tricks of India. Mohammed Bakhsh. | 138 |
| These Twenty-Six Hands Fool Millions Every Year. Nate Leipzig. Dorny. Tampa. Chris Charlton. Joseffy. Jane Thurston. Howard Thurston. Max Holden. Harlan Tarbell. Jack Gwynne. Eugene Laurant. Cyril Yettmah. John Mulholland. | 139 |
| J. W. Elliott. Okito-Theo. Bamberg. Gus Fowler. Carl Rosini. Rotogravures. | 140 |
| M.U.M. Edited by Leo Rullman. | 141 |
| Editor's Page. | 146 |
| 25 Years Ago. | 147 |
| Dr. Benedict Dined. | 147 |
| Benefactor Beaumont, a Magician. | 148 |
| Hubbard Still Does Magic. | 148 |
| Magician Lawyer. | 149 |
| The Magic Circular Vol. 25 No. 285. | 149 |
| Magikeren. | 149 |
| The Book of 1000 Wonders. By Lyle Douglas. | 149 |
| Sherman on Broadway. | 149 |
| The Miser's Dream. By L. W. Liddle. | 152 |
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| NO. 4: JUNE 1931 | |
| Who's Who In Magic: James Allen Bordner; Oscar Otto Himmel; John Harry Keller; Robert E. Clark; Barkann Rosinoff; Walter Gardner; Maurice Eugene Lenser; Walter Blair Cresge; Foster Lardner; Frank Cole. | 166 |
| Making New York Magic Minded. | 168 |
| Majugglery. By Will Blyth, M.I.M.C. | 169 |
| Krass Helps Youngstown. | 170 |
| Wilton Moves. | 170 |
| New Twists and Old Tricks. By Harlan Tarbell. | 170 |
| Current Magic. By Baffles: | 171 |
| - 20th Century Flag Variations - and a Comedy Handkerchief Stunt. By O. Meyer. | 171 |
| - Card Effect No. 15. By John Harry Keller. | 171 |
| - Comedy Cane. By Edwin the Enigma. | 171 |
| - Do Tell. By Edwin the Enigma. | 172 |
| - A Combination Effect. By Herman E. Krimmel. | 172 |
| - The Life Saver Magic Mint. By Peter Roennau. | 172 |
| - Tobacco Magic. By Silent Nick. | 172 |
| - The Miser's Bills. By The Great Cameron. | 172 |
| - The Envelopes Again. By Roy Walker. | 172 |
| - Two Bits. By Arthur Mometer. | 173 |
| - Supermentalex. By Eddie Clever. | 173 |
| - Improved Bowl Vanish. By Edwin Burchell. | 173 |
| - Triple Flip. By Charles A. Leedy. | 173 |
| - New Rice Bowl Combination. By C. M. Coles. | 173 |
| - Trix From Styx. By Aladdin. | 174 |
| Transformation. By Charles Wicks. | 175 |
| Watch. By Ovette. | 175 |
| Mayer Helps Charity Again. | 175 |
| Around the World of Magic: | 176 |
| - London Notes. By Wilfrid Jonson. | 176 |
| - Magic in the Near East. By Major Stanley Lemin. | 177 |
| - British Magical Society. | 177 |
| - The Knights of Magic. | 178 |
| - A Rhode Island Magical Party. By Aristide Scola. | 178 |
| - Squawks. By William Frazee. | 179 |
| - News From Here and There. By Edwin Burchell. | 179 |
| - Society of Osiris Magicians. | 179 |
| - Notes of Nashville Magi. By David Price. | 180 |
| - San Francisco Full of Magicians. By James Muir. | 180 |
| - Oakland Magic Circle Entertains Raymond the Great. | 180 |
| - San Francisco Wins Second Annual Trophy Contest. | 180 |
| - Dr. Schwartz Entertains. | 181 |
| - On the Spot. By "Dorny". | 181 |
| - U. F. Grant Says. | 181 |
| For the Second Year. | 182 |
| The Movie Cards. By Glenn G. Gravatt. | 182 |
| Gadgets From Glasgow. By James B. Findlay. | 182 |
| Train Writing New Book. | 182 |
| Sketcho the Great. By the Savage Brothers. | 183 |
| The Rising Cigarettes. By Glenn G. Gravatt. | 183 |
| The Editor Goes to S.A.M. and I.B.M. Meetings. | 184 |
| Bridges' Reviews: By Milton A. Bridges: The Magic Circular, Vol. 25 No. 286; Le Prestidigitateur, Vol. 13 No. 149; Edward Bagshawe's Magical Journal, Vol. 4 No. 5; Tablets of Osiris, No. 20; Hypnotising Wild and Domestic Animals, by Gysel; The Seven Circles, Vol. 1 No. 2. | 187 |
| M.U.M. Edited by Leo Rullman. | 188 |
| Angelo Lewis - Professor Louis Hoffmann. Rotogravure. | 189 |
| John William Sargent. T. Nelson Downs. Mildred & Rouclere. Frederick Eugene Powell. Rotogravures. | 190 |
| Horace Goldin. Bessie - the Houdinis - Harry. E. Maro. William E. Robinson. Rotogravures. | 191 |
| Ten Itchi Doing the Water Fountains. Max Holden. Al Baker. Rotogravures. | 192 |
| Demon's Method of Dyeing Silks. By T. W. Baker. | 199 |
| Unique Magic. By Milbourne. | 199 |
| Editor's Page. | 200 |
| 25 Years Ago. | 201 |
| Ocean Liners Carry Magicians on Cruises to "Nowhere". | 201 |
| Gets Lemons Professionally. | 201 |
| Magicians' Club Honors Americans. | 201 |
| Addresses College. | 202 |
| In Third Little Show. | 202 |
| Grand Marshal. | 202 |
| Cook in Chicago. | 202 |
| Fox Meadow Group Has Varied Program. | 202 |
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| NO. 5: JULY 1931 | |
| Who's Who In Magic: Thomas J. Crawford; Albert Edward Anderson; Arthur W. C. Brumfield; Albert Harward; John H. Edmondson; Charles J. Kralle; J. Hanson; A. C. Davis; Joseph Dennis; James B. Williams. | 216 |
| Photos: Dr. A. M. Wilson; Jimmy Kater, Jimmy Henshel; Domzalski, George A. Holly, Axel Hellstrom. | 218 |
| Coincidence. By Wilfrid Jonson. | 219 |
| A Clairvoyant Book Test. By Charles Wicks. | 220 |
| A Novel Card Stand. By Leon Maguire. | 220 |
| Rising Card. By Harry Percival. | 220 |
| Caring for Rabbits in the Winter. By Edwin Burchell. | 220 |
| Current Magic. By Baffles: | 221 |
| - A New Fan Steal. By Baffles. | 221 |
| - The E. C. Candle Tube. By Eddie Clever. | 221 |
| - Additional Slate Effect. By Searles, the Subtle. | 221 |
| - Billiard Ball Production Patter. By James Ellis. | 221 |
| - Vanishing and Reappearing Billiard Balls. By Eris P. Impey. | 222 |
| - One Hand Card Change. By Carl A. Gray. | 222 |
| - Burchell's Flower Tray. By Edwin Burchell. | 222 |
| - A Couple of Production Ideas. By Edwin Burchell. | 222 |
| - Paper Tearing Method. By C. M. Coles. | 223 |
| - The Elusive Sleigh Bell. By C. M. Coles. | 223 |
| - Guesso Card. By Nene Cardenas. | 223 |
| - Self-Sharpening Pencil. By Nene Cardenas. | 223 |
| - All Kinds of Magic. By Edwin Burchell. | 223 |
| - "The Magic Nails" By Aladdin. | 223 |
| Ball Them Up. Berg and Hahne. | 224 |
| A Drama of Indian Mystery. By Howard Thurston. | 225 |
| Three More U. F. Grant Tricks: The Magic Lamp; An easy One; The Little Red School House. | 226 |
| Commands the Hannibal. | 226 |
| Sketcho the Great. By the Savage Brothers. | 226 |
| Around the World of Magic: | 227 |
| - London Notes. By Wilfrid Jonson. | 227 |
| - Magical News From Melbourne. By Charles Wicks. | 227 |
| - The John Nevil Maskelyne Memorial Fund. | 227 |
| - Magic in Great Britain. By Dalban, the English Magician. | 228 |
| - Danish Magicians and Their Doings In and Outside of Scandinavia. By Clement de Lion. | 228 |
| - Honored by Geographers. | 229 |
| - Exposes Art Critics. | 229 |
| - Chats by Kolar. | 229 |
| - Magical Musings. By Crawford of Nashville. | 230 |
| - On the Spot. By Dorny. | 230 |
| - Society of Osiris Magicians. | 231 |
| - Pyramid Magic Club News. | 231 |
| - News From Here and There. By Edwin Burchell. | 231 |
| - Squawks. By William Frazee. | 232 |
| - Notes of Nashville Magi. By David Price. | 232 |
| - Magicians' Club of Toronto. By Charles Colville. | 232 |
| The International Magic Circle Convention. By A. W. C. Brumfield. | 233 |
| Highlights of Three Rivers. | 233 |
| Clivette's Will Filed. | 234 |
| Bridges's Reviews. By Milton A. Bridges: The Magician Monthly, Vol. 27 No. 6; Magikeren, Vol. 4 No. 73; Magic, Vol. 14 No. 5; The Book Without a Name, by Theodore Annemann; Le Prestidigitateur, No. 150; Cigam; The Rupert Howard Correspondence Course. | 234 |
| Harry Blackstone. Rotogravure. | 235 |
| Howard Thurston, Jane, and the Thurston Show. Jasper Maskelyne. Jack Gwynne. Rotogravures. | 236 |
| Three Generations of the Men of England's Home of Mystery - John Nevil Maskelyne, his son Nevil and his grandson, Captain Clive. Rotogravure. | 237 |
| David Devant. Arnold De Biere. Douglas Dexter. Oswald Williams. Rotogravures. | 238 |
| M.U.M. Edited by Leo Rullman. | 239 |
| Quimby Canning Speech. | 244 |
| Charlton Ends Tour. | 244 |
| Barney's Brother. | 244 |
| M. Ernst Writes New Book. | 244 |
| These Men Travel. | 244 |
| International Brotherhood of Magicians. By Leslie P. Guest. | 245 |
| Guest Marries. | 245 |
| Forty Weeks for Keating. | 245 |
| Forty Weeks for Duval. | 245 |
| Editor's Page. | 246 |
| 25 Years Ago. | 247 |
| Suggests Ways to Help Business. | 247 |
| Now S.A.M. Members. | 247 |
| Dante in the Land of Dante. | 247 |
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| NO. 6: AUGUST 1931 | |
| Who's Who In Magic: Paul McWilliams; William Emanuel Scheffel; Charles D. Smith; Joseph Olivo; William Meyenberg; Le Roy A. Becker; William Henry Wyles; Oloff S. Solomonson; Dr. H. S. Bostock; John Edmund Baublits. | 260 |
| Magicians Fight Fraud. By Ernest Davids and M. Robert Herman. | 262 |
| Card, Candle and Scimitar. By Silent Mora. | 263 |
| Ovette's Giant Card Production. By Joseph Ovette. | 264 |
| Charlton to Return. | 264 |
| Henry Signs With Bley. | 264 |
| At Revere Beach. | 264 |
| The Disappearing Reversed Card. By Harry E. A. Percival. | 264 |
| Knotting Handkerchiefs. By Morris Rosenberg. | 264 |
| Current Magic. By Baffles: | 265 |
| - Card Effect No. 16. By John H. Keller. | 265 |
| - Miscellaneous No. 3. By John H. Keller. | 265 |
| - Another One Hand Color Change. By Carl A. Gray. | 265 |
| - A Dollar Bill and Cigarette Wrinkle. By Lu Brent. | 265 |
| - Put Her in Reverse! By Searles the Subtle. | 265 |
| - Burned, Cut, Restored! By Lu Brent. | 266 |
| - The Ring on String Again. By T. J. Crawford. | 266 |
| - Rising Cards. By Henry E. A. Percival. | 266 |
| - A Complaint. By O. Meyer. | 266 |
| - "My Three Ideas With the Mirror Glasses" By Clayton Rosencrance. | 267 |
| - Glass Penetration Effect via Hat. By R. L. Nixon (Silent Nick). | 267 |
| - Magnetic Ball. By Silent Nick. | 267 |
| - A Couple of Tips. By Edwin Burchell. | 267 |
| - Edwin's New Paddles. By Edwin Burchell. | 267 |
| - Passee Passee Coin. By Charles A. Leedy. | 268 |
| - "Static" By Dr. E. G. Ervin. | 268 |
| - Card and Envelope. By C. M. Coles. | 268 |
| - Conclusion of August Current Magic. | 268 |
| Palace Liked Duval. | 268 |
| Stevenson Again Well. | 268 |
| Smith Show Opens. | 268 |
| A Drama of Indian Mystery. By Howard Thurston. | 269 |
| Magic Is Alive. By Ernest K. Schieldge. | 270 |
| Insurance and News. | 270 |
| After Book Thieves. | 270 |
| Sketcho the Great. By the Savage Brothers. | 270 |
| Around the World of Magic: | 271 |
| - London Notes. By Wilfrid Jonson. | 271 |
| - LaFollette in Atlantic City. | 271 |
| - Danish Magicians and Their Doings In and Outside of Scandanavia. By Clement de Lion. | 272 |
| - Scottish Conjurer's Association. | 272 |
| - John Nevil Maskelyne Memorial Fund. | 273 |
| - Great Britain Holds Its First Magican Convention. | 273 |
| - Squawks. By William Frazee. | 274 |
| - On the Spot. By Dorny. | 274 |
| - Society of Osiris Magicians. | 274 |
| - News From the Sunshine State. (Florida) | 275 |
| - Cincinnati Magicians' Club. | 275 |
| - The Knights of Magic. | 275 |
| Pleasure in Magic. By C. Elliott Smith. | 276 |
| Card Spelling. By Grant Stuart. | 277 |
| Wm. A. Buerger Dies. By Will Rock. | 277 |
| Movie Stars Fall Hard for Magic. | 278 |
| Bridges' Reviews. By Milton A. Bridges: The Magic Circular, Vol. 25 No. 287; The Valconasn, Vol. 2 No. 5; The Phoenix, June 1931; Cagliostro, by Henry Ridgely Evans; Twenty Practical Liquid and Chemical Effects, by William M. Endlich; The National Geographic Magazine, April 1931; The Magic Wand, Vol. 20 No. 150; The Linking Ring, Vol. 11 No. 3; The Magi, Vol. 22 No. 1. | 278 |
| Werner Dornfield, "Dorny". Photo. | 279 |
| Delegates of The National Conference of The Society of American Magicians. Attendees to The International Brotherhood of Magicians Convention. | 280 |
| W. W. Durbin. | 282 |
| M.U.M. Edited by Leo Rullman. | 283 |
| International Brotherhood of Magicians. By Leslie P. Guest. | 289 |
| Editor's Page. | 290 |
| I Wonder. By Walter A. Schwartz. | 291 |
| 25 Years Ago. | 291 |
| Director Zingone. | 291 |
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| NO. 7: SEPTEMBER 1931 | |
| Who's Who In Magic: A. B. Harrington; John G. MacKay; Alexander Loring Campbell; Len Oliver Gunn; John J. Gillis; Arthur Margery; Helmut Schreiber; Bela Bernthaller; G. Gloria; Lemin Stanley John. | 304 |
| Photos: Edmund Lowe, Howard Phillips, Manya Roberti; Louis Krieger. | 306 |
| Silks From Nowhere. By Nelson C. Hahne. | 307 |
| Three More U. F. Grant Tricks: A Billiard Ball Trick; A Good Trick to Work With Thayer's Giant Card Box; Variations That Can Be Worked With Gordien's Pop Trick. | 308 |
| Behind His Back. Berg and Hahne. | 308 |
| Two Sleights. By Andrew L. Carmier. | 308 |
| Another Reversed Card. By Morris Rosenberg. | 308 |
| Current Magic. By Baffles. | 309 |
| - Swords and Shells. By Charles A. Leedy. | 309 |
| - The Wisenheimer Phantom Cards. By Lu Brent. | 309 |
| - The Transposed Cards. By Searles the Subtle. | 309 |
| - Novel Thirty Card Trick. By Wilbur T. Kattner. | 310 |
| - Patter for Card Box. By James Ellis. | 310 |
| - Jonah and the Whale Novelty. By Silent Nick. | 310 |
| - Billiard Ball Through Hat. By Silent Nick. | 310 |
| - Card Effect No. 17. By John Keller. | 310 |
| - Sympathy. By O. Meyer. | 310 |
| - Some Novel Effects. By Roy Walker. | 311 |
| - "Trix From the Styx". By Aladdin. | 311 |
| - The Mystic Ten. By Nene Cardenas. | 312 |
| - Mind Over Matter. By Edwin Burchell. | 312 |
| A Drama of Indian Mystery. By Howard Thurston. | 313 |
| New President a Lord. | 314 |
| Keating Method Unique. | 314 |
| Roberta a Sensation. | 314 |
| Huber Playing R-K-O. | 314 |
| Nicola Makes Short Trip East. | 314 |
| Cook to Re-open. | 314 |
| Moore Marries. | 314 |
| Sketcho the Great. By the Savage Brothers. | 314 |
| Around the World of Magic: | 315 |
| - London Notes. By Wilfrid Jonson. | 315 |
| - Australian Magicians' Club, Melbourne, Victoria. | 315 |
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