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One Man Mindreading Secrets--Cover

"One Man"

Mind Reading Secrets

A Calostro Secret Monograph

Number One

Contents:

Introduction

The "One-Ahead" Principle

Stealing Folded Billet from Tray

Subtle Glimpse of Folded Billet

Thumb Tip Billet Steal

Thumb Tip Steal of Billet

Cards in Envelopes

Faked Pile of Magazines

Novel Idea for Ascertaining the First Question

The Double Cutter

Old Fashioned Medium's Switch

The Double Envelope Switch

The Calostro Three-Finger Shell

A Stunt with a Finger Tip

The Slit Envelope

Compiled & Edited by

Ralph W. Read

Author of The Calostro Mind Reading Act

José Antonio González

On the Cover

Although there has been a flood of magical

literature placed on the market before and since

this publisher's first effort, some fifteen years

ago, there has been a conspicuous shortage of

material of genuine merit at reasonable cost.

A notable exception is the work of that versatile

and capable performer, AL BAKER, whose

likeness we are proud to give a place of honor on

the cover of this monograph.

We know of no more practical way of

encouraging a higher standard of magic than by

suggesting that you acquaint yourself with the

AL BAKER books and effects. They are very

much worthwhile and are obtainable at magical

dealers throughout the world.

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One Man Mindreading Secrets--Introduction

One Man Mindreading Secrets

Ralph W. Read

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Introduction

T he public has always been interested in exhibitions of mind

reading from the time of the French conjurer, Robert Houdin,

who was the first professional mind reader. His act, which he

called "Second Sight," required two persons, as did that of

Robert Heller, Anna Eva Fay, The Zanzigs, Mercedes and many

others. Stuart Cumberland, many years ago, presented an act in

which he worked alone. He called it "mind reading," and it was

so classified by the writers of that day, but we now call it

"muscle reading" as being a truer description of the tests he

performed.

In general, the effects produced by a person working alone are

the same as those presented by performers employing one or

more assistants. While there are many tests, such as divining the

names of chosen cards, numbers, names, etc., the large majority

of these acts consists in the performer's revelation of facts

concerning questions secretly written by the spectators. Of

course, the performer must, in all cases, ascertain through some

secret means what has been written in order to play the role of

mind reader, and it is these secret methods that are disclosed in

the following pages. Where the performer works alone, it is

necessary that the spectators write the questions, figures,

drawings, etc., on paper, which the performer can manipulate so

as to gain secret knowledge of the spectators' writings.

Many of the fundamental principles are the same in the one-man

and the two-man acts, but the single performer must necessarily

do all the work, and many ingenious subtleties have been

devised to enable him to glean necessary knowledge without

being detected.

It is not claimed that all of the ideas given herein are original.

As a matter of fact, some of them have been used for years, but

we have added many new ideas and improvements that will

greatly simplify the work. Some of the methods have been

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given us by practical performers and are now released for the

first time. Others are tests which we have witnessed from time

to time, and for which we give the methods according to our

own solutions.

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One Man Mindreading Secrets--The One-Ahead Principle

One Man Mindreading Secrets

Ralph W. Read

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The "One-Ahead" Principle

T his is one of the oldest, and, at the same time, one of the

simplest methods ever devised for secretly reading questions. It

has been used by mind readers, pseudospiritualists and others

with great success for many years before both large and small

audiences. As originally performed, it was not a one-man effect;

hence, we shall first describe it that way and then give the

variations used by the single performer.

Original One-Ahead Method

The spectators are requested to write their questions on slips of

paper and to let no one see what they have written. These slips

are then folded by the writers so the writing is concealed on the

inside. Envelopes may be furnished and the questions sealed

within, if desired. This is a fair sized audience where some write

questions and some do not.

In any event, a total stranger is directed to collect the questions

and dump them on the table on the platform. The performer

picks up one of the sealed envelopes, holds it to his forehead, as

though to "see" with supernatural vision and shortly announces

that he "gets" the initials M. C.--"is M. C. present?" M.C.

acknowledges that she wrote a question, whereupon the

performer proceeds to give a suitable answer to her question

about a trip to Boston, etc. As he finishes the answer, the

performer tears open the envelope and reads aloud the question,

"Will I go to Boston? M. Clark."

That is what he appears to do, but all is not what it seems. M.

Clark wrote a question all right, but M. Clark is a confederate of

the performer's, and wrote that question by agreement, secretly

bending over a corner of her envelope so as to distinguish it

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from the others, identifying it as the one to be avoided until the

last. The performer has picked up and opened some other

envelope, first pretending that it belongs to M. C. Then, as he

looks at the open slip, he orally reads "Will I go to Boston? M.

C.", but, in reality, he is at the same time mentally reading and

remembering the question written on the genuine slip before

him--let us assume this slip hears the question, "Will father get

well?--signed John Jones."

The performer has thus apparently confirmed his divination of

the first question, and now knows a genuine question which he

pretends to be the one contained in the next (second) envelope,

which he reads while held at the forehead as before. The same

procedure is followed throughout, each new envelope torn open

furnishing the data for the next reading.

The performer can stop at any time but if he desires to read all

of the questions, he leaves the M. Clark envelope till last, and

after it is torn open to apparently confirm the last test, it is

tossed among the others, and they may all be returned to the

writers.

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