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Annemann's Buried Treasure-Cover
Annemann's Buried Treasure-Cover
Annemann's Buried Treasure
by Theo. Annemann
Illustrated by SID LORRAINE
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Annemann's Buried Treasure-Preface
Annemann's Buried Treasure
by Theo. Annemann
Preface
The argument is "What constitutes a magician?"
One fellow says the magician is the one who by
adroitness in every case accomplishes his
miracles. The claim has been put forth that the
true lover of the art learns his difficult
sleights to accomplish the effect and then does
them in an artistic manner. That sounds fine and
is fine in its own way but in my opinion does not
make a magician by a long shot. Sleights are many
and varied. Some you can learn in half an hour
and others take a little longer to learn
perfectly, say two or three years. After you
learn it, it may be very useful or it may not be
any good except for a show of dexterity. Here is
my opinion of a magician, and a real one at that.
A magician is the fellow who by manner and
address, instead of much dexterity, is able to
deceive his watchers by mis-direction in his talk
and personality. Rather deep? Not so, because I
can put it in a more common and perhaps slangy
way. Plain bunk and bluff put forward in a
gentlemanly way with showmanship and a regard for
the good opinion of the public.
Of course, there is a big difference in working
from the stage and mingling with the audience.
There are a lot of performers who can put on a
model act from the stage, but when it comes to a
private or impromptu drawing room entertainment
they are "out." Why? Because they are not adept
at working with their audience personally. The
performer can stand on the stage and show a box
empty and then produce a rabbit with ease and the
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spectator cannot say a word or make a motion to
prevent the working of the trick, but in the
drawing room and club he feels at home enough to
make remarks about this and that, and at the same
time comes in contact with performer enough so
that some motion at a critical time in the
experiment he may be helping is going to ruin it.
There is the difference. The close worker must be
always ready to place his wits up against those
of the spectators seated around him and beat them
at their own game but at the same time keeping a
perfectly gentlemanly poise.
There are many far and near who at times feel
like beating up a "Wise guy... who has without
doubt "bummed" his way in free gratis but never a
word can you say or thing can you do. A kind slam
or a loud mouthed exposure from the audience is
nothing but a hit below the belt to the magician
as it only takes a word to change an audience's
opinion.
So there you are. Magic is an art but when you
get to the root it is nothing but your
personality and wit against that of your watcher,
and a case of telling him to do as he pleases and
then letting him do what you want him to. You
can't afford to be bashful in this line. It takes
nerve and polite forwardness but don't make the
mistake of thinking that I mean you should get
big-headed and think you are better than the
audience. They could probably "break" you in
business but they are out of their environment
for a little pleasure and you are being paid to
furnigh it. Don't browbeat and bully them and
scowl and growl but keep your face smiling and at
the same time go at your task as if you know what
you are doing and just how to do it.
There is the magician. Not the greatest sleight-
of-hand man in the world but the one who, to
quote in a slangy way, can take a highly
intelligent audience and bluff, blow and force
his way through an act of mystery and have his
whole audience talk about the wonderful
performance and the highly polished, gentlemanly
and smooth ways of the entertainer. Who else has
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anything to say about this subject?
-Annemann
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The East Indian Needle Trick
Annemann's Buried Treasure
by Theo. Annemann
The East Indian Needle Trick
My own original way. The same old effect but you
can defy all the physicians and surgeons in the
world to find anything in your mouth before and
after. No secret loading and I have worked the
stunt for two months now and got some good write-
ups on it.
You have a little work basket setting on table
and inside have a paper of needles, a spool of
white thread and your bundle of needles already
threaded and rolled up in usual manner. This
bunch is rolled, of course, so the thread is all
at one end and if bundle is picked up between
thumb and finger at this end, the thread is out
of sight, just the packet of needles showing.
This bunch is stuck into the hole in the spool
with the threaded ends up. Spool sets upright in
basket. A glass of water is close by.
Call up your doctor
or spectator to
examine your mouth.
Take from basket the
paper of needles and
open and remove same,
dropping one or two
to show they are
loose and otherwise freely allowing them to be
seen. Roll them in a bunch and hold between thumb
and forefinger of right hand at same time
addressing your audience. State you also use two
yards of white cotton thread for the experiment,
at same time reaching into basket with right
hand, dropping needles, picking up bundle from
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