Houdini Sunday night in the English room of the Adolphus Hotel. 13 of the Society of American Magicians, tendered a banquet to Mr. Members of the Dallas Magic Circle, Assembly No. In a program designed to reveal the trickery used by the medium. The Dallas Magic Circle, composed of business and professional men who have made a study of the art of magic, were guests of the “Great Houdini” in his performace at the State Fair of Texas Sunday afternoon. “Millions of Dollars are squandered annually by gullible persons who are led to believe that mediums have powers to call back the dead and perform other miracles, but it is all bunk, pure bunk.” Harry Houdini, master wizard in magic, declared Sunday night.

Finally, of special interest to many readers are Houdini's accounts of great magicians of history and of Houdini's own battles with spiritualists and fraudulent mediums.EXPERT AT MAGIC DECLARES RECALLING OF THE DEAD IS “PURE BUNK.” These are illustrated with diagram sequences that cover every step in performance.

There are also instructions for performing 44 stage tricks, including the coin and glass, the Indian needle trick, and other standards.

This book is Houdini's own account of these exploits, supplemented with rare photographs and posters, first-hand material from periodicals and pamphlets, and behind-the-scenes revelations of some of the master's most prized secrets: how he picked locks, how he sawed a girl in half to become twins, how he walked through a brick wall, how a girl can vanish from a sheet of plate glass without trapdoors, hoists, mirrors, or other such apparatus. He permitted himself to be thrown, manacled, into the Hudson River to be nailed into packing cases and lowered into the ocean to be suspended by the ankles, strait-jacketed, hundreds of feet above the ground - and in every case escaped easily. Many of his fabulous escapes, indeed, now sound more like legend than history, yet they really happened. Harry Houdini's fame is secure as the greatest magician of modern times.

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