Magic
Magic is a fascinating hobby. It can entertain you, and it can thrill and entertain your friends. It can make you the most sought-after member of your set, and it can give you a wonderful opportunity to help your favorite charity by performing in a benefit show.Elementary magic, though quite mystifying, is easy to perform. Magic and novelty shops have a wide assortment of workable props that can be manipulated with little or no skill, In other words, the day you decide you want to be a magician you can spend a few dollars, read some instructions, and begin doing tricks. This sort of performance will give you some pride of accomplishment and will satisfy you for a time.
Soon, however you will want to tackle more difficult feats, stunts that require long practice to acquire the dexterity that they entail. You will want to shake off handcuffs and shed a straitjacket like the late, great Harry Houdini, to mystify your friends with card tricks like the masterful Harry Blackstone. You can do all of these things with earnest practice, and there are books to tell you how.
You can buy a pack of specially made cards, which have tricks built into them, at a magic shop. But, if you want the thrill of performing apparent miracles with any pack of cards someone hands you, you have your work cut out for you. A good book to start you toward wizardry in cards is How to Do Card Tricks and Entertain People, published by Emerson Books of New York in 1961 and written by Harry Baron, a master of legerdemain from the British music halls.
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August 20, 2008