The Magic Annual for 1937
by Jean Hugard

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

CIGAR AND CIGARETTE MANIPULATION
Cigar Manipulation
Swallowing a Cigar
Pouring a Smoke
Just a Cigarette Paper
Cigarette Paper, Torn and Restored
A Cigarette Routine
Routine with the Diestel Cigarette Dropper
Vanishing of Cigarettes from a Glass
Cigarette Rising from a Packet
Magnetized Cigarettes

MISCELLANEOUS
The Bill in the Envelope
Ashes
Ashes--Second Method
Thimble and Trumpet
Impromptu Newspaper Tearing

COINS
The Flying Coins
Vanish of Coin from Trouser Fold

CARDS
Do as I do--You Can't
Magician vs. Gambler
Touch
Touch--variation
G. W. Hunter's Twelve Card Transposition
The Knock-Out Card Trick
Maguire Card Force
Pack of Cards Change to Foulard

SILKS
Silks and Soup Plates
The Knot in the Silk
G. W. Hunter's Silk Routine

BILLIARD BALLS
Two Billiard Ball Moves
Billiard Ball Change Over
The Limit Multiplying Billiard Balls
Passage of Four Balls from Hand to Hand
Production of Four Balls Without Using a Shell
An Egg Production Climax

SOME USEFUL GIMMICKS
The Silk Gimmick
A Card Holder
Ball Shell with Tongue
Vanish for a Ball
New Card Index
Torn and Restored Paper Strip Gimmick

IMPROMPTU TRICKSTER
Impromptu Linking Rings
A Cigarette Interlude
A Cigar Vanish
A Match Divination
The Knee Thread
Wand through Hat
Somersaulting a Pack
A Rising Card
Egg Cups and Pellets
Knife and Egg Shell
A Surgical Operation
Concussion of the Brain
Shot in the Eye
Cutting the Thumb

STAGE TRICKS AND ILLUSIONS
Hugard's Floating Ball
Hugard's Fire Eating
Hindu Fire Eating
The Whole Art of Smoke Pictures
Ropes, Fan and Silks
Cords, Fan and Silks
XXth Century Spirit Seance
Production of Real Cannon Balls
Walking through a String of Beads
Hugard's Bullet Catching