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FORE~'JOHD
It might be said that the secret of tile Pharrt om
slate is 'paper
thin.'
Please bear in
mind
that your
audience does not
knovr
that.
'I'h
e
t
r-ue
s hovman
nevor
un-
dersells
an
effoct just because it is done with inexpen-
sive materials.
'.r:le effect to y'ur audience is the
s
ame , rro the
lay person, tho appearance of 'Hri ting through
an unknown
agent is a miracle
vrhe
t.h
er- tl:.e Hriting
appe
ar-e d on the
ceiling or on the head of a pin.
No
apologies are offered for tflis treatis on
pocket slates and by the same token no credits are claimed.
All of
t:~.8
ideas used are part and parcel of the mental
art. Most of tho principles used hav8 appeared
in
print
many
t
Lme a
t
hr-oughout; the years.
'rIwy
appear here slishtly
disguised and combined and adopted to
po
cko
t
slates.
J:'he
aut.hor- owns
eV.rJT slate mentioned and has
performed
evol~y
effect in tho book.
A
vor:r strange and
bow
i.Ldor-Lng look in the eyes of
the
spoc
t.at
or-
whon vrr-L ting
ap
pe
2.1"'S
on
3.
slate held in his
ovn
l:.anc1.s, is one of th;:
:~r(~atest
:C'8HaI':}.S for the performer.
It
is th enchanting fe'Jlin"':
of amaz
emerrt that
a
person sa-
vors
when
J:1O
hs
e just Hitnesr;::;d tile sheer illusion of
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1
MASTER SLATE
S.;~CHE.'TS
PART II
POCKEr SLATES
CHAPTER III
B-Z SLATE
HAGle
Most magicians own a pair of E-Z Magic Spirit Slates.
These inexpensive plastic pocket slates are made by D. Rob-
bins and Co. of New York and are sold by most dealers.
These are the ideal pocket slates as they are light weight,
the size of a playing card and can be dimnantled by prying
the frames apart at the seams. After
dism~tling,
the slates
can be gimmicked for varioUS effects. They come in frames
of various colors. It is best to get several slates of the
same color or paint the slates to the required color.
Let us first deal with effects using the pocket slates
without the flap.
PSYCHIC 'dRITINGS
E£i'FECT: Performer shows tvl0 pocket slates to be devoid
of marks on both sides. Spectator is asked to choose a card
(or "lord). The slates are then marked with numbers f'rom 1to
4
to show again that all the sides of the two slates are
blank. The slates are then given to the spectator to hold.
When the slates are again separated, the name of the chosen
card is seen
v~itten
in chalk on one of the slates.
This is one of the standard effects possible with pocket
slates.
In
the version that follows we will resort to sleight
of hand and misdirection to bring the effect about. The beauty
of the method
is
that the effect can be done with anybody
I
s
pocket slates, Hithout the flap and Hith just a moment of
preparation.
MODUS: A combination of two principles.
THE FALSE TURN OVER SLEIGHT: This is one of the most beauti-
ful moves that can be done "lith a card or a pocket slate.
It is best done right in front of the spectator within three
or four feet fram his eyes.
TIre
sleight appears to show both
sides of one slate but actually only one side is seen.
T.re
closer they watch the more
~eceiving
it is.
The
move is described in Hugard
1s
Magic Monthly, Vol.
III No.1, page
552,
called "All Backs" by Dai Vernon. Dai
used an old principle of na gic to
mmv
that a deck of cards
was all backs, and no faces.
In
Hugard1s Magic Monthly, Vol. IX, No.8, p.
883,
Paul Morris applied the same principle to pocket slates.
FolloHing is a description of the sleight done.vTith
the left hand:
2
MASTER SLATE SECRETS
PART II
OHAPTER III
PSYCHIO WRITINGS ....
e ont ,
Fig.
24
shows the left hand holding the
slate with the blank side showing.
A
message has been chalked on the under-
side.
In
the illustration, the message
is the choice or a triangle.
The sleight is made by tuming
the hand
a'b
thewrist inwards.
The
thumb
is slipt to the underside of the slate
as the fingers move up to the original
top side, the blank side.
Fig.
25
shows the halfway position
with the message showing. The spectators
do not see the message. It is
shown
in,
the
r~gure
as seen by the perror.mer.
Fig.
26
shows the completion
of
the move, with the same side of the
slate showing.
THE PRESENTATION USING TWO SLATES:
The
name or the card or word to be
Fig.
24
forced is chalked on one side, the
underside of the lert hand slate. The
slate in the right
hand
is blank on both
sides.
The hands are held
about
18
inches
apart.
First call attention to the blank
side of the right hand slate and then
to the blank side or the left hand
slate.
Next, direct the attention or
the spectator to the right hand
slate as you openly turn the
slate over to show the underside
which is also blank. While the
spectator1s eyes
~e
thus diver-
ted, do the False Turnover Sleight
with the left hand and then call
attention to the new
(1)
blank
side of the left hand slate.
In
essence, you have used
your right hand to misdirect the
6
~
Fig. 2
'
s eyes an
d
cover up .or
spec
t
a
t
or
the False Turn Over Sleight of the
left hand
I
Fig.
2.5
3
MASTK~
SLATES SECRETS
PAn'I'
II
CHAPTEH III
PSYCHIC '"GITINGS
•
•
•
•
cont.
After the slates are
anovm
blank, they are placed
aside and then the card or word is forced. Next performer
r-e
s
or-t
s to the 'Hell known Annemann
!
s "Psychic Hri ting." All
the four sides of the two slates arc
aga~
Shovffi blank and
numbored 1 to
4.
.Annemarm ' s "Psychic Hriting" is a version of the
Sll~ple
Slate Test described in chapter I, but done with busi-
ness-size blank cards. In our pr-e
a
ent
ab
Lon
we vdll use pocket
slates.
'tlriting
in
"Mental Mysteries,
1\
Annemann states that
"Psychic Writing
ll
first occurred to him
in
the later part of
1927.
He later introduced the effect to magicians at the
1928
Lima Convention. In the Nov. issue of the Sphinx, Annemann
offered the effect for sale for the first time in a one-page
ad. (Sphinx, Nov.
1928)
A year later, na gician Doc Nixon, contributed an al-
most exact same version of Psychic Writing to the Sphinx and
was published
in
Vol.
28,
No.
10
for Dec.
1929
'\o1hich Nixon
claimed to have orisinated in
1926
fram an idea of Sander-
son's
1-2-3-4
slate mystery.
Annemann
1
s simplified version is the best. 'I'he
tvl0
business cards (pocket slates for our presentation) are
c ourrt e d onto the spectator's hand. 'l'his gives the specte.tor
the impression that he handlod tile blank ('() cards himself.
A
REVI.i:'::l/J ',lITH
lJ.'vlO
POCKEr
::;LNi.'ES:
1. Hold the two p ock e t slates stacked on your left
hand. A message "lith a H1" chalked on the upper
left
cor-ner-
is on the 1000!er side of the top slate
\-lith the
111 11
tOHards the performer.
2. Count; the slates onto tihe hand of the epec
t
at.or-,
This reverses the slates. lJ."1'le message now faces the
palm. Take the slates from the spectator.
3.
Hark a "1" on the upper left corner of the top
slate.
4.
Do the IICircle Hove
ll
uith the top slate, Fig.
9,
page
5,
Chapter I.
5.
Mark a
112
11
on tll.e UP1Jer left corner of the new top
slate. The message is on the 10Hor side of this
slate.
6.
Make the IICircle Hove:l with the top slate being
careful not to flash the message.
7.
Hark a 113
11
on the new top slate and then make a
False IlCircle Have
II
leaving the
tO~J
slate on top,
Fig.
5,
page
4,
Chapter I.
8.
'I'he new top slate has a "1" marked on it, so care
is taken not to flash this side. Tl:e "1" is con-
verted to a
"4
11
and the
br-Lck
is done.

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