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Wand from Pocketbook

Harlan Tarbell · The Tarbell Course, 1926

Time
3 min read + 10 min practice
Materials
In the library
Prerequisites
None

A novel way of producing a wand, which makes a good opening number. This is adapted to either the regular wand or the special vanishing wand described in Lesson 20.

Performer shows a small pocketbook, to be empty. He then suddenly draws out his wand from the inside of the pocketbook. The wand is struck on the table to show that it is solid.

How it is done

The method, 4 drawings and all it needs, inside the library.

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