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Annemann's
Complete One Man Mental
and Psychic Routine
ANNEMANN'S
COMPLETE ONE MAN MENTAL
AND PSYCHIC ROUTINE
INTRODUCTION
For the first .time in my hectic career of
placing effects and methods before the ever and
all too critical fraternity of magic, I am present-
ing a complete act, routine or whatever you may
wish
to
call it.
Nevertheless, such routines are rare in this day and age. Back
around 1920 there were a number of books put out wherein complete
routines were given from start
to
finish. There were card acts,
handkerchief acts, and Baftles Brush used
to
make the Sphinx that
much more interesting with a monthly routine of small magic
to
run from fifteen
to
twenty minutes.
Today the audiences seem to "go for" the mental type of trick-
ery more than ever. It is more of a "grown up" phase of magic and
mystery and there seems to
be
a greater element of wonder when
one can reveal unknown knowledge or something personal about
his audience.
I'm not in any way slighting magic as a whole when I say this,
but I've found it
to
be true as far as my own work is concerned.
I've found that a person would rather have you tell him the maiden
name of his mother than
see
you find a card and only because of the
personal angle.
The effects as outlined herein will run from twenty
to
thirty
minutes. They can be cut apart and used as single items but as put
together they are in logical order for an integral part of one's own
program. It will be seen that I have "dressed" some old magic prin-
ciples into mind problems, but in the new finery they are that much
more mysterious.
THEO. ANNEMANN.
Publlshed
by
LOlJIS TANNEN
120 West 42nd Street. New York 18, N.
Y.
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, Annemann's Complete One Man Mental and Psychic Routine
REQUISITES
The beauty of this routine of modern mentalism is in the lack
of apparatus and preparation. The perfonner can walk into any
room or club and immediately start and continue for half an hour
with striking tests that will be remembered.
Everything but the two slates can be carried on the person and
there is no set up or work to be done upon arrival at the place of
the perfonnance.
For the following routine the following list of articles is all that
is necessary and the placement of them is described. In the effects
to follow each is treated separately but they are routined in their
best order for effectiveness.
A pad of paper 2lhx3
1
h
inches. This is in the left side coat
pocket facing body and in front of it are three or four loose pages
that have been folded as described under the heading "Billet Switch-
ing" and then opened. This is
to
make easy the giving of them
to
a
writer but making certain they will be folded back correctly.
In the left trouser pocket are five blank papers that have been
folded and are waiting there ready for subsequent use.
In the right trouser pocket is a thumb tip pencil writer such as
has become popular of late, but which in this case will be put
to
use in
a novel way.
The inside coat pocket carries three or four pencils for the use
of assistant spectators.
'
At hand are two decks of cards, not new decks, but cards in
their cases and arranged as described in "Magic vs. Mindreading."
Also at hand are two ordinary school slates and chalk for both.
Lastly in readiness is a telephone book which performer has seen
for about two minutes and prepared as described in "Book Mentalism."
That is all. You are ready to proceed with an unusual presentation.
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BILLET SWITCHING
I could say and write it a hundred times, but it wouldn't mean
any more than when it was said or written as at first, so take this
information
to
heart. If one is going to do any of this billet work
and depends upon manual switches, they have got to forget a lot
of their magic technique.
Annemann's Complete One Man Mental and Psychic Routine
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Magicians as a rule live by showing their hands empty and then
finding something, but in this case there should NEVER be in any
way a word said about the hands NOR A MOVE MADE TO SHOW
that there is nothing in them. I mean it, too,
~nd
am not talking from
theory. If you have a paper finger palmed, drop your hand to your
side, gesture with it while talking or just put your hand in
yo~r
pocket. When your hand does happen to be empty don't for both
your sake .and my sake SHOW it to be empty with an obvious gesture.
If you do you are killing the whole thing and might as well quit
right then and there.
When you do this type of work people forget all about magic.
They don't expect you to do anything because you are practically
telling them what is to be done before you do it and that alone goes
against the rules of magic. They can also see what is being done
and as most of it is done by a spectator they trust him and watch
him, as he is the active part of the procedure. You, being a mind-
reader or something or other, come in after the preliminary work
and stage the climax and always by that time you have secured your
information in an unassuming manner and practically under their
noses.
There are two essential switches of folded papers. The first or
simple method is not new and is a simple exchange of folded papers.
The second or folding switch, as I call it, is my own and consists
of reading a paper and in the action of folding it to return an exchange
is made for the already finger-palmed dummy or one ahead, while the
one just read is retained.
The size of the paper should be 2.lhx3lj2 inches. Hands differ,
however, and the individual should try out sizes in proportion with
these dimensions until the right size for his own hand is found. A
printer will cut up a bunch of these and pad them about fifty sheets
to a pad for a small sum.
The folding of the slips is important. Fold them once the long
way and then once the other way and then once more the same way
which results
In
a folded paper a little narrower than the width of
your second finger and just long enough to be easily yet firmly held
between the first and last joint of the finger. Thus with this finger
slightly curled the paper can be safely held and invisible from the
front as long as hand is not turned directly around. It is also invis-
ible from the sides and back as long as hand isn't held too far (more
than eight or ten inches) from body.
Annemann's Complete One Man Mental and Psychic Routine
With a slip in left hand between second finger and thumb,
practice pulling it back with thumb into the finger palm and keep
this up until you can push it out and get it back easily and quickly.
Now take a second slip and with the first in palm position hold
or take the second slip between second and thumb. With thumb
slide it back until it overlaps the one palmed and then with both
thumb and finger helping pull this one back push the one under-
neath outward. This will
be
found
to
work smoothly and easily
and it leaves the originally palmed paper out in view while the
paper
just seen is in position to be palmed. The right hand at this point can
take the in view pellet and the left thumb holds palmed paper in
place while finger curls a little and it is secured.
FIGURe
I.
FIGURE
D:
FIGURe
lit
I repeat that this must be practiced until it can be done while
never looking at hand in any way. During such a switch the hand is
not held still and you are not doing a trick to switch papers. Keep
the hand in motion using it to gesture with and an exchange can
never be seen.
The second switch is a little harder but quite useful and perfect.
Fingerpalm a folded billet. Now take another folded billet and open

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