Silk Production Novelty
By Fred Mintz

Here is an extraordinary, smooth-working, little production effect which I am using in my act. It is a silk production from a magazine, which is shown freely on both sides, shaken and riffled to demonstrate that nothing is hidden between the pages. The magazine is rolled into a tube, the tube is shown to he empty, then four or more silks are produced from it. The magazine may be unrolled and shown at any time during the production, without disturbing or revealing the load. The trick is absolutely self-contained, requiring no body work, table loading. etc. Like it?

Here's the secret. The magazine, a thick one--I usually use "Cosmopolitan"--is prepared in this manner. Each of the inside pages is cut from a point at the back of the book, where the pages are joined, half way from the top to the bottom diagonally to the bottom at a point about four inches from the back. The cover is left intact. Spread a little glue around the cut edges of each page, close the book and let the glue dry.

Next take the cover from a duplicate magazine and glue it over the prepared magazine. As soon as the glue is dry, you are ready for your trick. You will have a magazine with a triangular compartment in it, capable of holding four or more silks. The reason for the diagonal section is that with it the magazine may be freely riffled to show that it is empty.

The loaded magazine is held with the left hand covering the open end. The right hand riffles the pages. The magazine is rolled into a tube, and held with the compartment to the rear, so that the audience may look through the opening. Two silks are produced, the magazine is unrolled, shown, rerolled, then the production continues.