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It has been a pleasure in compiling t histreatis e on mental ef f ects with wat ches ~

The or iginal intentian was t o present newmaterial and et f ec t s with wa t ches. Por t hat rea-san, liThe Clock Effec t rl with carda is not inclu-ded, sinoe t hat br anch is ampl y cover ed in ot he rbooks. I could have written two or three pagesdeal.1ng with t he "Stul l n wat ch . Un!'or t unatel y ,t he Stull wat ch is D O l onger available . If' youcan find one it wi l l cost you over ~SO. If' thereader i s affluent enough t o aff ord such a lux-ury, he i s welcomed t o i t . Tho St ul l watch f or -Oea as many as 27 differ ent times. All you r eal_

l y need 1s t o torca 2 or 3 times and you cando t hat wi t h t he Men t al Wat oh described her e .Ke ep in mind t ha t the ef f eot i s t he aame t oyour audience and that i s \~hat counts. Youraudience are under t he be lief that t he watoh Leungimm1cked, s o i t makes l ittl e dif f er ence whatwatch i s used, if any.

I sincer e l y hope t hat the r eader t ak es thot r ouble of making n Mental Wat ch . If' y ou are nothandy ui t h t ool s , you can have a f r iend do t hewor k for you . Tho wonder fUl effects possibl e wi t ht he I~at ch will f e.r out weigh t he trouble of makingit .

The pr inciple us ed in "Deat h Watch ll , t hef irs t ef f ect in t he book , can be used t o f or ceany hour , f or noy purpo se, such a s a pr edi c t i on ,t hOUgh t r eading or for use in t he one -ahead sys -t em.

In t he f ollowing pages you wil l f i nd theraw but practical ~at~rial t or t he creat ion otmiracle . Hi ssing i s t ho Illos t 1Jnpolt ant ingrediento t al l, showmanship , whi ch you, t he miracl e wor kermust pr-cvt de , 'l'he co.Loa ae.L impact of Bental Magi ccan only be realized in f r ont of a lay eudfence ,and only a l ay audience can 8u~ply t h e bas i ctraining f or t he s h oveaen,

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Tell spect at or to se t his wa t ch to the n ow hour ot 4:45and t hen read t h e sealed message I

liPFECT: ':lb. spect at or and the per t ormer both set t heirwatch a t their ch osen ~ute8 and hour . Thetwo times are oombined and are round t o indi oatet he h our ot Death of' a :famous magician, who d1e4centuries a go.

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tell tho spectat or toon the pad.

'!'he spe ct a t or is Gi ven a poclce t watch (prefera-b l y unwcund, or he mIlY u se his elm wat ch ) , a wri -t ing pad and a pencil . He 1s t old t o s ecret l y s e th i s wat ch to any hour 3I1d rUnut e and to also writehis chosen tine on the pad. Let ' s a s sume he wri t es6:30 .

b"""'"l'HOD AND PRESEN'fATIO!r :vlr i t e a mes sag e a s .follows and ,~lve i t to ecaecneto hold:

~ ;~eat magici an , a l chemi st and physic ian,The ophrastu8 Paracalaua died i n Salzburg, Was tAustr ia, on Sept . 24. 1541 at t ho hour of4'45 P.M .

The performer t ak es anot h e r pockot wa t ch and sets i t to t hehour ot 7:1 5 ( t his is arr ived nt by SUbtracting 4:45. thehour of Death, f r om 12: 00 ) .The per f ormer shows his chosen time of 7:15 t o t he speot at orand tells him t o add i t t o his own on t h e watch . 'P.he speC-tator is told to fir st m.ove his r:dnute hand ahead 15 minutes .and t hen t o move bis time ahead one hour at a time untilhe has added 7 hours . This ta l l bring t he spectat or's wa t cht im. t o 1 :45.

6:30+1l.1.213:45 which r eads 1:45 on t he watch

subt r ac t 1:45 from t he time heNext ,wrote

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Harry Houdini died at Grace Hospi t al in Dotroi t ,Michigan on October 31st , 1926 at 1 :26 P.M.

Por working the Death Wat ch effec t , the perfor -mer choosos the hour of 10: 34 . Jus t r emember that t heperl'orc.er I e time pl us t he Dea t h Hour mus t always equal12 :00 . This knowledge is great for a seance or f orHal loween .

HOW TO MAKB YOUR OWN m BlfSIVE l lBl:frAL WATCH

Go t o a drugst ore and buy 3 inexpens1ve pockst wat che s . Thecheaper t he botter . These watches sell for $2 and up. Besure t hat the wa t ches are al l al ike and with a shiny met alcase, instead of the pl as t i c- cas e ones .

Two wat ches wi ll be needed to make one centalwat ch . The t hird watch is the one you can pas s out f orexamination .

It real ly doesn 1t matter what make of wa t ch youbuy as any t ypo ua tich can be giJnmiekod, but you may wantt o examine t he watches before you bUJ t hem. Some wat cheslike t h e "Biltnore " usual1y co:::te Hi th a face pi ece t hatcan be priod off ~:i th a pen knife . Jolos t watchos do n ot .

What we n eed 1s a watch th~t has twor aces . To do this we must removethe face piece f rom one watch andcement it to the back of another .

The r eee piece lIil1 includet he crystal \lith a r iJn of metalall around, ab out 3/ 16 inch ~dde ,with the face and h ands at t nchod.

PROCEDURE:

1. Remove t he crystal with3/16 inch rim of motal f rom tMwatch by prying i t off wi t h a penknite if poasib l e . Ref er t o Fig.1 . I f the fac e p iece i s not de -tachable t hen you must saN it orfwi th a smal l haok-saw or el ectri chand t ool. Cut along the 1 ine asindicated in t he figure . ~s isan easy operation .

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2. Prot:1 the same Hat ch (watch ttl ), remove alaothe watch reee and t he hands. Be caretul. not t o damage ther ace . The hands may fal1 orf when t he 1"ace i s r emoved. Ashort pi ece of the cen t er spindJ.e will cane in handy t orholding the hands in pl ace , so anip of t a piece , ab out1/8 inch. Discard the res t of t he wa t oh as it wi l l not ben eeded.

3. \Jl t h clear glas s or all purpose cement , cementt he hands and the short piece of splndJ.e t o t he face atyour desired hour. 8 :18 is good. Wait f or t he cement t odry, then

4. \'1i t h small dots of t he cement, cemont t he raceas sembly t o the inside or the crystal piece. The cementi D placed al l along the edges of tho f ace. You will have

a g:1.Imn1ck t hat l ook s like a watch from t he front ass een in Fi g . 2.

5. Fran watch J2, r-emove t he back me tal cover,by prying i t o1"f uith a pen lalii's, and discard i t . Youwill n ow find t hat the fac e Gimmi ck r itD snugly t o theback or ,1-2 uatch. Cement the race gimmick in pl ace andyour Ment a l Hat ch is now c omplete.

Care must be used to seet hat t he gimni ck face is aligned cor-rec t ly, with t he 1 2 a t t he t oP.

I f you are a working andexp eri enced }UD1t alist , y OU wi l l knowwhat a valuable and import ant giDml.1ckyour Mental Watch i s. You have a watcht hat k eeps good t ime, l ook s naturaland ungimmi cked from both s ides , yetyou will be abl e t o per f orm seamingmiracles with i t.

For obvious reasons i t 13battor t o l et the Ment al Watch rundown and never r ewind it.

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Pig. 2Crys t al , faoeand rim gimn10k

'r o f orce t he hour \-li t h your M.ental Wat ch .pl ace t he watch f ace-up ( face-up means straight-face-up )an t he t i ps of your l eft hand. Show t he spectator t hatthe hnnds move i f ~ou turn t ho stem. Let ~ t urn thehands a feu time. ~ben cup your righ t hand over t he watchletting only t he stem t o s t i ck out end have t he spectatorturn t he stem wheel ecee more. ~lhen he s tops cover t hewatch completel y with your right cupped-hand and t han

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curl up t he ringer s of your l eft hand under cover oft he r i ght hand and hold t he watch ver t i cal l y betweent h e t wo han ds . St raiShten out your l ett finger s an dthen move t he right hand t o t he l eft whieh a otiontumbl es the watch t o show the gimmick face wi th thePer-c e Iiour .

You . hould n ot show the Force Hour 1mmed1atelraf t er the t urn-over . Ual 1< a few s econ ds ui t :l t ho wa t chout of s i gh t in your cupp ed hands . It is obvioU3 t oanyone t hat under t he circunstaoces you could not t urnt h e s te. further .

Us e a tew lines of pat t er before showing thehour .

Pract i ce handline your nent al wa t ch befor e a nirr or ,a 3-way odr r or i f you have one . You will di s cover t hatyou can ac t ual l y hold the watch a t t ho tip of your f ingers,wi t h t he tip of t he finGe r s on one s i de or t :18 rim andt he tip of t r18 t humb on the other, lod t hout exposing thegiz:mdck face even i f surrounded, providing you hol d thewatch aloos t parall el t o t he pa lm. Fi g. 3 .

As a ~atter of f act, it i s almost impos s i bl e t oexpose t he other fac e unless you do it del ibe ratel y . Topr ove this , hold your hand pnJ.n u? and paralle l t o t hefloor 8Jld place your \:nt ch on it . Trr t o peek under thewa t ch t o s ee t he other face and you wil l be su.~risedt hat you can 't s ee it .

Jet i nto t he habi t ot placing the watch flat ont u e cU9pe d pa~. I t lowes natural t o nandl c it t ha t wayand you ui l l n ev er- exp ose t he other fac e .

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mt'FECTS ':IITH Tr:~ MENTAL WATCHDUNNIGER ' S Hl RACLB~FECT: The p or1'ormer di vines t he times s et on throe

watches by t hree members 01' t he audienoe.

Bethed: Used are two nnprepared po cket watohes and theI~ntal Wat ch . Also three cloth bags made 01' black vel-vet material large enough to hol d the watch an d toallow t he hand t o enter to turn t he stem wheel .

Pass on e unpr epared wa t ch and a bag to a personon your lef't and raake a b i g deal. out or telling hJ.m tos et the watch secretly t o any hour and t o enolose theuatch in t he b ag and pull t he s t r ing or t i e a rubberband around t he openning .

Do the S~e thing again wi th a s econd pe r s on a tabout t he center 01' the audien ce .

Show t he Mental lJs t ch t o a t hird per s on at yourright . Place t he watch ins i de t he bag and t ell him tostick his h and insido and to turn t h e a t om whee l as mucha s desired. Then closo t he bag and collect all t hree bags .Pl ac e the bags in pos i t ion 1 t o 3 on t he t able in frontof you . Go to bag ~~ , f eel it and 1nri t e t he Forc e Timeon a card and place it f a ce dOml, lIi thout sh ouin.:; it . infront of iI1 bag.

Give paper and penci l to a n ot her spact at oJ;" andtell hin t o r ecord uhat y ou will tell him t o. Open i/1bag, t ak e out the watch and read t he time so t hat al l canhear and have it r ecorded as \lat ch 711 .

Go t o .,2 baG and write n second predi ct i on ,but ac t ual ly ",'ri t e dorm the ti.'ll.e of t he fir st wlltch.Placo the card face doon in front of #2 bac; , t ak e thewatch out and call out t h e t ime .

llepeat t he !l8J:10 thing "lith bag ;13 , but ur it edown t h e tDme f or wat ch #2. Tako out t ho watch and callout the time f or Hatch '/3 , ( the f orce h our) .

Now pick up t ho three cards in or der . Pl acei,.1 card on top of #2 and bot h on top of 113. But due t ot he one - ahead pr incipl e , the ardor of t he cards from t opto bot tom is ) , 1, 2, in r ospoc t t o the watohes .

Hol d t ho cards face down i n your dealing po -siti on i n preparat ion t o do t he gl i de move. Toll t h espec t at or with the paper t o cal lout t ho time f or ~~wat oh. Do t he glid~ and bring out t he cent )r card anddhplny i t . next s pect ntor calls out t ho t ime for #2watoh an d you dis pl ay tho bottom ca r d an d l ast the l as toard. Al l three cards coinc i do wi th the three watche s I

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'the principle used has limit l es s poss lo1i t les .

EFFECT : A p ocket watch 1s s et to any hour by a spectator.The per former , without knowing what t ime t he watch vas setto, r es ets t he wa t ch behind his back t o the or i ginal set-ting. On t he second t ry , the performer s e ts the wat ch t ot he s e c r e tly ohos en hour iME."rHOD: Two s t r aight watch es are u sed. Or on e straightwatch in canbinat!on with t he Mental Wat ch .ROm mE: Wi t h t wo s t r ai ght watches , paJ..ru one wat ch in y ourleft hand by pinching the st~ wheel wi t h t he s econd jointof the third ringor and pushing t h e watch agains t the n e-shy bas e of the t humb. Your other t hree fingers ar e t henf ree t o move and l ook natura1 . BOTH WATCHES ARE SET AT THESAME TIME OF 8 118 . The s eoon d wat ch is g i v en ou t and thespecta t or s are t ol d t o n ot i ce t he t ime of 8 : 18. They aret hen ins truc t ed t o s et t he wat ch at any hour s ecret l y . Per -ormer places his h~ds behind h is bac k . ~~e opennea righthand is pl aoed over t h e le:tt hand (palm outwards ) to ooncealt he palmed watoh and t o receive t he one .tram the audienoeThe pe r ormer s t a t es t hat wit hout knowing what time the watchwas set to, he i s goins to set t he t ime baok to t he originals et t ing o 8 :18 . The perormer swi t ches watch es and bringsout t he pa1mod wa t ch which r eads 8 :18 . Next the per f ormertri es t o s et t he watch t o t he s ecr et hour hehind his back .He again swi t ches watches and brings out t he i r st wat chwi t h t he s ecr e t hour .A VAR IA'i'I OU ii ITH TBR&: WATCHES: '!'hB third watch must l ookdiff erent fram the ot her ~o. Say a gold color ed watch . Placet he Gold watch in your r i ght coat pocket . The r outine isthe same as above up t o lIMn you displ ay t he wat ch set backt o t he oriGinal hour of 8 : 10. Give the wat~ to t he specta~t or and t ell him to set t he watch again to t he s ecr et hour .Palmed in your l eft hand is the f irst 1/at ch wi th t he s ecr ethour . Tak e out the Gold \-la t ch \lith your r ight hand and setit t o the s ecr e t hour by glancing at your l eft h and. A 0 0-i nc i denoe , n o less ?WITH TilE HENTAL WATCH: Hold the watch in your hand whiles omeone turns the stem \-Iheel . Pl ace the watch behind yourback 1/ithout l ooki ng at it . Br ing out the MJ,-.' shmd n g theforoe hour of 8 :18 t o show that you have s e t i t back t ot he origianl hour . The secret hour will be s t ari ng at you.from t he oth er side. Revea l the hour by t hought reading ,after placing t he ~1 in your pocket .

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Eio'PECT : A box or envelope 18 placed on disp lay, whioht he per former s ays 1s a predict i on.

A pocket wat ch is introduced. Seye r al specta-tor s aro invited to set t he watch t o any hour by tur-ning the stem wheel . The :final hour 18 n o t e d and thepr ediction box is openned which r eveals a clock tacewit h t h e same h our s et t ing. THE CLOCKI S FACB IS SHO\oIl1TO BE CE:-1EHUTJ,i;D IN PLACE.

WORKING: TEE HOUR I S FORCED by udni t h e Ment al wat chor i f you wi sh, use t he "Death :lat ch torce. Two 3 by 3"cl ock f aces are al s o used . These clock f aces are madeof cardboard with metal hands . One c l ock race is ce-

men t ed a t t he correct force hour and placed in a car d-board box or envelope . The other clock tace is used t or ecor d the f'orce h our att er it 1s call ed out by t hepor f ormer . This second clock f ace 1s act ual l y a mi s -direction gi.m:m.i clc. I t is pl aced in fron t of t he predi c-tion box before t he box i s openn ed. It appears t o theaudience t hat t here is some connect ion between the t wo.

For t he conclusion the prediotion box isopemled and t he t1l:l.e notad t o be the s ame. The pre-diotion clock face is THEn GI Vfll Oill AIlO SOH~ OUE I SASXED TO SEl' THE HANDS TO ABOTHBR TIHB. IT I S TlmN DIS-COVERKD THAT THE HANDS ARB CEU m lT EDI

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'.1'111s eff ec t is s imilar t o t he above . A sealed box is g! 'YeDt o s aneono t o hol d. Per f ormer s t a t es t hat t ho box con tainsa watch t hat was s ealed whi l e it was running and then i twas allowed t o run down. e BODY KNOWS AT WHA.T TDlE THEBAlmS OF THB WATCH HAVE STOPPED .a. s econd wat ch is intro-duced an d seve ro.l. s pec t a t or s aI'O allowed t o turn t he s tem..The f i na l hour is noticed {the For ee Hour} and f ound tocoincide Hi t h t he st opped Hll.tch .

Anot hor conclusion t o this effe ct i s t o gi ves omeone the Mental wa t ch before the show. The spect at or1s told t hat t h o watch 1s ~'ing and i s 3hown the t ime.The watch is t hen seal ed 1n a bag and is later cal l ed f ordur ing t he show f or t~e conclusi on of t he ef fect . Actual-ly t he wa t ch is rwming but it has only a f cw s eoonds orminut es to run. The watch i s sat t o t he approximat e timeor a f ew minute before t he f orce hour . You wi l l need twoJ'~ntal ~atohe s t o bring t h is eff ect ab out. or the N~athHour ll f oroa is u s ed .

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This 15 an adapt at i on of a card ef f ec t call ed,"Impaot" by Orvi lle Heyer whi ch a ppeared in Menta l" i s e.

BFPECT : Three spectator s se t a pooke t wat ch to(J) dUtor ent settings by t\U"D.1ng t he s t em uheel.

!he per f ormer has predic ted t he threo s ettings I

The a bove errect 1s liThe Rrfeot U on t h e audi ence.What ac t ually happens is a t ot ally different thing.

KO'l'lIOD : The perf orne r use s his Ment al. ~Iat ch whichforces t he hour of , s ay , 8 :18 .

He shows t he other f ace at t he watch an dt urns the stem wheel to set t he hands at variou s hoursettint;s . Thon he allows t he spect a t or s t o t urn t hestem wheel wi thout seeing the watch fac e . The t hreespec t a t or s are in three diffe rent posit ions in the au~dionee. THE s.\lS noun 13 PORCKD OU ALL THRill=; SPECTATORSI

The predic t i ons nwne three di f f erent set -tings euch as 2 :30, 10:42 and 6 : 18 .

The pert'ormor t hen asks t he three specta torst o pleas e r aise t h eir bands i t' their "hour" was called.Al l t hree spectat or s r ais e thoir hands and the effe ct isbr ought to a conclus i on.

The author of this t reatise can vouch t'or the t actt hat t he lI Impac t" effect works most effect i vely. OneperfoI'!:ler wor ked the efr eet succ es s1"ully wi th three spec-

tato~s sitt i ng t oget her l T1l8 impact or t he et'fec t s i lencedt he t hree svectat ors.

Each spectator assumes t hat t h e other two t imescalled cor r es pond t o t he other two pers ons!

TIle pcrromer is forced t o l ook at the f orce timessince he wi l l be hol di ng the watch in hi3 hands . He pointsor t aps t he .race o.f t ho watch and s ay s , t1Remember t hetime, please" . Ho s pe ak s in a l oud voice 80 that thewhole audience can hear. '1'hc illusion 1:1 perr ect and theefroct i s indeed an lIImpact".

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EFFeCT : The hands o a watch move by psychokinesi s(mental ener gy ).

MEl'HOD: In "Confesdons 01' n Paychic ll , p ub l ished byKarl Fulves, 1s a good met hod 1'or the s ameef'f ect .Here I will describe my method us ing t h eMental watch .

Pig. 4TOOL CLIP. ACTUAL s I ZE

Pi g . 5Edge view of t hew~toh wi t h clip inplace oVer at~ wheel

Prdm a rdwu e s t ore, ge t a tool clip like t h e one snownin Fig. 4.. This type of clip is made t o scr ew on t he wa11to hol d emaIl tools. It moasures1inch hl gh. by1~ inohaor08S and made of 1/ 2 inch met al stripe When this ol i p1e pl a ced over the st em wheel of the watch 8 S shown inFig. S J it make s t h e stem Hhe ol tnecc esdbf e ,

r dESmlTATION: :ih ow t h e working fac e of t h e Mental Wa t chto t he eudf ence , movinG t he s tem wheel t o sholf that t hehands move . Ask s ome one t o callout wty hour an d set

the hands t o t hat h our (provi ded t he hour 1 s differentfrom the For ce Hour ) . Place t he tool olip over the stem

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whee l and show t h at i t 1s impossible t o t urn t he wheelwhile the cli p 1s 1n pl ace . Plao e the wat ch under aclot h covering TURNllfG THE WATCH OVES in t he pr oces s .Wai t a few ~ute8 A then walk over to t he t abloe uncovert he watch and s ay Nothing haa happenned yet". overt he vatch a gain and wa i t a f 1JW' mor-e minut es and t'inallyshow that the handa have moved. Plaoe the wat ch in yourcoat poCket where your other s traight watch I s. Show theolot h covering to prove that there 18 no other wat chunder it . Sane one wl 11 surely want to exaadne the wat ch ,TAKE 01Jl' THE STRAIGHT t'lATCH WHI CH AISO HAS A CLIP ON IT ,AND BECOME SURF-RISI!; A3 THE HAlIDS HAVE MOVED GAIN. Pu st he watch and clip out f or examination.

The PSYCHI C BtJLI..K:r

Por a way-out effect you could caus o t he crystalto br eak s imply by breaking t h e c rys t al b et'ore hand anyour ment al watch. You wi1l then have a double effect ofoausing t ho hands t o move and broaking t he crys t al at t h es ame timol You Houl d have t o break t he crystal on yourstraiGht watch al s o for surel y someone wcu.L d Han t t o ex-amine t he uatch an d even keep it . The crakin ~ crystalef f ec t is a dealer itsm pr es ent ly on tho market . However ,you can no doubt improvi se a cr aking noi s e t o add to theeff ec t , although t he noise is n ot r eal ly neces sary.

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This i s an exce llent r outine r or Halloween Night or rorthe seance-type s how. I t i s the TD m MACHINE TIUI-lE orTIME TURNRD BACKWARDS err ed made .remous by S. H. Shar pe .Al l tho props used are Dsa~er items except for the Men -tal Wa t ch . The ef f e ct can of cours e be done wi thout t h eMental watch but the watch ads a wa llop to the ef f e c t aswill be s een. The r eader probably owns a numbdr of magi ceff ec t s that can be substituted for t h e on e s men t ionedher e .

I A'i'T 6R AIID PilESimTATIOH:"Anything done in t h e future has n ot t aken

place since t he future h a s not y et ~nterialized. Correct?So if we could j ourne y into t omorrow and build a bcuee ,that h ouse would beccae undone when ue return to the pre-sent . "

" Let us t h en take an ima ginary voya ge aboardB. time-machine . j ourney int o t he futur e . do a fO l'l t h ingsand s e e ""h at h a ppen s . It

"But f i r s t. let me s ho"/ you a pocket Ha tchwhic h is s et at t h e h our of 8 :15, a small p ie ce of r i b-

bon, a slate with the mes sage, ' Bon Voyage' chalked on i tand a box wi t h s ix dice all s howing t he number- six on t h etop . II

. lINow i.t everybody i s ready , we III all s e t ourwatches ahead 2.4 hours whic h will place us ahead one dayin our enchanted voy a ge. II

Uote : Calendar "la t ches should not be pucbe d cheed, Butjust Ge t a f ew of the spectators t o do t i:lat , or ha veeveryone remove t heir ",at ches an d pl a ce t hem aside f orthe experimen t and use on l y one watch .

The p or f ormer n ext pi ck s u p t h e watch sho-wing the time 8 :15 and asks s omoone t o turn t he stemvhe e L t o cho.n~e the how> . 'rhe vabch is then pl aoe d un-der a pfeco of bl ack cloth on t he c enter of the t abl e .Next t h o performe.r shows t he piec e of ribbon and hass omeone cut it. Th e ribbon i s pl ac ed in a box and t hobox is se t n ext to t he watch. NOTE: All t h e items s houldbe pl ace d in t h e eerie p l ac e t hey Here befor e the wat cheswere advanced .

Uex t , t he per -r'crrier- above t he s l a t e witht he meaaagc , He pi ck s up an er a s e r and aeke the s peota-t or s t o choos e any l etters in t he mes~age t o erase . Theperformer erases a s meny l e t ters as cho s en by t h e au-dience .

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The alate i s wrapped in n ewspaper and pl aced as ide. Theper 1'onner n ext s how8 the box Hi t h t h e six dice all s ho-wing the nu:nber six. He mixes t h e dice 80 t hat they a l l11001-1 di.rr eront numb er s. The box is c overed and p lacedaside .

All the Nat che s are now r etarded 24 hours whichbrings the journey on tho time machine t o an end andr e t urns everyone bac k t o t he pres ent .

Tho per former ata t es t hat all t he thin~s t hatwere don e in t he .future h ave now bec omo undone I Hepicks up t he watch f r om under the c overing and showst h at t he wa t ch i s se t baok t o 8 :1$ a s it was before .The ribbon 1s r ound r estor ed when t ho box 1s openned .The di ce box 1s uncover ed and t he dice nI l shoW t he numbers ix again, t he s l at e 1n unwrapped and t he entire message"Ben Vo yage " is back on t h o s lat e in permanent paint I

Hhi le t he spectators are eXan1ni nG t he i tems,switch t ile u ee ch ,

For t he perfectioni sts , I roc~~end using anAd-A- iio pad or any GL"Tli cu: t hnt Hill exchange tho t oppage of a writing pad so that everything that is done inthe ' f ut ure' i s recorded but upon r et urning to the presentt he ~~itine i s no longor there l

SECfi..:.?S : The Bant aJ. '..latch at t he beginning is set so t hatboth f aces rend alike . The f orce hour, say i tl s 8 :15 andthe s t r aight f ace i s al s o se t at 8:15. Tho s traight f a cei s changed to any hour called . The watch i s turned overwhen pl aci ng und r t he oover ing.

Any cut and r es t or ed ef f ect wi l l do f or t he r i bbon.Us ing a car-d box works wol l .

Tle di ce box is s old by TaJUlen under- t he n ameDl ce-Sa t ional , but i s avai l abl e f rom almos t al l dealers.It is se l f :lor ki rr; .

The s late u .(J e ,s one f l ap Hhi ch is covered wit hnewspa por on one si da . The me s sage is Hr i tton wi t h chalkon one s ide of t ho f l ap but on t he s lat e i t i s written"li th a tlhite grease pen c i l or diluted uh1t e paint . 'l'b.eer as ing is of cour s e done on t ho fl ap . 'rho f lap i s di s -posed of Hhen t ho !J l ato is wrap;>ed i n t h e no\ts paper .

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THE uATE DIL&1NA. cant .

The Date Line c oincides wi th the 18 0th Mer i -dian except that i t does not pas s over land. It goesaround groups o~ islands and land masses to a l l ow thes ep l aces to keep t he s ame date .

Please re~er t o Pig. 6.To un derstan d the dia-c r am, as sume that you arel ooking at eartn n an out10 space, dir ectl y overthe South Pole .

F i s t he South Pole

The cir cl e is the equator

P-G i s Greenwich, the Pr imeMeridian

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(':') 18 the sun "'hich is([ir ectly ove r Greenwiah.

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'l"ne d1agrlllm representsthe ins tant of NOON atGreenvich and Midnightat the Date Line . At thisinstant the entire worldis on t h e s ame datel

(it 18 7 ~ in NYC and4 AM in San Pr-ancdecc ]

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This condition only l ast.s f Qr a ll split eeccnd'' s ince asaoon as the sun eeceeea over t he Prime Her i dian in thedirec t i on or the arrow, it \Jil l be past noon (P .M.)in Greenwich an d past Midnight or A.M. at t he Date Line ,and A NEIl DAY I S BORn (at t h e Date Line onlyll

Now "Ie wi l l have the perpl exing condition thatwest or t he Date Line i s one day late r than eas t of it l

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Aotivities aboard an ocean l iner when about tooross t he Date Line are most interesting. So let ls goaboard one and watch what happens .Let IS assume ve are aboard theSiS Pres i den t Lincoln on a ves t -botmd voyage between San Pran-cisoo and Sydney . ~

Pl ease r ef er to the dia- ~gram or Pig. 7 The eun is onehour past Greenwi oh . 'Phe timeat Gre enwioh is t hereror e 1 :PM T. 0 ~~Sept . 8th, Sunday. 12 hours S'EP.. Iave.y on t he Date l ine , i t is1 : AK on a n ew day~ Sept . 9t h ,Honday . The ship is alreadyin t he t iI:1e zone of the DateL1.ne so it is 1 : Al-l onboard ~ Sun-

ds'1 . The vessel has 240 milest o 80 at )0 knots and exPectst o or oss the Dat e Line at 9:AH.

Not e that Sept . 9t h i sonly one hour old and coversonly a smal l s egment of t he

earth~ r epr e sen ted by t he amallt riangle, DPS , nes t of the DateLine.

At 1:AM on board, t hewatch of fic er has already an~t ered t he nev day in t h e bridgeLog Book, which is Sep t . 6t h ,a Sunday .

"S !' is t he aun ' e Lowe r-branch of i t ' s moridian whi chmar ks -!midn i ght . II

Rerer t o Fi g . ti 'l'hi s diagram shova the ship at the inatantit crp~ses t h e Da t e Line.

The ann is t hree hours .!'r om the DateLine . It is t here r ore 9 :AI I on board a s expected and also9:A1>1 on the Date Line.

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It 1s 9 : PH at Greenwichon dept . 8th. At t he instantthe s hip orosses t he Dat. Line,i t 1s t he oretically. Sept . 8th,S\D:lday on the stern or the shipand Sept . 9th, Mond..,. on the-.Art er crossing the Da~.Lin. t he vessel I s aot ual l ysteaming on l~da,. , dept , 9th,but t he of f ioi al date on boardI s Sept . 6t h , as tho Log Bookr eads, \Dltll midnlgh.t.

When midnight eceee onb oard, the sun will haveorossed over GreenwiGh a gaLnand a new date 1s born at theDat e Line whioh 1s Sep t , 10th)

Tho Capt ain on our OceanLiner therefore j ust s lcips~tGnday and the new day onboardbecomes Tuesday, 3ep t . 10thl

S'l'RA1IG~ THINGS happononboard when a ves sel orossest h e Dat e Line. Th e phencmenai s bizarre t o aay the least .Wlv is a whole day l ost? Whyshould anybody 1 0 S8 a d ay o u tor his lite? Tho illi t oratepass enger s onboard, i f any,sutf er t h e mos t from t h em)"stery. In one case a roughlooking i ndividual wi th awild l ook in his bulging eye sapproace d mo and asked,"Mist er , 'Hhy did we ,ski p a day?1l and be1'ore I c ould answerhe starte d waving his hands in front 01' me saying, IIDon

't,Pl ease don It t e l l me. I don It want t o know. ll and he r an01'1'.

There i s tho s tor y or a Very Important Lady Pa s s engerwho insiate d that the Capta in s h ow her the Date Line.The baldheaded Cap tain c ould ' n t ge t her ott his back. Sohe called her out on the wing of the br idge and t old hert o l ook wi th t h e b inoculars t o one point on t h e s t arb oard

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bow. In the melltime t he Captain reached into his pantsand pulled ou t a pubic hair and placed i t h or izont allyin fioont of t he bdnnccuj.ez-e , '.rh e La~ jumpeu with joyand shou t od, II J. eee it I I Bee It I And t her e isCl'&b sitting on i tl"

On the return passage eastbound as :tram Yokohamat o San Fl-ancisco. just the oppos ite happens . The shipwill h ave a week of ei ght days instead o~ seven. It thes hip crosse s t h e Date line on a Stmday . then the ~ollowing day is &1so a Sunday I

A s e aman that was s i gne d an in Yokohama for t h er eturn trip to San Francisoo col l ecte d as extr a day ' spay due to t he Date Line crossing . The r est of the crewdid not coll .3 ' l t h e extra day since t hey hn l made theues t b ormd trip in which t hey had a six dq we ek.

There is a case on recor d of a cr ew member suingt he shipping cOll1pany f or tho l oss of 6 day. . He bad made6 r ound-tho-world t rips all westbound.

~ihat has all t his to do wi t h Ment a l i sm!Wel l now, if y ou happen t o be a Mentalist living on

Little Di anede hland on the Bering St r aits , you couldprof i t greatly.

I t jus t happen s that t h e Dat e Line passes betweentwo i slands that are onl y 2I:l miles apart. The s e two island!!are Big Diomede which belongs to Ru s s i a and Li ttle Di anedewhich belongs to t he U.S . A. be two en Alaska and the Chukchipan i nsuls.. On a clear day you c an s ee your Russian :friendswalking on Big Di omede . Bot h islands keep the same timebut t he dates are dif f eren t . It i s a day later in Bi gDiamede . Your Bus91an acc anplice can signal you and telly ou t hIS n ews f or t omorrow I

AME FLASH' 2/ 21/ 78 .B. J. Wa gman from Riverdale Md . wrote in to aaYI

"Dea t h Wa t ch is fan tas t ic . I got ecme emp ty watchbo xe s (cardboard ) and mad e on e double f a c e -- nowI can l et the subj ect handle the whole thing l"

Nc more d eta i ls g i ven . Above s en tanc e l ea v es muchf ood for thought . A bcx can b e built t o hol d two watchesor the box op ens f r om e i t her s i de l?

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Her e i s a cute effec t t hat utilizes t he DateDi lemna i nforma t ion in oonjunction wi th a cal~ar watch.EFFECT , PATTEa AND PRBSKNTATI Oll :

!lSir, p lease imagine that you are aboard anOcean Liner on a voyage between San Fran cisco and Japan,You wake up one morning in your cabin, two days beforeArrival-Day Yokohama, and l ook at your oalendar watch,to check the time and date . Pl eas e don1t tell me whatyou a8e, j ust concent r a t e on t he date, the time, t ha dayot t he we ek. II

Per f ormer must get this ~or.mation viathe cent or tear , clip board, etc, Say t hat the spectatorwrot e , 7:AM, Monday , Hay 12th,

"Bef ore we pr oceed any t'urther, p j.e aee tellsir , did you advance your calendar watch at all ?lt

Assume that the spectator answers, .INa l "Perto~er has ohalked, 7:A.M., Tues day, May

13th, on his s l a t e ." .1111 you pl eas e nuvance your calenaar watch

one day ahead t o al low for the orossing of t he Interna-tion al Date Line. What doc s your calendar Hat ch read now?1I

The s pe otat or must s ay 'rue aday , r~y 13th,7:A. H. Per f ormer t h an shows his s l ate .

If t he s pec t a t or s ays t hat he had a l r eadyadvan ced his date, then you must pr oceed accordin~ly.

'!'he Date Dllemna patter can als o be used inwor k inti eff ects ::i t h e afender-e , The month or l"ebruary,t or example ~ill have only 27 days i f you happen t o orosst he Llat e Li ne during t hat mont h, wee tbcuad and 29 daysi f you cr oss it eas t bound.

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PIG. 9The ebcee two clock races are actually m1rror-images ot

t h e r eal thing. Can You t el.l the correct t ime ? I:t you holdt he page up to a mirror you will get the true picture .

THE TWO .t'EdSON &Pl"EC'l': A two person s t r eet f or codin g timeof a wat~ as i t la7 on the t able appeared in t he SphinxVol . 31, No . 7 by Will L. Lindhorat . The c ode only codedthe time t o 1dthin 15 ~utes . I have added a writi ng padand pencil t o code the time t o the exaot minute .

Pig. 10 shows tho Lindho rst Code . The t a bl e is vi-sualized as a clock's race .

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To oode the time of 10:58, pr oceed as fol lows . First, usingthe Lindhor s t Code we code 11 hours exactl,., 'Which is topoint the stem or t he watch to indicate 11 on the table .and the ring 13 f'ol ded backwards to indicate t he even hourAl l We need now I s to subtract 2 ~utes t o arrive at 10:5A.We do t his by placing a pencil TO '1'fu: LEP'l' OF THb: WATCH. aothat i t point s t o the r i ght. Th1a will code minus 2: to theoperator. When t he operator re t urns he reads 11 h ours minuatwo minut es = 10: 58.

Here I s the oode f or the pencil :

Penc i l t o the le1't of watch means minus.

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point up = minus 1" to right =minus 2" down = minus ;3" to l eft minus 4

Writing pad t o l e f t of watch = minus S minutes

When t he pencil or pad are placed t o t he RIGn~ OF VATCHthen the indicat ed minutes are ADDBDI

'..'0 codo t he h our of 2 :48 . '1'h e wat ch poi n te t o ) and thering downuards Hhich codes 2 :45 and t he pencil 18 placedto the r i ght of t he watch point down 1'Ihich means plus 3minutes to code 2 :48 1

Har E: The lrriting pad may be pl aced on t he t able at 8.nJ'time FAC E: OOwmlARDS "dhich indicates NOTHDlG.

To code 1 :35. Let the watch indicate 1:30 by point ing t hewatch t o 1 with t he ring outwar ds . Then place the writingpad to t he r i ght of t he wat ch, f ace up .

To code 7:>5. Let t he watch point to the hour of 8 andplace t he writing pad t o t h e left of the watch ~aoe-up .The operator will then read 6 hours minus 5 minutes t oset 7: 55.

Fig. 11 , at rightcodes the t imeof 3:37. o

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~ECT: An ob j e c t , eueb a s a ring, 18 hidden inone of many boxes. The ps ychi c locatest he hidd en ob j ec t bT t he perception o~emanations.

}~HOD: A watch is used a s a homing devisel

One of t he tuncti onal characteristics of the sena&of s ensation 18 adaptation. Psyohologi s t a t ell us that adap_tat i on 109 a state of s ensory fatigue, or inef fectivenesswhich f ollows prol onged st imula t i on . For example, we do nothear a cl ock ticking, We have became adapted to it.

It a number of per sona sitting in a r oom are ex-pos ed t o the ticking of 11 uall clock, a1'ter a bit or con-versation ~)~ t l cki n B will not be h eard. Now, if besidesthe wall clock there 18 a1ao a hidden pocke t watch, onlyt he peraon t hat knows about the watch will hear it. Ther est of the per sona in the r oam may hear the wall clocki t t he y l is t en or i t but \iILL Ngv.,n~ T~ POCh.hTWATCH, as the cl ock ticks louder than t he wat ch.

The t i ck ing o a cheap drugst ore pocket watch isvery audible and can be heard from lUly'Where in t he r oom.The ticking or a stop-Hatch can on):y b. heard when yourear b WITKIli TWO P&E'J.' FRon 1'1'.

For the .rrec~, the op erator ous t us e a watchthat he can hear when wi thin two t eet f'rcn i t af'ter t hewat ch is pl aced wit~ two car dboard boxes '

The watch 1s firs t placed in t he f als e bo t t om ora small cardboard box. Spec t ators are instructod to placean ob ject into t he small box an d then hide the box in on eof a number of l arger box es . The larger boxes should beabout t he size of l ar ge mat c h boxeR, a bout 3 by 4 inches.

The box es are s pread t hroughout t ho ro om. The per-f ormer t hen goes f r om box t o bOX, pl aces his h ands overt he boxes wi thout touchin~ t hem until he ge t s t he properr adia t ion . Or he may U3e a combinat i on of muscle readingand n on-con tact mindreading .

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IJIII)1-omptu et'f ects ,11 t h watohes are rare . Thebrain-busc inC effects ,d th watches are u sual l y doneusing the one- abead- a,.l t em, the cent er t ear or an 1m-pr essi on method. Presontat i on an d sh owmanship 1s t h ekey. For a clos e up ef f eot , Dunninger used a c ombina-t i on of a psychol ogi cal trick and t he center t ear . Aspectat or i s gi ven a piece of paper , pretolded twice(cent or - t ear gimmick) . 'the pieu t4 paper bas t he fac eof a "lat ch penci led on , without t h e hands . 'l'he s pect a-tor i s t old t o draw t he hands to his ebceen hour , say10, 15, or 20 minutes pas t the hour . Due t o t he creaseson t he paper chan ces are that he will draw the handst o show 8 :20t Per f ormer se~s his watch t o U:20 andhands it t o t he spectator to s et his hour on. You cante11 by his ac t ions if you bit the nai l an t he head,otherwise you proceed wi th the cent er t ear method .(This effect appeared in t he Hagi cle Ma8azine "~O )

A cute ef f oct is t o r emove t he minut e hand from.a pocket ve bch , Set t he h our hand at 1 2 . Pl ace t he Hat chbehind Y0UF, back and ask s omeon e t o pi ck a number be t ween1 an d 12 . Jith a lit t le pract i ce you can pl ace t he hourhand a t any cho ~ en numbor simpl y by holdi ng t he s t emwheel st eady in your r i ght hand and turning t h o Ha t chwith your l eft hand. 11'1 drugs t or e watoh moves 1 ~ hour aheadwi t h each complete t urn (c oun t er cl ockwise J .So t hat with2 comple t e turns t he hour hand wi l l point to ) . Movingt he watch clockwis e wi l l s e t t he hour hand backwards .This i s a variation ot t he ef f ect of s etting t he t imeon a " a t ch behind your ba ok which .p~eared in Abr a andin t he Pal l bearer ' s devi ew Vol . 4, tr1 2 , and i s an or i -ginat ion ot Pe t e r Hci>onald. By wor king only with t hehour hand you oan 't mi s s . Instead at r emovi ng the minutehand alt OGether, i t could just be snipped of leaving astub only.

Anot her i dea i s t o do a coinoi dence eff ect Us eone of t he ~imrni cks l il' e "wonder- Clock ll or IIDial_X ~ . 'fe l lt he spe ctat or to s et it s ecretly at any hour . You oant ell t he hour by l ooki ng a t t he gimmi ok. t hen bring outyour pocke t Hatch uf t or havi ng cot i t t o t he same h our.

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Ant hony Raven makes the h eadlines wi t h the ef fec t"''';hen Time Stood s t i l l " f r om Death 'rla t ch , He used) wa tches ,A calender watch (minus spring wi t h ~he date advac ed 2 days)a spectator 's watch and the ' r,: ental .ta t ch . "

The eff ect "!Jeath t.'a tch" has been done twice over t heair waves. Onc e by ~entali st Chi p Cot t on and again bythe Amazi ng Al lemann ,

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