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Wooden Matches…………………  \n2. Paper Matches………………………  \n3. Tricks, Jokes, Catches.  \n4. Puzzles  \n……………………………3  \n…………………………14  \n……………………………………18  \n…………………………………………………14  \n# MATCH-IC\n\n'Match-Ic\"was the first book written by MartinGardner,a young man interested in magic,whocame up from Oklahoma to attend the Universityof Chicago.  \nDuring his college and post-graduate years inChicago he not only wrote and published this book,but also\"Twelve Tricks With a Borrowed Deck\",\"After the Dessert'',\"Over the Coffee Cups',and he put on the market an item still very pop-lar with close up men:\"Passe Passe Sponges.\"  \nAltho thirty years have passed since those days,Martin still has a great affection for magic andfor writing.In fact,he makes his living as a pro-fessional writer,but in more lucrative fieldsthan that of magic books.  \nYou have seen his books on books tands all over thecountry on such subjects as mathematics and magic,puzzles and curiosities.He is one of the editorsof the Scientific American and is kept very busywith his various writing projects.  \nHe makes his home at Hastings-on-the-Hudson,New York,with his wife,Charlotte,and two schoolage children.  \n# PREFACE\n\n一  \nQUITE obviously MATCH-IC is 'hot apresentation of original ideas,but a col-lection of already fairly well knowntricks and stunts.To save space and to avoidtrivial details,the descriptions have been madeas brief as possible and all fner points of pre-sentation and patter have been left to the in-genuity of the reader.  \nI should greatly appreciate being informedof any and all worthwhile tricks with matchesthat are not included in this collection.Shoulda revised copy be issued later,those who havecontributed new items will be credited withthe effect and also sent a copy of the new edi-tion.  \nMARTIN GARDNER,Hitchcock HallUniversity of Chicago.  \nNovember,1935.  \n# WOODEN MATCHES\n\nMAGNETIZED MATCHES  \nA match box is shown to be half filled with matches,then closed and turned upside down.The drawer is removed,still inverted,but the matches do not fall.It is shakenslightly and the matches are heard to rattle.The drawer isnow pushed back into the cover and out the other side,where-upon the matches drop out immediately on the table.The trickis prepared for beforehand by breaking a match to the properlength so that it can be wedged crossways in the center of thedrawer.In removing the drawer your fingers press the sidesand hold the piece of match in placc.This prevents thematches from falling.When the drawer is pushed out thesecond time,your fingers do not press the sides so the matchesdrop to the table and bury the smaller piece.  \n# ESCAPO\n\nThis trick first appeared in print in Tom Seller's \"TricksThat Work.\"A match box is placed on the open palm of lefthand,tapped lightly,and when lifted a match is found restingon the palm.Previous to showing push a match in betweenthe cover and the bottom of the drawer.Show the box andhands freely,then remove the drawer and raise the covcr upso that the audience can look through it.The tip of yourright middle finger holds the match against the bottom ofdrawer where it cannot be seen.(See illustration No.1.)When the drawer is replaced the match,still held by the tip offnger,goes outside nstead of inside the cover.The complc-tion of the trick is apparent.  \n# STRIKINGEN PASSANT\n\nSecretly place a few coins in the end of a box to give itweight.Toss it into the air,spinning it end over end like awhecl,and jab a match upward at the sides as it falls.With alittle practice you should be able to light the match nearlyevery time.  \n# MATCH BOX MONTE\n\nThree match boxes,two empty and one half filled,areplaced on the table.They are moved about rapidly and theaudience is asked to point to the box containing the matches.They are wrong every time.Actually you use a fourth box.also half filled,but it is concealed up your right sleeve whereit is he!d ag","cbCaibJ6vRu4khKD","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibJ6vRu4khKD","pdf",1869343,52,"English","# MATCH-IC\n## Preface\n## Wooden Matches\n## Escapo\n## Striking in Passant\n## Match Box Monte\n## Match and Handkerchief\n## Another Method","[{\"question\":\"What kind of book is MATCH-IC?\",\"answer\":\"MATCH-IC is a collection of impromptu match-based tricks, presented with concise methods and presentation details that rely on the reader’s ingenuity.\"},{\"question\":\"When was the preface written and by whom?\",\"answer\":\"The preface is signed by Martin Gardner and dated November, 1935 from the University of Chicago.\"},{\"question\":\"What is one example trick from the “Wooden Matches” section?\",\"answer\":\"MAGNETIZED MATCHES describes a preparation using a half-filled match box and a drawer mechanism so the matches appear not to fall until the final handling.\"}]","MATCH-IC - Preface - Wooden Matches | PDF",1790631116]