THINGS WE MUST NOT KNOW
Seventy indignant magicians met at Transport House, Westminster, London, recently, and determined to draw the iuagic circle more tightly around themselves. ' They were seventy minds with but a single thought—to keep tho public in the dark about how their tricks and illusions are worked. So they decided to " outlaw " any magician who gave away secrets, to copyright new tricks, and prosecute "trick thieves " and anybody who published the inner details of a copyright trick and to boycott theatres engaging artists who " exposed " tricks. Said Mr. A. V. Drewe, secretary of the Variety Artists' Federation: " Tho charm and beauty of life is illusion. . (Cheers.)
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22391, 11 April 1936, Page 5 (Supplement)
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