“MAN OF MAGIC”

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVII, Issue 21508, 22 November 1939, Page 11

“MAN OF MAGIC”

TRICKS WORTH A FORTUNE Horace Goldin, whose “magic” once earned him £7OO a week, died worth only £587, states the Daily Express, London. But to some unknown magician he has left something that may be worth a fortune—the secrets of his tricks. Mr Will Goldston, founder of the Magicians’ Club, said in an interview: "All Mr Goldin’s secrets are in my safe at the club, and I shall keep them there until I think a member of the club shows enough genius to be trusted with them. “I have a member in mind now. “That, I know, is what Horace Goldin would have wished.” Goldin was president of the club. At one time he had ten companies exploiting the famous "sawing through a woman” illusion; a model showing how it is worked is among the secrets in the safe. He Remembered He left no will, and letters of administration have been granted to his widow, Mrs Helen Leighton Goldstein, now living in America. Goldstein was Goldin's real name; he was a PolishJew, and he emigrated to America as a youth. Mr Goldston said one reason Goldin left so little was that for years he had supported seven people who used to work in his shows. They had to give up their jobs through illness. One was a woman. Mr Goldston added: “Goldin had a hard time as a boy, and it mad# him genreous to everybody he employed. Every Friday he would come Into my room to make out pay envelopes for his seven pensioners. It was his great secret. Generally he had little idea of the value of money. It it was there he spent it.”