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AME MENTAL PARCEL FOREWORD This is intended as an overdue AME Letter. We have called it a Mental-Gram and have thrown in a few mental items for good measure. The Mental-grams are intended as late notes on all AME releases. As the name implies, a mental item more often than not is purely mental. That is to say it is only a thought and has to pass the test of presentation through repeated performances in order to become polished. Subscribers to the AME series often write in with improvements on AME effects. We hope to pass on these ideas to you via the AME Mental-Grams. Your comments and improvements, criticisms and historical notes and corrections on all AME publications are always welcomed at the AKE office and due credit is extended.

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AME MENTAL PARCEL Mr. Hisho mer This secti on intro duce s some ment al effe cts by Inte rnat iona l the Penn , one of the most dynam ic pers onal ities in in magi c been has Magi c scen e. He is only 28 year s of age andseve zines . But maga ral 21 year s havin g amas sed comp lete files of writ er. and isher that is only his hobb y. He is also a book publ Penn was offi That is his secon d hobb y. Amaz ingly enoug h Mr.age of 201 and cial ly orda ined a Theo logic al Scho lar at the attan hold ing prahas his own cong rega tion and temp le in Manhes pres iding in yer meet ings and bible class es daily , besid wedd ings and fune rals, etc. THE

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A spec tator think s of a word , or what ever. Perfo rmer take s a blan k play ing card (or a 2-of- diam onds or busin ess card) and has the spec tator exam ine it and then sign his name on its back . Perfo rmer next plac es the Fig. 1 card into his wall et with the spec tator 's sign ature show ing. remo ves the When spec tator reve als his thou ght, perfo rmer is found writ ten ght card from his wall et and the spec tator 's thou ed mick on itl The wall et can be exam ined as it is ungim et. Pock et THE SECRET, Fig. 1 shows the outli ne of the wall d card signe the "A" has a see-t hrou gh glass ine window so etthat opaq ue er leath a is can show throu gh. Pock et "B" of the wall pock et. card of the deck PREPARATION, If blank cards are used , the top. If play ing card s has a bit of wax on the midd le of its left onedge the deck and of top are used two 2-of- diam onds are need ed one it. Same with busin ess one on its face . The top card has wax on card s. You will also need a nail writ er. spec tator to think of PRESh~TATIONI (Usin g blank card s) Tell by doin g the cent er ght a word , numb er or what ever. Get the thou write the thou ght ring tear , or via an impr essio n. Whil e patte m card of the deck . botto the with the nail writ er on the face of on the top card down s Pres Shuf fle the botto m card to the top. write his tator spec Have . so that it adhe res to the waxed card be blank . to card top the Show name on the back of the top card . name d signe the that so et plac e the doub le card in your wall the ve remo then ght thou show s. Have the spec tator reve al his pock et ue opaq r othe the into signe d card shov ing the botto m card itl on ght thou his in the proc essl The spec s card now has ~FFECT,

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The wallet can be shown to be ungimmicked. A mentalist's wallet is usually loaded with big bills, or should be so you do not allow anyone to stick his fingers into it. The glassine window in the wallet has a cut out slot so that the cards can be pushed with the thumb on the left edge to avoid he cards from becoming separated. The move can be done while the wallet faces the performer since there can be no doubt that there is no exchange of cards due to the signature. The Penn wallet has many other usesJ to exchange cards for example. It can also exchange one bill for another or the page from a paper back for another, folded of course. The In-N-Outer Boxes These boxes are quite popular with magicians today. They form an enigma since everyone knows that a nest of two boxes cancanot be reversed, the outer box can never become the inner box. On this premise , H. Penn has applied his brain power to convert the principle into a mental effect as follows, In a

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~FFECT, Performer displays two sets of nested boxes. He opens the boxes and shows that the inside boxes have a color spot painted on them. One box has a red spot. The other a blue spot. The boxes are then mixed. The inside box of one set is placed inside the other set, etc. Performer then makes a perdeiction as to what box the spectator will choose. Performer states that although there is only a 50-50 chance of being wrong he is willing to stake his reputation on the outcome. Performer's prediction proves correct every time.

METHOD, For this effect, you must have two sets of In-n-Outer boxes all of which are of the same color. That is. The inside box must be of the same ~lor as the outside box and both sets must also be of the same color. Two of the boxes have a red spot painted on the inside bottom and the other two have a blue spot. WORKING, Patter about how the boxes are finely machined so that one is just a bit smaller than the other. Show a red spot and a blue spot on the inside bottom of each inside box. Next you must maneuver the boxes so that the two red spots end up in the inside of both sets. Then simply predict that the box chosen by the spectator will be the box with the red spot.

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In a Quandry .••.•.•. cont ....• ~hen handling the boxes for the purpose of transposing them undetected, the boxes should be place one in front of the other instead of side by side. This amazing principle of the In-n-Outer boxes has many uses in mentalism. A message can be made to appear or a message can be exchanged. The monte move can be done with J set of boxes, etc. The reader should keep in mind that there are many more effects that can be done in this manner. What about a similar nest of thre~ boxes instead of just two? Something could be made to appear in the middle of a set of three boxesl etc. or in the inner most box.

The Nu-Way Force by H. Penn Here is an idea that may find favor with many. It utilizes the eas.y-off gummed labels as shown in Fig. 2 (actual size). Mr. Penn uses these in a variety of ways as follows. As a force. Performer secretly places a 'dot' label on the card he wishes to force. The deck is Fig. 2 then shUffled and cut several times and the spec is given one of the labels and is told to place the label on any card while he cuts the deck under the table. The Secret is that the performer turns the deck face up so that the spectator places the label on the face of a card. Naturally when the deck is inspected it is found that the force card is the only one that has a label on its back. The effect can of course be presented as a prediction. Going a step further. write a prediction as follows. "The. card that you will choose will be the only card with a label on its back." Amazingly enough this effect can be done impromptu provided you have some labels in your pocket and it can be done with any bodl~s deckl METHOD. Take the stranger deck and say that you are going to apply some magic to it and turn your back and pretend that you are doing something. Actually you take out one label and wetting the tip of lettmiddle finger place the label on it gum side up .. Turn around holding the deck face-up in your left hand co vp rlng the label, of course, fan the deck and tell spectator to just point to any card and emphasize the fact that he has an obsolute free choice. Cut the deck at his chosen card. leaving the card at the bottom of the top cut. put on the label secretly by pressing the finger tip to it and the trick is done. HE HAS CHOSEN THK ONLY CARD WITH A LABEL ON ITl

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The Coincidence effect. By the same token as the above effect, the spectator can be asked to place a label on his chosen card and the performer predicts the action as a coincidence. A message can be written on the label to add mystery to it. STABBING THE DECK. Use a kitchen knife and attach a label to the underside of the knife with saliva. Tell spectator to stick the point of the knife anywhere into the deck, then take the knife and stick it in all the way so that the label sticks to the back of the lower portion. THE BOOK TEST. Place a label before hand on the page you wish to force. Give the spectator another label that has a bit of wax on its face. Have spectator place the label anywhere into the book under the table. The wax on the label locks in that page and the only label that shows is the one on the force pagel If by chance the spectator places the label on the same page then you have a miracle indeed. TH~ CUT FORCE. The cut force has been covered in other writtingsJ The Third Ecstasy has a force that allows the spectator to cut the deck in his own hands while covered with a hankerchief while the classic Handkerchief Force can be found in Greater Magic page 195. Both of these forces can be used in combination with the label forces above.

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NOTE by Al Mann

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Had the pleasure of meeting an enterprising young man by the name of Richard Cawolsky at the Craig Neier one day convention (1978) in New Jersey. Richard is the inventor of a number of new principles and effects in magic. He showed me an effect with dollar bills that he calls "Odd Half-Hole." It is a paper effect done with dollar bills instead of just plain paper. With mentalism always in my mind I told Richard that the principle could be applied to a mental stunt and he told me to go ahead with it and develope it. So the following effect appears here with his permission. EFFECT. Performer places a one dollar bill on the table faqe up showing the picture of the ~resident. Next he takes out a round white label and cements 1t over the picrture on the dollar bill. He tells the spectator to think of a word, question or whatever and to write it in the label on the bill secretly and to turn the bill face-down when finished. Performer takes a second bill and places the two bills to-

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geth er so that the mess age is'in betw een. The two bills are then folde d in half and cut into halv es. Spec tator may do the cutti ng and cuts righ t throu gh the midd le of the two bills and of cour se throu gh the midd le of the mess age! Perfo rmer then goes a step furth er and cuts out the pictu re of the pres iden ts on both bills and burn s the piec es. He then show s the two bills with the hole in the midd The effe ct is clima x when the perfo rmer divin es the mess age le. or ques tion even thoug h it has been burn ed! THE S~CRETI Play money bills are used of cour one- dolla r bills but for the illus trati on we willse.usePref erab ly bill . Thre e bills are need ed. One of the bills is left a 5-do llar mick ed. The secon d bill is cut in half . the halv es transungim pose d and ceme nted over the third bill on the pictu re side . as in Fig. J. This gimm icked side of the bill is neve r show shown the spec tator . til the end when they will look norm al. n to PRESENTATIONs Plac e the ungim mick ed bill on the table face up. Take out the whit e self- adhe sive labe l and ceme nt it over the pictu re of the pres iden t on the bill . The the same size as the pictu re or a bit smal ler. labe l must be of Tell the spec tator to write his thou ght or ques tion on the whit e labe l secr etly and to turn the bill facedown when finish ed. Next take out the gimm icked bill being care ful not to flash the gimm icked side and place it on the table (face down of cour se). Next place the two bills toge ther very open ly to sandw ich the mess age in betw een. Fold the two bills in half by foldi ng the side s downward as shown in Fig. 4A. Have the spec tator cut the bills in half OR tear them in half your self with the hand s. The two bills , two halv es in each hand are open ed out again as they were befo re and as you patt er abou t how the mess age is cut in half , fold the halv es the oppo site way so that the gimm icked halv es are now in sigh t. This Fig. J is done very easi ly whil e the spec tator 's eyes are misd irect ed. The halv es are turne d over seve ral time s durin g the patt er. Next perfo rmer cuts out the pictu re of the pres iden t all toge ther with sciss ors or A bare hand s as need ed. Thes e piec es must be burn ed. Spec tator of cour se belie ves that his mess age is destr oyed . (Fig. 4B shows the direc tion in whic h to fold the cut halv es to bring the gimmick ed halv es to the outs ide) Fig. 4

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. The read er shou ld prac tice with bills in handrmer must now Perfo . done is work At this poin t most of the for the open out the bills to show that the pres iden ts and there mess age has been cut out. Refe r to Fig. 5. As the four halv es are held in one hand , open out half of one half only while the othe r age mess three halv es are held toge ther uver in the left hand . By this mane the perfo rmer gets to glim pse one half of the mess age whil e the spec tato r is look ing at what appe ars to be Fig. 5 the miss ing pres iden ts, The halv es are then close d and the othe r side is next shown there by givin g ,of the mess age, the perfo rmer a glim pse of the othe r half rmer The halv es are then torn up and also burn ed. Then perfo age! proc eeds to divin e the mess A few trial s will show the read er all the corr ect steps to take .

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AME MENTAL-GRAM I to ligh t The note s, idea s and comments that follo w came d. issue afte r the item ized AME publ icati ons were New LP) THE LEXICON PHENOMENA. In your prom pter list (the , read ld shou Code number 2343, line 135. the secon d word 'ratt ler' inste ad of 'rang y.' cont ains A work ing men talis t from Pa. has made a slide isthat proje cted then part of the "Enr ich Your Word Power" list. This t idea l Grea seel on a scree n on stage for the whol e audie nce toe or rema rkabl e the The entir e audie nce can now see how impo ssibl 1/1/7 9 test isl astic . I got DEATH WATCH. 2/21 /78 "Dea th Watch is fant watc h, and made some empty boxe s (card boar d) for the pock et hand whol e one doub le-fa ce! Now I can let the subj ect land.le the stop Barlo w J. Wagman , Rive rdale , Mary thing . no furth er deta ils. -- stop -- Soun ds grea t.r-thi n pock et watc hes, Mind reade r Allem ann has boug ht two wafe 6. Don' t pass that ($40 each) to do "A Touch of Wonder" on page ner. one up. It is a sleep er AND it is a stun " with a calen der Still stood Time n "Whe does n Anth ony Rave ahea d 2 days date watc h. He remo ves the sprin g and sets the that the minu te so from time of mail ing. The sprin g is removed hand does not move ahea d at all. is the orig iTHE WATCH THING. Bobby Hughes of Columbus Ohio ol. Bobby who Karr by nato r of The Watch Thin g that was mark eted ct year s effe the g doin told the secr et to seve ral perso ns was befo re Karr ol came out with his rons. wrong corr ect THE HUNTER CASE WATCHES are coroming back r in style due to the three -piec e suits . Afte h watc l stul se er-ca hunt a 20 year s of usin g and wond ering why some times it did not close righ t, my Jewe ler in NYC showed me the corr ect way of closi ng one. To close a hunt er-ca se watc h appl y pres sure at the far free end as shown by the arrow in Fig. 5 ~ Fig. 5 The tende ncy is to apply pres sure wron gly er dang the with r at the cent er of the cove of brak ing the crys tal and dama ging the catch . pock et watc h The best method for gimm ickin g a full hunt erBlak e infe rs that is in Phee nix #144 page 578, by Geor ge Blak e. self. Othe rs say that you may be able to do the alter atio ns your it requ ires a feat of engi neer ing. Try it. II

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THE THINKING MACHINES, In a recent TV show, a celebrity personality goofed doing a number prediction with various members of the audience. Should have read "Alpha and Omega" in the Thinking Machines. Mentalist Mario Graziosi of New Jersey stuns his audiences with it. PIECES-OF-EIGHT, Do it without the scis.ors. Simply tear open the envelopes with your fingers. The gimmicks must also be torn with the fingers. - The newspaper predicting stunt is found on page 10 disguised as a design duplication. MASTER SLATE SECRETS II 'The Spirit of the Faberlands' is a baffler. It can also be done with three slates. The third slate is a dummy, blank on both sides. The dummy is displayed in the left hand and the other two slates in the right hand. both hands are turned around to show all slates blank. The dummy is then placed on top and both sides openly cleaned, etc. Fixatif can be removed with nail-polish remover. "Master Slate Secrets Part lIon pocket slates is the greatest." Craige Snader, Mexico City. Master Slate Secrets III, Mindreader Allemann got gasps from the ladies at the shows at the Magic Castle three times a night closing with the Miracle Slate Deluxe (the 16-digit effect). This slate was designed by Al Mann from a Gerald Kosky idea, built by Harry G. Franke of Pa. and improved by G. W. Kirkendall of Columbus. (see page 30.) Magician Jerry Fulton of Canada baffled an audience of mathematicians with 'Addithots' (page 32). (1979) Harry G. Franke of Pa. is the originator of the Broadcasting Slate. He designed this slate in 1961 and later showed it to Alan Shaxon of England. Alan then released it to the Swami, vol. 1, no. 8. Mr. Leland F. Remington of Worcester Mass., passed away on Feb. 8, 1978. He was the inventer and builder of the fabulous 5-in-l Slate. Only twelve of these slates were made. Ray Hafler and your author own one each so there are 10 more gathering dust somewhere. On Oct. 16, 1972, Mr. Remington gave manufacturing rights to AME for the 5-in-l Slate. MASt!R-SLlTESECRETS IV. 1/20/79, Received a most interesting letter from David A.S. Howarth of London. David is the inventor of the modern 'blind' slate. David came by this idea independe~: lYe His method was published in the Linking Ring for March 1967 titled "The Ultimate Prediction Slate." The first slates as designed by David used a swivel flap and were built by Ken Brooke. Later David im~roved the slate using the 'blind' principle. Ken Brooke called ~t "The Nemo Slate." Today this slate is built by Mr. Howarth and sold by The Taurus Magic Supply Co. of 146 Walmersl.y Road, Bury, Lascs., England for $1501 called The Ultimate Prediction Slate.

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The gimmick used in The Pharaoh's Palm has been used for bending keys and linking paper clips! In case you haven't noticed, there is an ~lectric Memo Pad on the market. The one in Fig. ,is sold by Redifixed, 3626 Designed for "one-hand" Stern Dr., St. Charles writing during phone calls. Push-button paper Illinois, 60174, for $14.25. Ask for item #3165. The elctric Memo Pad is excellent for doing the question answering act from the stage. The pad is 4i by 10 inches, and 4 inches high. The first 7 inches of the 3t-inch wide roll of paper is left blank. The questions (from the clip boards) are then written on the rest of the roll. After you have seated yourself in your comfortable divan chair on stage, you pick up the Memo Pad which shows a blank roll of paper, scratch some notes on it, push the button and the questions come into view! THE THIRD SCSTASY. Suggestion from The Paranormalist, Jeremy Holt of Sast Lansing, Mich .• The Transfer Trickery Sheet sold by Haines, is excellent for making Isomeric cards, The sheet transfers the indexes. A new Himber-type wallet now on the market is excellent for the Flight of the Psycards. This wallet has a zipper and the operator does not have to flip it over. He simply opens the zipperl Made by Roth, called the Bombshell wallet. O'Daneven's Secret. A master leather craftsman has been hired to make special wallets for O'Daneven's Secret. That should enhence the effect 100 fold although it is just as strong the way it is. PANDORA"S BOX. Some prediction boxes are now selling for $1200 (1979). (Loyd's is one) PSYCHO-Mr;NTISIS. In doing "The Bends" use a wallet that has a smooth outside surface. A cast iron nail can be bitten with the teeth! Mix one cast iron nail with some steel nails!

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rt Dori an OF WORDS AND WIZARDS. West Coas t men talis t Robe rn," and Unbo the of has made a mast erpie ce out of "The Ghos t clos es his act with itl pseu doThe Siby lline Mess ages. This method can be useditsforcont ents and psyc home try. Both the owner of the enve lopesenve lope I are devin ed appa rentl y with out open ing the has moved Inne r-Spa ce Odys sey. The Famous Enve lope Company esses of ento Broo klyn. The late note s will cont ain new addr velop e comp anies . - "A grea t book ." Jack London audie nce CLASSIFIED. "Enc hantm ent .. was prese nted to the lay ugh tria l and at the Magi c Cast le. It stunn ed every one. Thro er to seal the erro r it has been disco vere d that it is bettbotto m. The card s third enve lope befo re the act and slit its are then ,stuc k out the botto m! selli ng a tran sTHE PHOTON SHIELD. The hardw are store s are Photo n Shie ld. pare nt mirr or shee t that is exce llent for the t to use BREAKTHROUGH. Men talis t Robe rt Dori an was the lsfirs ad of inste r labe 'Brea kthro ugh' unde r fire. Bobby used colo onal Nati the of date s on the enve lopes and pred icted the score stand e whil n enve lope hock ey game. The VIP open ed the pred ictio I wed follo ing in the midd le of the ice rink l Publ icity Brea kthro ugh. using are Ohio bus Colum in ts talis men Two othe r Vern on at the THE APODOSIS. This auth or was infor med by Dai 'umb rella ' the Magi c Cast le Janu ary of this year (1979 ) that e. move in bill et work was orig inate d by Bert Rees "The Ultim ate Cent er Tear" from the Apod osis has found favo r with many at the Magi c Cast le. the Tess erac t' THE TESSERACT. Al Mann prese nted 'The View Fromloade d audie nce brity in his lectu re at the Magic Cast le. The celece. feeli ng t grea A spen t the next few moments in profo und silen indee d. Page 15 in The Tess erac t is non- exist ent. to say that the ARCA. Jerry Fulto n from Cana da wrot e in pads are exce llent er boxe s that come with the Elec trolu x buff for ARCA. box with seve ral Ralp h LaBa rre from Syra cuse . N.Y .• ties the hidd en by one is tube red ribbo ns. A piec e of ball poin t pen of the strea mers l ARCA. He Josep h M. Whit e staye d up all nigh t toyin g with with his nted prese here are crea ted two effe cts of his own and ARCA the know you If n. perm issio n. Only the effe ct is give talis t. ' secr et you will know the solu tion. Joe is our 'Micr o Men

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Performer has second thoughts • •If you're a spirit, you can perform miracles. I'm going to make it hard for you. Make you work W'lder test condit ions.' Again shows pocket empty. Puts pencil and envelope baok in pooket. Stands in t'ront ot' - and not touching the box. Pretends to hear something from the box. Looks toward his pooket. 'Wait a minute, there's something t'unny going on here.' He takes pencil out of his pocket and shows pooket empty. Removing oover from the box, small envelope is seen inside. Messase in envelope reads: THE MAN WILL CALL OUT #61

THE SPIRrr BILL Performer shows the box empty, plaoes the on and seoures the box with rubber bands. He goes into the audienoe and borrows a dollar bill. Spectator writes the serial number on paper retains it 'as his reoeipt t'or the loan ot' the dollar'. Holding the bill high, perfarmer reaches for a yo~ lady's hand and brings her onstage. ( A lot of room here for humorous patter on how women handle money.) The bill is folded, plae'" in a small envel and sealed. The lady is direoted to hold the small envelope over a metal tray, sprinkle lighter t'luid allover the envelope and set it at'ire. (The whole thing oan be set atop the box t'or drama - 'spirit of the bill is now enteri~ the box - and like the Phoenix, shall be reoreated.'l When the envelope bas been reduced to ashes, the box is opened and the lady removes the envelope. Gentleman in audienoe reads out the serial number. The lady removes the bill from the envelope. It indeed has the same serial no. Lady returns bill to the ~ent leman and the perfarmer takes a well deserved bowo

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ARCA ...... conti ARCA. Letter from Jerry Fulton of Canada saying that the effect called "The Baffling Bills" should be credited to U.F. Grant. See the Tarbell Course. THE

HOUDINI BIBLEI A letter from F. William Kuethe, of The Magic Cauldron, saying that the AME Houdini Bible is actually a copy of an original Thayer Bible. At the turn of the century, the following magicians had special bibles printed for their campaigns against fraudulent mediums. Thayer, Houdini, Zancig and Alexander. These bibles were kept very secret and only a few were printed which became collector's items selling at a high price. The Great Alexander had two different bibles printed with different gimmicks, for repeat performances, no doubt. AM~

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MAINLY MENTAL VOL. III A fabulous reprint from the original by C. L. Boarde, an encyclopedia on book tests. The new version has bettered the original in that it is now in hard covers. A collectorVs item for many years it is again becoming a collector's item! Beautifully printed and machine bound in buckram cloth with gold lettering on the front cover and the spine. A bargain at $16.501 The price is subject to change The Unmasking of Robert Houdin by Houdini. A reprint by Magico Magazine. Almost sold out. Soon it will be a collector's item again. Two books in one. Includes Handcuff secret. $22.50 ACIDUS NOVUS an

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HOUDINI'S PAPER MAGIC. A reprint by Magico f.agazine. This excellent booklet contains 207 pages. Besides all the great paper tricks it has some items of interest to mentalists."'The Spirit Communication' is an expert handling of the Bhuda papers 'The Ballot or Pellet Test' contains 10 pages on billet work and Bert Reese routine. Also some historical notes on billets. Houdini did an excellent job on this booklet. $6.00

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