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Open this article as text in a full page or as A popupJanuary 12, 1945
"I asked him first if he called himself a magician or a sleight-of-hand artist. 'Well there is a difference,' he explained, 'but I am a little of both. A magician usually has a lot of props, whereas I only use a couple and build my act around a pack of cards ands the cigarettes.'"