April 5, 1942 is the date of the fifth edition of the Phoenix. It begins with a gambling card effect by Elliott that leverages the jog shuffle work from Erdnase.
Ann Y. Mous’ Slide-less is a marked coin in sealed boxes effect that would be appreciated by the magic club crowd. The fact that it doesn’t use a slide would be lost on an audience of normal people. By the way, I’m guessing this is an Elliott entry.
The third routine, Forecast, is a posthumous piece of mentalism by Theo Annemann. It was discussed with both Gibson and Elliott separately but not documented. It’s a two person effect that’s a typical Annemann winner.
Not surprisingly Gibson argues for selective exposure in the Backroom considering he wrote many books for the general public. His argument is based on magicians fool people and in turn, they want to know how tricks work so why not control what they learn? While a bit self serving, I can’t argue with his logic.
