This is a spelling trick. Whenever the magician takes a domino from the top to the bottom of the stack, spelling a letter each time, for example for three times spelling O-N-E, the One Spot domino is turned over at the top of the pile. Whenever a spectator has a go, they turn up a card showing ‘That Girl’. The full routine is given in the advertisement, illustrated here, which is taken from Davenports Demon Telegraph magazine of December 1951. Complete with instructions which claim world copyright 1951 for R.W. Amac, Birmingham, England.
This lady was made out of rubber. Sadly, the example in our collection is now perished. In her heyday, if you squeezed her tummy she underwent a wardrobe malfunction. The advertisement is from the Demon Telegraph of November 1951. View Details if you are an adult.
The bill for this Magic Circle show included Gus Davenport with his sister Wyn in a “Shady Act”. The act made use of George Sylvestre’s sunshade act, which the Davenport family had purchased, along with some other tricks.
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