The Magician who shows how slick he is, . . .

"The magician who shows how slick he is, doing flourishes and fancy shuffling and one hand passes, is just as bad as a man who would show his handkerchief balls, pulls, holders and everything else, and then start in and do his show. Anything that attests to the cleverness of the hands should be concealed the same as a fake. The ordinary fellow with the 'clever hands' is in the same class as the fellow who juggles 5 balls, only not so good."

. . . Jarrett Magic and Stagecraft Technical . . . 1936 . . . 167 . . .