magical rope ties and escapes harry houdini

'And Harry Houdini did not originate in the Orient, the home of the occult. He asserted for the most apparently inexplicable tricks and supernatural performances a natural or scientific explanation and would prove it by duplicating any of them himself. 'But he chose to use his peculiar powers to enlighten the human mind and not further darken it in superstition. Balsamo of one of Dumas’s historical romances. 'He might have outdistance in many ways the daring and wonderful impositions of the greatest charlatan of the pre-Revolutionary era in France, the Italian adventurer, the Dr.

The New York 'Evening World' praises Houdini for using his unique gifts for the enlightenment of the human mind. The passing of Houdini, the son of a rabbi, who amazed the public and baffled scientists by his apparently inexplicable feats of magic and who exposed numerous fraudulent 'mediums' and swindlers in the course of his romantic and extraordinary career, is regretted by the press. HOUDINI, RABBI’S SON AND CHIEF OF MAGICIANS Reactions to Houdini’s death ( Digest of Public Opinion on Jewish Matters, published Nov. He also was President of the Magicians’ Club of London and a life member of the Authors’ Club of London. In July, 1926, Houdini was elected for the ninth successive time President of the Society of American Magicians. He was the author of 'Spooks and Spiritualism.' 'The Unmasking of Robert Houdin,' 'Handcuff Secrets,' and 'Rope Ties and Escapes.' His library, chiefly devoted to works on the theatre, to magic and the black arts which has been valued at $500,000, has been willed to the National Museum at Washington. He was a member of the Scientific American committee that investigated Margery. He did not take the name Harry Houdini until he had been a performer for many years.ĭuring the last few years Houdini had become internationally known as a tireless enemy and exposer of fraudulent mediums and all false claims in the field of spiritualism. His name originally was Eric Weiss and he was the son of a rabbi, Rev. Harry Houdini, world famous as a magician, and an exposer of spiritualistic frauds, died in Detroit on Sunday. Houdini’s obituary (JTA Brevities section published Nov.

Magical rope ties and escapes harry houdini