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THE NEW YORK TIMES July 9, 1926 Page –, Column –

HOUDINI AGAIN INSTALLED

Starts Ninth Term as President of Society of Magicians

Houdini was installed for his ninth term as President of the Society of American Magicians at a meeting of the organization last night at the Hotel McAlpin. Other new and re-elected officers installed with him were: Bernard Ernst, Howard Thurston, Vice Presidents; Richard Van Dien, Secretary, and Leo Rullman, Treasurer. The society now has 1,200 members here and abroad.

According to Houdini the “business of magic” is more flourishing and the work of the genuine magicians is making a greater appeal to the public today than at any other period. Saying which, Houdini seemed to remove the thumb from his left hand, in an absent-minded way, and held it in his other hand until his eye noticed the oddity, whereupon he restored the thumb to its proper place, and said:

“Rahman Bey, who failed two days ago in his attempt to stay under water in a sealed coffin for an hour, may mystify the public, but he cannot succeed in a trick of that kind by so-called ‘super-power,’ because there isn’t any such thing.”

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