In the May 1956 issue of “The
Linking Ring” Willard S. Smith wrote an interesting article entitled “Howard
Thurston throw-out cards” about how he influenced Thurston to change a
throw-out card design he had been using, to the card design of Thurston on one
side, and his stepdaughter Jane on the other.
It was while Thurston was
appearing in Worcester, Massachusetts in October of 1928. Smith had gone backstage to visit Thurston in
his dressing room. Smith noticed some of
the magician’s throw-out cards advertising his “Perfect Breather” on the back
of the card. This was the anti-snoring
device that Thurston had high hopes for. He was expecting a financial windfall from it,
but it never happened.
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| The Thurston transition went from the top two, to the bottom two cards. |
