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[[Bennett Springer]] (1859? -  April 14, 1937) a magician and inventor from the Boston area who worked the [[Chautauqua]] circuit.<ref>[[Mahatma]] Vol 6, No 10 (April 1903)</ref>
[[Bennett Springer]] (1859? -  April 14, 1937) a magician and inventor from the Boston area who worked the [[Chautauqua]] circuit.<ref>[[Mahatma]] Vol 6, No 10 (April 1903)</ref>


For over forty years he played at all of the well known summer resort hotels in the White Mountains of New Hampshire and along the coast of Maine. For many winters he has played the played the Florida hotels.
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years he played at all of the well known summer resort hotels in the White Mountains of New Hampshire and along the coast of Maine. For many winters he has played the played the Florida hotels.


Springer taught many prominent amateurs of Boston and coached a number of professionals over the country.
Springer taught many prominent amateurs of Boston and coached a number of professionals over the country.

Revision as of 10:23, 4 October 2010

Bennett Springer (1859? - April 14, 1937) a magician and inventor from the Boston area who worked the Chautauqua circuit.[1]

For over forty

Bennett Springer
Born?
DiedApril 14, 1937
years he played at all of the well known summer resort hotels in the White Mountains of New Hampshire and along the coast of Maine. For many winters he has played the played the Florida hotels.

Springer taught many prominent amateurs of Boston and coached a number of professionals over the country.

He coined the word Cadistry around 1885 to indicate tricks, sleights and nourishes with cards.

Ben Ames Williams made him the leading character of a Saturday Evening Post story in which much of his patter was given verbatim.

Springer died at the age 78 in his home at Allston, Massachusetss [2]

References

  1. Mahatma Vol 6, No 10 (April 1903)
  2. Sphinx Vol 35, Page 71 (1937)