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 ====== Sympathetic Clubs ======
-The effect of one sequential group of cards magically resorting themselves into the order of a second packet mixed by a spectator was published by Ellis Stanyon in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/16766/Stanyon+s+Magic+Vol+14+No+03|Magic]]//, Vol. 14 No. 3, Dec. 1913, p. 25. This only uses packets of three cards each. Stanyon comments, "I have reason to believe 'Selbit' should be credited with the invention of the trick in its original form," although he seems to be referring to the method and prop rather than the resorting effect.
+The effect of one sequential group of cards magically resorting themselves into the order of a second packet mixed by a spectator was published by Ellis Stanyon in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/16766/Stanyon+s+Magic+Vol+14+No+03|Magic]]//, Vol. 14 No. 3, Dec. 1913, p. 25. This uses packets of three cards each. Stanyon comments, "I have reason to believe 'Selbit' should be credited with the invention of the trick in its original form," although he seems to be referring to the method and prop rather than the resorting effect.
 The Sympathetic Clubs---as the now-established plot using packets of thirteen cards (sometimes called "Sympathetic Cards" or "Sympathetic Thirteen")---is the creation of Herbert R. Milton. The first report of him performing it can be found in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/5213/Magic+Circular+Vol+15/31|The Magic Circular]]//, Vol. 15 No. 169, Nov. 1920, p. 31. According to reports in the same periodical, Milton called the effect "Sympathy" at the time. While creation dates of 1913 and 1917 have been mentioned for Milton's trick, there is currently no other evidence to support them.
-The first publication of the trick appeared under Leipzig's name in John Northern Hilliard's //[[http://askalexander.org/display/13140/Greater+Magic/618|Greater Magic]]//, 1938, p. 562, as "The Sympathetic Clubs". A year later, Theodore Annemann published the trick under the same title but corrected the attribution to Herbert Milton in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/12764/Jinx+No+051+100/41|The Jinx]]//, No. 53, Feb. 1939, p. 380. In the introduction, Annemann makes the claim that "Milton published it years ago in a British magazine".
+The first publication of the trick appeared under Leipzig's name in John Northern Hilliard's //[[http://askalexander.org/display/13140/Greater+Magic/618|Greater Magic]]//, 1938, p. 562, as "The Sympathetic Clubs". A year later, Theodore Annemann published the trick under the same title but corrected the attribution to Herbert Milton in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/12764/Jinx+No+051+100/41|The Jinx]]//, No. 53, Feb. 1939, p. 380. In the introduction, Annemann makes the claim that "Milton published it years ago in a British magazine". This however seems mistaken, as no such early article describing Milton's method has been found; certainly none under his byline. Only brief mentions of his effect appeared in print. It seems that Milton never published the effect himself. This is backed up by Peter Warlock in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/5313/Pentagram+Vol+08/15|Pentagram]]//, Vol. 8 No. 1, Oct. 1953, p. 15:
- This however seems mistaken, as no such article has been found. It seems more likely that Milton never published the effect himself. This is backed up by Peter Warlock in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/5313/Pentagram+Vol+08/15|Pentagram]]//, Vol. 8 No. 1, Oct. 1953, p. 15:
 > Herbert never published or gave permission for publication of the effect. Actually when Leipzig was in England in the twenties, Herbert and Nate swapped ideas and effects, and as most Americans know Leipzig used the "Sympathetic Clubs" in the States. Somehow or another with due credit to Herbert Milton, a version //somewhat like the original// was described in the //Jinx//.

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