Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-02-29
MAGICIAN BIRCH AND WIFE
FEATURED IN "GENU'

The January number of the
''Genii," which is the official Amer
lean Organ for the International Al
lance of Magicians, is pretty muck
a McConnelsville edition. The GOV
er page carried the picture of Nc
Donald Birch, who is the son OF
Mrs Rosa Fouts, of this place. The
magazine carries single editorial
under the caption of "McDonald
Birch" as follows:
There is no better magician on
the stage today than is Mcdonald
Birch His is truly great conjuring !;
the type of magic which has caused
our craft to reach it's present high
Place in the field of entertainment.
AS a result, his full evening show of
mystery is known throughout the
United States and Birch has taken
his place with the masters of all
time
Mack and Mrs. Birch, the former
Mabel Sperry, have just completed
a new home called "Birchwood. "
The rooms are furnished with treas
ures which Mack and Mabel have
gathered from hundreds of different
places in the United States and
Mexico. It's the kind of a home
that must make it pretty hard for
it's owner to pack up and go on
tour.
The Birch show is motorized and
large as it is, packs quite compact
ly. Full realization of the packing
and transportation problem which
confronts Birch will come when you
know that, among countless other
tricks and illusions, he presents
the division of girl into four
parts, the Hindu rope trick and the
vanishing pony. wherein a small,
live horse actually is made to dis
appear
One of the most sensational of
the Birch effects is instant escape
from a packing box which has been
constructed by a local firm in the
town in which he's playing and
which is nailed up on all sides by
committee of spectators. When we
say he makes an instant escape,
we mean it in the full sense of the
word
Chief assistant in the show is
Mrs Birch, who also renders an in
terlude of music on the Xylophone.
Her handling of this instrument is
a headline attraction in itself. Her
musical talent plus her charm and
personality delight the Birch aud
fences.
Two of Mcdonald Bfrch's out
standing smaller tricks are those of
shooting a canary into a light bulb
and his vanish of a guinea pig. The
will hn NH hprnd q q
magical classic and is departure
from generally known principles.
Mcdonald Birch has come long
way these past years. Still very
young man, he is veteran of show
business. His has been an estab-
lished name in magic almost as
long as I can remember. It's
name which is synonymous with
mystery entertainment to millions
of people the country over. What
Hermann Kellar and Thurston
meant to the memories of people of
this generation, Birch will mean to
the people Of tomorrow. Endowed
with every quality which makes for
success in magic business-brains,
voice and ability for
hard work-his greatness will long
be remembered.
In the section of the magazine
entitled paging the Ladies'" is the
picture of Mr.. Birch's wife, Mabel
Sperry Birch, and under the head
ing 'iWomen in Magic" is the fol-
lowing:
Mabel Sperry Birch is indeed an
Woman in Magic. She
is as much part of the splendid
Birch productions as is Birch, him
self. Those who know the show.
look forward to seeing her and