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Published: October 19, 2007
Trick of his magic is its effect on hearts
Len Sparagowski was not about to be had, taken, conned.
The 12-year-old had paid 10 cents that day in 1933 in Warsaw , Poland , to see the great magician Harry Blackstone Sr. But during intermission, barkers walked the aisles pitching draw bags they said contained a trick like the audience had seen Blackstone perform. The price: 15 cents.
Do the quick math and you realize that was 5 cents more than he pai...
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