![]() He was delighted to find that with his leverage he was able to raise the roof away from the side walls until he had a space of over a foot clear. Placing one end of the long scantling under the edge of the roof, he grasped the lower end and lifted and pulled the scantling towards an upright position. Daniel Carter Beard was also a member of the Editorial Board. At the time, Woodrow Wilson was the Honorary President, and Theodore Roosevelt was an Honorary Vice-President of the Boy Scouts of America as were William H. Boyer titled “ Music Hath Charms” was published in the November 1918 edition. In Boy’s Life: The Boy Scouts’ Magazine, a short story by New York City author and teacher Wilbur S. This begged the question: Did the expression exist prior to the publisher’s note in Collier’s National Weekly magazine? The answer to that question is YES. The wizard (he modestly says he isn’t one) had been robbed! Houdini wired us recently from Pittsburgh. ![]() Imagine Idiomation’s surprise when the following was found in Volume 75 of Collier’s National Weekly magazine for 18 April 1925 in an article titled “ When Magic Didn’t Work” written by Houdini! But before getting to the article, the publishers inserted a large announcement that began thusly: The question is whether the idiom came about after Harry Houdini’s passing or if it came about during his lifetime. Although he was born in Budapest, he claimed he was born in Appleton (WI) where he was raised. INTERESTING SIDE NOTE 1: Harry Houdini’s real name was Ehrich Weisz, son of Rabbi Mayer Weisz and Cecilia Steiner, who reworked the name of his idol, French magician Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, and anglicized his given name to be more American thereby becoming Harry Houdini. ![]() It’s obvious this is a reference to the great magician Hungarian-American illusionist, stunt performer, and mysteriarch Harry Houdini (24 March 1874 – 31 October 1925) who could break locks, escape from submerged boxes, get out of straightjackets, slip out of water torture cells, walk through brick walls, make elephants disappear, and more. When you do a Houdini or pull a Houdini it means you have left the scene - you know, disappeared - or somehow managed to wiggle out of a bad situation.
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