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Arthur Carlton Phelps (29 December 1880 - 28 June 1941), who performed under the stage name Carlton, the Human Hairpin was Britain's leading comedy magician during the early 20th century.

Biography
Arthur Carlton Philps was born in Holloway, London on 29 December 1880 to Louise Harriet (Hughes) and Arthur Dix Philps.

billed as the "Thinnest Conjuror Extant". https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Vj0HCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA179&lpg=PA179&dq=carlton+human+hairpin&source=bl&ots=hGgDGFmFBE&sig=THrvV06UBvowhuQCeC5aQMyHQBI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjvq66N8KXTAhWFwVQKHYhcCaw4ChDoAQg3MAQ#v=onepage&q=carlton%20human%20hairpin&f=false

http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O84872/caricature-cooke-george-harold/


 * Key picture: http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=MAIN&search_scope=default_scope&docId=SLV_VOYAGER1168121&fn=permalink

Strand Magazine 1915 - https://books.google.com.au/books?id=zptAAQAAMAAJ&dq=human+telescope+carlton&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=carlton - not on archive.org currently
 * originator of current common Die box sucker routine -- RS evidence???
 * illusion of making self taller (RS??) human telescope: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/49547/49547-h/images/i_192.jpg
 * Most popular magician of 1910 according to Zenon.


 * Death -- alcoholism (RS?)

Fragmentary sources: boxing -- https://books.google.com.au/books?id=fWJnAAAAMAAJ&q=carlton+%22human+hairpin%22&dq=carlton+%22human+hairpin%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjwk4_f96XTAhXMyFQKHcAUBiUQ6AEINTAE
 * https://books.google.com.au/books?id=7PuBAAAAMAAJ&dq=carlton+%22human+hairpin%22&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=carlton
 * https://books.google.com.au/books?id=xt1lojGyf7wC&pg=PA402&lpg=PA402&dq=carlton+%22human+hairpin%22&source=bl&ots=-nBcZJoqhq&sig=9s6EHueWrhCb_luu-_KFF4kVx7U&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjHypHK96XTAhUpjlQKHT-ACjw4ChDoAQgvMAI
 * https://books.google.com.au/books?id=sJoHAQAAMAAJ&q=carlton+%22human+hairpin%22&dq=carlton+%22human+hairpin%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjwk4_f96XTAhXMyFQKHcAUBiUQ6AEITTAJ
 * https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ZKffAAAAMAAJ&q=carlton+%22human+hairpin%22&dq=carlton+%22human+hairpin%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjM_9m8-KXTAhWrqlQKHZZyCCA4ChDoAQghMAA "Mommy I can see the wires" / "Shut up, dear, they aren't wires, they're his legs"

In 1920, he released his autobiography, 20 years of Spoof and Bluff

Review -- https://books.google.com.au/books?id=aJVGAQAAMAAJ&q=%22twenty+years+of+spoof+and+bluff%22&dq=%22twenty+years+of+spoof+and+bluff%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj1-ebhndzaAhXKwrwKHTCCC7YQ6AEIOTAD

By 1938, he was living in poverty in a basement flat in Clapham, and attempting to peddle seashells, which he had collected on a trip to Santa Catalina Island during his 1911 American tour, in London's West End Theatreland

He died on 28 June 1942, at the age of 61, in Surrey, England. The Magic Circle named their Carlton Award for best comedy magician after him.