Hoffmann (Professor), 1839-1919 · New York : E.P. Dutton & Co. ; London : George Routledge & Sons · leaf 430
as the well-known bag used for producing sweets from a handkerchief. The pocket is kept in shape by means of a stiff wire passing round the semicircle on the inside. At the point b is an eyelet, to which is attached a piece of cord elastic, with a loop on its free end. This loop is secured to one… … Fig. 177. sewn to the lower edge of the performer's vest, and just covered by the coat. When the performer desires to vanish an egg, he shows it in the right hand, standing so that his left side is turned away from the spectators. Under cover of his own body he gets the vanisher into the left hand,…
