Leaves from conjurers' scrap books, or, Modern magicians and their works (1891)
Burlingame, Hardin J, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · Chicago : Donohue, Henneberry & Co. · leaf 165
of this arrangement of light and shadow throws the stage into lmpene- | trable gloom. Herrmann ^appears suddenly clothed jin white. Then Mephis- topheles appears so sud- I denly that it seems as if he had jumped out of | space, but really coming through an opening in ^^^^/TT^^R^VWRx^^the black… … Herrmanns decapitation. 163 material as the stage hangings, leaving her arms andhead free. Over this she slips a framework of lightwire covered with a fine evening dress. This frame-work has no back and she can slip out from itbehind, leaving the shell with dress. For the ladyto sit on, two…
Magicians · Magic tricks
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