The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic and conjuring illusions : containing also complete instructions for acquiring & practising the art of ventriloquism (1876)
Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC, McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · New York : Hurst & Co. · leaf 24
is to make a small hole at each endof the egg. Then, by blowing at one end, the yolk will bedriven out, and the egg-shell be left empty.) Make a hole also on the side of the egg, in which insert achip of wood, or a small pin, held by a fine black silk thread,about twelve or fourteen inches long,… … Commence by borrowing two black hats. If there is an in-strument in the room, ask some one to play a lively tnne, aseggs are fond of^lively music to dance to. Then, with thebrim of a hat in each hand, interpose the round of each hatsuccessively under the thread that holds the egg, moving themfrom…
Magic tricks · Ventriloquism
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