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 45
val, place the-hat on the table, and ■with some little cere-mony take out the real pancakes or plum-cake. Let it be cutup and.handed round to the juveniles who may be present. EEMAKKS. A more finished or surer arrangement for holding the dough,etc., can be made with a tin apparatus, which can be… … cealing any little object he wishes to have secreted, by placingthree or four tumblers under each end of a plank, about thelength to extend across the table, and throwing any commoncloth over the board and table, or a kitchen table, covered witha cloth, having a drawer pulled out about six inches,…
Magic tricks · Ventriloquism
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