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 56
positionrepresented in Fig. 17. Observe the tape A crosses p.t z the tape B on the Fide next tothe performer, whereas the tape J) id to cross the tape y on theBidQ farthest ^oi^ ^iu, THE PRACTICAL MAGICIAN. 47 Fig, IS represents the hands fis they appear to the performerhimself, holding the tape… … To proceed \rith the trick : Holding yonr hands in this posi-tion, (Fig. 13,) you must request one of the spectators to cutthrough the tape at x, but just as he is about to do so, you mustquickly lower your hands two or three inches, and then raisethem again. This movement will conceal the…
Magic tricks · Ventriloquism
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