Riddles and drawing-room magic : humor for quick and dull wits (1907)
Schorb, George · Chicago : Laird & Lee · leaf 117
be perfectly empty. You now place the hat under the table, mouth upwards, relaxing as you do so the pressure of the fingers, and allowing the ring to slide gently down into the crown. Leaving the hat under the table, which should be so placed that the spectators cannot, as they stand or sit, see… … \je Handkerchief that cannot be Tied in a Knot The performer, having borrowed a handkerchief, throws the two ends one over the other, as in the ordinary mode of tying, and pulls smartly ; but instead of a knot appearing, as would naturally be expected, in the middle of the handker- chief, it is…
Amusements · Magic tricks · Riddles
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