Riddles and drawing-room magic : humor for quick and dull wits (1907)
Schorb, George · Chicago : Laird & Lee · leaf 91
73 Where scenery is required, it may be cut out of stiff white or brown paper (according- to the degree of opacity required) and pinned to the screen. The point that most puzzles the uninitiated with reference to a shadow pantomime is the extraordinary manner in which the characters make their… … SHADOW PANTOMIME* Fig. 1. by flying up there again in a most weird and uncanny man- ner (see fig. 1). This curious effect is produced by jumping over the light, and the reader will now see the object of the substantial box or case we have described. The performer can jump on or off the top of a box…
Amusements · Magic tricks · Riddles
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