Soo, Chung Ling, 1861-1918, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · New York City : Munn & Company · leaf 101
G. cutting is the last test. The reason of this is, if theinvestigators were to release her, they would dis-cover the secret. Male performers use the same ideafor rope ties from which they find it impossible torelease themselves. They have a knife blade sol-dered firmly on to a brass plate, which… … Fig. 35.—The Davenport Tie. I will next illustrate a tie made famous by theDavenport Brothers. (Fig. 35.) The rope used iswhat is known in trade as a sash rope. Silver Lakeor Sampson brand is the best. This is a stiff, pol-ished or smooth, hard finished rope. With thisstyle of rope it is an almost…
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