Soo, Chung Ling, 1861-1918, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · New York City : Munn & Company · leaf 32
turn of mind hit upon another method.There are some slate pencils made the same as leadpencils, that is, a very small piece of slate pencil,about the size of a match, is enclosed in the woodafter the manner of lead pencils. A tiny piece ofthis pencil is placed at the tip of the forefinger andover… … Fig. 7.—The Prepared Finger. dry and hard a little hole is made in the co\irt plas-ter, so as to allow the point of the piece of pencil tocome through enough to mark on the slate. Thelinger thus prepared is what does the writing. Themessage or name must be written backward, so thatwhen the slate is…
Spiritualism · Magic tricks
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