Soo, Chung Ling, 1861-1918, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · New York City : Munn & Company · leaf 81
Fig. 24.—The Speaking Titbe. mation is the speaking tube. In this case a Viennabent-wood chair is used. The chair is specially pre-pared for the trick. One leg of the chair is hollow, 68 SPIRIT SLATE WRITING. and the air passage is continued to the very top.The lady usually has a long braid of hair… … a. bo bn .^r-- ■^, down her back, and, if not blessed by nature withthis hirsute adornment, she wears a wig. In eithercase, concealed in the hair is a rubber tube, one end SPIRIT SLATE WRITING. 69 being close to the ear and the other hanging downwith the braid, so that when the lady is seated on…
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