Soo, Chung Ling, 1861-1918, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · New York City : Munn & Company · leaf 87
n illusion which, for startling effects, has notsince that time been excelled; and the means whichhe employed for operating the stage machinery havebeen employed in many stage tricks of more recentdate. The stage is set to represent a drawing-room,and, in stage parlance, would be called a box… … Fig. 30.—The Loop and Hook for TableRaising. illusion is to be performed, a lady enters carrying abouquet, which she leaves on the table and advancesto the piano. (See Frontispiece.) She seats herself,opens the cover of the piano and plays a short piece ;then, closing down the cover, remarks that…
Spiritualism · Magic tricks
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