Tricks and magic made easy, by Edward Summers Squier, M.A (1919)
Squier, Edward Summers · New York, E.J. Clode · leaf 183
he second illustration. A stage trick that has always beenpopular is that where a woman is placedin a large basket and then apparentlystabbed by a sword in the hand of themagician, thrust repeatedly into the basketand drawn forth dripping with blood. [181] Tricks and Magic Made Easy Then the basket… … 7v Fig. 44. shown empty by the performer as in theillustration. The woman lies on this bot-tom, and is covered from view by asubstitute bottom, which was at first againstthe side of the basket, but falls into therequired position when the basket is tiltedover. The construction is shown in…
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