What shall we do to-night? or, Social amusements for evening parties. Furnishing complete and varied programmes for twenty-six entertainments (1873)
Dick, William B. (William Brisbane), 1827-1901 · New York, Dick & Fitzgerald · leaf 79
s in Paris I learned the wonderful art of com-pressing and elongating the human figure, and can, by a, simpleand painless process, reduce a man of six feet to three feet inheight, or lengthen one of five feet to seven or eight feet inheight. Incredulity is mirrored upon your faces. Mr. W., youare a… … Fig. 36. Leader. Merely to allow me to throw you into a deep THE SIXTH EVENING. 77 trance, by means of mesmerism and a little diablerie. I willthen squeeze you down to a height of three feet, and exhibityou to the audience, restoring you to your proper proportionsbefore you are awakened. I must…
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