Hoffmann (Professor), 1839-1919., Plate, Adrian, inscriber., Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) · New York : E.P. Dutton & Co. ; London : George Routledge & Sons, 1904. · leaf 240
212 Later Magic a spring clip d, whereby the fake, when in use, is attached from behind to the middle finger of the per- former, the clip embracing the lower joint of that finger. The only access to the interior is through the open space marked c. The whole is coloured so as to match as closely as… … Pic: rer: The mode of use is not unlike that of the finger last described. If the fake be duly clipped on behind the middle finger (see A in the figure), there is of course noth- ing visible on the inside of the hand, and this may there- fore be shown freely. When the performer desires to show the…
