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 251
tch he closes the box; the act of doing sO squeezing out the handkerchief into his hand, to be produced according to his fancy. THE ‘‘MONARCH’’ HANDKERCHIEF PRODUCER. The appliance to which this name has been given is depicted at a, in Fig. 128. Two little semicircular horseshoes of metal are… … in the hand, as shown in the figure, between the second and third fingers, the two forks keeping all secure. Packed tightly within the wire loop is a small silk hand- kerchief. The handkerchief, thus disposed, may be passed between the fingers to the back of the hand, and then to the front again,…
