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 273
of fine, soft wire. The handkerchief is prepared for use by packing it, through the opening b, into the little silk bag. At the proper time the little bundle thus formed is palmed, a red silk handkerchief being openly shown in the same hand. The hands are now brought together, and waved up and… … Fic. 138. two wire rings, thereby closing the little pocket, and shakes out the blue handkerchief, the slight bulge made by the pocket being masked by the fingers of the right hand. By substituting an appropriate flag for the blue handkerchief, and somewhat enlarging the pocket, three…
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