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 319
e, and transfers it, right side uppermost, to the right. As he stoops to pick up the plate, however, he rests the right hand for a moment, in a perfectly natural way, on the back of the chair; thumb in front, fingers behind; and as he receives the plate, draws the handkerchief off the pin. The… … FIG. 151. He holds up both plates, showing the inside of the one in the right hand, which we will call No.1, and the out- side of the one in the left hand, which we will call Wo. 2. (See Fig. 151.) He gives each a half-turn, showing the opposite side, and then brings them into a horizontal…
