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 366
344 Later Magic THE SHOWER OF SWEETS (IMPROVED METHOD). This forms an effective little addendum to a handker- chief trick. Although of venerable antiquity, its popu- larity among the juveniles never wanes. As most readers will be aware, it consists, in effect, of picking up a handkerchief by its… … Fic. 162. Twomethodsof producing this result were discussed in Modern Magic (page 251), and I should not have again alluded to it but for the fact that I am enabled to in- form the reader of another, and in some respects better method, being that used by Hartz, who, even in the working of an old…
