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 382
360 Later Magic of a lady’s hair pin, and then doubled on itself, as a in Fig. 168. This is slipped over the edge of the cylinder, with the longer ends inside, and under … ing the clip. Thus held, the cylinder can be shown inside and out, being apparently quite empty. In placing the cylinder over the glass, the performer pushes down the ball far enough to free it from the clip, when it naturally drops into the glass and assumes its normal shape. The clip, which is…
