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 47
Later Magic 17 BAG SERVANTES. The idea of the ““bag’”’ or “‘net”’ servante, alluded to in More Magic (p. 6) as a novelty, as at that time it was, has since been developed to a remarkable extent. This class of servante is now produced in a host of different forms, as may be gathered from the annexed… … BIG. £O. only, and are placed in position by thrusting the wire arms into small screw-eyes, fixed in the under side of. the table top. As the screw-eyes have to be fixed be- forehand, and as the average householder is apt to object to having gimlet-holes bored in his furniture, this method of…
