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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
696
The
figure
of
the
harlequin,
as
the
reader
will
perceive
by
the
annexed
illustration,
was
attached
by
means
of
two
rods
to
a
revolving
bar
fixed
from
side
to
side
of
the
box,
and
so
near
the
front
that
it
was
concealed
from
the
eyes
of
the
audience.
When
the
harlequin
was
out
of
the
box,
the
rods
connecting
it
with
the
bar
were
hidden
by
the
drapery
of
the
figure.
The
first
string
worked
the
opening
and
shutting
of
the
lid
of
the
box.
The
second
string,
passing
under
a
pulley
immediately
beneath
the
bar,
passed
over
the
shoulders
of
the
figure,
and
by
a
sharp
movement
turned
the
bar
and
jerked
the
figure--which
was
reversed
when
in
the
box--out
on
to
the
table,
the
figure,
of
course,
maintaining
a
standing
posture,
and
being
held
up
by
means
of
the
rods
attached
to
the
revolving
bar.
The
shoulders
were
made
to
revolve
on
the
two
rods,
so
that
the
jerking
motion
would
be
easily
produced.
The
third
string
passed
through
the
body,
and
was
attached
to
the
legs,
and
produced
a
motion
to
imitate
the
stretching
of
the
legs,
known
as
the
“splits.”
Another
string
closed
the
legs
and
simultaneously
turned
the
head
right
and
left.
Another
string
lifted
the
legs
and
imitated
the
movements
of
a
dance.
Another
string
turned
the
figure
back
again
into
the
box.
In
the
corner
of
the
box
was
a
bellows,
through
the
medium
of
which,
and
by
means
of
a
tube
passing
through
the
arm,
and
ending
in
the
mouth,
the
concealed
person,
by
manipulating
the
nine
pistons
which
worked
the
bellows,
was
enabled
to
produce
the
effects
of
smoking
and
whistling.
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