THE ALLIANCE -INDEPENDENT.
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A GREAT ILLUSION.
the table-top", places tfie bones and the
RUILD A WALL
THE BURNING OF HAGGARD'S
"SHE" ON THE STAGE.
ABOUT
THE BEST WAY
7
The Mystery Which Has Thrilled Large
Audience Everywhere la Finally Ex
plained Mirrors Flaced nt Different
Angles Perform the Deception.
HOSE WHO
have been thrilled
by the spectacle of
"She" will prob
ably be glad to re
ceive positive as
surance that a
young woman is
not sacrificed at
each perform
ance for the pub
lic entertainment.
In this spectacle, which is exhibited
by the illusionist Powell, a beautiful
young woman mounts a table arranged
in an alcove formed of a folding screen.
Above the victim is suspended a
cylindrical cloth screen. . The screen
is lowered to the level of the table,
completely inclosing the subject.
The table apparently has four legs,
and four candles shown beneath it in
dicate that the space underneath the
table is open and clear. The cylindri-
cal screen is snown to be entire, with
openings only at the upper and lower
ends, and no openings are seen in the
folding screen which pardy surrounds
the table.
Upon the firing of a pistol a fire
breaks out under the cover, and smoke
and flame bursting forth indicate that
the work of destruction is going on
within. When the lire is burned out
the screen is lifted and nothing re
mains upon the table but a few smoul
dering embers and a pile of bones sur
mounted by a skull. Close observation
does not reveal any way of escape for
the young woman.
The Scientific American is good
enough to furnish an explanation of
the mystery. A young woman, it says,
is not cremated nightly. The specta
cle depends entirely on a trick consist
ing in the use of plain mirrors. It is
essentially the same as the trick of the
beheaded lady and many others.
The table has but two legs, the other
two which appear being simply reflec
tions. The central standard supports
but two candles, the other two being re
flections. Underneath the table, and
converging at the central standard, are
arranged two plane mirrors at
an angle of 90 degrees with
each other and of 45 degrees
with the sidepanels of the screen.
By means of this arrangement the side
panels, which are of the same color as
the central or back panel, are reflected
in the mirror and appear as a continua
tion of the back panel. The triangular
box, of which the mirrors form two
sides, has a top composed in part of the
table top and in part of mirror sections
for reflecting the back panel, or with a
covering of the same color as the back
panel.
The mirrors are shown in the illus
tration entitled "The Escape," but they
are of course invisible to the audience.
The Q1jerationpf the nnnnra.t.u.gJg-
fireworks upon the table, and at the
firing of the pistol ignites the latter
and retires, closing the trap-door after
her.
A Careful Husband.
Friend (after tea) Your little wife
is a brilliantly handsome woman. I
should think you'd be jealous of her.
Host (confidentially) To tell the
truth, Simpkins. I am. 1 never in
vite anybody hero that any sane
woman would take a fancy to. New
York Weekly.
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