IX.—SIMPLE TRICKS WITH HATS.
Fig. 45.—The Gentleman who Lends his Hat.
THE MAGICIAN’S BIRDCAGE.
(Les Oiseaux Ranimés.)
There is an universal exclamation of sorrow from the ladies when the inmates of the pretty cage—suddenly produced from a gentleman’s hat, as a conclusion to a trick—are found to be lifeless.
Participating in the distress, Monsieur Hanky Panky seeks to remove its cause, and for that purpose borrows from the audience a pocket handkerchief.
Fig. 46.