. Western electrician . tatue stands on thecenter of the stage, which is about five feet wide, the statueholding in its hands a basket containing the infant statue proper, the infant and basket are all apparentlyof pure white marble, and the figure stands alone on the lit-tle stage against a background, of which the predominatingcolor is green mixed with a little gray. Fig. i is a reproduc-tion of a photograph of this marble statue. Gradually and as if in obedience to the words of theillusionist a change appears to take place in the a motion, and under the very eyes of
. Western electrician . tatue stands on thecenter of the stage, which is about five feet wide, the statueholding in its hands a basket containing the infant statue proper, the infant and basket are all apparentlyof pure white marble, and the figure stands alone on the lit-tle stage against a background, of which the predominatingcolor is green mixed with a little gray. Fig. i is a reproduc-tion of a photograph of this marble statue. Gradually and as if in obedience to the words of theillusionist a change appears to take place in the a motion, and under the very eyes of the spectators,the cold white marble begins to change. The dead whitebegins to disappear, and flesh tints come to take its place,the marble hair begins to darken, the robe to tint, and in aword the thing of stone seems gradually to become imbuedwith life. Life blood appears to steal through the the gradually increasing life-like change come move-ments of chest, lips and eyes which at last, when their effect. Fig. 2. A CLEVER ILLUSION. so placed that they illuminated the figures (a living womanon the stage behind the glass and a statue horizontally placedin the opening in front of the stage under the glass), withoutthe source of light being seen, it would seem possible to sodarken the stage proper that the living figure would disap-pear and the reflected image of the statue on the glass onlybe seen. Then, again, it would seem easy so to lower thelights in front and raise those behind, thus illuminating thestage proper and the living figure, so that the image woulddisappear. Fig. 4 shows the automatic controller by which the lightsare raised and lowered. The white cylinder carries the wireresistance. A motor pulls two contacts slowly along thecyclinder. C. E. Doty and G. W. Stephenson of Chicago were theelectrical contractors who worked out Mr. Carringtonsideas. Northwestern Electricial Association. The third annual meeting of the Northwestern Electricalassociation w
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