. Scientific American Volume 78 Number 01 (January 1898) . nnotsee, there is placed over his head and shoulders a sortof bag, made of heavy goods, which should exclude alllight, even if his eyes were not tightly bound with thehandkerchief. Regardless of this, the juggler performsthe usual passes with balls and knives. Yet, when thebag is removed, the bandage over his eyes is found un-disturbed. This is most simple. The bag is made of the usualcoarse bagging, and a few threads are pulled out ofthe part that will come in front of the jugglers facewhen the bag is over his head, thus allowing him
. Scientific American Volume 78 Number 01 (January 1898) . nnotsee, there is placed over his head and shoulders a sortof bag, made of heavy goods, which should exclude alllight, even if his eyes were not tightly bound with thehandkerchief. Regardless of this, the juggler performsthe usual passes with balls and knives. Yet, when thebag is removed, the bandage over his eyes is found un-disturbed. This is most simple. The bag is made of the usualcoarse bagging, and a few threads are pulled out ofthe part that will come in front of the jugglers facewhen the bag is over his head, thus allowing him tosee between the remaining threads as though lookingthrough a coarse screen. When the bag is being placed over his head, and dur-ing the seeming efTort ofpassing the arms throughthe armholes in the bag,the performer or assistanthas no trouble in pushingthe handkerchief up fromthe eyes to the forehead,thus allowing him to seethrough the open work ofthe bag. In removing thebag after the act there isno trouble in pulling the handkerchief down over The Iixusion Explained.
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