The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-25
HOW HERRMANE WORKS.
4 Few Of Che MagiCian'S Miracles EX,
planned.
His Court Suit Not So Snug es it
Seems, But Full Of Pockets, and His
Furniture Built With Profound
Guile-Sorne of His Tricks.
From TIE Chicaco Record.

Guile-Some of His Tricks.
From the Chicago Record.
Hermann appears in simple court garb.
If he could wear Mephistophelan man
tie he might do more miracles. His knee
breeches, low waistcoat and evening coat
seem to fit him to an anatomical nicely,
but in that court suit Mr.. Hermann can
conceal as many articles as would furnish
a Chicago fat.
Herrmann's coat is provided with two
special pockets. known as 'profOndes"
placed in the skirts. Each is from four
to six inches in depth and seven in width,
and the openings, which are across the in
side of the skirts, slanting slightly down
ward from the center to the side, are so
placed as to be Just on a level with his
Bpuckles as his hand hangs by his side.
He can thus by the mere action of drop
ping either hand TO his side, let fall any
article into the ''prOfOnde' on that side.
The action is so natural that it may be
used under the very eyes of the audience
with little risk of detection.
] He also has a pair' of 'pochettes"
I small pocketsl cut in the trousers over
the hips. These he uses for purposes of
production" only, the prOfondes being
employed for disappearance. Two
more pockets opening perpendicularly in
! side the coat under each arm are used for
loading" that is, for bringing rabbits
and other objects into a hat. A strong
rubber band, stitched around the bottom
Of his waistcOat in such a manner as TO
( prevent anything thrust therein from
falling out. completes the 'cochette" of
Mr.. Hermann.
THE TABLES OF DEED DEVICE.
! Herrmann's tables, three in number,
L.
( tricata pieces of mechanism, col listing of
number of pistons, levers and traps
| Tho largest and center table is the one
most used, and contains a rabbit-trap.
! two wrist-traps and a piston. 1t is also
| provided with a shelf placed about six
! inches below the level of the surface and
| pro, Getting from the rear of the table
| about eight inches This shelf, which is
! technically known as the "servante," is
| heavily padded in order to deaden the
| sound of any object dropped upon it.
Each side table IS provided with a
trap" and piston"
| The IRA bbit trap" is oval in shape and
measures about by 8 inches, and is so
| constructed that any object placed upon
/ it and subjected to a slight press ure will
! pass through the table into a metal rcceD-
! tacle screwed nnder the table. This trap
! is generally used under cover of some ar
| tiCles-fOr instance, when Hermann
'rubs" one rabbit into another, he
! places one in front of the trap and the
! other on 1t, and then under cover of one
rabbit he thrusts the other through the
! trap, making it look to the spectators as
/ if the two rabbits had been dissolved into
| one.
Tho wrist trap is worked on the same
| principle, but by pressure of the wrist
on a spring near the trap instead OF the
/ trap itself. Thus when Hermann places
! his hands around an orange on a table, by
| d slight pressure of the wrist on q spring
the trap flies open ana the orange is al
! lowed 10 pass through the table, the trap
instantly closing again, whereupon Her
mann raises his hands as if they held the
orange, and proceeds 10 make it disap-
! pear.
HeTmaun's piston is q rod of steel
about three-8ixteenths of an inch in
! diameter, which may be made to project
| about an inch through the top of the
table at the viii of the operator The
use of this piston will be apparent in the
| explanation of the following trick: