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unmaskingrobert00houdgoog.pdf | 298 | ROBERT-HOUDIN'S IGNORANCE OF MAGIC maintained his balance, but, in reality, they supported the whole weight of his body. Hence, the only require- ment for this trick is to have the stomach more or less Pressed in, and I will explain presently that this can be effected without any danger or injury." In this explanation Robert-Houdin is entirely wrong. Singhalese THE KANDIN from the IsleorCeylon A WITH THE IRON SHIN A Rannin lithograph, showing him doing the sword-walking act which Robert-Houdin claimed to have been a fraud. Rannin is still working in Ger- many, imitated by many, equalled by none. From a photograph in the Harry Houdini Collection. The real secret of lying on top of a sharp-edged razor, sword, or sabre rests on the fact that the performer does actually lie upon it in a perfectly motionless position. Were he to move but the width of a hair, backward or [ 269] |