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Robertson Keene - A Lesson In Hat Manipulation Hat Rings
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MORE NOVEL NOTIONS FOR Magical Entertainers.
BY
ROBERTSON KEENE (c. 1907)
Originally Published by: A. W. Gamage, Ltd., Holborn, E.C. LONDON
A LESSON IN HAT MANIPULATION
THE art of making a number of shapes of hats out of the brim of a felt hat dates back to the year 1750. Tabarin, a French comedian, it is recorded in a book of that date, performed the feat of making some ten different hats, giving appropriate facial portraits beneath each, and using wigs and beards and the usual actor’s make ups in order to emphasize the various characters.
