Word: houdini
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...large number of men were present last evening in the Living Room of the Union to witness the mystifying performances of Mr. Harry Houdini, "The Handcuff King," presented through the courtesy of A. P. Keith...
...hall was packed with about 1200 men, and Mr. Houdini entertained them for about half an hour with sleight of hand tricks. He then produced a huge iron can, just large enough to contain him, and after demonstrating its soundness and air-tightness to a committee from the audience, filled it with water. He then stripped and gave a preliminary exhibition by squeezing himself in the can and remaining under water for one minute. After this he disappeared under water again, the water-tight lid was locked with six locks by the committee, and the curtain drawn...
...Harry Houdini the handcuff expert, will give an exhibition in the Living Room of the Union this evening at 7.30 o'clock. This entertainment is provided through the courtesy of A. P. Keith '01. Only members of the Union will be admitted, and no one will be allowed to enter without showing his membership ticket...
...Houdini's exhibition will include tricks with cards, needles, handcuffs, and his famous water-can escape. This is the second time that Mr. Houdini has performed in the Union, having been here before in 1906. For the past two weeks he has been in Boston, and has foiled every means devised to defeat him. In an exhibition last Thursday, he dropped, shackled and handcuffed, from 'Harvard Bridge into the river and appeared at the surface, unhampered, in less than thirty seconds...
...opera. Assisted by R. Nichols '05, Baird acts the chief part in an attractive fashion. The costumes are appropriate to unusual personages, the properties go a long way toward satisfying any desire for the unexpected. Striking turns and impersonations of well-known stage characters, such as Caruso or Houdini, add to the novelty...