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The act was thirty-two minutes long.
Houdini has perfected the “Milk-can escape” in which he places a milk can into a locked chest and submerges it in a tank full of water. Houdini then enters the tank, escapes from his padlocks, and removes the can in sixty-four seconds.
He also does escape work with handcuffs and a straight jacket, which he escapes so fast that the audience does not have sufficient time to realize how difficult it is.
Houdini interested and entertained the audience from the moment he was announced to his last trick.
Houdini's showmanship is impeccable and his revision of his previous tricks served to make the show even more interesting than before.
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Variety Vol. 25:9 (02/03/1912)