IMPROVED "SPHINX" TABLE.
 Although we have, in an earlier volume of this series, furnished particulars by which can be made the table
for the performance of "The Sphinx," or "Head of the Decapitated
Speaking," an improvement has struck us which we hasten to place before
the reader. A is the table, with a rim and cloth in front. A plane
mirror is set at an angle of 45°, C B, so as to reflect E, F, and
G. This mirror extends the whole length of the table. E and F are the
table legs, and G a flat board, covered with the same papering as the
back of the room. D simply guards the front end of the false table-leg
E. The mirror, in reflecting these objects below it, shows them to the
audience as if they were real objects on the horizontal line, and
consequently all must be persuaded that they can see under the table.
To maintain this illusion, the performer must not cross the stage
behind the table. The stage trap, H, is open.
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