Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-02-17

The following extract from the London Times
describes the feats practiced by certain pro-
fessed jugglers who are repeating and eclpsing
the best performances of the professed spirit
ualists, for the benefit of London audiences.
The" naturalization feats of the Eddys are
greatly surpassed by DIR. Lynn, who first dema-
terializes a man whom he has cut into small
pieces, and then materializes him in we'll
lighted ROOM Tho cabinet tricks of the Daven-
ports and the reading" feats of Foster are bet
Ter done by these jugglers than they are by any
professional medium. And yet when vulgar inn
posters claim that tricks of the same
nature as those performed by Messrs. Lynn,
Maskelyne and Cooke, but requiring much less
skill, are the works of spirits there are thous-
ands who actually admit the claim.
The Egyptian Hall remains the abode OF mys
teries suitable to its name. After ruling ancient
kingdoms, the jugglers have taken up the much
more honest trade Of amusing holiday folks.
But the wonders worked at the Egyptian Hall
explain the history of the power which once be
lOnged to the workers OF legerdemain. Dr.
Lynn, for example, who on Saturday filled the
large hall at and again at s, breaks u watch to
pieces and returns 1t unhurt to its owner
pulls two fine eggs out of spectators
beard decapitates a pigeon and then
makes the bird fly out OF bottle of sher-
ry. From fower-pot he produced any
Hover u fastidious audience chose to name. and
repeated the trick with hat. which, by liberal
the request of a pertinacious listener for cauii-
flower. The cleverist trick is one in which Dir.
Lynn reads of proper names written by any
persons among the audience on pieces Of paper
which arc folded ap and kept OH the stage in
hat. In "Palingenesla gentleman comes
on the stage to be cut up and put together
again, and WILL we understand continue to
be cut up twice day during the holidays. In
this trick one does not know whether to ad-
mre more the endurance of the victim or the
pDOtpasa oh ypa
and Cook begin by causing ak china dessert
plates to stand up on table on sher
edges like the little oysters standing in a
row in Through the looking-gass," then
up sort of spiral staircase. After this comes
the 'indescribable phenomena seance," and
we have not the intention to describe it..
1t includes an effols of oratory by Mr.. Mas
kelyne and wonderful feats by Mr.. Cooke,
who is tied mp by committee and then en-
cased in box The committee are volunteers
from among the audience, and directly he Is tied
up Mr.. Cooke does number of things all ordi-
nary people would find 1t difficult to do when
perfectly free. He cuts out figures in paper,
drives nail neatly into the board and 80 on
and finally comes out of his bonds without APP
parent disturbance of them. Tho entertain-
ment concludes with sort of pantomme
called Twill, the Witch and the Watch. y
The skillful juggers have in this
scene the advantageous assistance
of Mr. Hasarde and Mrs. Crompton, and Mr.
Hasarde makes every one laugh, while Messrs.
Mtskelyne and Cooke make evei .'body stare.
The entertainers are put in the stocks, locked
up in brass bound trunk, iuclosed in cabinet,
which is raised on thin pedestals above the
ground. or course none of these restraints
cause a moments delay to their powers of eva
sion. When Mr. Cooke has been put in the cab
met you know that he Will next make his APP
pearance in the orchestra stalls. When Mr..
Maskelyne has been locked up in box,
and the box placed in the larger cabinet,
he comes on the stage the next minute in some
entirely fresh character and costume.