New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-16
HETLrR's WONDER THFATER.

The pendulum swings far that swings from
angels Of light toImpS OF darkness. once religion 10"
nccromaucy The place that was formerly Dr. . goods
church has become Robert Hcler's Theatcr Of Magic.
The dedication of tn. purpose was effected last
NIGHT with pleasant exercises aud amid general fnoy-
mcut acuigGt was wet and bleak, Dut IT. pln'iaI
malice failed To keep the people away from The newly
OPENED theltcr-ani lr Robert Heller was grcotcd hy
an a,,embacc very respectable in numbers with much
cordially He is an artist IN juetcry aud
likewise IN music and III OF hand ban
ter-who does rot require introduction to this
pubc lie came here in 1850, and made capital i'm
press on and he with again ten years ago lie
emerged last night i'm much the same nonchaitni play
ul mood that commended him TO popular liking IN other
DAYS: and hr took up the thread 81 entertainment ma'h
las # II had broken but Yesterday. Mr. Heller pos
,.-es tie excellent art Of doing his work hOWsoc',r
difficult with ease and with careless drolay 80 iat
his feas are made effective upon his auditors scarcely
less by appropriate aud pleasing manner than hy sub
stautal merit. The programme Esi night combined
achievements in straightforward, musical performances
the phenomenon Of second sight and illustrations OF
uarlor magic The variety Of elements, al good,
wa. found 10 be thoroughly enjoyable, and should be
recorded as thoroughly admirable better exhibition
Of this kind not here been given 1t does moi indeed
gstonish by novelty but It fully satisfies by interest IL
would be idle t. dilae pcrpleXiues that seem neHPh
cable Mr. Heller presumably knows in Whatway he MAKES
an omeette IN spectators hat and then takes out nam
moth bouquet how hc burns ladys handkerchief to
ashes and then lifts II from the SCOT whole and white,
and quite n linen pheuiX how two glass Jars that
were since, fun OF shred- Of calico and paper
come instantly contain hot liquids These are not OF
course achievements that viii materially 70
duce the national debt, move til" crops or
help tho arithmctical gymnastics now IN progress
in Louisiana, or effect any other public COED;
vet they puzzle aud please; they ar well d"c ana ihey
are entirely worth the seeing Mr. IIrilrr' most sur
pri.;ug feat is that in which Ms. Ha,e' Heller CO.
,erars-and indeed it IS hers rather titan hi. This Is
tho second sight Articles taken from the spectators at
random by Mr.. Heller, idcnthod ana described,
uon the instant. and with absolute and mnil accuracy
by Ms, Helcg-WLo sits, bndfoldcd, on the platoon"
many fee, away. Tic explanation y NaI"u'S iA'HIH.
10 be- correspondence OF mind, or system OF signals II
the latter il Is scientifically NICE If the former u Is
another d-uOtcmcnt that wonderfully mace. MI
Heller H. past al doubt; and If the exhibition mat he
has set up in Ncw-York should not succeed II
will not be through fault in the artists Tine mu'lo'I
mart Of the pcIfJilnancc con i-trd Of some neat Ho
effective piano playing by MI Heller, who also gave
" Aud Robin Gray" on 1.-THE OrSuc MclodlGl" -"
somewhat coy instrument that seems capable ~ Aihl
ing ample persuasion. The iheatcr has been cleaned
and renovated and the stage has been made comfortable
and COY with drapcries