Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-07-11
Masters Of MaGic.

Masters Of Magic.
MEN WHOSE PROFESSION IT Is To EXCITE
WONDER AND sURPRISE-REMINISCENS
OF THE GREATEsT-THE ELDER Hermann,
HELLER. CAZENEUvE, sIGNoR BLIrz,
GOLDBERG AND OTHERS.
From the Philadelphia Times.l
Ever now and again some sleight-of-
hand performer or magician comes lnto
prominence, and the story of the wonders
he performs is in cvcrybody's mouth:
Heller was one whose reputation and
fame was lasting, and he was well known
on both sides OF the Atlantic as perform
er in magic who had no equal. Cazene,
uve. the greatest of all sleigh-oi-hand
performers. has a reputation that extends
the world over, and of HIM more has ap-
peared IN the pblic prints then ever was
published about all the deNterous men oil
this generation who deal in magic. But
magicians as public performers are no long
or riheattraction tot the public that they have
| been. \ few years ago 1t was not uh-
common to find three or four prestldlglta-
teurs giving entertainments III TINS clty,
and two of them at least were the very
lights of their profession, Heller ana
Cazcneuve The third WIS Keller Every
one of them lost money, and Jailed Ia
mentally 10 draw remuneratlve aud-
ences.
There are two branches Of the business
- g III ,,r,nar and mechanical
w r,,, 80 -, g slaiot of hand
nliE - ,,,,,n tho dextar-
vi w ~ nj ~ ,learness in
ny " ~ ~ f,.-., ti,,t tl,o hand may he
Pi'S,, '', i-'' ~, +t,o ntl,or cloaa
lui'N'i 'iliii 'ii' .,e;'sI,.,a,,oas os that of
D H"'n =, H. a;r and half n
Scl'H'"' N''iii''l III '.tg ..,,1,;sb;mt tb;ngs
-, t~ t,a ca:uoi ohsarvrr appear
"hlGil, I" ule ea1'''i 1 ,ahars;,r unSL anJ no
o' ',,'-,l,at,,roI I'm fact
pTi1hsiiS W :. 10 ''' .1' i,Drf''r,rer Is de-
'''i '''' ''''S''''N' VI NV
..I-;iI IN sI..;cLt-of-b hand per
.'''',-'.,,., a'''' th,, La.t arranged nara
,'i,in,'ai;, Iii I,oI,, =, sncressful perfor
-, Ia, r., tLa odroitness Of the
,,,.a,,,+ - ,l,a tvck rasts its success
T., +I,il ILL. ,,as rnannroachable. An
IN ,,,,,llia,, ono who docs NOT want his
,,',,.,, -, ,,,,,g,,. IN t1,,a hecouse he gives
.il,''.,,;'i,, a. b;e nrofaeeion will
'''9 ~ 60 bot.a c,ven tells
Il. r;t,,,, IL, AMI says of
III Il IL n is +, m,cb,u-
~ -. ,,Ia,;,,, i :, tur,,-
@ :. al n N NJ ~ ~ ,,.,r,, Tbc
lilS 'ite 'i''iih u q i'.'' - +,.;cls
iilaSi'iai WIZ, s'1o.'''s - n m II, hi.
'PP'ai 'i' ailii ,,inasa,,tI,- Ir,v.s
Way '"' a. t,i.,,ratl, ,., ot
an al "l'ls', nom IN MS IT, dozen half
t'iI '.'i'it ''''' ,,.,, maustache comes
- =, ,,'.,..nToI;tirs and speaks of the
,n.n who have stirred up the spirit of
wnnd,ras no others ever did, and Robert
Heller IS named. He. ii will he remem-
hereI died suddenly in this city few
months ago.
Heller" saws the interviewed, "was
Magician. He was not straightforward
performer. although he could do many
/ things with cards. He had vast guam
fitv of uoraphcrnalia which he purchased
in Eur6pe. and about which the most alb
surl stories were circulated. One Is that
he willed all his mechanism to he de
stroyed at his death. Now. as all the
machinery he had NAV be duplicated
abroad such talk was veriest nonsense.
Ha may hav,, had a few improvements ON
What was on the market abroad but they
were not essential. because there are
several men who can do all Heller ever
cpuId do There is one thing. however
I must oxcrpt-his second sight. III
which he was 50 ably assisted by Haldee
/ Heller. But Of second sight Will speak
presently Heller WAS natural come
( dian and n glorious pianist. He made
/ half Il dozen fortunes, and lost them gam
bjino in stocks. The impression prevails
| tLat he lied rich That l. not So. He
! Ieft only, u trite
..rIr..Il u-,,,,,,,,, v.as tbo hest and
~ .ini~,i,t IS I,o,J ,,erf,rmars
4
IiilS I 'p'ii'i' -. ,,o,s IN
u'ni "i ,i lit',H ~ 'r''9 oo,mirni in MI his
.' '',,l ''''.I' ~ ~ ii, III Un ;s now
!"Il m n1f in iI;. IL :; .I;araa,,ie srn-
IN ii'Ii'iln ;',i'., ~ Iaast e50 Goa ont nf
II rs ~. n - ,,os VI introduced
I', .i'' '.i, .I ~ - H.. wo,,Id take from
20, - aI'..I ,I,,,,,r ,,-cr his avn half
N, - - u.itl live fish
80 H.. A. bo stoo1 away
s., H., Ill '.,ltno.tbrr tbe effect was
excellent. But see how transparent the
trick is. | will show you without the
cloth. Here is basin. Here is close
fitting India rubber cover As make
the motion Ia cover NV arm / draw the
cover off the dish as | push the dish un-
der the cloth. That much is sleight-off
hand lift the cloth and here is the
. lis r..
STRANGE il is that people Will bc So easily
deceived aud vet Hermann set the pc"-
pIa of Nov York wild over tlut simple
iricl
..Cl.,u,ny,.. the Frenchman, who
would never speak English, although he
could speak the language very well, is
the equal Of the elder Hermann III slelght-
of-hand tricks His manipulation of
4 l. loo he
did good many things that no other
magician ever attempted i'll this country.
. His plraphcrnnlia YVES extensive and
valuable. lie had made much money
and could afford to have the very pest III
the world. Ills lrlp 10 inns c3uiilr! was
n sad t"ilnre. Boston filiadelplia' ana
think San + rhhclS'" were tn' p,ilH
places that he scored successes IN Ter
haps his Indian mali tnck was the best
sensation he had.
While sp.aking Of foreigners who did
nat .ncreed here must not forget Patri-
"a , Spopiarl who came To this country
s,m,. tw, years AGO. He was splendid
sleiobt-ofLand performer and his para
rhrruala was snperb He played in New
York nj the Academy Of Music He did
u,t -u...,J ut all H. went +, Boston.
when. attended at TIA. nncuiug night.
There ,yer. > OOa pcnpl,. IN the house
He never e,t hand of applause. al
thouob his performance was delightful to
mo His skill of mnuipulation was
L.,utifuI and some Of his electric and
,,,.,,,,,ot;,. ov,,eri,,apts were simnly I'M
mems. II. returned 10 Spain broken
La.rt.J and fir.uciolly II ruiucd man
Tba r.n.nn of his failure. ns of Cazrnr-
-, iii; Tl.,-. ..,.nl1 nr.saut thp