Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-02-25
sArrArEIIrs ENTERTAINMENT.

The young man who wears the romanti
name that begins the heading of this motto
gave the first of his three entertainment
here last evening at the theater. The next
to take place as matinee this afternoon, ant
the last this evening. The performer is
tall, youthful person, with strong voice anc
a good deal of natural via He is decidedly
the youngest performer that has ever ap
peared here. The attendance was very gooc
and the audience highly intelligent one tina
have probably seen the best of the workers IL
modern magic The chief attraction was an
nounced to be an expose OF splrituaiistlt
frauds, but the young man stated that tt
lecture in detail on such frauds would BIZ
tedious; to show how the mediums perform
their tricks would take but short time, ano
therefore, to make up good entertainment
he would introduce some OF the best
of the tricks of the modern magieians
This he old, doing the fish bowl, bird cage,
rings, obedient cards, hat onelette, changing
of articles, wonderful distillatioB, etc. These
tricks were performed very neatly, some OF
them better than was done by Hermann,
Taylor, McAllister and other much lauded
performers-indeed, Santanelli's performance
of magic is neat, rapid, and though in some
cases there was evident lack Of trained con.
federates, and some little evidence of nerv-
BUSINESS, and an occasional blunder, his
"modern magic " was as whole, quite en-
PERTAINING. It was not complete entertain
ment in modern necromancy, but very fair
introduction. The second part was opened
with an explanation of the dark sesnce,
which consisted of placing sitter either side
OF him, with their hands touching his. BY
adroit movements he disengaged one hand
leaving them grasping the other. and he thus
had one free to handle the musical instsu-
ments. Later he disengaged the other hand,
and left the sitters grasping each others fingers,
and then he Stree TO make manifestations. ;"
g Naturalization" he described as done with
masks. wigs. rubber apparatus, and a work
ing up of the fancy to high pitch. Table
tipping was done by small rods hid Ia the
cuffs, so as to catch beneath the table top.
An auditor asked how tables arose with two
men sitting on them, and he was asked if he
had seen it? "No." "Thep," replied the
magician, 81 won's explain bring me proof
of it ever being done, and I'll tell how 1t
was done" Piano-lilting and the lifting of
people on chairs, he said, had only been done
by Houdin on the stage, and he employed
glass rods from beneath the stage, and on
which the piano or chair legs rested. In the
produced by small rubber cushion in the
palm, or by slipping the thumb on a we'll
tabletop. Slate writing is done by
a bit of pencil under the nail, or by Slade by
the use of a bit of pencil and
slate in his pocket, by which he
produces grinding noise, and on the table
at the same time lies folding slate and
pencil between, the auditor believing that
the one on the table makes the grinding noise.
The writing was, he said, always prepared
beforehand. Coats are removed under an il
lusion of the person holding the operator,
and floating music is produced by bells and
caught up on rod that shuts up
as telescope, and is hid in the hand or
sleeve. Rope-tying was then experimental
with He was tied very poorly at first by
committee, and soon shook himself loose.
Next a new committee tied him SO as to oc.
casion him more serious labor. He offered to
permit any one who pleased to tie him, but
no others accepted. His explanations were
simple, and by that reason appeared almost
trihing. He did not exemplify, as was ex-
pected, and while he gave one line of expla-
nations, they were not satisfactory. Most of
the people went away feeling, and justly,
that nothing especially new had been shown
them, and that if one was believer
in Spiritualism the explanations would not
weaken his faith; while II one was impartial,
and desired clear and undoubted proofs of
fraud on the part Of mediums, the explsns-
tions of Satanelli would be insufficient. The
Royal Illusionists, when here, performed
more rapidly and better the mediulnistic
tricks - than those given by Satynelli, and
gave clear and lucid exemplifications. But
they were only "show people," and though
they did more difficult tricks than most me-
iiums, they were poorly patronized. It is
not in the power of Satanelli to make sue
cess at explaining mediumistic frauds. and
inc public verdict will not sustain him in the
,ffort.