The Washington critic., 1886-10-13
LIKE 4 FAIRY TALE.
What Wizard Sees ana Hears ana
Does In His Travels.

what u wizard Sees ana Hears ana
Does In His Travels.
Hermann, the wizard, is almost as
quick in his travels as he Is in his
tricks. A month ago he was In Mos
COW, to-day he Is in Washington, and
before we know 1t he will be in Aus
tralia or the Fiji Islands. In July, 1884,
he went TO Rio Janoiro, thence south to
Buenos Ayres, back northwest actoss
the Cordilleras on mule TO Vdlpa
raiso, Lima, and other west coast South
American towns; over the mountains
and down the Amazon to Para, where
he shipped for Lisbon, the capital of
Portugal; thence to Madrid Paris, Bel
gium, Holland, Poland, st. Petersburg,
Moscow and Mini Noygorod, showing
there at the great fair; back then to
Warsaw. where he made the last stand,
on to London and to New York, reach
ing there in September
He was accompanied on this long
trip by his wife, his secretary and two
servants. The first thing he did when
he got back to Now York, which Is his
home, was TO give performance at
Wallacll' for the benefit of the Charles
ton sufferers, and the result was a ST..
5l3 house. During the four.year trip
Mr.. Hermann gave benefits for chari.
ties, which netted $14,G27. Wherever
he goes he has fun with all sorts of
people. One day he went with Gen.
eral Sherman to call on President Grant
at the White House, and while talking
1tg -. u "a, 1
took handful of cigars out of his
whiskers. "l'll give you 800 to show
me how TO do that, said the President,
"aDd | won't have to buy any more
cigars"
When talking with the EmperorTof
Brazil, he asked Dom Pedro what
time it was, and The Emperor, going
for his watch, found it gone. He
looked PUZZLED. Your secretary has
it, " said the Wizard. And they iished
it out Of his coat pocket. In Spain,
Fiug Alfonso was so pleased lac acte
as confederate and helped The Wizard
in one of his tricks, and the Queen in
vitcd Nine. Hermann to dine at the
palace. Hermann presented Alfonso
with riding whip made Of one mile
of silver wire twisted, with gold and
silver bust for a handle The Wizard
has met aud talked with Napoleon ILL.,,
Dom Pedro, Emperor OF Brazil; King
Luis of Portugal Queen Isabella
King Leopold of Belgium, the late
King of Spain, the late Car Nicholas,
King William Of Germany, the Sultan
of Turkey, Prince of Wales and nearly
every other ruler except Queen Vic.
toria. And TO all, except the Turk,
he spoke in their native language.
His mysteries and his good humor
make friends for him everywhere, and
probably no man on the globe has
larger list of distinguished acquaint.
ances. He was born in Paris in 1914,
and made his first appearance in 1859,
before Queen Isabella, in Madrid. He
married in 1875, his wife being an Eng
lish girl livingin New York, and since
that time she has gone with him every
where and assisted him in his perform.
ances. Hermann has orders and
diamonds, and decorations innumera-
BILE, and his wife has not been forgot
ten in these royal favors, Dom Pedro
| giving her q thousand dollar diamond
| horse shoe.
llerrmanns life has been almost a
larry story, ana he has enjoyed II. lie
naturalized as an American citizen in
Boston in 1876, and when the clerk
asked for the fee, Hermann told him
he had no money. Tere was discus.
sion for minute, and the Wizard
caught newsboy standing by, and talk
ing $500 from his ragged pocket, he Of
feied the five dollars. The clerk was
scared, but took it, and the Wizard
confessed. When he came to Wash.
ington from Philadelphia Sunday, he
asked for his checks, and the baggage
master gave him seventeen. why"
said Hermann, still holding his hand
out, give me my checks, don't want
this money" The baggage.master
looked and saw seventeen silver dollars
where he had put the checks, and ex-
| plantations were necessary to save the
man from having a fit. He has hun.
dreds of such experiences, but this Is
enough.