The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-18
WIZARD aERRMANN's YARN.
How He Once Recovered a Lost Dla.
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How He Once Recovered a Lost Dla-
mond Stud in Brazil.
Hermann, the wizard and magician, on
the stage is a very different person from
Prof. Hermann off the stage. In the one
position no is viewed as a tricky, deceptive
Individual whose sle'ght-o hand astonishes
the whole world-in the other he calmly
smokes his cigarettes and ccnverses with
whomsOever may be in MS presence i'll
broken accent but with an apparent sin
cerlty that impresses one no less than his
stage performance.
After the matinee yesterday Prof.
AMI Mrs. Hermann, an American lady.
chat,ei pleasantly in the wings of the
theater. Mrs. Hermann prompted her
husband occasionally VIII 81 his lack of
perfect knowledge of English sugge ted that
rs needed q word to express his thought.
Hermann first appeared in America in
public during tne winter of 1861, having a
year previous to that time became fam 3us
Tor his jugglery arts in Spain. At that
time bis exhibitions were sometimes accom-
panied by mesmeric feats; now he only EN-
ploys mesmerism as private amusement,
thinking it mig perhaps detract from the
interest IN his present superb performance.
After making 2 tour of the world, receiv-
ing diplomas from all the crowned heads in
Europe, and appearing 1000 consecutive
nights in London, he returned to America
IN 1878, having during tnis tour mastered
seven languages, which he now speaks flu
emily. The professor owns a valuable thea
Ter on Broadway. New YORK. which he re-
Gently altered at a cost OF SIS 00J.
?, IN answer to an inquiry as to mesmerism,
Hermann said:
DO / believe in it, Most essuredly
Some years ago, while travelling through
brazil, the emperor presented me diamond
.uo worth $1,000. | wore it on the plat
form one night, and in waving my hand
Rercnlet abe setting of the stud dropped out
ana rolled on the floor in the audience. With
ene most thorough searching we could not
ma the diam md. ! advertised in the ne VS.
papers FOR somnambulist. A young lady
answered the advertisement, aud Ia the pres
ehce OF physicians | mesmerized her, and
impressed upon her while in that cond. ton
the Iace that l had lost the diamond and
wanted to know who had it, She replied
mat some one connected with livery sta lie
uao picked 1t up. The manager Of the
opera house remembered that on the night
Tue stud was lost liveryman had occupied
a1ront seat in the audience. I called upon
THIS man, told him lady had seen him pick
up the diamond, and he returned it to me-
With the humble request that l would not
prosecute him"
And about spiritualism?"
can duplicate anything done BY so.
alieo mediums, sucn as tapping. sla e
"riDlng, the cabinet, etc., If given time tc
prepare myself. | am particularly proud
u the manner 10 which / exposed Mime.
us Deoar before the Press Club Of New
York four years ago"
, Inc professor stated that next year he
III Introduce a sensation-the yello y
ItsNari-which he predicts will eclipse any
lug no has ever shown. IL consists in ex-
Snlng a dwarf imam iron-barred cage, ir
gu .n Vle~ OF tho audience, who can see il
sraaually disappear from the Gags and ap.
f4'ehtiy melt away into air.