The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-09-18
AMUSEMEN7S.
Prcstdigitnt~ur Hermann Opens Hts The.
nirc for the Season.

uffc Tor the season.
Hermann Ia at nome 10 his friends. the pub
lie. onco more. The graceful AMI polished
observation-disclosures took possession OF his Broad
way house last night. and ho was welcomed. as
he deserved to be. with great warmth. He
camc forth again In his familiar but not yet
tircsomc entertainment. in which there Is far
more mirth than mystery.
Possibly because he is sure Of the favor OF
his inaugural audiences he has chosen to
revive tho best liked tricks and the most effec-
tive illusions in his repertory. There ore
many new things In magic ut his finger tips.
but they are reserved for n later day.
Last night he contented himself. and those
also who watched him. with reproducing
"Strobcika." BLACK Art" and Tho Slave
Girls Dream" To these elaborate hits Of
icctod by Hermann. he added an, hour OF
lrGerdemain IN his own, %peerlrss fashion. 49,
The ace OF spades ard It's friends bonbed up
bouquet: bobtail Pushes went sailing grace
fully, into the balcony and the boxes: the
his silk hat as Of yorc: the usual Young man
| with glasses and a knowing mir tlred of pistols.
aud the fat man yielded up rabbits and rice in
III Is in this most conventional norton Of his
show that Hermann Is really at his best. HIS
superb. and the intensity of his surprise at the
result OF his trickery is light comedy Of an OK
The Illusions take UP n great deal OF time.
and tie business and pretentiousness, with
Wii nn ih thG is n nas f GTIiHTE resiiz sdC"' fh an m @Sf'Gless
was moi, we'll oiled last night. at any rate. and
so tho show dragged. but that is u fault which
will surely be emedied at once.
Mrs. Hermann. graceful in movement and
captivating in form and features. Is again a
band. n""Tie Siave Girls Dream" her pos.
ings were excellent.
~ 49,. NJ. NJ nu- r~c.. m. Hosss>
Collins and "Tara.ra hoom.de.ay."
Nothing less than tho American debut OF
Lotto Collins could have made more commo-
ton at the Standard Theatre last evening
than did her failure to appear there. Her long
delay in quarantine had added to the eager
expectation OF the original "Tara-ra Boom
decay" and a multitude went to sec her. BY
no means all these people intended to enter
the house. for every seat had been sold long
beforehand. but many counted on getting alook
ut her ns she entered the stage door. At the
front entrance was u placard saying that new
dresses had been found necessary for her.
and that n further delay until Monday even-
ing was thereby necessitated. Purchasers OF
tickets got their money back. fixed on a Inter
date for their visit. or went in to soc the reGu-
The short piece. "Chums." was played before
the comedy, as usual. instead ,pf being dis
placed to make room Tor MISS collins.
The reason Giv.n above for Miss Collins's
non-appearance was the main one. and quite
iortant adjunct of ..Tara-ra'' and her other
songs and dances. However. IT was also true
that she hal not recovered fully from the ter:
rors and hardships OF the Normannia. and
Cepheus. and was not in a quite lit condition
to lace her first New York audience. Her sud-
can do land imitators can't with a London
concert hall song and dance. The hand or
gans ara playing the Jolly tune in the streets.
tho nonsensical words are on sale by the bal
lad peddlers. and a score, of %copytsts in our
ancr. Thus it is essential to her first Ameri-
can fiightthat she shall be in fine feather every
way. A great deal will be demanded Of her on
Monday niglt.