Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-12-21

He was on his way to Bradford The
remains will be forwarded to New York
Hermann completed an engagement at
the Lyceum theater in this city last
night and had later been entertained at
the Genesee Valley club by a number of
his friends. Death was caused by heart
disease.
Alexander Hermann was perhaps the
best known of the sleight-of hand per-
formers in America, of recent years. He
has been before the public as an enter
tainer for nearly forty years and it will
be recalled that he celebrated the thirty
fifth anniversary of the beginning of his
public career by banquet at the Audi
forum in Chicago All the theatrical
people in the city at that time were in
vlted and a representative of the Wis
consin was among the guests. After the
menu had been disposed of Hermann
simply outdid himself in the matter of
clever tricks.
Hermann has been a regular visitor to
the leading Milwaukee theaters for years
and years. Even in the days of the
old Grand Opera house he was one of
the regular attractions. His last APP
pearance in Milwaukee was at the Da-
wilson theater, January 10 to II, of this
year. He was booked to appear at the
same theater in a very short time, the
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that 1.-The Napoleon of necromancers,
Hermann the Great, in his marvellous
entertainment of magic, mirth and mys-
terry, was to appear shortly.
Was Personally Very Popular.
Aside from the merit of his perform
ance, Hermann was personally quite
popular and no small part of his success
was due to the running fire of talk which
he kept up during his entertainments. Of
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deal of money and he lived luXuriOusly.
He carried with him on his tours coach
aud four, and travelled in his private car.
When he was last in Milwaukee he
made an imposing front" and took sew
eral members of the Milwaukee club for
q drive to the Country club.
Herrmann's theater in New York was
in his hands for a time, but it was what
theatrical people call a "hoodoo" house
and he finally lost it. Hermann was as
sisted on the stage by his wife, Adelaide
Hermann, a charming woman who first
on some very beautiful dances, for which
her husband provided the most marvel
Gus colored light effects.
Hermann travelled all over the world
in his time and appeared before most of
the mOnarchs of the earth. He had num-
berless amusing experiences and has en-
tertained thousands of people outside of
to go about always prepared to do some
thing astonishing and amusing. He has
often maintained that the greatest trick
he ever performed and one which cost
him the most effort, was one performed
at a royal palace. He was asked to aD-
pear at a certain time and he kept roy
atty and the court waiting and waiting
for an interminab BILE length of time. At
last he put in his appearance and when
he was criticised for being late he pulled
out his watch and showed that he was
on time according to that timepiece. All
the watches and clocks in the building
recorded the same time as Herrmann's,
too.
A Modern Mephisto.
A year or SO ago it was reported that
Hermann and his wife had had some
difficulty. The rumor was promptly and
etfectually denied. In personal appear
ance Hermann was a good deal in the
that style of beauty purposely. In fact
he called himself the modern Mephisto
For a long time he was under the man
agement of e. L. Bloom, but a few
years ago he changed management
There was time-half dozen years
ago-when Herrmann's business fell off
and it seemed that his popularity was
waning. Soon after that his business
picked up and became simply remark
able, continuing so to the end. A few
weeks ago he took Il week off and spent
it at the horse show in New York city,
where he exhibited his own horses. The
prestidigitator was of German birth, as
showed plainly in his accent. He made
his home near New York, as most the
atrical people do.