The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-10

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$500 ATTENDED the appearance ia this
$50 !. .ss opiy attraction. noT in bass-
- - a. business relates % gathering
80 x.s,zrs ard dimes, which has been
Sls - part o. the nightly pro-
y A. the Third Avenue Eheater
81 av Manager Georges aggregation
E'e4. -.ss-6 the streets. rain or shIne.
k.sfIv tbs former. splitting the air
=, sarts q tripie-tongued harmony.
s~.,aree Of the street show were the
- ere usually conspicuous 10 a ne
-.lrsfre; parsde and the music was
r. .h.n that o. many. There was a
-.1ro that wound a musket around
- a. . very alarming way, ard peo-
= ss~sstrrssyely dodged as he went by. n
1910 ehanie+ OF gun spinning around
y. s@as The show on the opening night
- ~aod. and / do not remember seeing
ssrser working company; II anything
- ra-ke6 too hard. In the very re-
~. ira, r. usually charged 10 real
,szsv s.ng.ng the Georgia University
e-sssr.a we're weakest. ] refer to the
1913 staging There was the naturally
s.eaIoes quality in the voices, but an
-. absence Of balance or organization
!. ~ distribution OF parts. Every one
- soneshing besides the air. and the
80 -, IN the homemade tenors. do
1900 baritones and fre-siies basses. TO
=, .ashlng OF the admixtgre OF feminine
latte. asste as unique and original as
s.css 81 the male portions Of the Choir
80 The individual effort was more ef-
s.s,Ixs and the oiso was full Of laughabls
"a really eSever turns by one or two peo-
a. The gind-gp OF II was an excuse for
ssrnaucsng lot OF good buck and wing
s,sssax. Manager George gives z good,
Asoest show and one well worth the
sss<y charged at the door.
| roy the pgeseH; week, commencing TO-
500. Manager Russell has secured an at
,rsesion that feel disposed to pledge. on
IS swn account. az good. II f. Cosgroys
Crafts "Dazzler'' company. I can
ssseh that the people are clever. and the
ress Of the country east OF here has
esaracierized the performance as all that
IL managers have promised 10 should be.
he Seattle theater viii open its doors
q The night Of January 49, to give tho
xsny admirers and friends OF T. Daniel
rrariey ard his good company a chance
e welcome them back after their success
A. engagement ia Honolulu The length
K the Frawiey visit IS not yet fixed The
Shsler Vaudeville company. whieh had
bssn booked 70 come on January Is and
Kn the Seattle theater, has rearranged
u dates ard booked other time later I'm
tie season.
Nov that Hermann the Great has gone
sasfs can b. no harm in explaining how
Sc wonderful trick OF catching the bullets
ssat a. him by six national guardsrnen
vas done. II VIII be remembered that
hermann performed this striking feat
tEee for the benefit Of the New York
nersld free ice fund-once on August I,
tss and again last May.
On both occasions the famous pres
fslyiistear stood alone upon the stage.
sAEe SIX picked marksmen from the state
National Guard fired point blank upon
~ from platform built In the audience.
On both occasions Hermann. pale Of face
al painfully alert. caught the bullets.
| f'sYi0usly marked by a committee OF
ssea army men. and handed them back
k5s from the barrels for Identification.
q course II was a trick, but II was n
fangtFous trick, and one that Hermann
talked % do. But even ne was less merry
sss than the marksmen, who, acting IN
fsrtecs good faith. feared that they might
III the plueky magician
Many have been the alleged exp,ana-
poas Of this trick published IN various
fsspapers. They have all been wrong.
hermann himself told how IT was done.
~ kere n IS.
Y course there was an accomplish. and
'aa Aceompllce Was not one OF the marks
~ Rai The sergeant In charge OF them.
rs sergeant took the six regulation
shy bullet cartridges ON a silver platter
= TIE committee.
re committee examined them. made
~ tasy we're genuine. marked them
Ealay and replaced them on the platter.
Nfeeanf Instantly raised the platter
pas sight az arms length above his
- Esikesi over 20 the marksmen. and
~ saefselves each took a cartridge.
.~l''hsa and replaced Il in the rifle.
a.sa came the shooting.
me trick lay in tho platter. which has
ialse bottom. Under this hottsm iav
- @aef cartridges. identical in size.
s.'sa' ana appearance but holding bull
- made Of composition OF pIumbago
r4'afy When the sergeant held
IS f'ttsef aioft' he touched a spring ana
ssFer mechanism these six fake
.ssgfs jumped into the platter Win.
kFhasAt cartridges disappeare,i a..
'ais the false bottom.
= VAS the composition eart,gages
- me msFkgsnen unknowinRiv nat into
- si'fs, snd on firing this cornposition
- instantly melted by frlction through
lieis and dissipated in the air.
So. s'ss''he however. tire supposedly
- piaitsr was taken behind the
49,. SheSs IRE genuine cartridges were
So esI quickly heated and carefully
49, ~ an attendant on a table where
.s'Fmsila. lust before the firins. rareleasl,,
- insh 40 ana paimcd them. Haf3-
sasm IN his hands durlnE the arinw
szess cleared ''' a. ''e
:, smae trick. bat very dangerous
- y tse p3atter's mechanism failed
- completely, one or more OF the
go cartridges might have got into
49, 81 the narksmen and thence into
"'s'Hann's body.
4 Alth IN human nature has. within
| ~ wees. been not az al shocked BY
- ss'd that san Francisco man IS
- 10 writing a play. There Is
- unusual jn that fact. as I have
80. go = tue work ~ number of very
49, san Franc. $50 people. and tn say
ts.s ! DO ret refer 90 the hideous dis
s~s taat were Intended 10 frame tlse
So, o sen,as ANA Evans. nor the
-. Theodore pusr3nt. bur ORA
80 Nayk ~ st-aar literary character
- - Beer 0ea reetlv ed by ghe critics
| - $3.50 and made money for tha au-
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a. ssns vtvg much aeoat IT, bat
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| Fs...sfeN ~ a SHADY affair IN Which Bob
- lannon's loss A SIC eAa purse The
| !. 49, 'sse fr,is ~ prize8gh;ers must pc
-. ..'Fstao'e sign ~ the times The in-
80 N@t at,aeaea 10 View OF a
- NJ aot operate In Sharkey's
/ -. = tae ~hefc couaGry believes that
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-. member ~ lhe sailor nsAter's
- Fae Nvntssa however. may
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