The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-16

deared to the American public, and his fame
a wit and raconteur is as well known in
England, where he enjoyed a run of 100 nights
in "Adonis,' as it is in his own country.
Dfxey's sudden venture into the fields of
magic has been surprise to those who were
not very well acquainted with his versatile
talents, To his professional friends, however,
1t was but the happening of the long expected.
For years, Dixey and his sleight-of- hand
feats have been one Of the main features of
the annual gambol of the Lambs club, in
New York, and it was only three years ago
the late Hermann made him an offer to be-
come his partner in the field Of magic. This
occurred in San Francisco when both hap
pened to be there at the same time DiXey,
always fond of practical joke, arranged
an entertainment at the Bohemian club, in
which he burlesqued Hermann. to the in
tense delight of that necromancer, himself.
Indeed, so struck was Hermann with Dixey's
clever qualities as a conjurer, that he then
and there made him the proposition to be-
come his partner for five years, at the end
of which time, he Hermann, would retire
leaving Dixey the field "Adonis" did not
fancy playing second fiddle, however, and re-
fused the offer.
The real secret of success in a prince of
the magic wand, is his ability to keep the
clever lot of patter and an ability to turn
any little incident that may arise during a
performance into a Joke that seems to the
spectators part of the regular entertainment
These qualities DiXey possesses in a greater
degree than any one on the stage, and his
success as a magician is therefore merely
the lOSlcdl outcome. his present entertain
ment is the most unique seen in this cOun-
try. 1t is not entirely confined to the mys-
ferrous, but also gives him plenty of oppor-
tunities in which to display his talents as
performance is devoted to a twenty minute
sketch in which he portrays several of the
characters that he.ped to make "Adonis'
famous. These are the stage struck country
girl, the Old man of the Seven Ages and
his inimitable imitation of Henry Irving In
relation to the latter it is not perhaps amiss
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compimented DiXey on this imitation during
the run of "Adonis' in London.
Among the illusions which he will present
here are several that are absolutely new and
beautiful The principal ones the illusion
Leoni, in which a beautiful girl is trans
formed into a full grown lion in full view OF
the audience; the illusion Diablo, the Mys-
terry of Mesrour, being founded a tale of
far-off Arabia the miracles CT Chunda Hu'a
which Is mysterious illustration Of the
black practices of the Hindoo necromancers;
the unveiled secrets of the pyramids beng
illustrations in the occult of certain tales
found in recently discovered parchments in
the third OF the three large pyramids of
Egypt, and Pierrot among the Yogi. To as
sist in the oriental illusions, Dixey brings
with him two high-caste Hindoo necroman-
GERS, both Of whom celebrated in their
line in Victoria's tropical empire. Two car
loads of scenery and appar atus are used for
the production. Dixey will undoubtedly draw
crowded houses during his stay in st. Paul.
''McFadden's Row OF Flats" farcical con-
ce1t, will be the attraction following Dixey
at the Grand The farce is by E. w. Town
send. and is based the stories he has
recently contributed to the New York Jour
nal The plot of the piece is essentially
slender, but the characters drawn from life.
Richard K. Mullen, who plays the part of
Tim McFadden, is considered by many to
have the best Irish brogue of any artist as
saying like roles The cast also includes
such well-known favorites as Lizzie CONWAY
Charles a. Loder and EsteIle Wellington.
Lewis Morrison is reported to be meeting
win greater success this season than ever
before in his new production of Faust"