The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-07
\ STORY ABOUT HERMANN
'H0E WIZARDS MOST REMARKA- BLE COAT.

THE WIZARDS MOST REMARKA BLE COAT.
 a1h0ut 1t His Programme Could No bs Ctven-Trunk Of Cards His Saliva
 sion.
 ' x ssRemenbrances of Alexander Herr. X mann have a vraiety, for the magician \: N MAE a practical joker, and didn't hesi- \ 4kte to practice sleight-of- hand any
 ere with friends who were close tc him. In many cases the victims of cl- Hafs loaded with feathers, cointhat was a9uhetituted for others, and the mysteri- Saii9 disappearances of scarfpins and " trinkatg too often awaited Hermann 4 pleasure as to reappearance upon their
 Tfghtful owners, and a bottle of wine { was generally Hermann's apology. { E5 MI these tricks were good things, in K 1 show way, for he couldn't be both
 ared' by any circumstances He had a x lest of 1t once during his first appear
 ence at the Academy of Music in this
 Ctty, and his business manager was the X unwttting cause.
 Siss M afternoon had been spent at Belle 5SKyla hospital, where, at the instance of INDIE Tom" Brennan, performance had < Aeen given for the amusement of the < hxlents. Hermann had played all
 &lpde of tricks, and some of them in the
 Wards, where, as he had once studied 2IH3W8orV EranpQ "a fnI1n6 much nf Jlfafest, A poor little fellow who had N 2Sl severely injured by burns. claimed x AjM Httention, and the medicine he was if 6 take and whimperingly demurred at X H46 been given him hidden in an or # 0Hke, after Hermann had apparently SSfhx0Wn the bottle out of the window. EA 8S had puzzled some of the convales- s%&XnGosby his tricks up in the arena, and sxj jt1{&&bUsiness manager, who had carried
 f86leaux of dollars, packs of cards, f6S&Ix packed balls of flowers, and lots
 f Other things in his pockets, had noth- 46E left in them save his own possess IS. Xd6nG -and it was hurry back to the S3deMy for the evenings performance. Hermann was stickler for etiquette
 - m audience, and the dress suit was I &fted d necessity alike for the mana
 and magician, the dress suits of
 tN being in Herrmann's dressing ;1 4&re was a big house and big pro- :. 3USluae, and just before it's beginning < Y manager had gone across the street, | m II nod to the boxkeeper of where |! Wae Soon there was quick de- ! l2Sld for his return to the academy-a a cop a in hrno h1aSC x simply said: Hermann wants x and was gone, like one of the ma s] fStapss spirits when the lights were 5S{ HEHed away from the mirror in which 4 39F were shown.
 N88 aVerything seemed all right at the
 xSdemy. Hermann had evidently
 edKen into his programme and mixed |8 6f3s His feather trick and his flag E. [(9k had not been given, and he was, 3) III had been, throwing cards since the A Y tRill rose.
 SS 7T&fywhere in the academy cards
 S&rH Gcattered--away up in the gallery
 6crose the orchestra seats, up in the
 ljlaecny, and upon the table on the,
 ITS were enough packs of cards to
 k1ft D stitionery store. Hermann was &pNa; he was unlike himself, and
 $fy once in a while wiped the perspi- |7I& &fl0nSfr his face. Even his turned 2 f0I cuffs were awry, and as the bus
 manager started to go to the 3 LIFT fhere was fusllade of cards di- \ 6SY Tt him, and so fast and so uner- < 3y thrown. that it was quite mat 7 III safety to dodge them.
 $ III put up his hands toward Herr dpcict More carda and {; ,Wh with all the magician's force,
 1lc audience applauded again and
 il and the man with the key to the 5 I[1 40or in his hands turned back to- < the front of the house.
 f3&a9 NO! no! Come on! come on! Quick,
 fek ln shouted Hermann, still throw dards. Your life won't be safe till
 4{d get back here to me! Den I make
 disappear eh?"
 { pointed frantically toward the rear tlle lower box, and his voice suddenly a61Gar1e calm, as usual, and he whis- ds confidently to the audience: He more you look, the more you
 see nothing! Eh?"
 K TIE out of view and at the prompt
 l6S 0f the etage there was rough hand |4lU&Hof the innocent manager by Herr |4nn's dresses. With no gentle mo- ]tl6ne the coat was taken from his back |536d held up so that Hermann could see 5ik ali8 he came up the platform leading HI Hhe Stage from the aisle in the par 36i1Sti and with the grace of a dancing master Hermann made a slight bow $0 the house, stepped aside into the |H1nEs, and the dress coat was torn from !llIs Shoulders, runing the garment, AyphiIe a moment after, wearing the ,6khSrsOne he was again at work " phts time 1t was the feathers and the |6Seers and the flags, and the man
 &med to be changed. All nervousness
 ME zone, his voice had come back to |6tin and the speed of his action was re- lagixiafkable. He kept it up till the inter-