Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-09
AMUSEM ENTS.
kc;lar. the PecrIc' S Maajc'an.

The Opera horse was filled last o,,o,
ing. Everybody knew Kcllar was CON,
ing and everybody remembered wei, how
he mystii"d the crowd of rcoo,e who s,,.
his performances, last wintc-. The An
susla people, like all Americans, whom
T. L. Barnum says like to he foo,od
IKE 10 see the wonderful but the strane
part of 1t is. when Kclar fools" them
they haven't the slightest idea how #
was all Gone
,-frople never grow tired Of the great
keliars mysteries Those of last nieht
YER VIA some additions. He Legan with
some IS light Of hand productions thai
were marvellous. \ large assortment OF
coiorcd silk handL erchiefs were ohtajucI
from. nobody seemed 10 know whc.n
certainly not up his sleeves for they
Were rolled up to the elbow. but ut any
rate ne obtained them in all the varied
nucs Of the rainbow and after roiIint.
them up one by one and sending them
oH-out OF sight. came down into the all-
diehce ana pulled them out of the back OF
gentleman coat. That was but one
trick. He grew rose bushes in fll boom
from tiny seeds. poured wine and water
from one bottle which when cracked
Was round 10 contain squirmiEg guinea
pib, changed the Pig into a bunch OF
roses which he presented one of the la
dies: shot diamond rings from a revolver
Whllc standing on enc side of the stage
INTO INTO a box that was within four other
boxes. an locked; and did many other in
comprehensive things
Then kellur showed a model way OF
getting rid of a wife. y young lady was
raised from the stage by a pulley at
tacnmcnt: She was sitting IN lun We.
IN chair some nine or 10 feet up in
1uli view y few shots from the magi-
cams revolver and the chair came tum-
bling down. but the Young lady-she had
disappeared, flashed ont of sight like an
electric spark. The marvellous Iiindoo
clock answered questions regarding
dates with perfect accuracy and the
young lady, securely b!indioldcd. added
long columns OF ngures. cubed large fig
ures in the twinklins of an eye and did
other WONDERS which no one seems ready
to explain. The spiritualstic manifesto
lions from raised cabinet, which appar-
ENTITY contained nothing OF human form.
were wonderful The Egyptian princess.
in hypnotic state. raised by the magi-
clans power until she was lying still III
space. seemingly on an aerial couch. was
q puzzle. or course people thought sh"
was suspended by invisible wires. bur :.
hoop WAS repeatedly passed about her
and those who held that illusion began
to doJbt.
Ishing illusion Ii. Illustrating the theosophic
theory OF the projection of astral bod cs
through the air IN apparently empty
cage Wa raised high above the stag.
nii' III 4iiiNtSS ~ NdtHdC Wis pidceu
IL another cage which rested on the
stag. The curtains of the cage wern
lowered. hiding the princess from sight
Almost simultaneously the curtains d
the raised cage flew up and revealed tn,
princess high above the heads Of the au-
dience. MIR. kelIar was KIND enough to
open the cage on the stage to show that
there was no twin princess there.
keilar is an enigma. He is one of tho
greatest drawing cards ever i'll the opera
house. Hundreds of people watch his
manocuvreS with the closest attention
only to go away entirely mystiiied. II i
not surprising that he is known far ami
wide as The Peerless Magician.