The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-02-08
Durno-Emmett Combination.

The managers of Yale's High School
Lecture Course have been promising
us rare treat in the extra and free to
patrons number to be sand-wiched in
TO the course. In the entertainment by
the Durno-Emmett Co. last Saturday
evening they have more than redeemed
their pledge. In fact it wasn't rare at
all, but "well DONE" In point of fact,
the entertainment may prove to be the
meat of the whole sand-wich-course.
Never in the history of the course has
there been such mad rush for reServ-
ed seats, and Central Hall was filled ere
the curtain rose.
The Company consisted of Messrs
DurnO, Emmett, and Pitkin, the latter
the pianist; of whom it is only necessa-
ry to say that he is an exceptionally
fine player. We might use column
of type in amplifying this affirmation,
but when it was all told we'd only be
back to the place of beginning.
AS to Emmett the entertainer and
violinist of the company, there is only
one opinion about his fiddling-and no
room for more. With the numerous
reversals of bow, and the violin in all
sorts of relations to the players body,
the tune talk went on just the same.
The numerous imitation of sounds, an
innate and inanimate, given upon the
instrument, were evidence of the art
lists skill, and roundly applauded. In
fact, when he made it talk so almost
humanity, it caused us to wonder If the
old notion about the devil being in the
fiddle wasn't after all sound one.
Mr.. Emmett also took the part of a
ventriloquiSt and gave the crowd some
rich fun in that line, in which he show
ed himself first class artist. 1t is COM
monty supposed that nothing dearer
than dust is in the anatomy of dolls;but
the way he made those two rubber
necks" talk, made us feel that if dolls
didn't haye souls, they at least may
have gizzards.
But the main interest all centered
in Durno, the illusionist and profess
sional deceiver. Barnum once said
that people delight in being humbug-
ged-and we were highly so last Satur-
day night. If we went with this desire
and wish, we must have come away de-
lighted at the way Durno can do it.
Some who were present do not hesitate
TO pronounce him superior to the fam
Gus Herman.
The way he gathered silver dollars
out of peoples hair or caught them up
out of invisible nothingness and space;
the amount and variety of feminine
wearing apparel he was able to draw
out of gentleman's derby hat; snakes
were taken from the pockets of men
who have never heretofore been even
suspected of the snake habit; the live
chickens found with people whom none
dreamed of as roost-robbers; eggs from
people who never were known to deal
in any thing in that line either fresh or
stale; a good square meal made out of
nothing: the cornucopia that poured
forth flowers; and other tricks with
out number.
But the illusion or deception that
was the most deceiving is the trunk
trick" A young man was enclosed in
sack; sack sealed and placed inside a
trunk, which was then locked and Sc
curely roped by the committee, and out
of this came the young man in no time
at all. In few moments afterward
the trunk was unlocked, the seal of the
sack broken and out popped Durno
himself, who wasn't put in at all,
at all. Space forbids us telling just
how the trick was triggered, and we
refer all who are curious to know to
two of Yale's most talented citizens
and able attorneys, who will be happy
to tell you all they know about it.