Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-02-23
MAGICIAN CUNNING
SOMEWHAT NERVOUS
Did Not Give AS Good
Show AS Was
Expected.
NINE. ALONE IN MENTAL
PHENOMENA WAS GOOD
In Cabinet Trick Ghost With Un-
prOnOunceable Name Appeared
In the Flesh For
An Instant.

Cunning. the magician, had very
good audience at his show in the Opera
House last night. He is clever young
man but something went wrong in the
very beginning and the receptions did
not deceive as well as they might have.
The young man seemed very nervous
and slight break in the first part of
the program was undoubtedly the
cause Of his undoing at intervals for
the remainder of the program. How
ever, II Is probable that by the time
he gives his next performance he Will
be better prepared and will then he
able to give Honolulu people some
thing better.
The performer started out With 4
clever naturalization Of four red bill
lizard balls. trick which he does bet
ter than any straightforward performer
who has ever been here. His hat trick
in which he brings forth all manner
of things from a stiff hat was also very
good
In the second part, the magic supper,
a very substantial meal produced from
I six hollow cylinders, made the mouths
OF many water and the fight Of birds
I from one cylinder to another although
an old trick. was very cleverly per-
formed In the flower growing trick
Cunning was unfortunate enough to
drop the inner cone, thus exposing the
trick He also failed in his cone and
I flower trick and was forced to stop in
the midst of this part Of the perform
ance.
When Cunning went about In the au-
dienCe for half dozen ladies rings. he
had trouble in getting them. Ladies'
very foolishly feared that something
terrible was to be done to them and
the magician was able to get but four
However, he did his trick with these
and made them appear later in a series
OF boxes, each accompanied by piece
of ribbon and a flower.
Perhaps the best thing IN the even
ing's program was the mental pheno-
mena of Mn.e. Alone who was blind
folded and place in the middle of the
stage while Cunning at a blackboard
behind pointed out figures which were
In every instanceh correctly read.
A dollar bin was borrowed from a
gentleman in the audience and the lady
told both the denomination and the
number on the bill The blackboard
was then taken down into the audience
and four separate gentlemen wrote
each number containing four figures.
As fast as Cunning pointed to these
the blindfolded lady was able to name
them correctly. She added each col
umn and then gave the sum of the
whole, When Cunning pointed to q
bare spot on the blackboard and thel
to his head, the lady said very quick
ly; Nothing there"
Cunning and an assistant spent
great deal of time fastening togethe
cabinet in which was supposed I
manifest itself the ghost of a man wit
an unpronouncable name who was pu
: to death some three hundred years ag
for his mysterious performances.
The cabinet was opened, swun
around and wheeled in all direction Il
order to assure the audience of tn
fact that there was nothing inside O
attached to the outside. The door
were closed and mysterious perform
ances at once began. All manner o
noises were heard and the hair q
some people in the audience began t
stand up on end when Of a sudden,
secret panel in the back OF the cabine
swung around and there was disclose
to view for one very brief instant tn
worried countenance of the ghost O
the man with the unpronounceabl
l name.
I There were shouts OF laughter. Il
the midst of which the curtain wa
rung down and Cummings show was a
h. an end.
The orchestra, composed Of member
OF the band and led by Captain Berge
himself, furnished delightful muEi
for the performance and when the IN
termissioDs were longer than had becl
calculated on, the musicians playe
another piece and kept the audlenc
In a good humor.