New-York tribune., 1903-06-22

She is coming, life, late:
While Johnson weeps "she is Late
The ashers listen Il hear hear
But the gatenan whispers. Il wait"
There are probably few persons in the world so
barren Of curiosity and so lacking in ambition that
they DO not desire to know how a magician per-
forms his miracles in their heart of hearts long
TO be able to 10 the same things. There is tanta-
lizing apparent easiness about card manipulation,
for instance which makes ones poor clumsy fin
gers 4 reproach ard a despair to him whenever he
takes up a pack of cards and tries TO make them
obey his will Howard Thursten. who will be at
Keith's again this week. has an especially mysu-
flying way about him when he handles a pack of
cards that made his first week a great success One
of his tricks Is to pack of cards, by one.
into the air. where they disappear. Then,
one by one again. he pulls them down out of the
atmosphere. picks them off the scenery, extracts
them from his pockets. and the like.
It's simply sleight Of hand" he said the other
day. The cards are of course. never far away
from all the while. When I show my empty
palms the cards the back Of my hands. and
vice versa For the first five years of my career
as magician 1 practised five hours day, and
even now I practise an hour before glass every
morning. and twenty minutes just before l go on
the stage. magic, like most things. is really
matter of hard work. In addition. have TO have
my hands massa ged three times week. When
began the business I got IS a week Now I get
from $3.50 to 500. That is nv reward"
Mr. Thurston. SAYS. however that there Is such
a thing as too much practice 1T doesn't interfere
with your hands" he says. but. like love- it's bad
for the brain. Too much practice, and cards haunt
you day and night You think cards. you talk
cards you dream cards knew card manlpu-
lator who went mad because Of it. and is in an
asylum vet On the other hand. with a limited de-
gree of practice, almost anybody become toll
erabie coniuror A young bank clerk with wife
and family. who suddenly lost his job came TO me
and wanted to learn the business He seemed TO
have no special apJness. but with patience taught
oh tn get i'm
fob at s. a week Now he is earning S2ov0 year,
and puts some Of his money, so he tells me- IN the
Mr. Thnrston, ike most of his kind. has on tap
aimsef from indans in the West The sad part
OF me iGtGTf stng ma he produced even to the live
rabbit and left him without any stock in trade.
he beat the Of the Is card ShsFPS
equipped without these two stories
At THE Wizard of OF" the other night the
atre party of considerable number solved the seat
ing problem by taking the two front rows OF the
balcony my e men IN the second The facilities for
going out between the acts were perfect.
Miss Viola Allen announces more engagements
for the company that viii support her next season
in her independent production of Twelfth Night
Frank Currier will play Sir Andrew. and Scott
saae psTt with Miss MarIowe when he was also
stage manager of the company He also played the
"a
rIayad the Duke under Ben Greets supervision
n Mr.. Greet's shakespearian company through
England
The National Art Theatre Society. in its efforts
toward founding national theatre in this city, mas
elreadv reached the publication stage. 1t has just
;ssued the first of a series of monthly Bulletins a
little four page publication. containing news OF the
eoc,e-y One learns from this issue. among other
,binas that Nikola Tesla, Charles BattelI LOOMS
5n65inh Keppler Irving Bachelor ana MIS- Eli.
Tt1henier wilcox among the brothefhoou- q
,.orkers for the To-morrow hgflt az C9II II
ie9e HALL the womans branch OF the socleJy VII VII
go nublic meeting. addressed by MISS I5ldllcHs
Wish Hans Kronold and Miss Selma hrohold
viii furnish the musical programme
Mr. Proctor will keep his Fifty-eighth street Inc
..re omen all summer by means OF souvenirs 1iiS
~,ee,r enoons will be the inducement
Tonight the renovated roof garden aooVe ll
New-York Theatre Will be opened for the suii.leI ~
"Wednesday night Pains fireworks begin at MAN
haitian Beach Saturday night the MaoIsoh Iss TIE
roof garden opens and the ManhS.taI ei, of Snlu