The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-11
AN EVENING
OF MYSTERY
Zamloch Entertains an
Enthusiastic
House.

| After an absence of over two month:
Zamloch, the wonder-worker, has re-
turned to Honolulu from a tour of tbs
other islands and is giving a series OF
three entertainments at the Orpheum
His program last night was certainly
i superior to any of his previous ones
and he amply demonstrated that ne is
a master of the black art. On account
| of the bad weather and other attrac-
tions the audience was not what the
performance merited but what it lack
ed in numbers it made up in enthu-
siasm and the various tricks were APP
| plauded with a heartiness that is sell
dom seen in Honolulu audiences.
Zamloch is an accomplished and
versatile magician and his tricks are
difficult ones so that he kept his audi
ence guessing all the time. Several of
the wise ones who are always present
to doubt and try to expose the TRICK
got the tables turned on them last
night. At one time when an orange
was to disappear from beneath cone
as Zamloch placed the cone he, made
pass with his hand as if to take the
orange and put it under his coat. Sew
eral persons We're quick to shout, "Oh
no, we caught you them but the
magician instantly removed the cone
and displayed the orange still in place
while the smart ones subsidized.
The opening tricks were more simple
than those which came later. They
consisted of handkerchief experiments.
changing wine into water and the
pouring of different liquids out of the
same pitcher The star trick of Fam
loch's repertoire is one which is not
so spectacular as some others but
which successfully battles all explana-
lions that have been put upon it. 1t
is the one in which disk. having
knob On one side is placed upon
table and made to answer questions by
tapping on the table top with its edge
While this disk was answering ques-
tons from it's station in the aisle of the
theater a borrowed hat was answering !
other questions by jumping up and
down on a tray placed on a chair on
the stage and a clock hand was an
swering still others by moving to GER
tain figures. During all this Zamloch |
himself was standing on the floor OF |
the house where it seemed absolutely /
that he was connected with |
any of the objects in any way.
Free access was granted to the audi
ence to most of the apparatus so that
ZamIoch proved himself first-class
Trick followed trick
in bewildering succession. Yards of
ribbon bushels of playing cards, socks
and finally three bird cages and two
birds were extracted from borrowed
hat; wand was made to remain sus-
pended in the air without visible sup
port and two men were allowed toi
drink port wine from bottle which
produced between each glass. ribbons,
Of various shades, cigars and as
climax flags of all nations The Japa-
lese Hawaiian and American ensigns
we're enthusiastically cheered by the
audience.
The first pars of the program con-
,luded with the production of hot cof-
zee, sugar and cream from torn bits
If red and white paper. THE cream"
zamloch explained, lis real thick
.ream like that served at the hotel
where L broke spoon this morning
rying to stir mine" This sally
out considerable laughter and
applause which was heartily Joined in
" a party evidently from that popular
which occupied front seats.
The. performance closed with Aga"
he lady who is raised out of her coffin {
nd floats in the air, moving at the
1agicians will, yet without visible sup
ort
There will be only two more chances
o see Zamloch's performances. There
will be a matinee Saturday afternoon
t which the program will be specially
dapted to ladies and children. Sat- :,
Irday evening the program will be a
ouble one, being given in three parts. !.