The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-15
Proctor,s-VaudevilIc.

Outside of n little lack OF smootnness
caused by delay with the moving plctuieS
and a change in one of the NUMBERS -
hill at Proctor's Theatre last night seenleu
IN n,ease a crowded house. Mystery, mlrth
and melody were the order or the eVehlhS'
The main textures were the first appear
ance here in vaudeville of the rays IN So
called occult demonstrations mcluaiie
their ''mind-reading'' feats in whal tnes
called "Thaumaturgy," and OF canine
|D,Aryille. well known as a comic opera
star The rest of the bill was OF the usual
average, with the dancing Fords as the
best of all the acts.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Fay were here two years
ago and their second sight entertain
ment at thai time mystihed many. Last
night they had the audience 'guesslns
again. They appeared twice. First MIS-
Fay was tied with handkerchief manu.
foot and head to a chair and a wooden up
right nailed to the stage floor, a commit
tee of two from the audienc tying the
knots. Then she went through with the
well-known cabinet mystery hrowng
from her lap through a hole in the cur
tain various articles sue as a guitar anu
bells. Next a box-like frame was placed
about iher SO that her head only showed
through the top, the "committee' watch
ing ubT, anu she JuEBitQ IilbSS OH lhb OoE
side of he box through a small curtain.
After this Mr.. Fay, whose part seemed to
lie largely in talking volubly, asked the
to write down any questions they
wanted Mrs. Fay to answer in the second
part Of their white m~aglc''-and it didn't
make my difference to he-, he said, what
the questions were. To help out those
without paper and pencil Mr.. Fay and his
assistants passed pads of their paper ana
hard pencils to perhaps thirty or forty
persons who asked for them. The ques-
tions were written down and the writer's
names signed and each person kept the
paper allowing no one to see 1t. Then the
pads and pencils were collected and that
part closed.
After a couple OF other acts the Fays
again appeared and Mrs. Fay. blindfolded,
with her husband in the audience, called
out the names and questions and gave
answers most Of them humorous, as were
indeed many of the questions. One girl
wanted to know whether she was going to
be married. A boy In the gallery sked
when his chum had had a bath last. One
woman wished to know whether her hus-
band would find his watch, and Mrs. Fay
told her next Saturday night, presumably
payday, when he could get 1t out of 'hock.'
AT the beginning Mr.. Fay explained that
hey did not CLAIM their Experiments"
were Second sight" He said he left 1t to
the audience to draw it's own conclusions
OF how II was all done. No doubt each
had his guess and perhaps many won
dered If the pads on which the questions
had been written (thin paper and a hard
pencil mind you did not give the clue.
Whatever the solution IT was a pleasant
diversion from the code method used when
the performer in the audience gives the key
to the reader" on the stage by the man
ner in which he asks the questions.
Miss D'Arville sang three songs, one a
sentimental" the second a ''drunk'' imi-
tation, and the third a coon melody.
She does not shine as much in vaudeville
as in comic opera days.
The Four Fords did a frst-class dancing
act, really the snappiest and cleverest
dancing act in all vaudeville. The ease
and grace and speed with which h
negotiate the most difficult steps are re-
markabie. Charles 3. Carter and Gussie