The Arizona copper camp., 1920-04-10
LAURANT MYSTIFIES
RAYITES in GREAT
EXHIBITION AT Club

On Wednesday evening at the Ray
Con. club Mr.. Eugene Laurant and
company presented the most enter
tanning and satisfying program of ma
gic and legerdemain yet seen in Ray
The difficulty of presenting a full
evening of mystery is so great that
few of the modern wonder-workers
attempt it. During the greater part
of his career, however, Laurant has
directed a company of his own and
for the past sixteen years he has ap-
peared under the direction of single
agency, the Redpath Lyceum Bureau
of Boston.
Mr.. Laurant's engagements have
for the most part been confined to the
larger cities, but of late years the pol
icy of big business has been such that
the recreation and entertainment of
its employees has not been neglected.
Due to this circumstance it is now
possible for the members of the small
er industrial communities to enjoy SUI
periOr attractions in common withs the
more settled parts of the countryt
In the past two years Mr.. Laurant
has appeared at most of the bigTmin-
ing camps and his entertainment is
remembered favorably throughout
Colorado, Michigan, Utah, and now
Arizona hastens to stamp with its ap-
proval this mighty melange of magic,
mystery and music.
At Mr.. Laurant's will, and seeming.
ly from nowhere, flowers sprang into
existence; yards and yards of multi.
colored silks were drawn out of an
egg-shell; an umbrella was folded up
and disappeared-where?
One of the Stunts" which provoked
much mirth was the disappearance of
the silk handkerchief, which Mr.. Lau-
rent performed with the assistance of
Master Kenneth Jacobs. A cough,
sneeze on Kenneth's part, then a look
of indescribable awe as Mr.. Laurent
extracted the silk kerchief from Ken
neth's mouth. AS a mark of distinc-
tion, Kenneth is proudly displaying
several badges with which Mr.. Lau-
rent decorated him.
That part of the program in which
a dish filled with bran was converted
into dish filled with marshmallows
was intensely interesting to little
George Childers and Margaret Her
mann. No wonder Margaret got all
Of the candy! The plarshmallow eat
ing contest was won by George Eisen-
mann, who, too, proudly wears badge
of honor
One of the most difficult and in
teresting parts of the performance
was the conversion of various food
staples into other food products. In
to an apparently empty coffee perco-
lator, Mr.. Laurant placed q few coffee
beans, and within two seconds vari-
Gus memters of the audience were
slipping a "demi-tasse" Mr.. Stump
could tell us more about it. Was it a
demi-tasse Or a "Tom and Jerry?"
Beneath your very eyes, water be-
came rice, rice became coffee, and
coffee became tea.
AS card shark Mr.. Laurent was
nothing less than uncanny. When
you thought you had a two of hearts
in your hand, you found out it was a
nine of spades, and at that you could
not be absolutely sure of it.
The sigh of relaxation that went up
at the close of the program spoke elo-
quently for the tense interest in which
| the crowd was held. On all hands one
heard remarks of "How wonderful"
who could have thought it possible?"
"The most remarkable program of the
kind 1 ever attended," 81 wouldn't
have missed it for the world!"
Truly, we are to be congratulated
on being so fortunate as to have Mr..
Laurent with us for the final number
of the Redpath Lyceum course.