Evening star., 1945-08-09
After Dark
News and Comment OF the Night Clubs.
BY the Spectator.
Trade Mark Registered o. q. Patent Once

to music. Unlike most ma
gicians who tell the band on re-
hearsal day to throw in a waltz
here or 10 bars of anything with
nice loud fanfare, Kolma finds that
he Is supersensitive to beat. He
can't work against it. Once he hits
on a piece of suitable music he
adapts the tempo of the trick to
the music. Another piece of music
would throw off his trick completely
Something that always interests
>he customer" Kolma said, ARE my
,Acealed facial expressions. Nat
faN, 1t makes no real difference as
causeth audience is concerned, be-
throuSt can see only my eyes
fact thShe Sits in the mask. The
INV own 4 can't do the act when
many of nession is blank amazes
Justice to mriends. I find to do
movements itsgestures ana nody
go right on 'mIcessary 1or me TO
beneath the masMg' so 10 SPEAK
Kolma thinks tn
ute to his ability akreaIes. Illo-
was the one he receiE pelioiael p
through a waiter wheff ihuIi ee.iy
the Shoreham several play@o
Among the more enthusi8s ago
irons in the room were twE pa
ranking Chinese Army off1cerAsn-
the way out one of them remaRn ~
to the waiter, That fellow CT
tainly gets around for an oil
/ Chinaman."
If three's still a crowd, then thi
town is just plain jam packed will
magicians. Moving only thre'
blocks up town from the Del Rit
there's another magic man doinf
his stuff this week at the China
Clipper. In his own right, Tex Hob
good stages a show equally different
Instead of the subtle pantomine
the air of mystery and dexterity ex-
hibited by Kolma, Tex ambles out
in his cowboy boots and 10-gallon
hat, making no bones about talk
ing good show. The cowboys
magic is more or less incidental to
chewing the rag. Fact is the mere
idea of this rough-riding Westerner
handing new twist to tricks once
the sole property of suave gentle
men In tails is worth your time
In an informal Texas drawl, Tex
informed us that he was the real
Mccoy, born on an 85,000-acre
ranch, no less. This, he informed
the Spectator, was considered q
small homestead. Tall, lanky and
three-quarters Cherokee Indian
Tex learned all his roping, riding
and branding right on the ranch
His show experience is also color
full. He was a rodeo man. His first
theatrical experience came with
calf roping and bulldogging, bull
dogging being one OF those playful
games OF tag you see staged in the
newsreels between steers and con-
testing cowhands.
Right now Tex's proudest ac-
complishment is the fact that he
belongs to the Cowboy Turtle Asso-
citation and the Rodeo Fans OF
America. The latter organization
meets once a year after the annual
october rodeo in Madison Square
Garden.
Believe me, the yarns snapped at
that annual affair get bigger every
year." Tex grinned.
The Cowboy Turtle Associate ton is
little more select. One must
qualify as an expert roper, rider and
bulldogger.
Bulldogging actually Is the rea-
son for Tex ending up in the magic
racket. One fine day he got too
close to those horns and the doctor
advised him to give thought toward
finding another means of livelihood
The only thing Tex could think of
was magic.
Il used to amuSe some of my In
dian friends with pocket tricks" he
drawled, so I decided to see If it
would work with everybody. 1t has
so far"
Armeen David has a very pretty
wife who you will probably see re-
f1ected quite often in the walls of
the Blue Mirror. Considering this,
We think it was wonderful idea,
this new club completely fashioned
of wall and ceiling mirrors.
However, as fate would have it,
there was an accident opening
night. One of the huge mirrors on
the bar was accidentally broken.
No one knows exactly how, perhaps
a busboy cracked it with a mop,
OF course, Mr.. David has insurance
on every mirror, but it's the time it
will take to replace it that's worry
ing him. The present ones were
ordered last December and only ar
rived in time for opening night last
week.