Saturday Evening News (Newspaper) - April 18, 1896, Fort Wayne, Indiana T Twenty-Second Year SATURDAY EVENING APRIL 18 1806 EIGHT PAGES The People's Paper STAGE GOSSIP Hoyt's A Trip to Chinatown an At traction for Monday Night THE COMING EVENTS Side Tracked is Underlined for Dites at the Temple Next Week THREE DARK NIGHTS The Empire Will Present Two Old Cronies Three Nights f will hold the at thi Temple next week f Thut musical comedy absurdity A Trip to Ch i n a will bo presented Monday evening with I Tarry Connor the original in the cast Hoyt's comedy bas been timed up to date and the company which will present It Is the strongest that has each night The specialties are ul new and up to date and several new novelties will be introduced never soon In this city John Wills name is a guarantee that the com- pany is first class There will be no HON 11 A Tfl at the Empire the three days of the week Philadelphia has been more ful this season than any other city in America OUR LITTLE KICKER IN HOYT'S A TRIP TO CHINATOWN ever been seen in this city in this ular farce Miss Sadie McDonald the natural blonde who a hit as the leading support for Foy on the occasion of his last visit in Fort Wayne will bo seen in an impor tant part Wednesday and tho ple will present another comedy Side AND A TO which has been playing to good business elsewhere The past week has been devoted to local talent aud the entertainments have attracted largo houses The managers hope the patronage next week will be equally as large SI HE Julo Walter's big comedy success of four seasons will bo presented at the Temple and 23 comedy has been and revised con- and is really the Side Tracked The many sensational aud comedy have been ed and brought up-to-date The specialties include a Trilby cabinet the latest sensation on the craze in the olio seven strong specialties introduced by recognized specialty artists A now feature is the novel bicycle invented by the tramp stage settings carried by tho company helps the picture presented by an excellent company of comedians singers and dancers Tho original Two Oid Cronies company will be attraction at the next week com- mencing Thursday April The company is well known in this city having appeared hero limes but always at high prices This time they appear at which every one knows is ten and tho lar theatre no doubt will havo the room only sign displayed Hose Coghlan made her stage dubut at the age of sixteen Tim Murphy has retired from the cast of A Texas Steer Local talent seems to be holding full sway at the Masonic Temple Murphy More will Introduce cal animals in Side Tracked next week at the Temple The Empire will he closed Monday Tuesday and Wednesday it having jeen leased for dancing purposes Jessie May is making a hit In Kansas City this week She expects return to Fort Wayne next season The Madison Square Stock company will commence a week's engagement it the Empire commencing Monday April 27 Harry Harrison in the part of the cook at the minstrels did not need to pad himself Harry is a modern Adonis Frank McNish the old Silence and Fun artist has joined hands with linger Harding and will soon present new vaudeville Otis Sk inner will create the eading character in a new English play called An Officer of the Guard It will be produced in Chicago May if Julia was born in England Her real name is Sarah Prances Frost Her first stage namo was Trances Hrough when she was 12 years old Charles Fruhman ia about to duce a new play called Secret Contrivances for Utterly and Deceiving MINI AS A TO v by Wm It fa a war play and the scene is laid around Richmond James Aldrich Libby the pleasing baritone who has popularized many ia again playing the part of Hoyt's A Trip to Chinatown Accomplished by Means of Invisible Wires and Skillful Movements THE CABINET TRICK erly Constructed Secret Doors Render it Possible IS ing to know how easily people pa a whole may be duped The plest coincidences often assume pro portions of velous phenomena and supernatural agencies are supposed to be at work when regular laws are buing fulfilled Though Kellar claimed nothing but trickery as the basis of his wonderful performance of last week to his ence some of the illusions were BO en- tirely mysterious and remarkable as to seem almost Impossible througli human agency Perhaps it may be of interest to the mystified of art to know what simple artifices he may ave ception the paratus used a wonderful deftness and agility of movement on the part is absolutely necessary and with the USB of clever Kellar combines these qualities One trick that completely mystified a number of people in the audience was the materialization of a large quantity of paper flowers from an sip empty cornucopia shaped from a square sheet of paper which had been displayed to the audience fore it was twisted into its horn like shape The simple explanation of that the paper flowers wero compressed in- to a very small parcel perhaps not a cubic inch in volume aud furnished with a spring which tho paper to expand and fill the cornucopia This parcel may well have been con- about the magician's person and by a dexterous movement pressed nto the cornucopia as it was being fashioned Tho growth of natural flowers which were afterward among the audience wag a more intricate Flower pots filled with land were shown An empty cone vas held before the audience that they might be convinced that no contrivance was connected with it The lower jots were placed upon separate tables md seed was sprinkled tha The tables upon which the pote are are curtained half way round ir more so that although space under- is left yet the back of the table 3 entirely screened from view on hese tables are little shelves fastened o as to project toward the back and in those shelves are placed clusters of roses furnished with a wire looked at the top and leaded at the bottom By a clever after the nas exhibited the empty cones he wings it down over the flowers ng the hook through the lop aud laces the cone over the pot plunging he into the sand where they are steadied by the leaden weight Of Bourse upon raising the cone he magician discloses to the astonished audience a cluster of living lowers seemingly sprung from tho and while the cone was covering the pot In the same way he manipulates he lowers and cono at the other table md enough lowers appear to be carried home by the ladies as relics of black art The Mystery of in which i young girl is apparently hypnotized ind suspended without support in the lir is explained as follows After tho girl is placed upon the board a page arries a pillow upon the stage and Jaces it beneath her head This illow is wired so that the board and irl caught above and below These wires together with wires lended from above which the can easily attach to the board apparently balancing it are rendered entirely invisible by tho deep black background course Kellar passes his rod around and above and below to show that no wires are used but this may bo done before the suspended wires are attached or tho rod may be in such a manner that it will not comd in contact with thn wires Another apparently feat was the spiritualistic seance in which hands of and blood from an empty cabinet and bells and were heard ing around within Tho cabinet it will bo remembered was placed very near the scenery at the back of the Though up before the very eyes of the it was provided with a secret door so cleverly constructed as to bo invisible to the spectator In tho scenery also was a very small trap which opened downward toward the cabinet thus when opened forming i walk from the floor of the cabinet to a room behind the scenes Of course the cabinet when opened was perfectly empty but the minute this front door was closed the secret door behind slit open the trap in the scenery fell and any number of persons from behind the scenes could enter the cabinet When the two cabinets were used a great deal of vigilance upon the part prevented the spectators from thinking too much about the connection between the various parts of the performance It will be re- membered that tho cabinet which was suspended in midair was opened for inspection and found to be empty be- fore it was removed tothe front Had it been moved with the curtains up the trick would have been impossible After the spectators were convinced that there was no one in the cabinet it was curtained from view and ed to the front where it was caught by chain and suspended Had the cabinet been opened after the removed it to the front of the stage tho girl who appears after- wards would have been discovered already in the cabinet having entered by the secret door in the short time intervening between the closing of the cabinet and removing it to the front Next the second cabinet is placed in the position first occupied by the pended cabinet A girl who is a fect duplicate of the girl in tho pended cabinet rushes through the audience and takes her place in the rear cabinet but when tho curtains are immediately disappears by way of the secret door Almost in- tho suspended cabinet and the rear cabinet are opened In he suspended cabinet the spectators apparently behold the girl who in the rear cabinet which is now perfectly em ply Mrs mind reading feat and astonishing computation was ed by one who claimed to know as follows Mrs Kellar wore her hair low on her neck Under her hair was a tub passing from her ear to the back of the chair where it met another tube which ran down through the hollow leg of the chair to tho floor passing floor to the footlights and the end of the walk which was constructed from the stage to the pit This walk was somewhat elevated where it rested upon the stage and at point was furnished with a trap door which could not bo seen from he audience but through which all he proceedings on the singe could be viewed by a person standing beneath the walk This confederate of the could of course see every figure upon the blackboard and vith the aid of an opera glass could distinguish the numbers and amounts f the bills which were held by the means of the ube the correct figures were com- to Mrs Keltar who repeated hem aloud The transformation of water into apparent wine was accomplished by means of a colorless chemical ion a few drops of which placed in he bottoms of the otherwise empty lasses Another preparation also colorless restored the water to its clearness The bottle from which various wines were dealt to men in the audience vas supplied with tubes and a spring o that various wines in the various ubes flowed from tho bottle at the will The bottle had been cut in order to admit tho guinea pig and afterward together so that so that when t was broken a live wiggling guinea lig was disclosed to view People were thoroughly astonished at tho reasonable ease with which the rickster disposed of his wife Her udden disappearance may be ed for by the fact that a black curtain against the blaek background concealed her from view at the very the second pistol shot was ired Another chair fell to the floor and ropes were hanging from the ca folding lly such simple contrivances are arge audiences completely mystified and deceived SOME FAST ONES wo Prominent Drivers Who are Training ia Fort Wayne This Season William Millens arrived last from Three Rivers Midi and s now at his headquaters with his lartner J W at the Driving chib park These skillful reinsmen vill drive and train a line stable of lorses this season They will make he grand racing circuit aud expect to capture many big purses a son of Strathmore with a trotting mark of will bo one of the stars f the stable another Strathmore colt with a pacing record of will bu driven to lower his mark it is naid in the first He ias shown a much faster mile in Minuet a -1 is upon by experienced horsemen is a mare of great promise Messrs and Motions will also a number of other reliable performers COUNTRY of this attractive outing place within a very few CONVENTION We Can All Enjoy it al the Swift Farm Summer Resort in a Few Literary Clubs of Indiana to Be Hold in Juno Racing fleu Bicycle and the Church Walter Sanger says he is willing o meet Hamilton but as he has a wife now and fewer dollars lie in not able to raise the He says however that he will race for a purse to be put up by any club or race track the winner to tako all It is proposed to start the men from opposite sides of the track ouch to ride a AND The pastors of Chicago churches are just now brought face to face with a knotty problem It is not a new problem neither is it as old as or Infant baptism The questions which Col asked the clergy in his recent address in are easy compared to this problem of persuading riders who are members of the church to forego tho ravishing delights of the wheel long enough to sit in their accustomed pews on Sabbath morning There is no complaint that the pews are not rented There is no on on the part of the clergy over the chances of the good riding io for it is commonly averred that wheeling is a promoter of good morals for the reason that tho ability to sit astride a is conditioned on close attention to balancing and steering and also a clear head and a steady nerve Hut granting that a few hours spin on Sheridan road on a bright WORK CLUB BULLETIN The Pavilion Will Ba Completed of Meetings and Programs for the Coming Week WILL BE ATHLETICS News From tho High School Other Notes A Family Outing No Intox to BQ Sold at the the hot tht t- work of the ary clubs is and with ty many of members la work usually closes fe Jiff about the time of the annual union convention in June and is resumed ate in Social sessions however will doubtless bo continued ghout the summer season At present the members of all literary clubs which are included in the Indiana Union are looking for ward with interest to the proceedings of tho seventh annual convention which will be held in on 3rd 4th and Mh of June A number of delegates will re this city An announcement preliminary to the issuance of the programs speaks as follows of the coming and the on i to gives every se of maturing Into an ideal summer resort It is something to which we have long aspired yet never With the heat of tho present week anticipate the comfort such a resort would atford The park proper contains -320 acres of much more area than is devoted to park purposes in the largest American cities It is too a most attractive spot and the improvements that are be ng mudo havo a tendency to enhance the beauty and of the site The foundation for the pavilion is completed and a 1 PAVILION SWIFT an idea of the uf the improvements to be made before the resort is formally opened tothe public The large summer cars have arrived and are indeed attractive They are all equipped with thirty power motors and suflicient speed facilities to ensure passengers a speedy ant coo ride to and from the park The ride alone of six miles in the country will be a treat that few are capable of realizing at present All persons who are awaiting the opening of the park are not conversant with the beauties of the route to the resort The cars will travel through a beautiful stretch of country The lies directly between the canal and the river The winding river along the route is lovely in its panoramic display of natura loveliness Tho canal has long been idle and during its period of enforced inactivity has taken on not a few of nature's charms Iii an extended interview with Mr M S of tho Consolidated Street Car company he explained the features of the park He says that it will be run exclusively as a family resort ami an attractive place for all residents of Fort It will bo a country home any mother will take pleasure in giving her children a breath of country air or a pleasant picnic excursion There will bo music all the time Pleasure boats will be at the disposal of all visitors at the park and there will be innumerable spots where picnic can be spread in shady retreats The park will be patrolled at all lours by a detail of police who will perfect order and see that the senses of the visitors are not There will be a superb restaurant on the grounds and other refreshments will be served at booths stationed at convenient points There will be an abundance of pure spring water and in fact nothing has been to make Fort Wayne's outing place a most fascinating spot There will be no intoxicants on sale under any conditions at the and men under the influence of liquid will be denied the pleasures of tho resort Conductors will be instructed to refuse drunken men passe iger transportation to grounds The company expects to make tho ta k attractive to the classes of our citizens and sincerely hopes that the public will realize this fact In the evenings summer theatricals will be presented Tim opera houso is o bo a spacious building well and made as comfortable as possible There will be a club houso where private clubs can arrange for social events of various discretions Whoa evening's pleasures are concluded there bis ample to transport excursionists to tho city without or Our citizens can ay morning is equal in regenerating fn vid the sanctuary the do not fee warranted in closing the churches In this extremity a resourceful Chicago c conies to tho relief of his brethren of the cloth He announces his intention of opening a wheelery or in connection with his house of worship Church members will not be debarred from wearing their cycling clothes to divine services and they can have their wheels checked by courteous attendants while they are drinking in the spiritual refreshments from the petitions to the throne of grace The opens up vast possibilities for church The world needs more muscular leather lunged religion Wo have too pale faced hollow torpid liver Christianity Tho c lurch should be the patroness of all health giving outdoor Sound bodies are not receptacles for highly developed moral and spiritual natures Let the church and the bicycle go hand in hand Working harmoniously together they can regenerate aud c the rate Bicycling has many advantages aud a new one due to the pneumatic tiro has been brought to light The rider is completely insulated from thf earth and consequently is impervious to the attacks of the electric Thus day by day it becomes more and more a fact that life without a pneumatic tire is neither safo or worth having Anyone who suffers from nervousness during a thunder storm has now only to go into a barn or cellar and seat himself on the saddles of a pneumatic tired bicycle to be perfectly safe from lightning stroke of a man on a bicycle being struck by lightning have been carefully calculated to about one in a billion there will of course be some pessimists who will deny that this newly discovered virtue of the pneumatic as a lightning insular amounts to much John terrible of Chicago believes that he emi ride from Chicago to New York in live days and thus break the record by twenty-two hours He will try it Auburn bicycle riders are urging the DeKalb county to gravel a certain stretch of road and thus make a complete pike from Auburn o Fort Wayne Up to tho comptroller has sold 700 tags for bicycles There arn about wheels in the proposed program consists of a estimate of trend in physical culture education literature music state craft and patriotism The tendencies of modern art having been most ably presented and fully illustrated at the convention ast year will not be included in this program It is expected and desired that the mpers presented by those formally invited to participate in the program will open a thoughtful discussion re ative to the degeneracy or the do along the lines indicated Tho approaching centennial of Indiana will he made a topic of special interest It is gratifying to note that the membership of the Union of Literary Union now includes 128 c ubs this increasing strength should mean increasing inf and demands that careful thought bo given to the objects of the union chief among which is the consideration of methods for the best culture and advancement of the state The of the union for the year are as Mrs O Connor First Vice President 1 Hamilton Huntington Secretary and Treasurer Mrs H Fowler Spencer Vice Presidents of constituent clubs serving in January 1800 The program committee is composed of Virginia C Meredith Cambridge City Luella A Moses Indianapolis lid ward Baillot Mr T Fort Wayne W he club meetings for the coming week will be as Monday April 25 the Fortnightly club will meet Mrs dollars will read a paper on Contemporary History Discussion will be let by Mrs Lowry Leonard Mr Ninde and Mr A H Crowe Wednesday April 22 the Historical Heading club will meet History of the three Washington New York and Philadelphia Wednesday April 22 tho Seven c nb will meet Subject Dresden Pottery Cologne Cathedral Museum J Itell Friday April tho Carroll club meat Program Edgar Henry Paper Mary K Droier reading Helen miscellany Uniting Friday April 24 the Morning Musical will meet Mrs Mra and Miss Long will charge of the program Saturday April tho club will meet Program Addison The J rand Alliance the Union with small boy will pleased to learn that Uros circus opened in Chicago this week you go home tho house witli joy BO that the of it will out of tho windows and doors illuminato oven tho Kiln Wadge Discussion led by Mrs ape Saturday April 25 club will meet with Mrs K S lor with Mrs Taylor as lender A practical woman says that while the housekeeper is ing tho Bleeping rooms she should dis- pose of the winter garments Furs wraps and gowns which arc not to be worn until next fall should first be thoroughly cleaned and then carefully packed To pack away any article of attire without first making it fresh Is a crime which should bar tho person committing It from the society of good housewives SCHOOL The High School Amateur Athletic association met in the school building one week ago yesterday and elected the following President and treasurer A jj Crowe secretary Harry Wise The event com- ia composed of the following Chairman Walter S Mm Sam Stringer Herbert Lang Harry Stonecifer lien Kyle Cornelius Smith is chairman of the committee on on Arthur Harvey Banks Potty Don Hayden Is chairman of the executive tee The events of field day will be open next week The association ia in of to be spent In prizes The date of tho annual class day excursion has been fixed for Thursday Tune 4 The Delta Xu will meet morrow night with Kalph Chapin A WORK OP ART A Beautiful Dialog Room PAlated by J H An exquisite dining piece tainted by J H Dille was recently seen The subject is a number of and luscious looking peaches leaped on a tray in which Hie fruit is reflected It the background wo large bunches very natural blue and white and a tinted Persian jar add handsomely to the one stray rose apparently carelessly dropped upon the front edge of the ray beams ready to room with fragrance BO natural does it ap The picture lias been purchased by Mrs Frank Fee Mr Dille and his laughter who him In his work will remain in this city until May they will leave for California THE BOY KINO Of da Spanish Minister of War The complications arising from the Cuban insurrection bring prominently the world at this time M do the Spanish minister jf war He is US years of age and as a general in the Spanish army has seen service Alphonso XIII king of Spain is the he sou of the late Alphonso XII and Maria Christina the queen The young monarch was born lay 17 One of the treats of the coining reek will be the art exhibit to be held ield in this city Everything has been lone to make this an event In local irt circles Tho Indiana Maccabees will the fifteenth anniversary of the on Juno 11 at Winona Park It is estimated tho crowd vill number upward of people this occasion Yesterday afternoon the ladies of ho First Presbyterian church hold a ten Slipper was served at J o'clock to tlw gentlemen of the In the evening preparatory held
