ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1588, 4 November 1912, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS.

5 — JANSEN. ■ ■ Jansen, the . Amoriean man of mystery, returned to tho Wellington Opera House . on Saturday evening al'ter a lew months :':"■ of "wilful deception" in Australia, and ■ ; speedily demonstrated that ho had not ill ' the interim lost any of that dexterity and powor to. deceive 'lie eye by quickness of tho hand. The deft . entertainer ■, bad : not. thp. : slightest;.,'difficulty: in 1 gripping and v !• holding ..the attention of tho lionse. I'or : tjio first eight or ten minutes ho is show- ■■ ing his. fine turn of speed in the mampu--lat ion of the- mechanical trick. at such 'a '.V.' j rate of speed that it was hardly possible v' to note'all that, was doing without hazarding how it was dono. Dozens of flags wcro - ' .■ drawn fro'iii <a;.h'elo. "in a newspaper be- 1 i hind whioli. vthero . was—nothing! ■■■ An .1 empty cylinder was placed over a barren : 1 flower-pot and "16! ■ a treo in blossom appeared, .arid so on—new trick's- rubbing slumldera with, very old-ones, but all nor- • 1 formed in the clean, clever, style peculiar ■•■ ■ to Jansen. In'hi's'mariyitransfofmations.'. . ■ there is one', which might bo attempted . with advantage, and that is tho magi- '1 cian'ii aggressively American accent, which . : insists that a maliogony box is a "niahagony bax," and nil. one has fo do is to "drap" tho egg in tho bag'at tho proper, time and' tho trick :■; . is dbne. . .Jensen's: delusion , and nalmmg ; work is very .'good. : . Ho. revived /the. ill; . genious "Death draiuatic . illusion, in vr.liich. a ybung to bo electrocuted, is saved by her lover, : who, in effecting tho rescue, forces tho executioner into the ' fatal chair. How Jansen is the officer of the prison, a,',' prisoner and then tti9V-g®9lßr\all..\rithin:.' ,, -~v: a few : seconds is evidence of his fine . skill as a tr'ansformit. Other illusions : comprised:' : tho disappearance ' from canopied pavilions which apparently . had no exits, and reappearances from nowhere. Jonsen's best illusion ,is the old "levitation mystery," by which a: young lady as apparently raised .in;;.air in a liorizontnl positipn, a hodp : is passed round the:" .'? . suspended, form ;n mid-air to show that • thorc is no deception, and as the audience holds its breath Jawen pulls away tho covering and there is.notlung there. Tho ; transmigration: of the.substantial is a .very clever illusion. Janson was• highly amusing in his comic "Down 011 tho Farm" in?-.-terlude, in which a lot o'f'.'.li\ugliable ,bur- ; ; lestjuo business was introduced. The aged ■■/ '< thpugbt-reading seiriCTj'.inv.whidii'a .blind:. ;;! folded. lady on tho e-iajjo replied to questions written by' members of. tho audionce on paper .p'ads 'prbvidod'.by tho, maai- ;i ;i agement, also mystified many and amused the few who in ay no.t have been perplexed.',i Jansen has tile assistance on the present ocodsi'on' of : .Mr. Los A. , Bates,- a vocal .■■■. pomedian arid smart patter artist, .: who . ••••, was quite successful. <>rt, Saturday evening,' ■' and .Miss Ada .Montague, a petite sing' and danco artist of imdo'ubted talent. Janson- appears"; at; tho' ■' Opera House /':.■ 1 again this evening. . ■•.;/,•' : '. J ] BLETSOE'S "CRIMSON RAMBLERS." Tho "Crimson . Ramblers," ■■■ headed bj iliss Maud Blctso.o, contralto,, and. Mr... •! Albert filetsbe, busy, comedian, who open : ' at tho Theatre. Royal to-night, lias proved oho of the'tiuftti sn.cctesful," oifeinisattdnß' 01 its kind, in Australia. This form of entertainment has become ■■ voir-'■■■■popular :: , ■ in vaudeville in'. the principal cities of j Australia, and no doubt thfe Wellington I public will appreciate. Messrs.i.Fuller's en-V j terprisa in introducing this latest.innova- . ; tiori into vaudeville. Hamlin and: Mack will introduce a novel dance, entitled ..! '"Texas Tonim'y;" 'This: dance was biggin?-:."' ! ated in tho slums of San Francisco, where '! tho danco halls stay open all night. Tho dance was. so pretty tnati.'Saiv 'Craiicifco."' 1 society took it up, and endeavoured to-m- ■ . ■trodiico it into the ballrooms. It has;;lioivever, boon tho subject" , 'pf. l ;«njtrbycrsy ,, iiin" , . l ''.'; America. 'In addition■ to. '.tho ■'foregoing i features, there will bo new ' songs l>y ! J"", : ' -I