HUGARD'S MYSTERIES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1671, 11 February 1913, Page 9

HUGARD'S MYSTERIES.

A- SUCCESSrUL PBRFORMAJTCE.

Ipgard, an exponent of modern in Agio r; enu sleight-of-hahd,-showed a new world ;0f mystery.iimdy.revjyed, peveyal old familiar tnQksj. before ah .audience ■ which gave every.-manifestation' of delight at . One of tha iiaosfc aiicjeufc-tricks kiicnyn t° free of mmti growth,i /ffhton ha? fcean , doing faithful i uaty./m thejiEairt for qentifries, and' varia- , taqniflf which ajpear. with csioh peffornicr flown 'to /Hogard;., who "werks'"if ftttrac--:tivflly 'ahd ej|iii4ers' to-cover - 'the,.same.\f>Novelty"ls'lent this• trick' by 'tk's uso fresh'.flowers,- which a (o■ <; distribtod'/jmrtnßst' tha'" delighted •,»naience.- ;Hugaiil is remarkably expert ~witli»the cards, and 'his' deft transformations' displayed' a pretty facility as a tojnicr., flVeiV'upder the -noso ot" a committee: from; the -'flu'die'iice, <the changes.frew rung Iwtth'/, bewildering /adroitiiess,. pnd_ when ;finally. h^ l dis?pvers ;thqt those he-bad jinvitcdv'qnnhs, uncoilBcdoualy; developed; /atmild; farm of rkleptomailia packs : • of/cards 'arauoing«' disqpvery ; ofthem: -.theirspockets' and' .dq>jj-itheir -backs kopfe : . the ncnih& bubbling with laughter. Tho;n'ow faijQng.thumbitio;trick— which 'Hugai'd claims ,t<i have introduced- orig-inally-jHs iper Jiiaps one of tho.mcst amazing ;tri9lfs which','Hjigar4 wembered; -.His .thHmlm aji tied together v/ith- stonfc Strings,..as 'tigftt; cysmenibora pf- the ■ audjpnee, determined ®ot to be bKnibonzlod, yet tab next moment he.is;catching 6p(id steel- rings on ■his "arnv^S- thrown f'rqra the; stalls by an assistant, To further proye his ability to .-thriiughi-imtitter,. ho requestedi:'OM;.of ~th? -cpmmittce-to place his hand firmly: on hi? (Hugard's) head. 4'W» deue,ho,, makes ft dash at his man; pad thoiioit moment tho stranger's arm is threaded through hia own, The trick, though not pew ,to . Wellington au . aiences, , iffy. :a . yery idling - one. It was insignificant; cornbared with what is called the "great iifle fwt/'. ifl, which', Hugard faced . the .tines of three doughty Territorials, thirstJ.ng for the magicinjvs charmed life. The jnen brought their own service ,803 rifles, and cartridges, whioh were duly examined ' spd voucjieiH for as the gemi|no thing by e/Well-known'setgeant of the line. After Htigard has handed round • the cartridges in a black box or tray, they are conveyed back to* the: stase; and,after further 'ex. . pmination, stood'upon a little" table, and ope;by ,onel aye handed t° the shqotists, after wing dipped l in'oha!)t, and placed, in the rifles, the owners of .which are Jisketrto'maroh to'the centre aisle of the stalls,, and: blaae away at tho word of commpnd full: at'the . mngioiau; . He stands well back on tho stage, behind a bearing a tray. ; Then covering his breast With a small square of black velvet, Hugard commands, "Point blank .yaiiffo-rrFirel" The throQ rifles epoke as one, and instantaneously three White ohalk marks appeared on the veivet square, 'attd three hot bullets rolled into the-tray on tho table.. They worn the samo marked bullets as had (appareptly) been in the cartridges which were jwiefted'in tho■ rifles. All triokery. of courso, (jilt wonderfully clover tricftory, which deceived even those upon tho stare. Hugard invites all thoso who wish to havo (v pot at him' to bring their own rifles and cartridges along any evening. In the fooonii phrt appears Ching Sung Loo, who dees many amazing tricks new and otherwise in a setting which smacks of tho Orient. Among Ching'e best illusions aro "Tho Birth of tho Sen Nymph," "The Levitation of Seo Yoo Soon," Arid "The Fatal Arrow.", His paper-tearing into (fttremoly beautiful designs was very clever. A Mat. Of puro wrtalo; was Ilugard'9 escape froiti a straight-jacket before tho audionoe. , Kugard was assisted by Miss Myra I3rril'gton, who sines « nlpasirs IwHnd and pjavs selections oloverly on tho xylophone ana ttinid discs, and Mr. George Carman, a, singer of oomie ditties. ITnwrd will C?ntlnuo to mystify throughout tlio week.