Professor Baldwin

Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 12, 9 July 1885, Page 3

Professor Baldwin

OnToeaday and Wednesday evenings large audiences attended at the Public Hall to witness the performances of Prof essor Baldwin and Mrs Baldwin. The attendance on the second evening considerably exceeded jthat on the first. Baldwin, from the beginning to the end of bis, show, has the power of keeping bis audiences «n rapport with. kun, and. his real humour and fun jffovokes ! their . ready laughter and applause! ' His feasts of sleight of hand are very, deftly done, and afterwards frankly and openly explained. The thought reading .of Mrs Baldwin is a marvellous power. Questions were on pieces of paper by a large number of ' persons in the hall and retained by uiem. Mrs Baldwin gave the answer and. then repeated the question.' jtyeich case the, accuracy displayeorwair surprisipg'. But the most wonderful, of alt was when the operator gave answers to tile questions which were ifttfre minds only of two of the a^dieniM. : On ; the second night Mrs Baldwin gave) further evidence of her marvellous powers in thought reading i« ; i. ! elairVoyant' by reading off' a number of %ures written; ' on a board, and thei^^k oa i« banknote; giving the names df certain towns, animals, and of by members of the Committee. Iff Baldwin was snecessc futiu finding^ the^ pin which had been hidden by a member of the committee, although .extraordinary. . .precautions were taken to conceal its locality. Mr ■Baldwinxxmcluded his show by making a very neat and complimentary address^ .He spoke of the kindness he receded from every one He met in New Zealand, and said they were the most warm-hearted -people — barring his Americana— he had met in his travels all over the world. He had only met one man— -a Napier resident— who had tried to act unfairly to htm/but this poor fellow had only been three months in the colony, so nad ilrit ftc^fiiired the ways of the people. Mr Baljiwui complained of a certain fee charged under the Borough Bfe^|aws f _to all [persons who bring shows to the Borough, and suggested •~ihatift.be repealed.: (We understand that the bye-law in question is ultra mrW, n aad will not be enforced in the future). Mr Baldwin was loudly apj^iudedAt the conclusion of his speech. This show' is the best that has yet appeared in and the audience last night was the largest that has been . in; (he hall for several years. The interest never flagged through the . whole entertainment, which lasted from . ten minutes past eight to ten minutes * to eleven o'clock, with a brief intermission of about ten. minutes. The wit^anfl humour of Mr Baldwin is gjinuine , and unforced. He never misses; fcis' opportunity, but he never says a word- which could offend or . inflict pain. > We conclude Mr Baldwin's own words— "The show is a good show.**