Copes Palace of Wonders & Vauderville Coy.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3625, 17 March 1906, Page 3

Copes Palace of Wonders & Vauderville Coy.

Mr Harry Wilson, Manager, and Mr E. Montague, advance representatives, arrived in town last night to make arrangements for the appearance here on Thursday night of “ Paulus ” the Prince o f Magicians, under the direction of Mr ' William Cope, He is a magician whose work is quite distinct from the well worn lines ol ordinary entertainers, The billiard balls and coloured silk h'anksrchiefs, which form the principal stock-in-trade of the ordinary conjurer, are escheved by “Paulus,” whose entertainment partakes more of the nature Of grand magic as is usuallv associated with oriental fakers o 4 -allegedly • ■susperhuman attainmefats. “Paulus” has been a dose student of. the higher art, deluding* arid - bewildering the genses for twenty years, am" ■ realising that it was .from. Asia and rfifore especially India, that aV. knowledge. ■ of mystic science Paginated. Paulus carries .will him the most sensational illusion* sof.theage, "There is not a d«V foment in the entertainment, the;’t>efag a strong o nubia-ati >n o Vaudeville artists to assist Pm!u among them being the “Walpoles,” "Society artists direct from America, Ivy Duprez Child coon singer and others too numerous to specialise. This is t one of the atrongest combinations that has ever visited Foxtou, so we predict ftiferowded house to witness the initial performance on Thursday flight. Seats may be reserved at Uy Fraser’s, Stationer, any time before -Thursday.