HARDEEN PUZZLES THE PUBLIC.

Otaki Mail, 31 July 1922, Page 2

HARDEEN PUZZLES THE PUBLIC.

' .rA\Vl.\(j 1 Hii'JtOil A \U/MA.\ TO APPEAR AT OTAKi. J- v. I*'. ‘j 1:1 e audition vwi, made :,- pm-gi amine ai I o epic . !'; tars- recently iji the form of a :■■ n:;iik.-ibi» tUIIi !•. 11 ;j j ij./ell, t|,, :■: it : UsioliJ-,1. i's? ;Oimed with apple; - -Pc -»■ xiig, the whole fnn v.a v; U»e cleverest, and most my-rUAmg evej' subffii’ted to !},(* local p'.i-d and ‘tie audience -.va- not ,-jo ,n rignilying their appre> lanoii. I.vu i applause greeted ‘he -a* • o--l ij 1 j.-.-r lonna/iee o' :r» big* illusion .-jawing J .'.rough a Woman," which ha- . i-eived so much attemiori Iron, 'he ptcss. arid public m Wellington am; Auckland, and the entertainer and b.'i partner Weil deserved the appro.'A ton o; ihe -.peeiators. Ihe turn introduced wnn a song and dame I leu. loiiowed a series ol >n, m op-to-the-ii:ifitjtc- legerdemain, :i.* ; r;,:.g the great Indian liiuUih-Uo m which the petlonrier, with bo:n arm* thrust through the hack oi a eha.r, mod trie ‘numb-. lied together, trees .ohcseii from the chan and a -*.;r:;--o' hoops, that have been at'ached to b;s arms, and reveals .he thumb-.-, -/... hed tightly together* '|he ijpintua..-' card frame v.a> another .-.our-ce c. wonder. Tnen followed the everyone we* JwAung forward *r. *: great Illusion of •‘sawing through a woman." Into a .'•ugh timber box •jft -fth -n ieiig>ti by lean wide, and yi* same depth, Hardeen placed hi* petite partner. tier wnstj a;e handcuffed to the top- of iur. :*>z ;aid » rope -itOl- 1. --* 1 j.a-s e- r,o; u ? i',. ■■n l -- - j . a hole, a: . 1 m .u c 1 -1 jj v a m -.-1 a - her -i: the audience. f :.-s pox icureiv tucked and placed on rbti the -Stage A . prcn.C.i.'iU! l-:« *ake place in lull view of the audience, arid under the eye oi a committee frtm t|<e audience. A coup!* of e.vpe nested local sawyers m&xinei a i>lg crois-cut saw ana specdn* divided tne ho* in two. and apparent- >' ! h?- lady aloe Wf.-en. however u e D> : . : ii unlocked. »he lady n *o :** “ten ih.jid* ** i ..hole and unhurt and smilingly makes her bovr to audier.ee. The turn va- emirti•• * --e-fei. and fuilv satisfied the ~,v tators, while giving them a free.'- - subject of speculation as U .v/v -• is done. HardeCS trill appear at Otaki ex Wednesday.