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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 234, 1 April 1912, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS FASOLA, TIIE INDIAN FAKIR. Any entertainment savouring of the magical and mysterio-us holds a peculiar fascination i'or most people, both young and old. This has been exempliiied on countless occasions. In ou'r youth we looked with awe on the conjurer who deceived us with the old trick of boiling a pudding in a good silk hat, and then returned the hat unharmed to its owner. Later on we were impressed with cabient illusions, and it was thought that the acme of the illusion business had been attained. Not so, however. It is claimed that the g'reat Fasola begins where the others have left off. He brings with him the mysticisms of the East. He presents all the marvellous illusions of the mysterious Hindu, and his performance is marked by perfect and easy accomplishment altogether free from effort. All that is visible about Fasola's method is the firing of a gun, and the result is the sudden appearamce of things animate and material where a second previously blank space prevailed. Included in the company supporting the g'reat Fasola are the Windsor choristers. This remarkably tuneful juvenile quartette have created a great impression whereve'r they have appeared, and highly eulogistic notices have followed each performance. Their singing is said to be one of the features of the entertainment. The rest of the company are all a'rtists of merit, specially selected by John Fuller and Sons. Fasola appears at the Theatre Royal on Thursday . The plan is now open at Collier's. JANSEN, MAGICIAN.

Jansen, of whom we have heard so much, and whose advent has been awaited with the 'greatest interest, is a master of his art, says the New Zealand Times, in 'referring to his opening at Wellington. When he made his first appearance before a Wellington audience the Opera House was filled in all parts, and attention, cleverly caught and riveted from the commencement, was never allowed to wander throughout the whole pe'rformance. Though Jansen's mechanical illusions are incomparably superior to those of most of his rivals, it is as a sleight-of-hand expert that he must first claim attention. His palming is reina'rkably clever. lie does not stand back 'on the stage, and, conversing jovially with his audience under a dim light, distract their attention from the business under notice. He does a lot of his work encircled by a closely-watching committee from the auditorium, and even when his hands are held and every movement scrutinised from a distance of not more than a. couple of feet, he contrives, by some extraordinary means, to transfe'r an ordinary egg from 'one bag into another which is held by a committeeman. Half-a-dozen cards give him no trouble, and palming is a fairly common practice, but rarely does one meet with an artist who does it so perfectly as does Jansen. There is no passing. He is moving at top speed all the time, and deception follows deception with such rapidity that the audience has no time to wonder how it is all accomplished. Billiard balls, difficult and capricious articles to handle—have no mo're difficulties for Jansen than have the cards. There is a subtle attraction in this sleight of hand work, so easily and so excellently accomplished, and his achievments in this department are a revelation.

Among the mechanical illusions there a're many new things; and there are some familiar tricks that have been wonderfully improved upon. The best of these, and certainly the most amazing that has yet been presented here, is that entitled. "The Phantom Princess." "The Death Chamber," an entirely new illusion, is rema'rkable chiefly for the clever change of character which Jansen effects in carrying it out. "The Triple Mystery" introduces Miss Edna D. Herr, who as -an escape artist performs a feat which may have been equalled, but which ce'rtainly has not been excelled by any performer that has appeared in Wellington, We have mentioned just a few of Jansen's presentations. His programme is a long one and is crammed with surprise and mystery right through. Thc're are no "little" turns. Every act is as good or better than anything of its kind that has ever been seen here before. His is an entertainment that must be seen to be appreciated. Jansen will appear in New Plymouth, at the Theat're Royal, on Tuesday April 9, and Wednesday April 10. Plan 'opens at- Collier and Co.'s on Wednesday, April 3.

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