Professor Anderson at the Academy.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4831, 3 July 1884, Page 2

Professor Anderson at the Academy.

Professor Anderson, the "Great Wizard of the North,'.', and a worthy descendant of the gentleman who guioed a worldwide lame by Jhis skill in prestidigitation (and whoso tricks are no doubt still f:esh! ia the minds of some of , our readers), opened a short season at the Academy of Music last evening, being assisted by;his clever wife, lonise Maud* Anderson. There was a good attendance, the pit being full, and tbe gallery and front seats very fairly, patronised. The Professor first introduced a number of tricks in which * a gold watch and other articles were miraculously transferred by a pistol shot into the inner-most of five boxes, or elsewhere; then a crystal clock face and glass bell, both of which were seemingly innocent of connection with anyone off the stage, but which answered queries and indicated numbers written down by gentleman in the audience with astonishing precision, .were, consulted, '. : som6'incomprehenß]b]e^ac4;.(i}ic|!:!s'/being! next • performed, After producing' ell sorts of things from'hats; borrowed from the. audience, extracting'a. live rabbit frdin a, parcel|in which the fragments of a^latevwere 1 -roll' d up, causing a cage .containing a. Ib'.. suddenly' ■■appear"'in .his""'' hands; - .and then' just as quickly to disappear, the Professor performed what; :wais.certainly the best trick of the evening. He retired from the stage for a minute, and, bn ; coming out againyprpo'ueed in rapid^ succession; his hands being covered byvalshialj. clotb^ four bowls full of water in wfiich 'live fish were swimming, and a large cage contain,;. ing four canarhs. Mrs Anderson was then idtroduced to the audience, and having been sent off into a mesmeric trance, wrote correctly a number of names which bad been previoslyi written on slips of paperl by some persons in ; the audi encej;: and; then sealed up, in an envejiope, whichHyas pinned against the wall, until opened- tffc, one of the A you%g;;man|h£jfsng gone tip oif the stage inds thought that he had a" plain ml his hand, ,;Mrs^Anderson, without' touching him, ; correctly diagnosed his thoughts. She also divined names written on pieces of paper ti^ld by gentlemen in the front seats, the only communication between herself and her subject being a cord, 4 "; An exhibition of what is called mental(\teLr" graphy, %. in; ■ which*; Mrs 5 Anderson,,: silting (^on^;;^ ;bacK^^p^li^|!i'^^ise,'';; correctly^ j?rites down nujnberfi:;wliispered to the professor as■h'e.;Btand9>iii ; V--ih'e>;frbnt'- seats, brought the first^pa^t/jp^'the entertainment to a close, f lifter the inbrval, Mr'a A.nderson' treated>.thel'aadienc]e'to*five minutes Jio her pictUrej^alleryi successfully represent 'injs ■ a number of 'well, known characters," her impersohatiba of Lady Gay Spanker, Lady Teazle, Mrs Caudle, and the London masher beiag especially good Ths Pro lessor performeda number of wonderful tricks, including (tbe? faoioua Indian jug« gler'a feat, of passing- a sword through his body, and the equally notorious basket feat closed; a most attractive and entertaining programme. The in* terest throughout was sustaiDed at a high pitch, and the applause was both loud and frequent, testifying to the thorough manner in which tlie audience was satisfied, " r iMany professors of legerdetaain the Thames, but; none;-of; ■|hgfls; vcifj■■>*bfei Icompared/ P,rofessbr|. fan?! a large audience shbaldv again greet him ~-\ and hia: talentedilady, wheji nejf atfraojiQnS: are promised^ ;;