THE STEEN-SMITH ENTERMINERS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4288, 30 November 1892, Page 2

THE STEEN-SMITH ENTERMINERS.

The m'uoh talked of Steen-Smith Company of Maei Entertainers. ,who have recently arrived from America, inaugurate their Masterton season at the Tbeaire Royal on Wednesd«y, December 7th, for three ni?hts only. No company visiting this Colony has ever received the magnificent criticisms of the press thut the Steens have. Their tour seems to bo a complete triumphal march, and overflowing houses have greeted them everywhere, The Hawke's Bay Herald in referrins to itlw Company stated that"the English language is inadequate to express tho I marvollous ■• feats : of the Steeris," Some of our contemporaries havo even gone to the extent of calling them almost supernatural in their wondeiful manifestations. Certainly no company has ever visited us. with the world wide reputation that the Steens possess, aud it is almost needless to remark that crowded houses will welcome their mysterious combination appearance in Masterton, ' Mr Charles H. Steen, who was bom in Prague, Austria, aud taken to America when three years/of age,| early developed c, penchant for in-1 venting tricks; in fact while most boys would bo thinking only of play, lie was bent on mystifying his elders. He has been known in San Francisco for twenty years, and as long ago as 1872 he did mind-reading acts, and from that day to tiis he has received splendid notices from every newspaper of note in the United States. But it is mainly in his exposure of the socalled spiritualistic manifestations that Mr Charles Steen stands unrivalled.. When one mentions the names of the following persons whose methods have been thoroughly exposed, people will understand what a large debt they owe him. Irving Biahop, Anna lira Fay, Mott-the Kansas city papers devoted JG pages to this—Hypnotist Franklin Brown, Kellar, Elsie Boynolds, John Slade, Fred Evans, and other spiritualists, Mrs Steen was horn in Illinois, and has been christened the' Empress of Second Sight. Mr and Mrs Steen' have now performed together for 18 years, They claim no supernatural power or communion with the spiritual world: they boldy say that theirs is an act, whiehtheyhave perfected by long continued study and herd work, Personally Mrs Steen is a wonderful woman, gifted with a mind of marvellous perception, precision, and retentiveness. iSheis a highly-accomplished lady, pleasant and sociable in manner, aud a' most interesting- conversationalist, Having appeared in every city of importunes in America and before the best and most intellectual class of audiences, Mrand Mrs Steen are now on a grand tour of the world before settling down at their homes in ' Philadelphia or Missouri,

Mr Oscar Smith, the refined Ventriloquist, was born in Dublin in 1862, be was taken to Melbourno by his parents four years later; At seventeen years of age be was actively engaged in professional business and ran two shows and toured the whole of Australia, He has travelled in India and the United States. Mr Smith's versatility is highly spoken of by newspapers of repute, and his ventriloquial act in said to rank with the very best of the masters of the art in the world.

The company is piloted by the wellknown and popular representative, Mr Travers Vale, who says that in all his varied career aa manager and representative, be has never handled such a sterling and wonderful combination as the Steen-Smitk Company of Refined Entertainers.