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unmaskingrobert00houdgoog.pdf | 144 | to play the drum, violin, and triangle. A contemporary of Henry was Charles, the great ven- triloquist, who varied his performance as did all ventrilo- quists of his day, by presenting "Philosophical and Mechanical Experiments" to make up a two-hour-and-a- half performance. Charles made several tours of the English provinces, and played in London at intervals. On a London programme which is undated, but which announces M. Charles as playing at Mr. Wigley's Large Room, Spring Gardens, the second automaton on his list is described as "The Russian Inn, out of which comes a little Woman and brings the Liquor demanded for." Two of his programmes dated Theatre Royal, Hull, April, 1829, now in my collection, carry a pathetic foot-note written in the handwriting of the collector through whom they came into my possession : "The audiences on both the evenings were extremely small, and the money was refunded." By referring to the chapter on the writing and drawing figure, Chapter III, Page II3, a Schmidt programme of 1827 will be found, in which he features "The En- [127] |