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unmaskingrobert00houdgoog.pdf | 145 | THE UNMASKING OF ROBERT-HOUDIN chanted Dutch Coffee-House, an elegant little building. On the traveller ringing the bell, the door opens, the host- ess attends and provides VENTRILOQUISM. him with any liquor he L. CHARLES, may call for." PROVEÍSOS - MECHANICAL SCLENCES, Schmidt seems to have AVD FIRST VENTRILOQUIST, confined his exhibitions from the Continens; UNDEIR THE PRIVILEGE AND PATRONAGS or to London and the prov- H1S MAJESTY THE KING OF PRUSSIA, And Duke of Mecklenburg Schwerin; inces and was often con- Hes the Heaeur ur acgeant the Nebility, Gentry, and the Public at large, thut he has just errived from the Continem, and will perform during this and the Three Meaths of Jenuery, Februery, and Merch, as Ma. WIGLEY'S LARGE ROOM, nected with other magi- SPRING GARDENS, Hia Mechanie and Ventriloque Performances every Day, commencing pre- cians, including Gyngell cisely st Taree "Cleck, and Evening at Eight Clack, except Saturday and Sunday. and Buck. The latter Front Chairs, -Middle Seats, Seats, 1. N. B. The Room ie particularly WARM by . sew invented precess. TO THE PUBLIC. was an English conjurer, The SIEUR CHABLES will remuit. chart peried in Lendon, where be la repre seut all the ponsible of of which the humas voice is rapahis, by Netere and perfectid by Art. He will explais all the Myateries which were best known as the man resorted to ab forton times to impose uges the and supertitious, under the of ORACLES, This maneer of apraking ought to be looked upon - gith of Nature and of Chance rather than as an Art, siect it is impossible je teach is but to thow burn with the Therefore it in preved, that hewbe professits this Art must thost means which sill remain the troable the learond hare who was horribly injured talora to discuver a. The SIEUR CHARLES will perform the following Scenes. when presenting "The Part. 1. The modera Philcsopher or à Dialegue between two Meu of Scionce end their Servest Theee 11. Dialogue beteces Siek Man, bie Pagsician, a Friend, and Servant Gun Delusion." This Frov III. The Wine Nerchent and bue Servani, whose voice will be heard from the Dottom of Cellar Tive Veicos. iv. A Dialogue from a Window, with . persos in the Street whes the windew le opea, the veice will appeas atill searer. This experiment will appear most interesting. consisted of having a THE VENTRILOQUISM will be preceded by several very amusing Per formances, and Mechanical and Scieatific Games,hig interesting; amoog which will be marked bullet shot at the 1. A MECHANICAL AND SCIENTIFIC CLOCK. ,9. The Russian inn, out of which comes . little Woman aad bringe the liquor demanded for. performer, who caught 3. The Trojen Pillar, by which different bodies are altered in an impercep. cible manner. 4. A most wonderful Mechanical Chest of Drawer. it between his teeth on 5. A curious Travelling Trank. 6. Three Bells, a Mechanical Game, which will astenish the Spectatom. And several tours d'addresse. a plate, or on the point Printed by W, Clowse, Strand. of a needle or knife. A Charles poster dated about 1829 in Some miscreant loaded which the Russian Inn and its obedient little figure are featured. From the the gun with metal after Harry Houdini Collection. Buck had it prepared for the trick, and the unfortunate performer's right cheek was literally shot away. In 1828 Jules de Rovere, a French conjurer, whose fame rests principally on the fact that he coined the new title "prestidigitator," appeared at the Haymarket Thea- [ I28] |