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came on next and wowed them with his handling of a small monkey hand puppet playing a trumpet, and his hilarious dialog with a big ape he called Gangrene. Don Sweet and Louise followed with a smart Magic act in which figured a dove vanish, flower production. 20th Century and Mutilated Parasol all presented in the deft Sweet manner. Bill Talent on next kept up the pace of the show with his fast juggling act, performing with balls, plates and clubs, closing with his famous egg stunt and got a tremendous hand.
Then came Suzy Wandas to close the first half with her beautiful presentation of manipulative Magic — superlatives are futile here, for this lady entranced all, Magicians and lay audience alike, with the perfection of her manipulative gestures with cigarettes and cards, card fans, the cane to silk, some silk capers and a neat paper tear. The applause that followed each bit was sufficient verification of the advance reports on Suzy from abroad proclaiming her to be "The Lady with the Fairy Fingers."
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The second half was taken over by Bill Neff and for the Magicians who have seen his show, that should be sufficient. Bill and his "Madhouse of Mystery" is grand entertainment. His dramatic presentation of every illusion and his comedy interludes with kids and others from the audience are "tops."
The Friday show also opened with a candy sale, and then Dorny introduced Bob More-head who did cups and balls, silks on tape, and the card sword in fine fashion, then the Dell Davis Girls dashed in for a second appearance with their tumbling, and Al Saal, always a good performer, did shadowgraphs that brought him plenty of laughs and a big hand. Then came a Dorny interlude in which he and Frances Ireland, posing as his wife, visited a Hindu wonder worker, otherwise Don Sweet, who vanished the lady neatly and when he declared he was the only one to bring her back, was promptly shot — by Dorny. Alexander, the Magic Chef, then came on with an amusing act with duck pan with a comedy duck, a paper tear which resulted in a chef's
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COURTESY. THREE RIVERS COMMERCIAL
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Chang greets the two girls as they emerge from the Palanquin (Jamb) Illusion on the Friday show.
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