New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 16, 1928, Page 22

L2 MAGICIANS’ MAGIC - NYSTIFIES MINDS hflm Do Favorite Tricks at Banquet to Blackstom Prominent magiclans from vari- parts of the country including derick Eugene Powell, dean of erican magicians, Mrs. Harry joudini and others equally promi- it tendered a banquet to Harry kstone, the magician and illu- onist, following his performance at he Strand theater last evening. kstone, a popular figure in the orld of legerdemain, Wwas sur- unded by what might be consid- as the greatest galaxy of ma- iclans ever assembled in this city. Mrs. Houdini, widow of the for- er illusionist and magician, came m New York city to attend. oyal L. Vilas, national secretary | t the Society of American Magi- ans, Frank Ducrot, noted Chautau- ua performer; George Morrow, O alter Petrie, R. M. Wall, B. 5. udge, Latham Lambert, Raymon . Woolson, Bert Spery, Ernest K. hieldge, Mr. and Mrs. W. Har- 4 Howatt, Dr. E. T. Gagnon, Miss Ile Matthews, Minnie Chester, illian D. Hooker, Mrs. Florence rg, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Place and r. and Mrs. Walter A. Schwartz ere in attendance, Blackstone ascribes his unusual ccess in his fleld to the combina- on of work plus confidence. He an unusual magnetic personal- y which is not lost in his stage resentation and either on stage or # he is the same human charac- r. While here he will be the guest Mr. and Mrs. Louis C. Schwartz 38 Lincoln street. The banquet evening was given by the New aven Magic society affiliated with e 8. A. M. After the dinner, each magician resent performed his favorite cks. Ducrot made a steel ball “dis- ppear” in full view of his au- ience. It is said that this the first me the illusion has been presented this vicinity. . Blackstone was the evening at a house guest of local people, The party was held following the banquet of the Society of American Musicians and was at- tended by Blackstone, Mrs. Harry Houdini, Dr. and Mrs. Michael Kin- sella, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Thoraton, Mr. and Mrs. Louls Stoddard, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Christ, Lerey Mc- | Cafferty and Miss Billie Matthews. At last night's performance at the Strand theater, Blackstone announc- ed that he would escape from any box made by any persen in the au- dience or forfeit $50. Immediately Harold Tower of John A. Andrews & Co., Inc., furniture dealers, ac- cepted the challenge and declared that he would make a box from which the magician could not es- cape. He promised to have his box | ready for the test tonight. FOURTH WARD YACANCY Common Oouncil Representatives to Meet Monday Night to Nominate Sucoessor to Albert Anderson. Fourth ward members of the common councll will meet next Monday evening to select & succes- !sor to Albert Anderson, formerly of bilee street, who died recently. | The nomination will be made at the | council meeting Wednesday evening. Last night, Alderman J. Gustave Johnson and Councilmen Johm A. Larson and W. O. Willamets con- sidered the situation but took no |action. It is said a number of resi- |dents of the ward are in & recep- |tive mood for the place. | |Horse and Buggy Doctor Succumbs Wakefleld, Mass., Nov. 16 (@ — ‘Dr. David 8. Coles, 86, one of the [few New England physicians who |still uses a horse and buggy to visit | patients, died today at the ‘Melrose hospital from injuries received yes- |terday when his buggy was struck |by an automobile driven by Stephen |A. Lanen of Melrose. Dr. Coles was |a sgraduate of Princeton and the Boston university medical school. He was a minister here before he began the practice of medicine. On | October 1 last he married & woman |30 years his junior. Women outnumber men by 14 to LIFEBOAT TRAGEDY STIRS BRITISH ISLES Grew Lives Up o Best Tradi- tions of English Coast Dwellers Folkestone, England, Nov. 106 (UP)—The tragedy which befell the little fishing village of Rye Harbor, whose men perished in a futile at- tempt to rescue the crew of the sinking steamer Alice, has stirred Fngland more than any story of the zea in decades. Sorrow and sympathy were mingled with pride in the gallant sacrifice of the 17 men of Rye Har- bor, who lived up to the finest tra- ditions of British coast dwellers in their errand of mercy. ‘The irony of the disaster was in its futility. Five minutes after the men had volunteered to answer the call of a steamer in distress and had set out in the lifeboat into the ter- rific storm, word was received that the Alice's crew had been rescued by the German steamer Smyrna. The seas were the heaviest in 30 years and the gale blew at 70 miles an hour. Wives and daughters lined the shore, torn with anxiety as they watched the small lifeboat tossing in the enormous waves. They sgream- ed and covered their eyes as they saw the lifeboat disappear under a great wave and reappear, bottom up. Most of the bodies were washed ashore soon afterward at Jury's Cut. The tragedy probably means the end of Rye Harbor as a fishhing village. The 17 men comprised the crews of four smacks, which were | the remnant of a once flourishing fleet when Rye Harbor was an im- portant fishing center. That was in the days before steam trawlers and industrialized fishing. Those aboard included four pairs of brothers, and one trio of brothers. hwartz last y attended by members of the|l on the Island of Tagawa, in the agical fraternity and prominent|Pacific ocean. Every family in the vollage lost one or more relatives. Among those who died were Albert Head, coxswain of the life saving craft, and his two sons. By law, beggars in Britain must either sing or play a musical instru- ment if they wish to ask alms from Miss Dorothy Thompson of Ber- !lin has succeeded in making what photography experts declare is a | remarkable night camera study of the World war memorial at Wal- nut Hill park. The film was exposed |for 10 minutes. The print from |which the above picture was made | was given to Deputy Internal Reve- | nue Collector William Regan and is |now in possession of Postmaster H. E, Erwin. Northfield, Vermont, Fire Loss $250,000 Northfield, Vt. Nov. 16 (P—A fire which swept three large building blocks her early today caused loss estimated between $200,000 and $250,000. The blaze was discovered in the Salvester Restaurant in the basement of the Carrie Stebbins building, a three-story structure, and quickly spread to the adjoining Odd Fellows building and the Sanborn Mexican Workers Talk » Peace With Employers Mexico City, Nov. 16. (P—Em. ployers and representatives of work- ers’ organizations from all parts of the country will come te the capital late in November to attend & mest- ing which will be conveked by the government for discussion of new labor legisiation to be submitted to congreas in December. In announcing early coavecation of the assembly, Provisional Presi- dent-Elect Portes Gll said this step is being taken in pursuance of the ideas of the late General Alvaro Obregon, assassinated president- elect. Obregon was anxious that special legislation be enacted to avoid serious coaflicts between the workers and employers and Portes Gil, at present serving as Minister of the Interior, formulated twe new laws in accordance with the general's wishea. They are the “Ley del Trabajo” and the “Ley del Seguro Obrero.” Paris Passes New York In Size of Subway Jam Paris, Nov. 18. 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