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THIS ART OF MYSTERY.

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As for the features of the show that has justified such a remarkable reception

over

the world, it perhaps is sufficient to say that they include any number [ of extraordinary acts, most of them worked out, with infinite patience, by Chefalo himself. He ranks as one of the two or three great magicians of the world. Added to his ability as a performer, he has an usual is unique, in that he works hard and fast, it being one of his maxims that the attention of his audience must be held from beginning to end. To add to his part of the entertain tent, he is constantly injecting an element of humeurinto his perform-j- ance

Chefilo sat at a table in the lounge of the Hongkong Hotel. He did pot look like the magician that he is. Or rather, he didn't look as age-old tradition said he should have looked, ventive faculty. On the stage he He had no pointed cap adorned with; glittering stars, or black robe de corated with sparkling constellations, nor did he have white whiskers Instead he was a sturdy, virile indi vidual, dressed in a quiet brown suit such as ordinary monals wear. And there was nothing supernatural about his bearing or his occupation at the moment. He was smoking a fat cigar and reading the morning

paper.

Chefalo said the interviewer. Yes"

was the reply. He stood up and shook hands cordially.

***About this magic business.”

*Yes?"

"I have come to ask you to tell

me all about it.”” **Certainly."

"All about it?"

Palermo, on the other hand, works quietly and with a grace that has! attracted approving comment where ver she has appeared. For one of her acts alone she carries a magni- fcent wardrobe, and appears in a succession of beautiful gowns.

The versatility of Chefalo and his .fascinating partner is demonstrated by their introduction into the per- formance of a dancing exhibition, in which together they present the real Langu, and Palermo gives several.

"All about it." He smiled slowly. Spanish dances. They were probably "Except-"

Ah, except.”

Except how it is done." Which, after all, was no more than

was to be expected.

KIEK

the first to give the tango as an exhibition dance in Europe.

But to get back to the interview. "Do you find," Chefalo was asked, that the interest of the public in Nevertheless he did have a good magic is as fively as it used to be? deal to say about magic, orce he

The love of the people for magic was started on the subject and a Will never die out," said Chefalo. little about himself, and a good deal: "The element of mystery about it is about his partner, Palermo, of whose always attractive. The very fact beauty and skill so much in praise that a person can not understand. a has been said by reviewers the world trick makes it interesting. Even over, and something of the sensation if he does understand it, he al demonstrations with which they wants to see it in operation.” both have mystified the hundreds of!

"And the magic of to-day com- thousands who have watched Pared with the magic of yesterday ?". them throughout their

*It is much more difficult to-day. of performances. And he was it stands to reason.” So much has тету affable about it, winch been done that it is constantly was an important consideration on a rowing harder to invent new chilly day.

tricks, And in other-wafs -.it) Productions have Quite a remarkable record of has changed, success, the history of Chefalo and to be on a larger scale. The Palermo. They are both of Italian show must be dressed' effectively. barth. It was in Italy that be started The world enjoys magic as much as to lean and practise the mysteries it has ever done, but it needs more than a mere repetition of acts with- of the art of magic, and that was when he was only 12 years of age. out the proper setting and secem- Soca siterwards he went to America, paniment. And the magician himself Being too young to appear as a per must have both magnetism' and former, under the law which próhibits Personality if he wants to bold his the employment of children on the audience." stage, he spent the next few years to studying and perfecting his chosen profession, and at 16 started abstracted look was making its on his career in earnest. He was ¿pearance in Chefalo's eyes, as if then exploited on the Keith Circuit he had the first glimmerings of an of theatres as the "boy magician" idea for a new stone so first © winning instant success. He con making sure there were no chickens tinued his work alone, untî be was er rabbits in his waistcoat pockets- twenty and then the met Magdalena the interviewer made a cautious Palermo, who at the time was appear-

exit at this point. ing with a musical company, and they became partners in 3D association that has carried them both to thei topmost pinnacle in the realms of magic

Together they toured England and Europe, presenting "The Garden of Mystery"-a feature that was so successful, and attracted such generali approval, that when at length they decided to enlarge their production and take it on a 16ur of the world,

The interview might have gone on a good deal longer, but gradually an

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Malle Palermo, who appears here on Saturday, with Chefald, has been described all over America and the Continent, as one of the world's great- est artists of legerdemain. The "mar- vellous" Chefalo and she are accom- panied by a party of six and they presant the successful European mystic set called The Garden of. Mystery, the whole set amid extraordinarily beauti fal stage settings, while the "piquant' Palarmo wears some of the most extra- Tagant gowns of the creation of man and women The Garden of Mystery was described by the New York Times as one of the most elaborate. produc tions ever staged for this kind of enter tainment and the startlingusions which fallow each other in rapid inc- cession are scaring. Palermo is one of the greatest mistresses of magic sizeo the days of Herrmann and Chelalo's performance also is a feature. Blagni- ficent scenery and stupendous electrical effects are used throughout the produc thu Palermo herself presents symposium of illusions and original and astounding tricks. Any woman, it i said, can trick a man but Palermo, is ane who throws down a royal flush just as you are chuckling that you have

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drawn the winning hand. In each of her exhibitions she appears in a different robe Where, when and how she changes are themselves all part of the net of mystery she weaves around you. But in nocestire moments you find that it is Cleopatra, an Indiana Spanish lady, a girl if a tiger is in fantasy, an Egyptian, a Chinese, a Moorish maid, a dancer or a grand dame in the latest French mode, who is showing you how easy it is to be a conjurer. In addition to the mystic feats Mile Palermo gives real Spanish dance and she and Chefalo show how the real Argentine' tango should be danced, for they learnt. each in the country of their origin in their world tour. Chefalo and Pálarran sppear here in the Theatre Royal, on SATURDAY next. Seafi can now be reserved in advance at Montric's, and the prices are 13, W & $1.

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