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titutifit �tutritau. J L MARCH 20, 1897. ALEXANDER HERRMANN PRESTIDIGITATOR, the part of a magician in this play of life and acted it of fifty-two cards, evenly stacked up, first into halves BY W. E. ROBINSON. well. Carl Herrmann was very sedate, and presented and then into quarters, almost as clean as if done with The late Alexander Herrmann, the subject of this his magic more in the manner of a scientific lecture, a knife. It was while performing before Nicholas, the article, was born in Paris, France, February 11, 1843, and and always on the mysterious and tragic side, whereas Czar of all the Russias, that he made a great impres died in his own private car on December 17, 1896, while Alexander was ever gay, his tricks one and all had a sion with this feat. At the conclusion of his enter en route from Rochester, N. Y., to Bradford, Pa, happy or mirthful ending, he was always striving to tainment, the Czar complimented Herrmann upon He came of a family uf great prestidigitators. His make the public laugh as well as mystify them. Carl his skill, and also decorated him, at the same time father Samuel Herrmann being the first of that name, smilingly remarking he would show Herrmann a also the original of the modern magician to use the trick. The Czar, who was a man of wonderful word "prestidigitator" as a title of his profession. strength, in fact most Russians are, took up a pack Samuel Herrmann was the most famous conjuror of of cards and tore them in half, and with good his day and a great favorite of the Sultan of Turkey, hUlllor asked Herrmann what he thought of it, and who, whenever feeling indisposed, would invariably if he could duplicate it.
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