THE GREAT NICOLA.

Clutha Leader, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 13, 18 August 1911, Page 5

THE GREAT NICOLA.

One of tin- most talked about shows which has ever appeared in Halclutha will appear on Thursday niglu, August 31st, when Nicola will make his debut. This is Nicola's lirst appearance in Halclutha, and jtitlyiim f mm tin) interest taken by local ('heat refers Ins reputation 'as an entertainer must havejpreceded him, and it is safe to predict a i- t -cord attendance durim' his short stay here. The Nicola show is a distinct, novelty and vastly different from any other entertainment that we have ever seen. From the earliest times when the irreut Egyptian sorcerers and (he "Hindu fakirs mystified and amused the people of the early periods, .mugicywas the best form of amusement, and so it has been from generation al'te^. generation up to (he prewcnl time, limbic is still tin- im»i interesting of all enter(aiiiments. The Nicola imijric is not of the old style which we have seen here in (he past, his is new, original and tip-to-the-min-u(e. Nicola, although still a young man, has invented anil improved upon the old style magic, until it has become a science, and the prestidigitators of to-day are indebted to th<l young scientist for many of the new and improved methods now used in its exponent. Nicola is said to perform his feats with such rapidity one after another that should one turn to a friend to express his opinion of an il lusion, he is likely to miss two or Ihree equally astounding feats. Nicola carries over lifleen tons of para phernalia, and more illusions than an\' two magicians cxtat. He is ably assisted by a corps ot (rained assistants, and the magical programme is intcrperscd with several high-class van-, deville specialities by America's besi artists. The box plan opens at Clarke's, tobacconist's, on Saturday, 2<ith.