Clayton the Mystic

Predictions and crystal ball gazing talk.

Closing was Clayton the Mystic. Long before the assistants wended their way through the orchestra collecting the various questions, Clayton had the audience mystified with a deluge of talk rattled off in purely memorized fashion, which meant nothing, other than it was needful to open. Clayton kept going at a fast pace and occasionally slipped in his course, finding little trouble in locating himself, but never losing his pace. He appeared somewhat disturbed by those back-stage, stopping long enough to walk across the stage to probably inform them of it. Finally coming down to his crystal gazing, he picked his numbers carefully, but again muddled things up bad enough to start the audience walking out. After answering the first question, the second was more than enough, especially when be said, "When your hair is old and you're white." After that it appeared as though everyone was perfectly satisfied.

Variety, 53:13 (02/21/1919)