Horace Goldin

“An entrance is now had with Jeanne Fransioli, as well dressed and as handsome as ever, if not more so, being drawn on the stage seated in a sedan chair. It is rested on the floor by the four bearers, and Miss Fransioli, after drawing the curtains, steps out. The curtains are raised, and Goldin bows to the audience from within. The chair has no unusual depth, and it is a striking illusion for the start.”

Horace Goldin

“Speed was the secret of the second series in which Goldin presented an entirely bewildering array of illusions and legerdemain. Clever impersonation and duplication of familiar feats constituted the first, while the third was a drama in pantomime, dressed and staged like a comic opera spectacle.”