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Telma is said to be a foreigner, appearing for the first time in this country.
The contortionist walks on stage, fully dressed, to a billiard table. He commences to knock the balls about, meanwhile twisting himself at angles of different degrees. There is some comedy to the work. The finale has him touching his head to his hips, with a backward swing of the head, while standing uprightly.
Its some twisting feat, but it's still contortion, something the big time hardly cares for anymore, unless it is embellished with more novelty.
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Variety 36:1 (09/04/1914)