“Signor Blitz, the happiest of wizards, is nightly delighting large audiences at Dodworth Hall with his wonderful powers of ventriloquism and skillful feats of sleight of hand. The great magician, though old, has not forgotten his cunning.”

“Signor Blitz’s magical soirees are gaining in favor with his new friends; and his old friends, too, are helping to warm up Dodworth Hall with crowds and heartiness.”

Brief: “The veteran magician and ventriloquist, Signor Blitz, who performs every night at Dodworth Hall, is gaining a constituency of admirers altogether too large for the accommodations of that place of resort.”

“Sig. Blitz has been amusing the whole world with his innocent magic for nearly fifty-two years.”