Heller’s Salle Diabolique

“Harlequin Santa Claus, or the Magic Closet, including the startling apparition of the Ghastly Walking Skeleton and the surprising quasi spiritual illusion of the Elfin Guitars Twanging in the Air.”

Listed in “Amusements This Evening.”

“New Musical Selections. . . . Elfin guitars twanging in the air.”

“Heller gives his new pantomime every evening this week.”

Part of review for previous week’s performances. “‘Harlequin Santa Claus and the Magic Closet’ is nothing more than a burlesque on spiritual manifestations, and is no doubt intended to ridicule the doings of the Davenport Brothers. We had no idea that Heller possessed so much comic talent, and were exceedingly pleased with his clever renedition of the silly clown. The pantomime is well placed upon the stage; even those who have no taste for this sort of amusement should go and see it, for the express purpose of looking at the beautiful Columbine. Columbines, as a general rule, are ugly, but this one is an exception . . . Believers in spirits (not those sold in bar-rooms) behold the ‘Magic Closet,’ and be convinced of the absurdity of your belief. Fathers, husbands, wives, mothers, and children, visit Heller, and have a good laugh over ‘Harlequin Santa Claus.’”

Series of small ads.  “Nothing Like It in New York.”