The Morphets: masters of magic, melody and mirth

              DIFFERENT FROM ALL OTHERS

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THE MORPHETS MASTERS of
MAGIC MELODY AND MIRTH

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HARRY MORPHET,
1933 N. 31ST ST., PHILA.,



THE MORPHETS
MASTERS OF MAGIC, MELODY AND MIRTH
DURING the past twenty-five years Mr. Morphet (pronounced Morfa) has had a rich and varied career as a presenter of the best in the line of popular entertainment.  The first seven years were devoted to comic opera, during five of which he was a member of Spenser's Original Little Tycoon Opera Company, one of the most popular musical attractions of its day.  For sixteen years he was one of the proprietors of the well-known Morphet and Stevenson Company, giving the magical part of the entertainment, and assisting in the musical novelties.  He is one of the greatest magicians to-day.


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As a Magician and Illusionist
he is pre-eminent.  In feats of presdigitation (sleight of hand) he is unsurpassed.  Indeed, in this particular line he is without an equal.



Morphet is an Originator
Consequently his entertainments are not duplicated by others.  The ease, skill and grace with which he performs the most difficult feats amuse and mystify, and win the admiration and approval of the most observing spectator.



Original Flag Productions
Wherein he causes to materialize from small pieces of paper, Flags of All Nations, as well as hundreds of others of various colors, all of which he distributes to his auditors, thrill and delight.






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Exploding Soap Bubbles
In which each explosion is accompanied by a brilliant flash of light, is only one of many fascinating features originated and performed by Mr. Morphet.



Ventriloquism
In which Mr. Morphet is a past-master, runs through the entire program in a way that adds greatly to the amusement and mystery.




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Morphet as the Human Gas Well
Mr. Morphet is the originator of many startling and fascinating tricks.  One of his latest is that of illuminating the stage without the aid of the house lights.  His assistant holds aloft a three-burner chandelier.  The three burners are equipped with Welsbach gas mantles.  One end of a rubber tube is attached to the feed pipe of the chandelier while the other is inserted in the magician's mouth.  The assistant applies a lighted match to the mantles and at once they give out a light of intense brilliancy, as brilliant as any light produced by artificial gas.  Mr. Morphet has, by actual test, kept the light burning over an hour.  This is only one of the many startling original features of his program.



Musical Novelties
In addition to the program of magic, illusions and ventriloquism, a number of novelties are introduced.  There are vocal solos, and solos and duets on the Saxophones, Cornet, Guitar, Octavine, Hosophone, Musical Coins and Hand Bells.



The Entertainment Comprises
A refined exhibition of the most mystifying feats in magic, illusion and ventriloquism; vocal solos and instrumental solos and duets on a number of novel musical instruments.  There is just the right touch of refined comedy to make the entertainment highly enjoyable.




A Few of Many Recent Commendations

Morphet is a wonder.  His tricks are good and he kept his audience in an expectant mood throughout the entertainment.
The evening performance of the magicians differed entirely from their afternoon performance, the feats of magic being more for the mystification of the grown-ups.  The first part of the act consisted of sleight of hand, dextrous card tricks and clever transformations.  The latter half was given over to solos and duets by the marvelous pair, using in their skill instruments differing from the ordinary and seldom heard in this country.  One of these was what Mr. Morphet was pleased to call the hose-o-phone, being constructed of a length of small rubber hose, a common tin funnel and an ordinary cornet mouthpiece.  With this simply constructed instrument he played reveille, taps, the mess call and others of the trumpeter's regulation calls.—

Daily Herald, Shawnee, Oklahoma, July 1, 1910.


In the evening, the entertainment was one of the best of its kind which has been seen here.  Mr. and Mrs. Morphet, of Philadelphia, gave an evening of magic, mirth and melody, which was alike pleasing to young and old.  Mr. Morphet is a well-known magician.  All sorts of clever sleight of hand tricks were shown with the dexterity and mystery which make such performances so really entertaining and attractive.  Musical numbers were given on novelty instruments and the fun came in throughout the evening in the magician's use of ventriloquism, chiefly at the expense of the small boys, whom he greatly delighted, and who in turn afforded the audience much amusement.—
Daily Independent, Grand Island, Neb., July 18, 1910.

DEAR MR. MORPHET:

Your entertainment given on our Popular Saturday Night Course was one of the most successful of the year.  It was just the kind of an entertainment which was suited to our audience and they appreciated it from beginning to end.  We have had here a number of magicians, but none of them have succeeded in maintaining the interest of the audience more fully than you.  The variation of your program and cleverness of your magic deserve the highest commendation.

PLATT R. LAWTON, Sec. Ent. Com., Y. M. C. A., Dayton, Ohio.

The Morphets completely captured our big audience of college boys.  We have had many others of the best magicians, but none ever surpassed these people.

D. W. DANIEL, Chairman Lyceum Com., Glemson (N. C.) Agricultural College.


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The Morphets delighted a large audience of our people with their high-class magic and music.  There was not a dull moment, and the people were loath to have them stop.

W. E. ROGERS, Chairman Ent. Course, Savannah, Tenn.

Morphet is a magician of the first order.  His entertainment was very fine.  The people were delighted.

W. E. STRIPLIN, Supt. of Education, Gadsden, Ala.

For the second time Mr. Morphet has appeared before the Houston Club of the University of Pennsylvania.  Philadelphia, in an entertainment that for novelty and attraction has no equal.  He is an entertainer of exceptional merit.

A. P. CLINE, Secretary.

I know no magician more clever.  Their entertainments are seconded by splendid musical novelties.  They are worthy of a place anywhere.

CHAS. J. ENGLISH, M'g'r, Colfax, Iowa, Epworth Chautauqua Assembly.

We held the entertainment in our church and we can truly say there was not an obectionable feature.  It was of a strictly high moral tone.  The Morphets gave a very pleasing entertainment.

L. FANNIE DILLE, Sec'y, Sparland, Ill., Lecture Course Com.

Your audiences were great; expectation intense; your satisfaction of every demand sent all away praising the entertainment.  Long may you continue to entertain such audiences.

W. T. FOSTER, Manager Miss. Chautauqua Assembly.


The Morphets were a surprise and a delight.  Morphet is a peer in the art of magic.  He presents a number of feats of magic that no other magician in America attempts.  As a ventriloquist he is also an expert.  The playing of the saxophones and other instruments by Mr. and Mrs. Morphet was excellent.—
Daily Standard, Freeport, Ill.


The Morphets certainly delighted the audience.  The tricks in magic were new ones to our people.  Ventriloquism and music on a number of novelty instruments proved delightful features.—
Herald, Boulder (Col.) Chautauqua.


Morphet is a wonder in his role as a magician.  He presented some wonderful and startling features.  The ventriloquism and musical novelties also pleased.—
Anderson (S. C.) Daily Mail.




THE DOG GETS A THRASHING.
Morphet, the magician, who is also a master of ventriloquism, has many laughable experiences.  Last winter in a Pennsylvania town he was in a store when a colored woman, accompanied by a dog, came in.  Morphet at once began an imaginary conversation with the dog during which he said: You're a fine dog, aren't you?  Quick as a flash came the answer: You're a liar, whereupon the colored woman fell upon the dog and gave him a severe trouncing for his disrespect to the gemen, at the same time declaring: I nevah knew befo' that dog could talk.



THE MAGICIAN HAS FUN WITH THE GROCER.
Sometimes Morphet, the magician, uses his magical ability to have a little fun to himself.  A short while ago when in a western town he dropped into a grocery store and made a small purchase, for which he paid.  As he was about to leave he turned and asked the man behind the counter to favor him by changing a dollar.  Morphet extended a silver dollar, but as the grocer reached for it, a bit awkwardly, it disappeared, and apparently fell into a large mackerel barrel standing near the counter.  The grocer excused himself for such awkwardness and rolling the right sleeve up to his shoulder dived into the barrel, which was about two-thirds full of cold brine and fish.  At the end of fifteen minutes of industrious fishing he had not found the money.  Morphet said never mind, the fault was partly his own, and that if he found it later he could hand it to him when he again came in.  Naturally Morphet has not been back to claim the money, and no doubt the grocer is wondering what became of it.


The work of Morphet, the magician, was thoroughly refined and artistic.  Indeed, seldom has it been our privilege to see a more consummate artist in the line of magic.—
The Philadelphia Press.



H. W. HOOVER, CHAIRMAN ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE, P. R. R. Y. M. C. A., HARRISBURG, PA.
Enclosed is a small testimonial from myself and our General Sec. retary, Mr. Gregory, in behalf of the very excellent entertainment you gave us on the night of our first Star Course.  Words cannot express our appreciation of the same, yet we hope the few words we have written may help you to many engagements.  Once again accept thanks.




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MOUNTAIN AIR, NEW MEXICO.

The Morphets, of Philadelphia, gave one of the best entertainments in high-class magic and musical novelties that has been seen here.  The tricks were all new to our audience.  They surely did please our assembly with their good work.—
Albuquerque Herald.



A PRACTICAL JOKE.
On one of the visits of the Little Tycoon Opera Company to Mobile, Alabama, Morphet, the magician, was playing the part of the devil.  His first appearance was made through a trap in the center of the stage.  As he made his appearance there issued from his mouth a sheet of white flame.  The sensational entrance had a marked effect on the audience, especially on the colored contingent.

At the hotel where the members of the company were stopping the colored people soon learned the identity of the man who played the devil.  They gave him as wide a berth as possible.  Morphet with some of his fellow players decided to have some fun at the expense of the colored people.

Morphet made ready for the joke, and taking a seat near the stove was soon apparently fast asleep.  Then the colored people were invited in to see the devil, who was seated near the stove asleep for the purpose of generating gas for the night performance.  One of the members taking hold of Morphet's right ear gave it a twist as if turning on the gas.  He then applied a match and a stream of fire came forth.  The help fell back a few feet, but did not leave the room.  Then Morphet made a movement as if in distress, and two green rubber property snakes, each about fifteen inches long, squirmed from his mouth.  That was too much for the darkies.  They immediately vamoosed, and that night the landlord had to hunt up a new set of help for the dining-room.


There was no disappointment for the large crowd which assembled in the auditorium last night to witness the entertainment given by the Morphets, artists in their respective line, and the entertainment given by them was unique and marvelous, neat and varied and first-class in every particular.  Mr. Morphet demonstrated to the satisfaction of all that he is a magician whose dexterity and originality are seldom equalled.—
The Daily Light, Waxahachie Chautauqua Assembly, Texas.