Variety (Jan 1906)

14 VAWBTY. GORRESrONDENGE Variety. K«'ii«'r.illy knuwn an vamlfvUlo. has Ki-owu rapidly throughout the c-ountry. and It Is htill si>reaillii|? to greater jiroitorii )ns. 1 h*^ vaudeville Biiuation in Chicago at pit*».nt ia more important than ever befi>rf. Ab.>ul eight yearH ago this city had but oUt- variety th«aire - the Dlymplc. Now we have four first cla»8 thea- ties devoted to vaudevllU, aii«l they are crowd- ed day and night. It Ih not an unusual thing to aee Hpcculaiora around these houses itlterlng I heir monopolized seats at advanced prices, and they are usually dlHiMJsed of early In the evening. The remarkable growth ot vaudeville In this elty Is due to the enterprising managers. Kohl »i Castle, who control three theatres In Chicago and establish the continuous in public favor bv presenting the best entertainment for the mon»->. ihf four vaudeville theatres are the New Majes- tic, Haymarket. Olympic and Intei national.^ The Hr.st three are owned by Kohl & Castle. The general ottlces of the organization known as I he Western Vaudeville Managers' Assixilatlon are In the Majestic Theatre bul.ding, occupying two floors of space. In these offices are located ('. E. Kohl. George Castle, Martin lieck, C. E. Uray, J. J. Murdock. Arthur Pablsh and J. Sternard. It Is one of the busiest tiuatrioal of- fices in Chicago. 1 wish to flay a few things about the New Majestic Theatre. This beautiful structure is twenty stories high and cost <l,(it>0.tM>o in real money. The upper floors are given over to of- llces. The skyscraper stands on Monroe street, between i>earborn and Siate streets. The thea- tre, which Is the handsomest and largest in the city, is given over entirely to continuous vaude- ville. The house has four tiers, three above the main floor, one, the mezzanine, devoted la boxes. The color scheme of the interior is old rose and ivory, with olive green chairs and hangings. The foyer Is unusually attractive and decorated with a collection of famous paint- ings. The real novelty is the gentlemen's «mok- ing room, which Is modeled after the cabin of an ocean liner, with porllioles, skylights and oak beam ceilings, making the room the most artis- tic and attractive of its kind. The bill at the .Majestic contains a number of headline acts, foremo.«t among the sixteen numbers being Rose Stahl &. Co. in a »eml«»Hrlo comic sketcli entit- led "The Chorus i.*dy," which is one of the best written acts in vaudeville. Miss Stahl gives a remarkable portrayal oi the conceited chorus t'irl who has been given the Hrsl row in the grand opera chorus. Uert l^-slie and Itoberl iJalJy pre.seiited a unique comedy sketch which was one of the hits of the bill. Bert Coote, who has not been seen In local theatre* here for several years, presents a sketch entitled "A Lamb on Wall l^treet." which i-ontalns some bright dialogue and funny situations. The Twelve liroomstlck Witchetf have a clevu" (lancing specialty, and they scored a hit. Mell- vlUe fc:ills gave nls vocal and Insii jai-iital act, which was encored. Edwin Latell made his cus- tomary hit with hl« musical act. iiis monologue lontalns some new Jokes, which kept the audi- ence in good humor. Mr. and Mrs. Esmonde presented a dramatic sketch entitled "Ai-"»ther Cucumber," which made a hit. Carson and Wil- lard in ••i<'rizzled Finance"; Kel.y and Viol-ne, singers and dancers, and the three Senions in plastic poses were the recipients of considerable applause. OL.VMP1C.—This, the oldest variety theatre In Chicago, has a fairly good bill. Bellman and Moore In "A Bit of Vaudeville" never had any- thing better. They received a good round of ap- plause for their efforts. Eight Vassar Qirls are talented and have one of the cleverest musical and dancing acts seen here. Raymond and Cav- erly, who do a Uutch act similar to Weber and Fields, have nothing particularly new excepting a tew late "gags." One of the hits waa made by Mile. Veiera, an Italian vocalist, whose voice has a wonderful range, reaching five notes above high C. Even the Olympic audl- tTices, the most critical of any in the city, en- cored her several times. Go^.d acts were offered by Watson and Morrlsy, Macart's dogs and monkeys, Orierson Sisters, Lambert and Pierce, Armstrong and Bern, the Barnells and Bonnie Male. HAYMARKET.—The only vaudeville house on the West Side has a bill of unusual attractive- ness. The Empire City Quartette have th« head- line honors, which they deserve. The musical specialty of O'Brien and Buckley, together with their comedy husinesH^ convinced the audiences that they are good entertainers. Mrs. Stuart Robson & Co. offered Edmund Day's comedy sketch, "The Saving of Mrs. Shaw," which is a society affair containing some bright dialogue. Jack Gardiner is a monologlst and parodist. The monologue could be Improved by the elimin- ation of some wornout Jokes. ill 4 par'id.os were good. O'Rourke and Burnette Trio aro ex- pert dancers; Flo Adler had some good songs, which were rendered In a pleasing manner. INTERNATIONAL.—Manager Al. O. Flournoy Is mon* than pleased with the success this new h >use has attained. The theatre was formerly Cleveland's, also devoted to vaudeville, but was closed after a p«»rlod of apparent succes«, owwik to Mr. Cleveland's difficulty In securing good acts independently. The present owners, the Sulllvan-Considlne syndicate, have siM?nt a con- siderable amount of money In remodeling the In terlor, with the retnilt that It Is njw as cozy a theatre as there Is In the city, and the lark;)»t In the circuit controlled by the company. The bill this week consists of Harrl.*)n's tonics; James C. Derwln, ventrllotjuLst; William Sl'trer, monologlst and trick violinist; Dalto and Zel'o, barrel Jumpers. SID J. EU?ON'S.-The only burlcpje slock company In the city Is within a stone's throw of the Clark street bridge. The tiieatre was for- merly the New American, and for several years off and on its success with the dramatic stock I ompany was mediocre. Sidney J. Euson was for a number of years manager of Sam T. Jack's theatre on Madison street. The success of Jack's theatre at that time was a will Known and established fact. It was Mr. F^uson's ex- perience that gave burlesque its peculiar pres- tige In the city. Manager Euson opened his theatre about two months ago, and as soon as the burlesque Inclined populace discovered the merits of the performances he offered the result was gratifying for the theatre, which has since established itself In popularity. The stork com- pany consists of the usual number of comedians, leading woman soubrettes, the leader of the "ainazoiis." and an array of some pietty girls, as is Mr. Euson's custom—pretty girls to illum- ine the stage. The burlesques offeit.tl w->re "A Soiree Social" and "The Models," the latter rather broad and suggestive In dialogue and ac- tion, but was not presented before a "Mrs. War- ren's l*rofe8slon" audience, so no one cared. Sunday night Chris Lane made a hit, especially with his singing and particularly in the Buster Brown act. In which he is assisted by a number of girls dressed In Busier Brown outlltd. Jam>.'8. Thompson. Carl Anderson and Charles Hecklow pleased In both burlesques. Carrie Seitz, who not long aK" was contented to stay in the cho- rus, was one of the leaders among the women principals. She has a tali voice and played her jtait well a.< a w.»man. but her appearance In male atiiie was unltecoining and to*i feminine lor the lol.', that of a s«.uli»tor. which should have been played by a man—perchance Charles llecklow. Canulle K.-nyon Is shapely and has a preiMissessIng appearaiice. Marie Faiichlld is a pretty girl and »»i>e i-poke her lines as well as culd be exiiected. I Kda Walker played a sou- bretle pari, and Nettie I'alnier posed as a model. The olio waw fair. The musical Forresteis are exjierts on the banjo and xylophone. Dill -t**'* Waid Would do well to leave out the old stereo- (y|»ij style of sluicing and do their dancing only, whiiii was a real hit. It was not neces- sary for them to bring »)n an old, conventional s.«!ig to introduce a clever dancing specialty. Swtir Brothers, black-face comejiios and danc- • rs. occupied the stage too long. They are a clever team, but should do more work In less time. One of the brothers delivered a monologue, which consisted of many Jokes that Charlie i'ase used to tell, es|M'claily the on-'S ..'.bjiit " my father" The othi-r jokes were old, some Very old. The featuie act of the olio was the Nelson- Barry troupe of acrobats, some of the feats be- ing reniarkable. 1-MLLY.—The offering this week by the "Wheel" wan "The Avenue Girls" In a burlesque calh'd "A Trip to Bohemia." Among those who appeaieil were Murphy and Vincent, Jules Ben- nett, Max Reynolds, Young Brolh'^.r.4, Julia Na- tus and Grate l>e Mar. TB(K\\DEKO. — The Columbia Amusement Company's burlesque house had Phil Sheridan's "City Imports " for its attraction. 'Pwo good bur- li-s(|ues entitled "All In O.M' Ni>:ht ' and "A Teirible Mlxui)" drew big houses. FRANK WIESBERG. Philadelphia. Business continues surprisingly good here. The l>ill« In the f'lur btirb'sque houses are only fair, yet capacity business Is the rule In both houses In the rival whe»is. KEITH'S (H. T. Jordan, mgr.).—With Houdlni. the "handcuff king," as the big feature for a sei'ond Week, the capacity of the Chestnut street house has been taxed at almost every perform- ance, As a special feature of his act this week. Houdinl twice slipped a straltjacket in full view of the audience. This act has proved the best rani shown at Keith's since Its opening. S. Miller Kent made his initial bid for Individual favor here In "Just Dorothy," assisted by Frank I. Frayne, Jr., an.l went as well as could be ex- pected with a yxtor vehicle. Nick l»ng and Id.i- lene Cotttin won favor with their act, "Mana- gerial Trfiubles." which Is new here. Miss Cot- ton was llbernlly applaud(>d for her impersona- tions. The IMcchiani Troupe of acrobats were seen for the first time and pleased Immensely. The women are lievtr, one being exceptionally adei>t at floor wf>rk. The Ellnore Sisters, erst- while stars of "Mrs. Delaney of Newport," also gave something new here, and while Kate Ell- nore was a bit strenuous In her work, she man- ager! to please her audience. Neither has Im- proved In her singing since the pair were mem- i»ers of the Hentz-Santley burlesque show, eight or nine years ago. Clarice Vance, always a fav- orite, scored one of the big hits of the bill. She sang three goiKl songs In her Inimitable style, her rendition of "Nuthln' from Nuthln' Leaves You" being her best number. The Crane Brothers, as usual, went big with their "Mud- town Minstrels." and Callahan and Mack were warmly welc<)med In their sketch, "The Old Neighborhood." This is an act that has been «|on»' about as often as any we get here, yet It Is always a suci-es.-^. I.,eo Carillo proved a fair mimic. I.,illian .\shley sang i>oorly and dressed bailly. Tonv-Ajltrond was on again with his poor cockney singing and long shoe dan<-ing. Chris Smith ami the Two Johnsons, In a musical sketch; I./ennop and Edwards, who sang, and Valveno Brothers, gymnasts. In the order named, opened the show, which closed with the usual picture offering. CASINO (Ellas. Koenig * Lederer, mgrs.). - Harry Bryant heads his own show this week, appearing in both burl»'S(|ue numbers. "The Frolics at the Zoo," In two "editions." although little cause for the title was dls<'overed In the "section edition." Bryant Is sui»ported by a goo<l looking <-honis of women. Marion Blake does the best musical number In the closing bur- lesque. There was only one good number In the olio, the Bush-De Vt-re Trio, scoring with an Illustrated song sheet and musical speiialty. George X. Wilson sings parodies and is pmiriy assisted In his sketch called "A Thanksgiving Fve." by Camllle de Monvllle. Ynrke '"'omedy Four. Garrlty Sisters and Darmotly also ap- peared. TKOCADERO (Fred Wnis^^n, nigr.).-Business held up despite the fact that the bill this week Is the poorest offered In weeks. Outside of a shapely chorus, which does as well as the ma- tiTial permits, there Is nothing redeeming In the "C,'ilif(»rnia Girls" Extravaganza Company's pro- gram. Tom Coyne Is the best of th*- comedians. The Aniatos, who do an acrobatic dancing act, were fair. Foresto showed a clever dog, which worked in fear of Its master. The latter was dressed poorly for his kind of work anl his cos- tume needed cleaning badly. Boss and Vac-k were poor. Helen Russell nn>} Nellie Sylvester spoiled any chances they had of making good bv their "kiidinir," and the Four Thoroughbreds did nothinc worthv of commr-nt. TMJOT' (Ger.. W. Rife, mvr V—Sam Devere's f»wn Citmiuiny presented the bill this week, with the olio the only redeeming feature, "The Health Resort" Is nothing more than a version of "Slan- iritls:" "The MifTlfTlf" is not as funny as the title, although .Andy T.ewls has put some good stuff Into It, but It Is scattered. TiPwIs made the hit of the olio In his latest 'Mopt. fiend" sketch. "The Queen of Bavaria." He has poor apslstanta In Minnie Granville and Mahle Del- more Charles ,ind .Mice Shrodes get bv with a stral from the Rice and Prevnst act. The BlJou Comedy Four have bail voices and no comedy. Keene does familiar Juggling trlckn. LTCEtTM (J. G. Jermon. mgr.).—Rohle's Knickerbocker Burlesqners. ofTertnc "Rellly't Spee«h" and "The Wrong Mr. Corbett," Is the week's bill. The show has not been changed any since seen here earlier In the season, although there Is lots of room for Improvement. Mae .\gnes P'lemlng deserves mention for her work. Si>eclaltles were Introiluced by '"The Knlcker- biK'ker Four," Jack and Bertha Rich, Christy and Willis, Lewis and Green and the Xeroses, with motion pictures added. BON TON (Miss Lilly Tyson, tngr.).—The Sey- mour Sisters, Slddon Brothers, May Beocher, Katherlne Russell and Haverly and McCrea arc on the bill this week. The stock company offer- ing Is "Jealousy." .NOTES. Houdlni has been retained for next week's bill In Keith's. The contract troubles of the Ellnore Sisters have not been fixed up be- tween Hyde and Raymond, and the "sisters" are uncertain about their plans fi)r the future. George Evans Is here with "The Runaways" In the role played by Arthur Dunn. The "Honey Bov" Is a great favorite bore and has been mak- ing" a big hit In his new departure. Digby Bell is another recent variety star who is mak- ing good in a new piece here, "The Education of Mr. Pipp" being a success. Clyde Darrow is with "Quten of the White Slaves," ami her former I'omrades, "Roble's Knickerbockers," are at the Lvc.um. George Karlavagn and Billy \'ail will give a "theatrical f«dk's ball" in the near future, antl It promises to be a huge affair. Kl.NKS. Pittabursh, Pa. GR.\ND OPERA HOUSE (Harry Davis, mgr.). —Clayton White and Marie Stuart, assisted bv Miss Belle D'Arcy. repeat their former success In the sketih "Paris." Edward Clark and his six "winning widows" present an attractive mu- sical come«ly In miniature. Clark's charaiterlza- tlon of a racetrack tout Is artistic, and the mu- .slcal part of the act goes with a rush. Sam Watson's "Farmvard" Is one of the most enter- taining things ill the show. The Two Smiths Kive a thrilling and unusually tine tra|>eze per- formance, and Parros Brothers, oiulllbrlsts. are far .ibove the average. Milt Wood Is one of the best buck dancers seen here In a long while. Daisy Harcourt, In character songs, is i lever and her Imitation of the I>»n<lon "gallery god" e.opeiially good. I>'W Hawkins, the min.'^tiel man. Is "funny, but needs a new monologue, Ce- line Bobe, "xylophttnlste and vlolnniste," wears a stunning gown. The <|iialnt methods of the Dillon Brothers entitle them to more success than Is allowe<l by the songs they perpetrate. Collls I,,^ Page has some good impersonations; Davty and Phllllpse are tiresome In their "comedy" sketch; Lillian Leroy, "the little girl with the big vtdce," Is fair, and the moving pictures are amusing. The house is crowded al every performance. GAYETTY (James E. Orr, n.gr.).—World Beaters Company Is giving a ri'ttllng good show. The opening farce, "Jolly <»il Sports" has J. F. Edwards. LIzette Elvla, J. hn Quigg. May Gebhardt, May Corey, Cherry Spencer. Violet Jerome, Mike McDonald, Phil. McFarland. Ed. Nicker-son and "Major" Caspar Nowak In the leading roles, and practically the same people, with the addition of Belle Morri- son, take the principal parts In the closing bur- les(|ue, "All at Sea." Good musical Interludes with sp«H tacular and electrical effects are Intro- diic«'d in both skits. The special feature of the olio is an exhibition of moving pictures of the Kiti.stmmons-0'Brlen flg'ht. Jerome and Morrl- s. II. two pretty girls, have clever songs and • lances. M<'Farland and McDonald, as an Irish- man Mid (lerman, made lots of fun; Bohannan ami Corey's Illustrated songs go well; QuIgg. Edwards and Nlckerson have a comical musical sketch: Niblo and Spencer are artistic dancers, and the Six Samols, Arabian acrobats, have a Kood whirlwind act. Big houses are the rule. A<"ADEMY (H. H. Williams. Jr. mgr.).— F'ulton's Jolly Grass Widows' Company is en- tertaining large audiences. There are two bur- lesfjues. "The Widow's Wedding Night" and ■nie Sign of the Red Light." Charles Burk- bardt. William Lrfiwrence. William Walters. Mark Thomr'snn. Al. Plnard and M. Simons have gtMxl comedy parts, while Mile. Gulchard and M:iv Yuir add to the gayety. The first skit ends with a mechanU-al doll specialty by Miss Ruth Everett, who also gives some excel- lent bird and animal Imitations, and Miss Alice Mason has some clever things to do In the clos- ing farce. The olio, while not long. Is good, " "ird and Walters have a pleasing musical act; Thompson an<l I^awrence are comedians whose sinking is a ftafure, and Bush and Gordon have my amusing, grotesque tumbling act. MME. PITT. -The Novelty la doing Its usual Denver, Colo. (By Telegraph.) "Ben Hur" at the Broadway last week crlnir>fil the local theatrical purse to the lo>s of ihe other houses, but the Hengler Sisters, at the • •rpheum saved the week there. Whatever the\ H'ay be elsewhere, they are a strong c;ir«l h r . The bill this week has the merit of varletv. It is headfd by John T. Thome and Grace (Niiie- t.in offer"d too much old material. Thev need new jokes badly, but In their rapid fire dialogue made the sketch a hit. Snyder and Buckley, musical ciimedlans, scored a big hit. They (day well and their comedy pleased. The Belhiaire brothers, in Apollo poses and feats of stetigth, offer lican, novel acrobatic work of real merit. They are one of the hits. Paulo and Marlow, in "\ French Frappe," gives Paulo oi)portunlty to use his tenor voice, and Miss Marlow to dis- play her physical charms and soprano notes. The act Is novel, and Paulo proved himself a goo,i comedian. Miss Marlow Is good looking and aided In creating a good Impression. The act Is well put together. James H. C^Uen. billed as "The Man from the West." shows much Im- provement His .songs are up to date and he sco!ed a big success. The three Lmifers, si>e clalty singers, offer nothing new. but the work Is clean an<l snappy, and scored It made a good opening number. MIrzl von Wenzl. In Ty- rid costumes and programed as a "captivating Tyrollenne," was not that. They gave her a spot light, when they should have used a dim- mer. The kinodrome closes the show. The Ci,\stal Theatre, one of the ten-cent houses, heads with Blamphin and Hehr, English ojorat- Ic singers, who, unhappily for them, arc just a trifle too good for the low price circuit and not quite good »'nouph for the regulars. They are better singers than comedians—but Oiey earn • heir salary. They call their skit "Loci- Drew and Dean (not John) sing and dance as well as any of the dimers. Bruce and Cooper offer the regulation (terman comedian net. Fred Hilton has his revolving ladder act. and scores. Charles Hartley. German pianist and vocalist, pleases. An Illustrated song aod moving plo- tures close.— good business. Its ten-cent price is the only thing cheap about the place. Like the Crystal, the attendants are all uniformed, and save for the outside barker both houses are conducted the same as the regular priced. Billy Durant. billed as the Chinese musician, is a real nov- «lty and entitled to head the bill. Manager Henry Lubelski played up Durant in all tioris of colored billing, and is congratulating himself on having secured an oddity that Is an oddity, Pauline Westerly, as pretty as ever ani^ missing the big (iri'ult by the same trifling per cent, she has always missed It, Is making good In coon songs. She Is one of the really good-looking voung Women on the Western vaudeville stage, has much personal magnetism and only needs— well, just what she needs I have tried to figure out for three seasons. Perhaps It Is a flist- ( lass working partner. She has tried everything else. Tarlton and Tarlton do only falriy well ill a combln.ilion musical offering. Rector and Fh'ldlng have a rather entertaining juggling an<l dancing bit. Doiiohue and Oretto are sketiii artists of the usual small circuit worth. Carl Brothers do a black-face bit that Is good be lause they are not atrald of work. Fowiei Brothers are weighted with amateurism, but promise well for the future. They do a hanti L'aluuclng act. Illustrated songs and iiioviiig pictures complete the bill, the latter openifig. JAMES R. NOLAND. llfiltliuore, M<l. M.XKVLAND (F. C. Schanberger. res. mgr.).— Week !.'». .\nnle .Abbott. th«' "Georgia Magnet." is the headllner an<l chief attraction this week. Miss Abbott has battled twenty of our leading physicians who exatnined her at the Invitation of Manager Schanberger. Other features are the Messenger Boys' Trio, singers and come dians, in an, original act. Keeler's Japanese Ti»>upe of .Acrobats and Jugglers. Violet Dab- in songs, stories and Impersonations, Frank and ,|en Latona in a bright and pleas- ing musical specialty, George W Day, mon- ologlst. in a batch of new songs and stories. The Wilton Brothers In a comedy bar act of rart exctilence. .A new set of kinetograph pictures closes a good bill to the usual large houses, .V. xt Week. Military (Kiet, Ellnore Sisters. O'Brien and Hav.l, P'ive Juggling Mowatts. Three Crane Brothers, The Four Collins, l>avev ai<d I'hilll!!^ atid the Kinetograph. MnNCMKNTAL (Jos«>ph Kernan, res. mgr). Week l.'i .Another good .«how. May Howard's Extrav;igan/.a Company opened with a musical s.itire called "Mile. Flfl," In which Ml.ss How- ard plays the title part, assisted by a quartet of good comedians and a bun»-h of pretty chorus girls; the olio follows with three living art pic- tures, which were very good. Russel and Locke. singers and ilancers. The Musical Cralgs and Lrfjvelle and Grant In an exhibition of physical •Milture. The performance closed with the Brltt- Nelson flght motion pictures and large houses ■ were the result at the house on the bridge ..„NOTES.—Violet Dale, who fainted as she left • the stage after her act on Monday afternoon at the Maryland Theatre, was not able to appear on Monday night or at Tuesday's two perform- ances, as she suffered from a heavy cold and was threatened with pneumonia; but against the ad- vice of her physician and Manauer S<'hanberger, she Insisted on doing her specialty turn on Wed- nesday rather than disai>polnt and made a big hit In her songs and Imitations of prominent per- formers. The finishing touches are being put <m the new Gaiety Theatre an<l will open on schedule time, Monday. Feb, r». although If abso- lutely necessary It could be u'otten In ^hape by Jan. 2ft. as the cnntnictors dM not lose as much as one day from the time the building was start- ed until the present time and everything moved like clockwork, with the result that the con- tractors are nearly two weeks ahead of their calculations, having made allowances for bail weather, etc.. which did not materialize, as ♦>'is has been an unusually mild fall and winter. The anno'ine»>»n».nt for the opening? attraiti in ''•>« a* yet not h. en named. MILlt^V. TVanhlnflTton, D. C. • 'H.VFF: (H, W. De Witt, mgr.).—This week 's <>n(- of the best balanced bills of the s'^n^on thr' Military Octet being the headlii-er. The .oi is \ ery good. One thing they should h^^ar In mind \a that in nil V. S. A. cnmns the fla" '« lowered at supdou-n and not at "Tattoo." a« thev nre ,io inp Wilfred Clarke and companv. very clever ind veil received. Sibcl ,Toh'ison. sl'^-e-. '■ —y jile;)-; i"P act. The Five Mowif»s eo'itr^b-te ' ••.,, of the best club hiegling act" «>.-«.,> h'-^ th'' -ea- son. Mavme ReniIn«to'\ wit*" the he'-i of ''our I'leknnlnles. makes c lod. T'n^/er Trio very cond. Yeska .'Td Kint' peM'i(i;<-»s wool t do Letter w'th a little nio-e practice; and, of course. •A-e had mnvinr olrtore- KERNAN'S (Eiirrene K-rmn. mgr.). -'''he Star Show Olrls .T-e holiM-.' i>M' }<■ ■.■■,\<: at th'- h-Mse this week. The entire programme Is one that pleases from be"l ning to e»id. Both lnirle«-n"<'s are above the ordlnarv The olio is exeellent. fhe Toreador Trio. In "Hop Fiend Bin." with Cbas. Nichols In title role carried off first hon- ors. W. J. Carney qnd Fl( ra Wagner, singers .ird dancers, good; T*>m Nolan and Corn Whito gave a very clever act; Ten Brooke. T^mbert and Ten Brooke In a verv tr^oii musical net "THE MAN IN BLACK." MlnnenpoliH, Minn. ortPHET'M (Martin Be-k. gen, mgr.>.-L,nlgl I'ossl's musical hor«e. Emir, heads the bill ••or week of 14 and Is causing almort as much comment as did the flrst appearance of Sal- erno last week. The Seventeen Pekin Zouaves t. resent the onlckest, neatest and best drilled crack drill corps net ever seen here, J, FrancI-^ Doolev an! h's dancing girls had the stage thirty minutes at the opening, although his was the work of the te;im. Arthur Deming made a great Mt at both shows, although It was iecoi<tary to "trim" one of his songs. Claudius anJ Scar- let were satlsfaeforv on the banjos, although not such strong favorites nn Polk and Collins of last season, and Lucy and Lueler have developed a good going messenger boy and maid act, open- ing the show sntiHfactnrllv. Palemo Is In bis second week, and a bleeer hit than <»v«r. All the papers unite In declaring him the greatest jtiggler ever seen. The Boston FalJertea are the big- feature of next week, with the Okabe .Japanese troupe. Nellie Florede. the Marco Trains. Bnrnold's dogs nnd cats and Al Law- rence, also on the bill. The TTorskv-Pergere Co., after plnvlng a full week to cordial reception, closed after the Saturdnv mntlnee. 13. to mnke the Monday night opening at Salt Lake city. Tn order to give the Orpheum Theatre at Oma- ha a complata Saturday night akow a apaclal