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Show Harerly American-European ': Minstrels. Min-strels. ' J udging from newspaper criticisms and reports in. general, Haverly's United American-European Minstrels,'which will bejvith us next Mbnday and Tuesday at the Walker Opera House, will- eclipse anything recently seen in minstrelsy. All the cities in which -this organization has appeared since thir return from England, Eng-land, are enthusiastic in their praise of this company, and judging from the. list of people they will come up to all expectations. expec-tations. Special care has been taken by Mr, Haverly in arranging the programme, to depart as much as possible froin.the monotonous rut into which minstrelsy : seems to have fallen.. Newness and npvelty have been his motto in organiz-this organiz-this company, and if reports be true, he has succeeded. The mastodon song and dance includes twenty-five people, and the fancy-drill and clog numbers sixteen. The big card of the entertainment, however, is 'the Cragg family. These English gymnasts and acrobats have completely revolutionized revolution-ized their - art, and they stand preeminent pre-eminent in their line of business. Five in number, they are credited with performing per-forming feats of skill of such a difficult nature that they are alleged to be almost indescribable. The company will undoubtedly un-doubtedly receive the generous patronage that it deserves. - ' " |