Show I A Merry Matinee for Children The childrens little hearts are beating beat-ing like little battering rams in anticipation antic-ipation of the delights advertised for Washingtons birthday at the theatre Dancing will be indulged from 2 to 5 p m when the curtain will be dropped and immediately the new and scream ingly funny shadow pantomime by the Ciawson boys will ensue The title of the piece is Fun at a Country Inn and the cast Is as follows Daddy Drijk Some More Fred Clawson Mother Knock em DownWalter Ciawson ClinrmhiF Sally the MaidF D Taylor A New Dude In TownL H Clawson Clown in for Fun and Mischief 1 S B Clawson The Devil Looking for More Victims S H Ciawson Policenifn a Gem of the ForceS Force-S I Clawon This will be followed by Eliason the brilliant conjurer and illusionist who will present one of the most beautiful illusions ever presented in this city entitled Galatea The story of Pygmalion Pyg-malion and Galatea is known to all readers of ancient history Pygmalion was a famous sculptor and one who was noted for his conception of the beautiful but he was unable to find his ideal woman So he worked for years on one piece of marble transforming trans-forming the same into a statue that was so true to life and so perfect that the sculptor fell in love with his own creation When he had the labor of years completed he called It Galatea and entreated the Gods to infuse life into his masterpiece This was done and the beautiful statue lived the eyes opened the lips parted the Ga latea smiled and breathed But the sculptor in his eagerness attempted to embrace the work of art and behold be-hold it turned to stons before his eyes He again invoked the Gods to icstore to him his love and Galatea once more became a living breathing woman The next instant she became a grinning skeleton All this will actually ac-tually occur The marble turns to lethe le-the eyes open and Galatea speaks The next moment she turns to marble back to life and from a living breathing woman to a skeleton before your very eyes All this is done in full light After this there will be a brief intermission in-termission and then dancing will continue con-tinue without cessation until 1 p m Q if > a of admission to this delightful delight-ful afternoon and evening is only 50 I vuta wuureji under 12 5centsr |