Show I AMUSEMENTS I BOSTON HOWARD ATHENEU51 COMPANY This well known organization opened at the theatre last night to a full house The first act is by the Dixon brothers musical melodies introducing their very clever bellringing solos which was universally uni-versally voted a big success A colored team OBrien and Carroll followin songs and comic acts of no special merit The feature of the whole entertainment is Mile Bertoldi who is a really wonderful wonder-ful young woman and one who may be styled an anatomical wonder Some of her feats as an equilibrist contortionist and hand balancer she executes in a manner man-ner not attempted by others in her line and in these she is certainly without an equal Apparently she has control of every muscle nerve and fibre of her lithe body She walks up and down stairs on her bonds almost as easily as on foot Fuigova who is down on the bills as I the worlds greatest transfigurator is a lightning change artist making tenor ten-or a dozen distinct transformations of dress with great rapidity The Allisons I James and Lucy are a clever song and dance team Lucy being particularly graceful Kara the Bavarian juggler is readily recognized by his attitudinous pictures on the street walls Apparently he is very much stuck on himself but he certainly does his business with neatness and dispatch Janet Melville and Eire Stetson bristle with fun and do acts quite original and taking in which they completely com-pletely bring the audience to their feet Fox as Paddy Whiskey gives an amusing burlesque of the pompadour piano pounder from Poland 1 and performs per-forms some splendid imitations of different differ-ent instruments Serviis Le Roy illusionist illu-sionist closes the performance with rare exhibitions of prestigitation Altogether it is a firstrate show of the variety style and greatly in advance of the generality Matinee this afternoon and another performance per-formance tonight WONDERLAND The Ideal opera company has scored u decided success in their rendition pf the ever popular opera Mikado7 The stage mountings are beautiful anH the costumes rich and elegant Mr Havens has made a hit in the character char-acter of Nankipoo and in the duet with Miss More who takes the part of Yum Yum is greeted with an encore at every I performance A ry clever bit of character char-acter acting is thai given by Mr Salinger I as Ko Ko while Mr Hubbard makes a I aiost excellent Poo Bah The three little maids are well presented and the chorus as usual very fine On the Bijou stage Williams and Edson are giving a screaming farce and in the curio hal the cowboy convention is drawing draw-ing the usual large audiences |