| Show AMUSEMENTS I From the appearance of the Theatre last night d ht one might draw the con conclusion conclusion elusion that the day of minstrelsy is 18 s just dawning da JOinS The Field organization not only drew an audience that filled every nook upstairs and down but kept the house in a delighted mood for the biggest part of three and ond a half hours It is due the management to say last nights audience was better pleased j than the For some j I I reason or another minstrel people peo pIe will not Rork rk for tor a matinee crowd at least Fields aggregation 8 did not The first performance perform compared with the even evenIng j Ing show was like a tub of soapsuds I alongside of Niagara and just about as j attractive It was not until evening I I that the tile organization tion showed what it j I could do Beginning with the first part which I is both novel and nd beautiful from a scenic standpoint Algie Field has put I I toge her bel a good minstrel show but bitt j great The gags are ahot out as bright ht R ss fI the thc fellows who vho spring them and the chorus singing is as th a a I whole Some of it it too can I be heard in any barber shot shop on any dull morning As for the lo j ly Iy heralded nightingale S the impression was quite general that they t 1 i remained behind in the Colorado wash w washout sh shout out After the first part comes a funny tunny creation termed One MOne Day in the House in which McKInley and Mark 1 rk are shown in The inspiration is from minstrel cartoons cart of the late campaign Don Donnelly Donnelly nelly neny and Field do some real clover clever work in this thir act The olio oUo consists of ot an aD aerial contortionist act a comedy I sketch and a pair of grotesque ath totes letes with a monologue thrown in The entertainment concludes the band of Arabs in tumbling and pyramid p building Better work of this kind has i never been beeR seen here The leader of the i tribe Shiek Hadji Cheriff is a Dervish celebrity His act which i comes cornea in the first firt part was a startling feature ie ture of the show On tIle the whole the big audience of last night was more than satisfied and it augurs much for fo the life lite of min minstrel minstrel mm entertainment The Al G Field show is not known west of Denver and that U t it should draw so well here 1 is N j jIn Nin In spite of the big biS card at at the The Theatre Theatre Theatre atre business at nt the Grand Increased ed rather rath r than diminished last night Nell NeU Gwynn Gw nn was presented pre et ed to the largest larg t house of ot the week the matinee excepted The house was packed I for the afternoon performance Mrs Leslie Carter opens owens opens at the The to in l Zaza 2 tonte tonight t The curtain rises at 9 frames of the Way Down 32 st company appeared on thoroughfares yesterday and attracted considerable attention J J who is coming here bore hereL with L The Telephone Girl la is 1 the man who t put Dut on in Town He Me Is one pite of the theatrical men I in tie the t e west and is the husband of K therIne |
