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Show CROSS BENEFIT ; SHOW BIG SUCCESS ' ""'- ' :.v. V ,;. ' y.. An unusually large crowd was present pres-ent at Canyon Hall Monday nighty to attend the show'given by Miles Me Donald under the auspices of the Red Cross. Prof. McDonald is an animal trainer, and the various performances of his educated animals were highly entertaining. This feature consisted of feats by trained ponies, dogs, cats and monkeys, and also the flying of an air machine which showed how bombs were dropped from the skies. The program was a varied one. In addition to the part played by the trained animals tlfwe were many other interesting features. F. Smith, the tango hoop man, performed fine; Parker Molntee, the black face corned, ian, contributed much to the entertainment; enter-tainment; the musical vtrlo, Miss Drownlee, Mrs. Southwick, Rdbert Bee, made some splendid music! Sam Pezzopane, piano accordian player, succeeded in amusing the crowds; the high -Behoof quartette made good music; Sam Burtis, Irish hodcarrier dancer, performed well, and the moving mov-ing nlrtifps by M P trurtls-were of a high" class. Judge John C. Green delivered a splendid address on the Red Cross work. '." The show was a success In every respect re-spect and it has been the, subject Uf much' (Jom'meiit during tlie week. " v Many tickets were sold and the Red Cross received a large sum of money from the entertainment after deducting deduct-ing the expenses. ; . this was Prof. McDonald's maiden effort on the stage and he and his as. sociates performed In a most commendable com-mendable manner. He is now preparing prepar-ing to tour ti,e country with his' trained animals and other features and he will no doubt meet with much sue-cefiB sue-cefiB on the American Stage. His first appearance was a good one, and the success with which me met should be encouraging. |