, 1875-01-31
How the Burlington Hall Man Secured
Lis Performers.
Mishaps Of Couple Of Italian Dan
GERS,
They We're Engaged for the Grandest
Opera-House in Chicago.


Ns0 ~*eoS1 ta0 NAA1oHlts16E O4 ZIG pEl1ElFa
| events OF the year 1875 fails to give due impor
tance to the fact that with the new year ther
, came to Chicago something in the leg-theatrica
hne utterly ecipsing ali previous attempts in th
same direction, be will without doubt incur tn
dlspleasure Of q vast number Of the city's NAL
Inhabitants. To these the advent OF the troup
OF Can-Can dancers was an evant never to be for
gotten. Long before their arrival while IS 70
the only hint Of the exquisite treat they had il
! stora was that contained in the rather shah
bily-printed, but very warmly-worded, post
ers, the conversation OF the admirer
Of tho 1ow-necked and high-skifse<
phase OF the spectacular vae a1mos
wholly confined to ospecula.ions as to whether the
result really would or possibly could equal tit
antc1pations which tho advertising had caIiet
into life: Old men With silver hair and presum
ably lapguid circulation OF blood brightoned ur
Is they read OF the coming event that promised
TO warm up the coldness OF their declining life
and young men who had long felt the inclination
to travel we're happy in the thought that the
very thing which they considered most worth
travelling to see WAS to be astainab1e aFter all,
and at remarkably cheap prices OF admission
considering *'Ah," ojncu1ated
-voLupTuoUs couNT1No-RooM CLERK.
the success of the regular o'clock sacrifice Of q
terrible. appetite upon tho shrine OF the nearest
restaurant, and in whose private drawer lurked
special decoction of sarsaparllla and wine used
TO spur on his appetite when jadcd, IT tell you
tnis is going to be immense o-im-mense! It's
| going to be 1ed-hot and no mistake! Every
one Of 'em Trenches, tell you. Wl-e-e.evI I
know all about it, and tell you"
Nithcuk toncFttpr 1,-,or 1rb,r AZ 49, .1}x;1
ing further TO the widespread antlcipations
which the cernins Can-Can caused, suffice to say
that the display came, was seen, and conquered
Nobody can deny the appropriateness Of the last
verb used, for did not the Can-Can number
amongst it's yanqulshed he who holds the des-
tinles OF the city and OF local express ofico in
his hand, not to mention i doughty United Statee
Commissioner, County Judge, and other
dignitaties? There is no mistake that the pro-
phetic utterances Of the voluptuous counting
room clerk we're made good by tho facts. The
Can-Can was both immense and red-hot, 80 red
hot, in fact, that the mighty dienitaries rho
went to sec it were, it is said, obliged to
cool of with q quantity OF champagne,
which made so largo a hole tn q 800
bill that the change was hardly worth putting
back into the pocket-book. It would hardly be
wise for critic, exerting his lack OF knowledge
upon beautiful painting to look at the back of
it, and express disgust BECAUSE there wss MOTH
ing there but COARSE dusty canvas :; but there is
occasionally necessity for looking deeperin into
matters than can be done by a glance at the sur-
face. Probably it was with Soma such idea that
the diguitariea
WENT DEH1sD TIE SCENES
on that memorable night, to discover whether
the ralpitation Of their hearts was causea by
something reaI, or whether he sight that had
just aazzled them was simply q yely clever and
very delightful illusion. But there il something
behind "behind the scenes" even, and in look-
ing into this yesterday, TRIBUNE reporter
he was as far as he knew, eyen
seeing deeper into the mysteries of th
Canaan than ever was accomplished by the |
Mayor himself. Before the excitement caused |
by the Can-Can had fully died away, it was mem |
tioued by those who are supposed to undarstand ]
the matter that
ONE on TWO OF THE ARTISTS
at one Of the variety y-houses we're Of character
seldom to be seeL at such place-that they be-
longed properly to higher walk in the ealta-
tot1aI department Of the stage, and that it was
plain that there must be some mistake some
where. In tha course Of his search for inf6rma-
lion on the subject, The TRIBUNE reporter
learned that tbs Burlington Hall, low place on
State street, raised to temporary notoriety BY the
Indecent nature OF its entertainments, had lost |
asst Monday three Of its best dancess,-lliss |
Rachel and Mariaui Fra1,eico, and Signor No
7issimo. After little research, tHB reporter
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