The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-02-13
ELLA ZOARA.
One of the Greatest Hoaxes of the
World.
How a Long Faired Young Man
Passed for Years as a Beauty.

How a Long Faired Young Man
Passed for Years as q Beauty.
Posi-Disp tch.
eff you care anything for dramatic
"reminiscences" said friend yesterday
to Iimo of the Pnst-Dispatch, 81 can
take ven te II man who probably has
more curious relics and ol1-time infoI-
nation than any one in these paris.
Under the word Of command the
march was taken up and ended in a
little -2igeou-hole of a place on Fourth
street, near Locust, where the Anto-
nio Brothers dispense the restaurant
necessities of life.
1t took some time to thaw the
professor out. but that art accomplish
ed he produced two large books. con-
tanning a lot of old AMI highly vslua-
BILE show bills, reaching back to the
commencement of the present century,
and a great lot of once-conventional
certificates Of character ard accom-
plishments that managers were SIP
posed to furnish to the stars they en-
gagged They were the relics OF Signor
Antonio's father. Fifty wears ago he
was accounted one of the marvels Of
the world. His stage name Was I'll
DiavoiO Antonio accorded him be-
cause of the surprising feats of magic
and gymnastics he introduced.
my father said the son Of Diavo-
10, twas a native of Turin, Italy. and
began his wonderful career when quite
young. He died here in this city
only few years ago at the age of
seventy-three, hut | CAN tell you that
iu his prime. ard I'll prove il to you,
he eDjoved the patronage Of the vari-
Gus crowned heads OF Europe, and
was on terms of personal friendship
with such men as Charles kenble and
Sheridan Knowles. Here is bill for
instance. Git WAS exqnisitely printed
on SATIN bearing the date Of Septem-
Der IL, 1916. | believe this is the
oldest have in the collection"
reporter found that it announced
the appearance of Signor Antonio
"by command of His ROYAL Highness.
the Duke of York" ut the ROYAL
Thearer i'm London. The Signor is
styled the wonder of the world. Then
comes an outline Of his performances
on the slack rope. These were follow
ed by a melodrams entitled. The
Miller and His Men" gvranastic exer-
cises by a Vene Ian, and the perform
snce closing with the then popular
Haymarket comedy OF The Land
lady's Gown"
Here is another old programme
said the Signor, bearing date of 1927.
Theater Royal at Dublin. The per
fnrmance opened with the opera of
Freischulz, was followed by ;he Ant"-
MO -peciaities and ciOsrd with The
Spectre Bridegroom But look at
this for bill. Oily ;he old-iimers
will appreciate the talent here. hut !
can assure y"u it was immense You
see IL bears date OF Nav 9,iS2S. al
the Covent Garden IN London. The
play sas. AS You Like It. ami the En-
ierla!nment was for the benefit Of Mr..
founs. OF course he took the r'!e
at jacques, Charles kembie Ma Or
iando, BARLEY WAS Adam. and the
great Mme. Vestries was Rnsaiiud.
1 don't know whether she X dead or
ai've. but | heard recently that SIZE is
now teaching dancing ess"ns in Lon
don. Ii may he 50, hut she must be
considerably over seventy. Here's
biz of interest connected rith
this hill. You see they interlarded a
lot of specially business. The comedy
Was followed hy the old farce the
Devils Ia Pay, AMI the evening closed
with au olio of songs AMI Gauces. Par
sloe Is new famous in this country as
ana exponent Of the Chinese character
Here vou have his iather executing a
Chinese Darce according To this pro-
gramine, over hiatt century ago.
You don't often fiud these peculiar
instincts hereditary Oh the stage, hut
here is an interesting illustrations. 4
J.. fars:oe was the old gentleman's
name-quite feature in his day"
Turning over tine assortment of old
play bills. the Signor suddenly paused
with a reverential AIR and said, as he
held up an oid paper programme,
Look at this for cas.le!" 1t was
a bill of the hestnut Street, Phila-
ceiphia Theater, date Of January Is.
lS43. as near forty years ago as can
be computed. The play was "The
Hunchback" Its au nor. and the
creates: playwright since the days of