The Critic and record., 1891-04-25

FRANK and Lillian White, is an old favor
ite and a clever comedian. Mile Alber-
tina will present her beautiful Prismatc
Fantasma Views. Hilton is acknowledged
the worlds greatest contortionist. Mile
Marie, the beautiful aerial queen, is a
daring and skillful artist whose feats are
always thrilling. Adolph, the enohantor
and John j. Sheehan of the "Old Four
INLAND are clever, Ladies' matinces
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
The Adam Forepaugh shows.
Within the last decade it is safe TO say
that more advancement has been made in
the show business than in any other line
of business in this country. This change
has been wrought by several causes. In
the first place, the world is steadily ad-
vancing to a higher state OF art culture,
and our ideas OF affairs have been en-
larged. Men no longer content them
selves with single and plain buildings in
which to exhibit their mercantile wares,
as was the wont of our forelathers.
Palatial blocks are now the rage, and our
merchant princes have their offices as
sumptuously and elegantly fitted up as
did formerly the rulers of realms their
palaces.
Go.ahead-actvencss i'm all things is the
rule of the day, and I'm no business Is this
mere demanded than i'm the amusement
business. With amusement caterers,
novelty, originality and immensity must
rule the day. Business men need not have
entire blocks, mayhap, but showmen, to
be considered showmen nowadays, must
cover acres OF ground with their vast
tents must have have countless thou
sands of wonders; must have curiosities
strange, rare and hitherto unheard of;
must have superior artists; must have
everything, in lact, which is obtainabe
in the way of the marvellous; they are at
all times surrounded by so much compc-
tition, and so many others who lay claim
to the title Greatest that money must
be considered no object IN the equipment
of q great show. How enormous then
must be the outlay necessary to equip
such monster unitication of unequaled
shows as that of the Adam Forepaugh
Show. How many lands and seas must be
ransacked TO secure artists from all quarters
of the earth? The Forepaugh Show has
far outstripped all Of its competitors,
and now lays claim, fortified by facts, to
having the greatest, grandest and best
shows in the entire world to-day. This
great show will exhibit here on Wednes-
day and Thursday of next week, April 20
and 80.
Cleveland's CoIored NIinstrels.
AT the Academy Of Music (ncoln
HalD last night the galleries were
crowded when Clevelands Colored MIN
strels appeared for the first time in this
city.
The first part is an unusually fine one.
The singing is good, the quartette being
one of the best ever heard upon a
minstrel stage.
Ollie Hall acted as interlocutor and Tom
Mcintosh and other mirth producers
kept the audience convulsed with laugh
ter during the entire first part. The
| songs and jokes are new, and the act of
| John Brewer ELECTED applause. James
Bland amused with a speech and Palmer
and McIain, assisted by Brewer and
| Thomas performed several difficult aero
batic feats.
The acrobatic song and dance act was
| graceful, and Javlin and Wilson did q
clever juggling act.
When Tom Mcintosh appeared, he
fairly took the house and was recalled
repeatedly. The Mozambique Gladiators
march was performed by the company
| and the entertainment concluded with
'ln Darkest Africa" by the Brewers.