The herald., 1893-02-19

size, Is full fedged artist. The com
pany, consisting OF more than 100 peo-
pie, is headed by the midgets who play
the principal roles. They carry an ex.
cellent ballet, composed Of young and
handsome women.
Their new spectacular play Candy,
which has closed four months run in
New York, is said to be surprise to all
who see it for the first time. American
street types, like messenger boys, boot.
blacks and newsboys, give some of the
Liliputians, especially Miss Ida Mahr
genial Franz Ebert and clever Adolph
link an opportunity to show how
Americanized they have become since
their arrival in this country. The first
two acts play in New York, the scenery
showing the parlor of a millionaire, a
candy palace and the interior of the
Midget club. The third act has for its
scene the deck of the steamer Micro
scope, in mid-ocean, while the last act is
on desert island on the coast of Africa,
which is suddenly transformed into a
bower of roses. The ballet will execute
a candy dance, amazon march, sailor 8
festival and flower dance. A novelty
will be the participation of the Lilipu-
tians in the ballets. They will intro
duce "rooster DUEL" quadrille of all
nations, with Franz Ebert as Uncle Sam,
and bell concert. Adolph links bur-
de ay has been the talk OF New York for
weeks. A special feature will be the
electrical ballet at the close OF the first
act. The company will be here for five
nights, commencing Tuesday, February
2Sth, with matlnees on Wednesday and
Saturday.
Miss Mabel Jenness will lecture
at the Grand opera house Thursday att
ernoon, February 23 at 2 o'clock, on
carriage, dress and social department.
The San Francisco Examiner has the
following to say of her lecture:
"Miss Mabel Jenness, who lectured
at Irving hall yesterday afternoon, is q
young woman slightly above medium
height. She has clear cut features, a
broad forehead surmounted by an abun-
dance of wavy, brown hair, and large,
dark brown eyes. She was attired in a
clinging costume of crepe, that the gas
light gave most delightful tint of Nile
green to, and that revealed the contour
OF most exquisite form. She talked
for two hours, during which time che
illustrated the proper way of standing
and holding the body. She went
through with a little exercise dance.
The exercise was most delicious sue
cession of graceful poses, and as she
went through with it, the people who
have seen Carmencita and all others
dance wondered why they were ever
called graceful. Next the graceful
little woman illustrated the correct and
incorrect methods of sitting down.
First che assumed the position that
most women have of half reclining in
an easy chair, thinking that such pose
showed careless grace. Miss Jenness
made the posture positively awkward,
and then a slight movement of her
1.-the form and she half reclined. per-
feet picture of grace and repose. 1t
does not take much effort for this
woman to change from pose of ex-
treme awkwsrdness to one Of witching
grace"
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Edgar Wilson Nye, who will lecture at
the opera house on the Goth, was born
in Maine in 1850, August 25th, but at
two years of age he took his parents by
the hand, and, telling them that Pisca-
taquis county was no place for them, he
boldly struck out for St. Croix county,
Wis. where the hardy young pioneer