Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-13
Entertainments. GRAND OPERA ROnsF

Morrison's "Fsust" has held sublime control over the emotions of large au- diences the last two nights. It will be re. peated this afternoon and evening. MT William Owen as Mephisto makes an ideal devil and Miss Auns Boyle as Marguerite holds her own in this difficult role. Too much praise cannot be given Miss Clara Belmont for her finished impersonation of Martha.
 "A Dark Secret" comes the last three days this week. An exchange says; The days of perfect productions have arrived and the public demand more than 8 few cheap actors who can kick up and by horse play make the audience laugh. No more putting a play on in New York with a strong cast and then taking it on the road with 8 lot of "school for acting amateurs" !" but the intelligent people demand perfect production, and this is the reason of the success of "A Dark Secret" which is pro- duced with the same strong cast, realistic scenery, aquatic effects ss used in its run of 200 nights in New York.
 Reilly & Woods great show will appear the first three days of next week. Big Frank" the boxing kangaroo, is with the company. Big Frank" is the son of 8 kangaroo who was brought to England from Australia by Sir Charles Wombwell about five years ago. The mother was ex- hibited in mensgerie for some time before the young one was discovered in her pouch. She died soon afterward and "Big Frank" was brought up by hand. He proved tract able and intelligent and was great favor ite with the children who came to the me nsgerie.
 In New York there is a clever man who does nothing but make the properties for great stage productions. For three months this man, who is really famous in his line, has been at work upon the "props" for the Siamese opera, Wang, which is to be given Friday night. Five solid weeks have been devoted (this is state secret, for half New York believes to this day that 1t was alive) to the construction of Wang's ele- phsnt. Those who guessed correctly that the elephant wss a dummy, probably imagined 1t 8 simple matter. It would ssem easy enough for two men to stoop over and wrap themselves in blanket rep resenting skin, the front one holding & make-believe elephants head in his hands But this elephant drinks beer and does all sorts of astonishing things with his trunk and legs, besides carrying live man on his back, and 1t took five weeks to build that kind of an elephant. In fact, his in- sides are as wonderful as the mechanism of anything from bicycle to Corlis en- zine.
 The sale of seats opens this morning, and although the expenses of this produc- tion are enormous the management has de- cided to make no advance in the prices, the best seats being $1. In consequence of the length of the opera the curtain will rise at 8 p. m. sharp.
 PoLIs WONDERLAND.
 The entertainment presented for this week is pronounced by all who have seen it to be one of the best vaudeville shows ever seen in this city. Every act on the bill is irst-clsss and especially adapted for ladies and children. The attendance yes- terday was big and Manager PoH feels con- fident of success. Among the special artists on the program are Lennie and Mil ton, the juvenile wonders in their original novelty, introducing the funny song ''Won't You Join the Salvation Armyf" | Mile Bowers, the aerial wonder, presents | ! very daring and marvellous performance h midair. The distribution of bread will take place | every morning this week.