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Ior when MI. frohman contracted with the
q TS Gthf5s and n1S the msn ne
he used until next season. In April = farce
by Charles Klein called A Dark Horse"
r.s T s PfoSnTSt Ss 4 nS gcH oS.t
the Fourteenth street. Ia" Man Among Men" !"
In May at the american. Sister Mary" will
Its su;hor Is Cemeent Scott o' SeStd SeW ROo0d RRo0
hy Augustus Thomas is not to be. acted by A.
special cast in Chieaao. Charles 'GogRian - will II
start out soon with a comedy Uf his own. lust
completed and not yet named.
The Union Squares " continuous" perform
ance includes this week Tho Mascot. J." with
Milton Aborn as Lorenzo. the role In which he
appears Mt his best. The leaders OF the va
riety performance are Alice Eaymond and
Hector and Lnuraine. At tho all-duy. aIl-va-
riety show at Herrmann's NAnnettn. n gym
mast Is n feature and there are many other
specialties. making an effective variety. The
American debut Of Mile. d'Ary has been post
poned till next Monday at Roster 4 Balls. but
this singers absence is not Kissed. Sandow.
nthan, and their companions furnish excel
Letta and Foden. hand balancers, is the way
i reads on IIti the nrogramme St Proci9Ts Thea
to any one who has once seen them. They
begin by walking down flight OF dozen
stair. then coming down two steps at time,
and finally by making the descent one step at
jumps over two chairs placed two feet apart.
and in one OF which the other is seated almost
upright He starts while standing on his feet
and lands on his hands. not coming 10 a stand
ing position again until moment OF pause
has made his BALANCE plain and then
recovering natural position with an Rcrobatic
flourish. Other things accomplished while the
body and legs are supported upright ty the
hands and arms. are Jumps three and a half
long trOnninK from a of IA feet
and jumping over three hurdles, each foot
high. Asee-saw Of u fun minutes duration is
kept up On a tweye-iOUt plank centred three
feet from the floor. the fall OF each end to the
floor resulting in a decided jar. which makes
IN the other things, the end OF this .inds them
rising anu falling resting on one hand. What
are seemingly more difficult tricks ems gage tho
two al one time. Thus. one man bends back
ward till he stands like an inverted u" and
mis- companion. with one hand on the others
hand extended as an aid in keeping his poise.
Ali this IS done on an elevated platform OF
last trick tegins with one acrobat on his hands
and feet, facing the asor. The other ilnds
head dc downward with no other support. Then the
under man slowly lifts his legs from tho floor.
and the pair rest upon the m uscles Of his arm.
NIT the observer TO fully real izc what is being
done or TO understand It as clearly as is posi-
gain their feet from such strained positions in
a graceful and shove way. and as they exhibit
hers. there is nothing repulsivs IN their un-
usual attitudes. Of course. this specially is
but one Ot many which daily I'll! the time from
till nearly midnight.
Tho sketch with which Id Lawrence and
Nina Harrington display their abilities at
Pastors is OF the familiar sort which Is lu-
Gated in the Offlce OF a dramatic manager.
Lawrence. in the Guise OF II countryman. en-
ters 10 engaged for COMPANY and the re-
hearsal Of his part is made the means for in
puns Jokes. and songs The pairs
hest bit is when they are costumed as tough
dancers, the kind known as Bowery spjal-
ers." or their budget OF Iokes. perhaps the
hest comes from Harrington, who explains
that in marrying second time he chose for
his mate tho sister Of his first wife so as to
avoid breaking In n new mother-in;l Jaw. Mr.
Pastors songs contain many easily under
81 God illusions to local and current matters,
which prove very taking. One OF these Is a
TO n recent much-eXploited mar
riags Of sta ge folks and creates more fun than
does many An entire song.