The herald., 1894-12-10
ALADDIN. JR., HERE.
The American Extravaganza Compa,
Arrivea.

The Amerfcau Bxtravaganza Company
Arrives.
The Arcade depot presented q peculiar
sight yesterday morning. At the hour
OF day break . special train of nine cars
pulled into the station, and in few
moments afterwards there was . hub.
bnb and . chatter OF languages that
made the sleepy employees Of tho
Southern Pcifco company open their
eyes in amazsmeut. The American Ex.
travaRanza company, numbering about
1876 persons, had arrived, and the con-
versation of the many and varied types
OF character will long be remem bered by
those who were present when the organ
ization disembsrked. There were the
Italian and the French coryphes con-
versing with each other; and pretty
Catherine Bartho, the Russian
danseuse, was trying to inform Martha
1rmler, the German danseuse, whore the
hotel was located at which she
was going to reside while here. Then
English Josie Chalders. with q Pioadiliy
dialect that one could cut with q knife.
began q conversation with Mise Maz-
zone, an Austrian dancer who cannot
speak one word OF English, and the for
mer to make the latter understand that
this was = semi.tropic climate and that
che would not have to wear snow shoes.
gave the night watchman the "williee."
He will describe that conversation be-
tween these two pretty young women to
his grandchildren.
The last man to alight from the train
was thick.set, smooth.faced, white
haired, young-faced man, fashionably
r. 49,
and asked Danial Mccullough, the act
ing manager of the company, how
many trucks there were on hand,
to haul the four corloads Of scenery to
the theater. He was David Henderson,
one OF the most prominent OF American
theatrical managers. the proprietor and
Chicago; the Duquesne theater, Pitts
house, st. Louis, and co-manager OF the
Broad way thester, Denver. 1t was
David Henderson. the man who organ.
pany nine years ago, and who has been
IL 10 who has given to the American
public in annual succession the Arabian
Nights, Bluebeard, jr., Crystal Slipper,
I'VE have jumped from Denver here"
said Manager Henderson to a HERALD
reporter, "snd whom I tell you OF the
snow drifts We have come through you
will know how glad am to get here,
where the grass 10 green and the air Is
mild. We rode through the mountains
last night, and the sky WAS so clear and
the scenery 60 grand / could not slsepi
went forward and rode on the loco
motive with the engineer for four hours.
shall never forget that, experience ]
never realized before what the duties OF
the engineer and iremen were. II
ever own . railroad, will raise the
salaries OF the fremen, the fret thing
do. .s +
1.-THE stage OF the Los Angeles theater
10 not "a deep az We would like to have
IT," continued Mr.. Henderson. changing
the 1ubject OF the conversation. ''but 1
shall be able to give Aladdin.
IT,, in all its entirety. II / could
not give 1t just as / gave it at my
own theater in Chicago, would not
give it all. will not present any one
OF my extTavaganzAs unless can do it
right. am very we'll aware taatl can
90 around tho country and give cur
tailed performance and make q great
deal OF money, bat l don't believe in
that. We may be little crowded on
the stage this week. but / won't allow
anything to be cut out. shall present
all the ocsEery, all the ballets, all the
costuming, lights and mechanical
effects. just % Aladdin. jr.,' was origi-
nally done in Chicago"
And then David Henderson took cab
for the Westminster,