Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-12
Entertainments. HYPERION.

 appear st the Hyperion tomorrow evening in "A Night at the Circus"
 An exchange ssys: Shouts of laughter greeted Nellie McHenry last night. She is . genius. She always was but in her new piece, "A Night at the Circus' shs prob part she has played in years. Her vivacity and magnetism psrneates the entire per formance, but the lady has bsen wisely surrounded by an altogether capable con- pany, much above the average, who aesist the star in keeping the audience in con- stant good humor. Chief amovg ths sup | port is clever John Webster, who portrsys \ an altogether improbable attorney in hts
 usual characteristic and successful style.
 There is quintet of pretty girls, and, as
 sort of surprise party, girls that can
 sing, too. The pisce was written by that l fertile farce comedy constructor, Grastan
 Donnelly, is better than others Of its class
 Sale of seats now open.
 Great interest Is being taken In the con-
 ing appearance. of the great prina donna,
 Adelins Patti, at the Hyperion next Fri
 day evening. The popular dssirs to listen | to :he matchless voica and inconparsbla
 vocal art of shs ''Qaeen of Song" IS inn
 mense. A popular program has bsen ar-
 ranged. In the concert program Madame
 Patti will sing "Una Vooe," from "Il
 Barbiero," and no selection better
 displays her brilliant vocal:z .,ion,
 while in the second act of "Mar- ths," which forms the second ] part of the program, sne will sing the
 'Last Rose of S1mmet" and Home, Swt ct Home." Madame Patti will d. ap
 pear in the second act of 'Martha," to-
 geshsr with the assisting artists. who are host in themselves. Mile. , Lsly, tenor, that of Lionel!o, and Signo,
 Novara sings Plunksts. Of course Madame Patti will be Lady Henrietta, and more , piquant or perfectly disguised Englist
 maiden under the name of Martha could
 not Ge imagined. Sale of seats opens al the box office this morning at g g. ,n.; no : more than ten tickets sold to ons person
 At the Hyperion, Saturday matinee ant . 1 evening, February IT, 0. B. Jefferson Z Klaw < Erlanger's highly popular "Coun try Circus" will be seen for the secon6
 excellent. Not alone is this dus to i.l , novelty and ingenuity, but also to th' artistic cleverness with which 1t Is staged and which puts it far above any of th' modern 50 called realistic plays" Sais O. seats opens Wednesday.
 GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
 "The Tornado" comes the first thre 8 days this week. Thsre will be mat!nee tomorrow and Wednesday, An exchang :, says: The success of the first presentation
 of "Ths Tornado" at Havlin's thsater wa
 repeated last night. No one in the larg , audience who saw the vivid realities of tn first scene, when ths atmospheric phenom : enon from which the play takes it's nam D devastates the stage but frlt that the woe the New York clergyman wished to befal 5 Chicago after the opsning of the world 2 fair on Sunday had come upon the city f To tell of seeing houses, fences, aii tn D off in full view, while lightning-rea g lightning blszsd, and thunder cracked a gives but faint conception of 8 daringl g conceived and perfectly executed dramsti f effect, as novel ss 1t is ingenious.
 : Almost rivslipg the crash of the storn 8 was the applause of the audience as th |, curtain descended upon the heap of csla m - ity the storm left on the stage. Nor wa - this enthusiasm on the part of the hous, l IeeseueO Uy tQe sceHos WHICH IO1lOWeu = The shipwreck fully satis6sd the inlan
 lover of marine novels and the water seen
 which followed, with the rossirg wave a surrounding imIsrilsd humanity, WE
 novel. So vera the scenes laid in Chicago J and ths effect of the dissecting room va extraordinarily faithful to life.
 The Pat Rooney company will appear i 6 their latest success. Lord Rooney" Thurs 8 day, Friday and Saturday evenings thi I- week. There will be mstinees Friday ap j. Saturday. The company includes Katie
 Hattie. Josie and Master Pat Rooney. ,. PoLI's WONDERLAND THEATER,
 8 CIimmens and Gore, the long woma A and the short man, whose ecosntricitis h have delighted New Workers for the pas J. month will appear at Pol,'s Wonderlsn '- this week. They ara said to be really on IT of the funniest sketch teams in this cour y try. Mics Gore is a young lady over si f feet tall, and MT. Crimmsns Is but littl J. over four feet in height. This difference r. iu their sizs makes them present iud ). crous appearance. Another feature thi s week is the sensational performance 0 l. Signor MelliHi, who presents the fests 0 F. Mahatma, or sorosrers of the east. Tn f entire bill ia an excellent one, and include r. Professor Burke with his funny boxip ,r dogs; the Amanns, German sketch artists b the Hewlstts, wire walkers, and G4llaghe l. and Griffin, Irish comedians.