The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-05-12
AMUSEM ENTS.
and BaiIey,s show.

Chiko aud Johanna, the two giant gorlllas
with the Barnum and Bailey show, Wnlcn
will exhibit in Jersey City next Wednesday,
are the source of never ending wonder SO
human are they In their actions. In Fnlla-
delphia the other day the two gorillas were
given O quart can of ice cream each, and
they kept the big crowd which watched them
in a constant roar. Each one was given a
huge spoon to eat with. Chiko Immediately
dipped into the can and swallowed @ big
spoonful, but the first taste had a curious
effect ON him. He growled, spat, sneezed,
rubbed his head and jumped up and down as
if he had sat on e hornet. Then he walked
about the can, eying It suspiciously. Then
he stuck a finger into the mixture, shook IL
and stuck into his mouth to warm 1t. BY
that time he seemed to conclude that he
liked the taste, and slowly swallowed another
spoonful. After that he couldn't dip 1T up
fast enough. When the can was empty
Chiko continued for som time to dig labor
iously into its depths. His failure to make
it Weld any more cream angered him, and
with q scream Of rage he jumped upon the
offending can and tore it to shreds.
johanna meanwhile was wrestling with
her share of the frozen luxury. She dis.
carded the spoon entirely and tried to
swallow the cream at one guip. In her
frantic efforts she managed to smear her
whole body with the white stuff, which
| melted and ran from her ugly nose in rivulets.
The more she tried to eat the worse mess
| she made and the louder the crowd shouted.
At last she managed to break the can, apd
| then she fairly revealed and rolled IN the
| melting cream. 1t was a sight which
| delighted the children even more than the
| antics of the twenty clowns with the show.
EIdorndo's Opening Tomorrow.
Gilmore's -Twenty-second Regiment Band
| of fifty pieces, under the direction of Victor
! Herbert, will open the season at Eldorado
| tomorrow afternoon and evening, weather
| permitting, with a grand vocal and instru-
| mental concert. The programme, which has
been especially arranged by Mr.. Herbert for
| this occasion, will consist of popular NOR
| ceaux from Wagner, List, Strauss, Verdi,
| Godfrey and other prominent COMPOSERS,
| Liszt's Hungarian Raphsody No. 3" God
| frey's "Reminiscences of Ireland" the
.sTwenty-second Regiment March Strauss
son the Blue Danube" and arias from
tAida" and ''Gioconda" being among the
numbers. The new march, "Eldorado,
| 1894 composed by Victor Herbert, will be
performed for the first time. Conrad
Behrens, the well known basso, will be heard
In a cavatina from the "Jewessa and an
1 aria from "Ernani,n and Nine. Louisa Terri,
the famous South American soprano, who
has achieved great success in this country,
having been identified with Seidps concert
tours the past two seasons, viii sing the
shadow song from 'Dinorah" and the mad
scene from Hamlet"
As much as possible the many incon-
veniences and a~nnoyances of last season will
be avoided. New ferriage facilities are
being arranged, more prompt street car SER
vice promised and the public Will find many
changes for their comfort anu convenience.
The boats from Forty-second, Franklin and
Fourteenth street ferries will run every five
J minutes, while the price of admission to the
concert and grounds will be IS cents, includ-
ing round trip ferriage and elevator in Wee
hawken.
The rehearsals for the grand ballet and
spectacle. 1Benamela, a Summer Nights
Dream which will open the regular season
on Saturday evening, June 8, have already
commenced. This gorgeous and novel
spectacle, composed and directed by Vim
cenzo Romeo, will introduce q multitude OF
premier dancers. secondas, coryphess,
Of pantonimists.
The Bon Ton.
The programme for the Bon Ton next week
Is by Far the best the management of this
cosy little house has yet dished up to its
patrons. 1t is long and varied, and, in the
true sense of the word, is a variety perform
ance. Among the artists to appear are
Mile. Rialta, the Partisan danseuse, in d
pyro-terpsichorean effect known as the fire
dance: James Thornton is retained another
week. and will tell some new stories and sing
parodies; William DeBoe. a wonder OF tht
Ninteenth Century, whose head balancing
act on the swinging trepeze has make him
famous: Seigrest and Lee, direct from ths
London Music Hall, their first appearance Ii
in this country; the only John Fl. w. Byrne
monologue; Edmunds, Emerson and EN-
mons, the comedy trio; Sheehan and Sulll