New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-16
MUSCLE. MAGIC md TAEIETY.

The lovers Of variety and light entertainment
have no cause to repine this week lhey may learn
from tho following paragraphs what are some Of
the means al present offered ior srduiyihg their
:as.e In tho first place the Sandow Trocadero
company is to be found at the American lheatre
The marvellous feats OF strength pe'io'iheo oy
Eugene Sandow are well known mere. NO other
performer Of his sort has lifted heavy weights
with 40 much grace or shown such fine and even
muscular deveIopment In short, what Sandow does
is always pleasant to See and that cannot be said
Of the average variety-stage Hercules ne Is sup
ported just now by able company. Inc 'ordans
are most interesting and accomplished acrooats'
and the troupe also includes Amann. character i'm
nersonator from, Munich; the Lucifers high kckers
and iumpers from the Alhambra. London; Dun
ham, bar performer Scotte the dog with human
intelligence. from the Empire, LONDON Mareueri'e'
from the Empire; Tom Brown the douoie-hote
whistler from the Gaiety Theatre' LONDON Oily
Van. Musical Dale. instrumentaist; MISS Florence
uolbrook vvandiere and Sgnor Sa!derna. vio-
linst.
Another favorte entertainer is Hermann the
magician. who appears this week at the Academy
Of Music There is no necessity or comment o"
hts performance for New-York readers lie mis-
two hours with feats that are as apparently I'M
possible as any that are read Of in fairy tales. In
fact he does things that are not attempted
in fairy tales Without losing any of It's customary
attractivenesg. Herrmanns present entertainment
includes several novel features with some pictur-
eSque ana puzznng Illusions IL II, III idOt' Va '"e
same quality that it always was, bu; with new
programme.
A; Roster & Balls this week new set Of living
pictures Is unveiled 1t Is something OF novelty
from the fact that the subjects are drawn from
Goethes Faust" 1t is subject that is certainly
capable of almost unlimited illustration, whether
by living pictures or by any other method 1t Is
scarcely necessary to say that the present groups
skiifu.ly arranged and effectively shown Other
features Of the bill are the American debut
of SIZZLING and Reve. burlesque bar performers.
from the Casino. Paris and the first appearance
here of the Meers Brothers, in their acrobatc wire
act. The remaining features are Hill and Hull gro
tesques: Wood and Shepard. Tschernon and his
dogs. the ROssow Brothers. the Sisters Don, le
Cd Time Bellies and Beaux'; the trio Muhemann.
Biockson and Burns Hurley and Wilton, and the
Frantz family.
At the Eden Musee the stage entertainment in
cludes Master c. Machan. Charlotte Perry Stoppe
and RemOnde. Alcnzo Hatch, juggler. and Miss
Dorothy Denning 1t is given every evening. and at
the matinees on Wednesday and Saturday There
is also a concert by the Gypsy Orchestra every af-
ternoon and evening Some new waXworks have
recently been added 10 the collection.
Proctor's resounded with mirth and melody yester-
day when the opening of the continuous Easter
programme revealed various surprises Everything
is this week except the midair acrobats the
Three Eugenes. and even they have new evolu,ions.
Unthan, the without arms, does wonderful
things with his feet. Much fun is provided by
George 7. Murphy and Kitty Kursale. Drummond
Staley and Belle Birbeck, in their Musical Black
smiths" sketch; Joe Flynn. the parody singer. who
touches upon "Trilby'' and other timely topics:
Annie Hart, the balladist of the Bowery: Luigi
DelrOro. Felix and Cain Blanche Paquerette. Gil
bert Sarony. Eldora and Norne. Fske and ogden.
in travesties; the Aherns, expert acrobats; the
Allyns Moa and Goodrich trick skaters: Lillian
Alderman. Jane Bernard and others.
j. w. Kelly came back to Tony Pastors Theatre
last night. and large audience was present greet
him. Although he supported by a good com
pany. II was evident that the crowd was there to
hear Mr. Kelly, and when his turn came his en-
trance loudly cheered HIS stock OF wittic!sms
new and fresh. kept the house In good humor for
half an hour new Irish sketch team. The Dono-
some clever limitations. Miss Lizzie T. Raymond
sang and danced with spirit Baldwin and Daiy did
Miss Lille Western. John K. Harry and others APP
peared.
At the Casino the leading new attraction Is the
evening dress. Papnta's living picture dance
is attracting much attention. and Will be con
tinued. The living bronze statues are seen in new
p9se7 among Other attractions are The RxfoTds
and Lynnes duettists; Napier and Marzello 1mro
Fox the conjurer; Constant and Ida. .equilibrists
the Crescendoes and the "Snow Ballet"
Easter week started In well at Hubers Fourteenth
Street Museum Yesterday. The curio hall was
filled at every performance. The fat women
bcyclists entered upon the last week OF their
gagement. and showing their drawing powers
these massive beauties" 1t includes Alni's box
ing monkeys Norton Brothers. aerial artists
arc juggler; Bonovolio. human pin cushion: the
Watanabes. japanese swordsmen and athletes and
specially company made It's first appearance
Among the artists may be mentioned Miles and Ire
Carlisles trained dogs. Roger and Hatton. Burt
Kimbalrs art exhibit and Cyrene. the dancer.