The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
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The Great Hermann Mt the Academy
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of Music.
The great Herman, with his wonderful
feats Of magic, delighted an audience
Music last last night. sew When l' those aeaI present
We're not laughing at the humorous turn
the wonderful magician gave to his feats
mouthed establishment at his mystic
novelties. In the audience were many
s Of Jersey seysyraf ci sisia l eao9ass,a sOe11e5 Maa pe @be
| are seldom seen in front of the footlights.
The performance began with a half
hour with the inimitable Hermann, who
performed many of the apparently easier
feats of sleight of hand which served te
warm the audience up for the many good
Part second was perhaps the best trick
of the evening. Certainly it was the most
c miYste f RaTba and astpp ffrple rink M Hermann
and with its setting in a dreamy East
tern grove, wit japanese lanterns, mann
erai air Of Oriental mystery. is fhtly
named. A short fair young lady is placed
in a sack securely tied and sealed with
trunk, which is securely locked and
bound with straps, which are also locked.
This trunk is placed in another, which
is rendered similarly secure, and the keys
retained by the committee of the audi
ence which kindly takes its place on the
stags ana i4 3oI5 AS as u Yoonn Isdn mas as
takes her stand beside the trunk. A
screen is, lowered over trunks and wom-
again. Lo! the short young lady stands
on the platform where the taller one
did, and when the trunks are opened the
tall young lady Is in the sack, the seal
of which the committee declares has not
Then follow other tricks equally as per-
| plexing, among them being a pretty YER
sion of Pygmalion and Galatea. done in
pantomime. Nine; as an artist
falls in love with a beautiful girl she
eyes eSs pih IN 4 ma an s1ie w fiEfhI Faxes oalHes your your
oernsea 'o Of a Tie greatest az a est attractions attract Msu, Of s tie
creations Of Mime. e Heerrmann. Nine.
an, and with her drapery and a COM
| bination of colored lights produces some
most beautiful effects. .
the week, and on Wednesday and Satur--
day he will give matinees, when he Will
present programmes OF peculiar interest
to ladies and children.
The Bon TOMS New Bill.
Manager Dinkins, of the Bon Ton, in
PRODUCES an entirely new list of perform
ers to his patrons this week The ar
lists astsr with snnea oas i or t tWs e= sfseppt ssors. h Nsd
Monroe. the popular black face conedi-
an. made the hit of the evening. He fur
nished plenty of food for laughter. Bry-
ingly funny act. Miss Richmond is
clever, stately and pretty. Fielding IS
a juggler of renown. He performs Diff
ficult feats with apparent ease. Clark
and st. Clair present a funny sketch en-
| titled "A female barber" and Prof.
James H. Burton gives an interesting
entertainment with ain dogs.
| opportunity to see 1.-THE Valdares." They
| are masters of wheels of all descrip-
| TONS. James Valdare rides an ordinary
wheel down a ladder. The act is a re-
markable one. Harry Dawley is a
clever descriptive vocalist, while Waller
and Waller are old time favorites. Their
| sketch of 'tmirth and music in a restau-
| rant Kitchen" is as amusing as ever.
| Dorothy Drew and Alice Hansen intro
| duee new songs n dances. The Two
| Kids give drum and cornet solos, and
| create fun in a sketch entitled. MARY
| Janelets," Fred Barr, the entertaining
| banjoist, the Ricketts, and others, COM
plete the splendid list of performers.