Kansas City daily journal., 1895-05-04
LITTLE TOTS In COSTUME.
PROFESSOR DUNCAN'S PUPILS APPEAR
AT TIE AUDITORIUM.
a Large House Well Entertained by Song
and Dancc-Thc Small Performers
Win Great Applause for Their
Excellent Work.

Some thirty children pupils in Professor
C. f.. Duncans dancing classes, enter
tanned n very appreciative audience for
over two hours last night at the Auditori-
um. \ matinee will be given by the same
juveniles this afternoon. Professor Dun
can, who has been most successful in train
ing children TO produce burlesque and song
and dance specialties calls this entertain
ment the "MasQuerade Ball" 1t Is the
most elaborate one he has yet attempted,
and it gives evidence of having cost great
time and pains. for children are hard sub
iects when it comes to rehearsals. The
performance last night was a most sue
cessful one, the performers entering into
the various dances and comic songs with
all their little souls.
There We're three acts. The first repre-
sented the family of Il gentleman. Banks
by name. who is addicted to whisky, and is
the father of a daughter who is visited
daily by a young man. The second act
represented the masqueraders as going TO
ball in n snow storm. and the third
showed them in the ballroom. Every act
was replete with dances in costume and
burlesque songs. The song and dance
which brought down the :, house was
Whose Little Girl Are You" by the Gran
dali sisters. Helen and Merl, two little tots,
whose, solemn Ways and pretty, DANCING
earned for them four. hearty recalls. They
We're dressed in tunes of the time of
Louis XIV. and We're as pretty and cum
ming as they could be. One appeared as
u liuS OIL tne court anu thS olHci as Hei
gallant.
pIauded was the "Baby Mlnuet" partc-
pated in by the Crandhll sisters Aida Me
Cam, Mary Bantiold. ora Rose, Helen Bon
Ills James Duncan and Francis Drummer.
Each little performer was in a costume
different from that of any of the others,
and all danced the stately steps of the
minuet in manner absurdly grave that
the audience shook with laughter
There We're other dances which were well
executed Lalla Kitchen danced a good
plantation pigeon wing after singing, I'm
Il Timid Young Thing She appeared
with her face and hands blackod. The
Grant boys, NAT" and Dabney gave sew
eral clog dances, while acting the parts
Of London fops. Newton ,Wasqner, Rob
Brown gave most grotesque clown dance.
The ''Snow Dance" was also clever. Ade-
line Champion, ChOstin Mckinney May
Boufils, Annie Maddox. Bessie McComb,
Mary Mcintyre, Annie Green and 3eattea
Warner participated in it. Bcattea Warner
Leila Mcnamara, Ida Brunner and Marie
Brunner appeared in very beautiful but
terfly dance which was encored twice;
Rose Marie Fosarty danced a Highland
fling in costume and Jack Atkinson gave
a court jesters dance.
The bnrlesque songs were almost as nu-
merous as the dances, SUCH old fayorites as
."rhe Bowery Girl" 'The Bogie Man"
Little Aida MCCann appeared in night
gown, with candle in her hand, and sang
n lullaby song, which was, very funny.
Her dancing was funnier still, 1.-The Bogie
Man" was sung by Maurice ODowd. lie
was accompanied by James Duncan and
Francis Brunner, who TOOK the parts OF
little Cinnamon.