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has produced it with great success under
the well?known title of Fabio Romani
This greG<Tomantic melo- drama will be
presented on Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday evenings of next week, with a
special holiday matinee on Christmas
afternoon. The melo-d drama contains
many thrilling situations and displays
beautiful scenery, especially in the first
and last acts, representing the city OF
Naples, with it's magnificent bay. One
of the finest situations is when the erup-
ton of Mount Vesuvius takes place. Mr..
Alden Benedict gives a powerful repre-
Sentation of the character of Fabio Ro-
mani, and is ably supported by Miss
Olive West and a ong company, fully
capable of giving a thoroughly good rep
resentation of the play. Miss Grace
Hunter in her Spanish serpentine and
dance stereopticon Is a dream of the
poetry of grace and notion she has but
few equals in this line. The Vendetta
as presented in the play of Fabio Romani
has been produced with great success all
over the United States, and the critics,
as well as the theater going public, pro-
nounce it a grand dramatic success.
Those who have read the novel can fol-
low the story in this production, and. al
though the play is a sad one, the dark
passages are mixed with many enliven-
ing scenes. The engagement is but for
three nights and matinee.
ORPHEUM.-With all the mirth and
merriment that come at the holiday
season, the Orpheum management will
not allow itself to be outdone, and in or
der to keep up with the spirit of the
time, has prepared gigantic Christmas
week bill, that is fairly crowded full OF
fine features. There will be variety of
acrobatic acts, two splendid European
novelties, music of all sorts, and enough
fun of various kinds to keep an audience
in laughter half the time.
Prominent among the new attractions
will be the famous RONALD brothers,
billed as Americas premier equilibrists
and hand hand and head to-head
balarcers. They come to this house
announced as one of the greatest aero
batic teams in the world. They are GER
tainly wonderful equilibrists and will
furnish a splendid turn. Among their
long list of marvellous feats is one which
challenges the admiration even of other
athletes. Speaking of them, Mr.. Masaud
of the team of Abachi and Masaud said:
THE Romalos have some tricks that are
really new. Others have attempted to
initiate several of their feats, but with
out success. One in particular, which
thought especially good, and which ali
athletes will recognize as exceedingly
difficult, is the pole trick, in which one
man climbs to the top of slender pole
stands on his head at it's summit, while
his companion takes the pole and bal
ances it upright on his own head. 1t is
truly a marvellous performance, and one
which the Romalos are safe in calling
their own, for no other acrobats are able
to do it,"
The Romalos are feature people and
will doubtless make a great hit.
The announcement of the appearance
of the great Stuart will be greeted with
pleasure by all who have heard this far
famed artist Stuart is too we'll known
to need an Introduction, and his ar
tistic work has too often been exploited
to need repetition. Suffice it to say thal
the male Patti has not lost any of his
wonted power or attractiveness. His
female impersonations are the same
clever performances that for years have
delighted large audiences in the lead
ing theaters of the world Stuart will
prove a drawing card and will doubt
less become the talk of the town.
Another big attraction will be the cell
ebrated Hagihara troupe of acrobats
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troupe, and between them they afford
about as fine an exhibition of tumbling
balancing. contortion and general aero
batic work as could be seen. They will
introduce some sensational ladder tricks
that are said to be very thrilling. AS a
team they rank high and will doubtless
furnish splendid bit of amusement
Ed Marble and George Thatcher, the
two jolly exponents of negro fun. will
unfold a merry lot Of songs and planta-
tion gags. Thatcher and. Marble are al
ways to be depended on for lively turn
and their contribution this week will
prove no exception.
Herr Langslow, the shooting star. has
one of the most wonderful specialties
ever seen in u vaudeville theater He
sports about on a slender wire high over
the heads of the audiense, and while
poised on this fiimsy support executes
a number of featS of craftsmanship
that would rival the best efforts of the
worlds greatest rifle shots. He hits fly
irg targets, shoots in rapid succession
at small objects with unerring aim
plumps dozen bullets into a small space
while swinging by his feet like a pen
dilllm. and does other seemingly impos
sible things as cleverly as though he
We're on terra firma.
Lewis and Elliott are as accomplished
a duo of sketch artists as the Orpheum
mas ever Dllleu ana VIII duu a SlrOnS Ied-
ture to the program.
The speciality of Ellen Vetter is one
we'll calculated to amuse.
Burt Shepard, the old-time favorite
minstrel will close the show with one of
his characteristic negro monologues in
terspersed with up-to-date songs.
THE BURBANK-Manage A. Y
Pearson of the Burbank theater will
open the doors of this play house on
Christmas afternoon with grand holi-
day matinee. The interir has been vast
ly improved and it is the intention of the
management to conduct nothing but a
first class theater. The opening attrac-
tion will be Edwin Barbours great Ice
landic drama, The Land of the Midnight
Sun, which enjoyed one of the longest
runs in New York city. 1t is tale of
the country and the land where the mist
of eve and the grey of dawn kiss each
other through the shades of night. Mr..
Barbour has written stage story of
love and human interest among a peo-
pie we know little of and the fine scenic
effects will carry it out. All the scenery
is new and especially prepared for this
| production.
The opportunities for scenic splendors
! in the play are more than usual, isas-
much as the story is laid up in the Arctic
zone where mountains of ice reflect