The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-04-11
Fine Programyne at the Bon Ton
Next eek.

Next weeks programme at the Bon Ton
Theatre teens with a fine array of vaude-
Vile performers; in fact. Manager Dfnkins is
gradually and surely aievating the tone of the
performances. At present the show given at
the Bon Ton is fully equal to any of the
high-class houses in New York, Boston or
Philadelphia. Next weeks programme is head
ed by Messrs- Powers, Udell and Ed. and
George Kerr, known as the Electric Quar-
tette, in a novel speciality. entitled THE BIZ
cycle serenaders. Another feature Is the
first appearance in this city of the Sisters
Mendoza, in a daring aerial performance.
These young ladies do several difficult feats,
which are not even Attempted by men, AM
other act of special note is the appearance
Of the operate tenor vocalist, VIII S. Rising.
Others who will entertain are:-The Chinese
Emperors, Robetta and Doreto, in their laugh
able Chinese laundry act: the French clown
juggler, Ozar, in his finished and unique
speciality of juggling and balancing.
and Marshall, the vocal comedienne. Rita Du-
rand executing rapid changes and rendering
popular songs; the original Southern duo,
Shelter and Blakelv; the original and only
Gus Garholt, equiIibrist. balancer and post
urer, performing on tables and chairs; a re-
fined. novel and finished musical act, the
Glees. the premier American duetists; the
well known vocalist. Ella Caldwell, in a
repertoire of up-to-date songs and ballads
| Leslie; the German comedian, Dave Whitley,
monoioguist, singer and dancer. and others.
Earnnm,s Circus Coming.
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circus to Jersey City will be made Monday,
May 4, when two exhibitions will be given
in Oakland Park. The show is now at Madi-
| son Square Garden. New York, where it will
continue until April rs. when 1t will go to
Brooklyn for one week, coming from that
ing girls, sacred silver dancers from Randy,
Gotta dwarf dancers, dancers from the Hy-
drabad Theatrical Company and many more
of an equally strange kind are with the Bar
mum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth. One
Kind however, called the devil mask dancers
are probably the most weird and uncanny
eyer seen in a civilized country. The troupe,
with the others, perform in the exhibition
called Illustrated Oriental India, and when ex-
ecuting their outlandish terpsiohorean exhi-
bition, coyer their heads with enormously
large devifs heads, which serves the pur-
! pose of completely hiding their faces from
the gaze Of the people,. In the masks are
cut holes through which the flashing eyes of
1.-the danoers shine brilliantly, giving a life
like appearance to the uncanny heads. The
dance itself cannot be described, as it con-
sists more Of posing and gestiouiating than
anything else, and is only performed before
the priests IN the Sacred temples, upon certain
occasions. When executed, however, in the
| uncertain light shed by lamps the influence
wrought upon the spectators is of a myster;-
Gus and absorbingly interesting character. All
| the dances. songs, and music of the curious
| people taking part in this entertainment are
interesting because Of their extreme novelty,
while the trim and jaunty maidens are them
selves subjects Of surprise, most Of them be-
| Ing handsome in face and figure.