The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-04-03
SUCCESS
EXCELLENT COMPANY OF HIGH
CLASS VAUDEVILLE ARTISTS.
The Audience Pleased With the Show
The Jordans Make a Big Hit
Clean and Interesting Performance.

The Jordans Make a Big Hit
Clean and Interesting Performance.
The inimitable Flying Jordans, sup
ported by an excellent company of
high class vaudeville artists, made
their initial bow to Honolulu audi
tlattering reception. The show has
not been too highly praised even in
| the advance press notice. 1t is first
class in every particular, and in its
salient features, the acrobatic num-
bers. is undoubtedly the best variety
performance ever given in the city.
In the comedy numbers there is no
suggestion of that broad humor that,
while pleasing to the amusement low
| ing public of the larger American
| cities, certainly offends the more re-
| fined element 1t is clean show
throughout. and well worth the pat
ronage of the best people in the com
munity.
The .Iordans easily carry off the
honors, although the competition for
popular favor was strongly contested
by Mario and Mario, the horizontal
bar performers. and Virginia Aragon,
appropriately billed as the Queen of
the Silver Thread" The performance
of the gymnasts was a real novelty in
the islands and elected the widest en-
thusiasm.
Supple, shapely and graceful the
Jordans swung from their airy
perches in the dome of the theater,
with as much ease as if the air were
their native element. Little Nellie,
eight years old, had the highest perch,
on tiny trapeze, from which she
hung by her toes or turned and twist
ed her little body into fantastic shapes
while clinging to the bar with one
hand. The two older children were
on the horizontal bars, where they
performed remarkable feats, display
ing wonderful amount of strength
and daring.
But the most thrilling exhibition
was that given by Mr.. and Mrs. Jor-
dan. The former hung by his knees
from trapezt almost directly over the
stage, while his wife, swinging off Il
platform at the other end of the the
ater, was caught by him, first by the
hands, and then by the heels, securing
her own trapeze as she swung back
with an easy grace that was charm
ing. Other difficult and daring feats
: too numerous to mention, kept the
spectators in state of delightful sus-
pense for half an hour, when the in
imitable gymnasts closed their per-
|, formance by diving, leaping and fall.
ing into the life net beneath, in the
most daring and startling fashion.
Virginia Aragons performance on
the tight wire was very pretty and
. graceful exhibition of balancing that
won for her endless admiration and
applause. She walked and danced and
played on the slender thread suspend
ed in mid air with the greatest ease
The Marlos were not Il whit less enter
, tanning on the horizontal bars. The
. feats they performed have never beer
equaled by gymasts in this city. They
were obliged to respond to two en-
cores.
The comedy portion of the enter
tni nj 10 h.. or ii nr.
of the rest of the show. James How
ard and Fannie st. Clair opened will
song and dance sketch which pleased
, so well that they were twice recalled
, John j. Burke, late leading comedian
of the American Extravaganza Com
= pany, was at his best in jokes, topica
songs and funny stage tricks, and he
found excellent support in Grace For
rest, who appeared in some fetching
, bicycle costumes.
The Olifans had continuous ac
; compartment of laughter. They pre-
sented three-headed and three-leg
ged man and two headed and four
legged men who danced fantasti,
dances and sang comic songs until tn,
p audience was nearly convulsed will
e. laughter.
The Flying Jordans Company vii
give another performance at the oper;
, house tonight.
GOING TO HAWAII
/ Labor Commissioner FITZGERALD an(