The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-01-02
Grand Opera House.


 Cleveland's massive minstrels drew packed houses at the Grand Opera house yesterday. In the evening long line awaited the opening of the box ,of fee and soon everything was disposed of and the IS. R. O." sign had to be brought into requisition. The end men, Lew Spencer, Arthur Rigby. Marcus Doyle and George Middleton, kept things moving by their smart repar- tees, and what is doubly refreshing some new jokes were sprung although occasionally an antique was introduced for the sake of old times. F. M. Wall, the we'll known banjoist, was heartily encored for his clever work. The great and only Big Four convulsed the audi ence by their screaming comedy bur lesque pantomime, and the Greater New York Four rendered series of refined musical novelties. James H. Burton and his school of acrobatic dancing and leaping dogs showed to what a degree of excellence the brute creation can be educated.
 The Oriental rnarvels, the wonderful troupe of Japanese, introduce miracu- lous feats of juggling, magic, perch balancing, umbrella, kicking, contor- tion and aerial bicycle riding The marvellous biograph, which closes the performance, showed some excellent views.
 There will be g. matinee to-day and the performance will be repeated in the evening.
 GREATER NEW WORKERS. Admirers of refined operatic extrava- ganza will have an opportunity next week to see the most elegant company of this kind ever brought to New Ha- ven. The engagement was originally intended for three days only, but Man. ager Bunnell has arranged to hold the company here the entire week, giving matinee every afternoon at popular prices The organization is none other than Little Katie Rooney's Greater New Workers" which is playing in Philadelphia this week and at each and every performance people are turned away from the doors unable to gain ad- mission. The performance opens with | an operatic extravaganza, '"The Mill lionaire's Reception" during which l Adeline Roatlino, Italian soprano, will render ill her inimitable way several of the newest musical gems. Miss | Roatlino was recently sent to America | to sing at the Academy of Music, New York, with the Mapleson Opera com pany After her very successful en- gagement with Mapleson terminated, she was immediately secured by Man | ager Taylor for the Greater New | Workers and is to-day said to be not ' only the greatest soprano but the | highest ,salaried singer on the Ameri- can stage. Others who will be seen are Matte and Pat Rooney, ir., up to date novelty dancers; Whitelaw and Stew art as the German and Celt; Kelly and St. Claire, delineators of the southern negro; Clarence Worrell, phenomenal vocalist; Murphy and Gilbert, refined comedy boomers; Bryant and Cleaver ill a new and novel act, "The Church Across the Way; Newell and Schev- cite, marvellous acrobats direct from the Circus Renz, Berlin. Little Katie Rooney, one of the cleverest of sou brettes, will give her limitations of her father, the late Pat Rooney. MT. John Harding is musical director for Miss Rooney. A special attraction has been added by Manager Bunnel. The mar velous Lumiere cinematograph will be put on for the first time in this city This is not a New York machine, but the original European apparatus, show ing many of the latest foreign and American views. These films came direct from the firm of Lumiere & Sons. Lyons, France. matinee al popular prices will be given every day
 Polls Wonderland Theater.
 Manager Poli has been induced to re.