The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-10

thirty weeks tour Of this country. Banda
Rosa will give a concert in Indianapolis
during its tour of this country.
New and ambitious young stars are always
plentiful but Chauncey Olcott is one of the
most successful among them. He has cap
tured the field, and now holds sway alone.
In his field of acting Olcott finds oppor-
tunities for his talent as a singer. and his
appearance in good Irish comedy is a very
welcome one. His acting is graceful and
combines keen analysis of character and
powers Of impersonating the romantic young
Irishman.
The following notice appears in the pro-
gramme of the Hollis-street Theater, at
Boston: Physicians attending a perform
ance at the Hollis-street Theater who are
liable to be called either by their Office at
tendant or by their patients. by messenger
or telephone. are welcome to the use of the
theater telephone, and any telephone or
verbal messages received will be delivered
to them by an usher. provided they register
on the physicians register at the box office.
The limit of theatrical enterprise was
achieved on the Boulevard in New York
few days ago. A horse belonging to George
Sherer, a livery stable keeper, fell on the
asphalt at West Sixty-fourth street and the
Boulevard and broke his knee. An agent of
horse was shot. Immediately after the
shooting the Bergh man went to the nearest
telephone to call a horse ambulance. 1t
wasn't five minutes after the horse had been
shot, in fact, the breath had scarcely left the
poor beasts body, when an enterprising bill
sticker came along and decorated both sides
OF the body with yellow posters on when
was printed What Happened to Jones'"
With Victor Herberts celebrated Twenty
second Regiment Band, which will give
concert at Tomlinson Hall Friday evening,
the 18th inst, will appear several famous
soloists. The songstress, Miss Marie Dona
vim is young American who made
proud record abroad in grand concert, was
pupil of Randegger, London, and Mime.
here Otto Hagedorn has the reputation OF
being the greatest harp Virtuoso in the
country at this time, and bears still great
er name in the old country. Victor Herbert,
violoncello virtuoso needs no special
commendation. He will appear at every
concert, and will be accompanied on the
harp by Mr.. Hagedorn. Mr.. HerbertS or
ganization, formerly the Gilmore Band, is
conceded to be the greatest military band
in the country.
OF all the crippled acrobats, peg-leg tum-
blers and malformed comedians now APP
pearing on the vaudeville stage none can
give more surprising performance than
Zrenyi, which is the Austrian name of the
hand jumper who comes to the Empire this
week with ANTS Monarchs." Zrenyi was
raised in Kansas City. At his birth he was
crippled, his legs being deformed in such a
manner that they never attained any
strength or growth except in length. From
earliest childhood he learned to walk on his
hands and drag himself about OH them. the
consequence being that when, as a boy he
entered the high school gymnasium in Kan
SaS City he easily surpassed every one in
featS where strength of the arms was re-
CURED Zrenyi was interviewed in Pitts
burg the other day and said: MY biceps
measure sixteen and half inches My
chest measurement is forty inches and can
expand six inches. That's rather good l
can walk upon my hands as easily as you
can upon your feet. l made my debut four
years ago. At that time there was a troupe
playing in Kansas City in which was a
hand balancer. / met him and he told me
that could make $50 a week on the stage.
l determined to try it, and although my
parents tried to keep me off l began to
practice up and soon got an engagement.
/ can jump from an elevation of nine feet
and land upon my hands without losing my
balance. 1t is a tremendous strain upon the
muscle. 1t is as if ] stood and caught 1S0-
pound body dropped that distance.
One of Zrenyi's feats cannot be equaled
by any other hand balancer. Standing erect,
he places one hand upon chair and slowly.
by sheer muscle, raises the feet from the
floor and stands upon one arm, the body
being held horizotally. Although aided in
some degree by the lightness of his legs,
Zrenyi accomplished this by getting firm
grasp with his hand and merely stiffening
the muscles of the shoulder and side They
become like iron plates during the feat.
Zrenyi has also developed the muscles of the
stomach TO such an extent that blow from
the fist makes as little impression as if 1t
were against his chest The fist gets the
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