The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-14
PARK THEATRE.
Manager Wilton Provides One of His
Most Entertaining Bills.

most entertaining 6IlS.
This will be one of the red letter
weeks for Park Theatre patrons. Five
Of the eight numbers on the program
are gilt edged acts, as clever exam
pies of their kind as have ever been
shown here; two are cclorless without
calling for high praise or severe
Diane; and one team only is bad
enough for the auditor to wish it was
somewhere else
The Brothers Borani are the first TO
arouse the spectators to enthusiasm
by their appearance in two weird look
ing demon makeups, and proceed to
perform the livelieSt kind of contor-
ton ana acrobatic fedts FOR upwards
of Is minutes. The younger Of them
may be termed a boneless wonder, for
ms arms move in their sockets with
as much disregard For the usual mus
cular and anatomical limitations as a
worm on pin. Zazel and Vernon in
the comedy DISCUSSES of a clown and
an English dude, by their antics on
the horizontal bars, kept the house
In roars OF laughter, from which it oc-
cas1onally emerged to applaud some
especially hazardous feat or unexpected
motion. A couple with the odd name
OF the GoolmaaS, llayed a series of
popular ballads and dance, numbers on
an assortment of unique instruments,
the greatest novelty being when they
rendered Rose O'Grady" on the bells
OF two dozen alarm clocks, which licked
along and kept accurate time mean
while. The pair play in better time
and tune than most of their competi-
tors in the same field.
The brightest comedy sketch given
at the house since its opening is "A
Tip on the Derby by Filson and Err
rol. A young man Is backing a race
horse unknown to his wife, who has a
horror of such things. She is expect
ing visit from her brother, whose
existence she has kept secret from
her husband. Each of the pair inter-
cepts telegram to the other, and mad
jealousy ensues, for the wife takes
the name of the horse for a rival fair
one in her spouse's affections, and he
of course mistakes the familiarity of a
brother for that of a lover. The little
piece bristles with action and smart
dialogue, and was capitally rendered
by it's two participants.
very pretty and elaborate act is
that Of Diana, the mirror queen"
The house is darkened and the fair
danseuse performs several variations
on the butterfly dance, the beautiful
color effects being heightened by a
chain of ten mirrors, each five by eight
feet in size, which give out a myriad
of reflections of the performer. The
climax comes when a fountain of water
spurts out to the height of some rs feet
and apparently envelopes the dancer
in a maze of fire and rain drops.
The rest of the program is given by
Lord and Rowe, a black face team,
who do little worthy of remark beyond
some clever hatjuggllng; Cyr and HILL
boy and girl whose stage presence
would indicate that they are at that
period of childhood known as "the
awkward age" but whose voices blend
well enough for the sort of light music
they sing; and Thomas and Quinn, who
evolve the sort of incoherent and idiotic
farrago peculiar to third rate Irish
comedy teams. notwithstanding the
severe storm, the house was more than
half filled yesterday afternoon, which
augurs favorably for the financial sue
cess Of the week.