The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-08-14
SAVIN ROCK THEATER.

Carnival Week Opened With Excellent
| RiIl-Baby Show To-morrow-Chinese
Babies Entered.
Despite the inclement weather large
audience attended the performance OIL
the Alhambra Novelty company at tle
savin Rock theater last night. the
programme opened with Halbert' the
comic iugger, who has an act or ART
and comedy, introducing skll1ul hlt'n-
| ipulations with the most absurd 3D.
jects His balancing feats are marvel
GUS The Raymond musical trio, re-
| fined artists on harp, violin ana DAN
iorine, created a decided sensation, pe-
ing encored again and again MI
Raymond's playing on the harp was es-
pecially good. The violin solo The
Holy City" and the IntermezZo CaVa-
liera Rusticana, played by the trio,
were excellent numbers. They finished
with a number of coon songs in rag
time. Mr.. Raymond Is the only artist
who has accomplished rag time on the
| harp. Mile. Wilson performs some very
difficult flying trapeze acts, and Relh~
hold, the sand artist, aroused consider
able enthusiasm with his many hand
some pictures made with sand on clotn'
He has many different eolored SANDS
which he uses to surprising advantage
in his picture making. Hurd, the ma
gician, gives a pleasing act. His many
acts of legerdemain fooled the large
audience and were greatly appreciated.
Mr.. Hurd has been seen in New Haven
before, having appeared In an enter
tainment at the Pequot club last season
and also at the Grand Opera house.
Jones and Sutton, the cream of coored
artistocracy, introduced an act combin-
ing song, story and dancing to perfec-
ton. The Bijou vaudeville circus, In
Guiding the Liliputian trained pony
Joe, the bareback riding dog Dewey
and the ever funny clown was circus.
They conclude a most excellent bill.
This afternoon Gus Rubin, the
heavyweight boxer, will umpire and
spar in the ball grounds.
Tomorrow afternoon the great at
traction of the week will be held-the
baby show There have been large
number of entries and among them two
Chinese babies, These will form spe-
cial class and will no doubt prove a
decided attraction. AS physician and
trained nurse will be in attendance the
babies will be we'll cared for in large
tent provided for the purpose The
contest will be decided by three COM
petent judgee whose decisions will be
final. Baby carriages will be carried to
the rock and brought back by car and
must be at the Meadow street barn not
later than 1880 a. m. Prizes may be
seen in the show window of NJ. Mann
e. Brothers store, 1856 Chapel street.
Another decided attraction will be the
glass lantern illumination shown for
the first time in America. The Ian
terms will be made Of colOred glasses
and these combining with the display Of
Japanese lanterns will make a spec
tacular display well worth seeing, At
ter the performance at the theater,
there will be a fireworks display on the
water front Friday night there will be
a display of fireworks on the park Ev-
erything will be free except the theater,
and there is sure to be a crowd
Manager Blake has announced that
every boy and girl between the ages
of seven and twelve years visiting the
Savjn Rock theater this week will re-
ceive an elegant souvenir spoon upon
which appears the portrait of either
Dewey, Sampson, Schley or General
Miles. The spoons were made especial
ly for this event.