Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-11-10
ELKs BURLEsQUE CIRCUS.
Grand Entertainment at the Nsher Opera
House Last Night.

The Eiks' circus parade yesterday
was q dandy. and to n certain extent
preparedthe public for the humorous
spectacle presented at Neher's opera
house last night by the greatest com
bination of specialists ever gathered
together on this continent. An audience
that packed the house 10 the doors and
which took every foot OF standing
room. patiently waited for the doris and
the circus to open. and when they did
the hui and enjoyment was continuous
until h last act in the ring. The pro-
gram presented was tsrictly up-to-date
and as the w~ell-known performers
were recognized, they were greeted
with applause by their friends, II was
very evident that should any of the &C
tors whose ordinary way OF earning
their bread consists OF pnacticins law,
banking. selling drugs, groceries, Jewell
ry, coal. Anheuser-B Busch. pulling teeth.
serving warrants, measuring calico.
writing Insurance or prescriptions. coll
Letting curios. issuing licenses. keeping
hotel. running a livery stable and
transfer business. selling hardware.
grinding wheat. collecting bills, swing
lNB ~ 1diliOdu ldIlttTn vi lcdCulIA l<tl-
In and French as well as many other
every day occupations. should fail
them. they will secure without effort
high priced positions with any grand
united worlds combination of arenic
stars In the country. To mention the
individual acts OF the company would
take 80 much space that The Citizen
ian but say that the particular parts
taken were superbly carried out. The
arrangements of the stage were per-
feet, a complete circus effect being pro-
duced. The music was of the best and
the lighting good. 7. N. wilkerson as
a Darker vas Immense. Frank Mckee
never missed a ticket, and scanned
them as II they were checks. Ernest
Myers treated everybody to lemonade.
Doc Chamberlin handled the money,
while ]. ]. Sheridan as policeman
chased on the card sharpers. Coils.
Goss n Albright as "Rubes." with
w. Fisher, the Denver news man as
Mrs. RUDE. kept the crowd roaring.
spot" Moore's Hobo" was all right.
Or. Haynes as boss canvassman, with
DR.. Pearce. Frank Sturges, 'Kokomo."
Prestel and John Trimble as assistants.
kept the little boys from creeping UNI
der the The side show with
b. Ruppe as barker showed the lady
snake charmer. Fred Lewis. Circassian
beauty, G, W. Medler, and made mon
~. The famous world renowned prize
winning clowns, the Pickard Bros,
were at their best. Norman Stevens
did some startling magical acts, and
Lum Hall, the Fill cannibal. nearly
scared the audience 10 death. Miss
Maggie Burks sang like the pretty bird
she is. n vas encored. G. ID. Almy
sprang some chestnuts. because moth
ing but well roatsed ones go with a cir
Gus. A. ID. McGaffey. the fierce man
eating Zulu. carefully chained and
guarded was exhibited during one Of his
quiet movements. but even then nearly
ate Hobo" Moore. Prof. Johnson. 9TH
erwise Memphis Kennedy. the musical
Mike. was n OF the best things put
on. He IL all right and made a hit. He
also made a mash on the "Fat Lady"
who has . musical soul, even II he ran
ahead OF his ticket for sheriff. Prof.
Paxton made an ideal ringmaster, his
costume was superb. w. IL. Hahn and
Dan MACPHERSON, 10 Japanese aero
bats earned applause, while Arthur
Everitt. as the strong man. lifted the
house. Col. Albright's dancing was
great. He was supposed to be paying a
bet lost on Larrazolo and seemed TO be
happy, as It was so easy to pay. c. f.
Myers M Chas. Hawkes. spared as
Jeffrles and sharkey. and both won.
Their seconds we're #. ~Lowenthal, chas,
Mausard. Wallace Hesselden and Jes-
sic Miller, Then came a fine eques
TRAN act by w. l.. Haskell. which
showed that he ought 10 be a cowboy.
or girl, There were many little enjoy
BILE acts that caught the crowd. and
the whole show was a success as a bur-
lesque, and rave the performers as
much enjoyment as the audience. The
financial part was also a success and
sweet charity will get a big sum.