Evening star., 1900-10-02
as the negro Pete" being especially note
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as the negro Pete" being especially note
worthy.
NEW BIJOU.4Aany old favorites are to
pc seen at the New Bijou this week, where
Watson's Oriental Burlesquers are the at
traction; Yesterdays opening was large.
big audiences being present both afternoon
and night The opening and closing bur-
lesaues are crowded with pretty women, in
rich and beeomipg costumes while the fun
is fast and takisga "a Military Hop opens
the show, displaying the entire company TO
advantage, while s.'A Day at the Waldorf
Castorta" brings athe bill to close in a
clever and humorous manner. Lillian
Beach opened this olio with taking songs
and was well received. The well-known
pair, Scanlon and Stevens, presented a new
act that took wellaand an emphatic indorse-
ment was given them for their enterprise
The clever duettsts. Yale Sisters sang their
way into favor. Ruth Beecher and Phil
MINIS presented sketch, entitled "Flirta-
ton, that was full of nonsense and
prought out many laughs. Evans and vi
docQ gave their weii-known act, but, IL
anything, were more amusing than ever
The California dancing. duo, O'Rourke and
Burnette, closed the olio with a clever turn
and were loudly, applauded.
THE GREAT WALLACE SHOWS.-Two
performances were given yesterday by the
Great Wallace Shows in their big tents on
the Malone lot. In the evening the crowd
was so great many hundreds were turned
away, the doors being closed. This after
itooi aiIotHeer DIG cfOWd Is witnessing the
show Tonight the circus closes its stay in
Washington. The performance given by
the wallace aggregation is not unlike that
or other circuses but added to the usual
turns TO be seen under the canvas are sew
erai interesting and novel features, shown
here for the first time. Two rings and a
central stage are continuously occupied
with varied assortment of acts. A notice
able thing. about the Wallace show. was
the brightness of the costumes worn
throughout, All were new and pretty The
band, too, under the direction of c. 4.
Bronson. was far above the usual circus
musical combination. An attractive con-
cert OF forty minutes is given in the main
tent while the audience is being seated and
before the hour Of performance arrives. In
the general program there are twenty dis
plays. a display means a showing of per-
formers In each ring and on the stage so
II VIII be seen there were about sixty acts
In ALL to say nothing of the hippodrome
contests in conclusion. The acts attracting
especial attention were the performing ele-
phant, pony and boar-hound under Herr
Herckenrath. the Stirk family on bicycles,
the wonderful family of acrobats the Mel
sons, nine in number; novelty comedy
acrObat1c act by the Fortune Brothers,
Notwithstanding act by Horace Webb,
some very clever riding and various other
features.
NEW PRODUCTIONS. = Last night
Janice Meredith was presented at Buffalo
n. Y, with Mary Mannering as the star
San Toy" musical comedy at Daly's The
alter. New York. with James T. Powers as
leading comedian; .'Marcelle" Blanche
Washes new play at Montreal THE
Cipher Code with John E. Kellard as star
at Detroit, and David Harum.' with w
II. Crane star, at the Garrick Theate
New York.