The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-25
THE THEATRICAL SEASON
 A. WILL OPEN THIS WEEK
Hermann Will Be at the Montgomery Theatre Fri May EveningA Brand New Bill
 ANr at the Auditorium. ,

The regular season of 1y0t-02 at the Montgomery Theatre will open Friday night of this wAeky with performance by Hermann. Thesgreat prestidigita- tor will open all of the first class thea tres on the Southern Circuit. It IS said that he has aSstrong company and that everything will, be new.
 Carpenters were busy last week rem ovating the Perry Street playhouse. No great improvements will be made but the seats will be improved ,and the interior will be touched up with paints.
 Montgomerians are beginning to re- turn from their, summer vacations and they are theatre-hungry. This want has to some extent been filled by the vaudeville performances at the Audito- rum and this new amusement house has been well pAtronized sduring the past week. It is cool and comfortable and a clean andf interesting bill has appealed to the Abest element of play goers who have made the Auditorium a fad Polite vaudeville. is something new to Montgomery and it has won in popular favor.
 Perhaps the best card or top-liner at the Auditorium during the past week was Fred and Nellie Nice in character singing and dancing. They are brother and sister and are twins. Seventeen years old, so they say and don't look older. Nellie Nice is pretty, dresses becomingly and dances well. Fred Nice is a graceful youngster who has a nne baritonei voice and gool looks. ine couple may play a return engagement at the Auditorium. .-
 An entirely new bill will be put on at the Auditorium this week.
 Returning to the Montgomery inca Ter. Hermann will be. the only per thiS week Next week a new musical comedy, Rudolph ana Aiolph," will be seen there. It will lntroduce two new comedians and a number of pretty girls. There Will De one or two performances at the theatre each week during September, but the regular season will not get well under way until early in October.
 The following are,the forecasts or at- fractions at, the theatres:
 "Herrmann The Great"
 The world famous prsstidigitator, "Berrmann the Great" twill appear at the Montgomery Theatre Friday night.
 Leon Hermann, has been Tn thls country now four years, has achieved remarkable success and a reputation for expertness in palming. in creating illusions. and presenting the many feats of the occult pheomena that are associated with his calling in suGh superior manner. as to place him in front rank and to proclaim him the master. In much that he does he re- sembles his late uncle Alexander, he has the same mannerism, the same happy faculty of speech, and personal magnetism besides resembling him in form and feature, as to startle the public when he first appears.
 His reputation as rrestidigltatepr is world wide; perfect king Of necro- nancy, he stands alone, legerdemaln. no such startling illusions or kindred fcats had ever been seen upon the stage until the star of Hermann" blazed forth in the theatrical world. His tours have been a series of ova- tions, and positive sensations.
 HeE will present a novel entertain. ment of magic in this city. He does So many things that are in reality mystifying that he arouses curiosity md sustains interest Several new Illusions will also be presented.
 Rudolph and Adolph."
 Those very funny chaps. Dan and ,harles A. Mason who have attained
 national reputation as exponents of .erman dialect comedy are announc- d for appearance at the Montgomery Theatre soon in new musical farce, entitled Rudolph and Adolph." This 1ew comedy creation has won it's great success in the amusement world solely on it's merits as an example of what humor can be extracted out of pure and honest wit.
 The well known and popular come dienne Lottie Williams Salter is the leading support to the stars. The other principal members of the cast include Beatrice Mckenzie. late prima donna of the Calhoun Opera Company. Nellie Maskell formerly of Broad hurst's Why Smith Left Home" Iva Merlyn of the Casino forces, Estelle Gilbert. Charlotte Love, The Sisters Laurence sensational dancers. Lew H. Newcomb, William ODay. the black 'f1ce comedian, Eddie Russell. Harry James, Samuel Mirfield and others.
 A promising feature of the produc- tion will he the music. The songs. dances and jokes introduced are all new and written expressly for this play. The costuming is another feature tO which the managers, Messrs Broad hurst x Currie call attention and altogether it looks as though night of thorough enjoyment was in store for tn theatre ,Ia goers zoe ss4dAe RSeasion of Mason
 Bill at the Auditorium.
 Manager Packard of The Auditorium, announces that beginning with this week a matinee will be gwen each day at o'clock excepting Monday. He says the program for this week will in clude number of first class vaudeville people who will come direct to Mont gomery from New York City.
 The bill will include Forbes and Quinn buck and wing dancers. Mitchell and cain, described as funny comedi- ans. who have just finished engage ments at the New York roof gardens. Misses Craske and Stevens novelty fe- male dancers who ara said to have made hit with Rogers Brothers; Attic Spencer a pretty woman singer, who has been at Tony Plstors theatre, and the great Delphino, well known mu- sical clown.
 The top-liner will be Casey and Le Claire. described as wonderful sketch team.
 Lydia Hall the coon singer. who has made friends here this week, will be retained to fill out the bill
 The announcement is also made that hereafter the bIll at The Auditorium will be changed Thursday of each week.
 Among the people engaged to support Nm: Modieska and MT. Louis James in Henry VII. which will visit Mont gomery are Mir. Norman Hackett, who will appear as King Henry; Thomas Coffin as Lord Buckingham: Wads-. worth as the Duke of Norfolk; and the healtfifJl Jane Oaker as Anne RullaYn