Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-12-14
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W. $. CLEvBLANDs THEATER.

Another feast of merit and novelty is
promised at w. 8. Cleveland's Theater
for the coming week. The favor with
which the Cleveland idea Of polite"
vaudeville and "tip-top" minstrclsy
combined has been received In Chicago
has been the incentive for the manage
ment of this theater to secure list of
acts for their performances which will
be In every way representative of the
class of entertainment which they not
only profess to, but do give each week.
No better show has ever been offered i'm
Chicago than that which is being given
there this week and the bill for the com.
ing week IL Is promised will equal IL I'm
both merit and interest. A feature has
been made of the olio and number of
headline acts will be on the bill. Among
those who will appear are Mack and
Elliott, who will present a humorous
conception of cOmical mistakes. "The
New Minlster:" Bryan and Nadine, an
acrobatic team of unusual ability and
merit; Zella, the marvellous, I'm endur-
ance and eq,iilibrium: Shannon and
Lucier, with their quaint comicalities
and merry jests, and number of
others of a high standard of excellence.
In the minstrel part Of the entertain
ment there will be offered numerous
pleasing musical numbers and never
heard-befOre cross fire gags and jokes.
In this all the minstrel favorltes includ.
ing Raymond Teal Charles Milton,
william Window. James Bradley. II.
A. StOddard, Frank Damsel, Joseph
Lyons and others will participate. The
audiences which attend this house show
that Chicago appreciated a neat, clean
ana meritorious entertainment. The
matinees especially, which are given
every day. have proven a great attrac.
ton to the holiday shoppers ana every
day sees house well filed with ladies
ana children whose happy faces indi.
cate thorough enjoyment. The con-
venience of the theater to the shopping
district and the genteel class Of the
performance makes 1t possible that
they attend without escort. when on
their shopping expeditions, with perfect
propricty.
SAM +. JACKS.
| Anyone who IL looking for genuine
entertainment IN the burlesque line
must not miss the show which will
amuse the jolly crowds at Sam T..
Jacks next wcek-One of the finest
biggest. and most enjoyable which even
this more than popular theater will
stage during the current season. "The
Partisan Widows" l.. Laurence Web.
cr's first-rate show, will supply the en-.
tcrtainment. and Letta Meredith. one
Of the most beautiful blonde women
ever seen on any stage. will he the
leader of an elegant array Of shapely,
handsome young girls, brlmful of life
and mirthful humOr. A tiptOp bur.
lesque will he staged, with Miss Mere.
dith and her gay girls as chief nttrac.
tiOn. ana the stage will he brlmful of
tights and spangles. The speciality hill
will be quite in line with the rest Of the
show. Among the performers will he
Milton and Maud Woods. novelty
dancers; Bryce ana Inman, 1.-THE Two
Jolly Companions" the Exposition
-Four. humOrists and singers: the pretty
Mitchell sisters, Marie ana Edna; the
-Four Huntlngs. great acrObatic dancers
and Allen Wlghtmnn. one of the finest
clay modelcrs now In the profession.
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That was a characteristic thrust by
DIR. Emil q. Hirsch, the well.knOwn
Jewish leader Of Chicago, when. defend.
ing foreigners from the charge that
they are inlmical to the best type Of
American citizenship. he said: I'VE
foreigners ut least know how to spell
English. and that seems to be more
than the natives can do" IL II true
that foreign.born citizens spell the En-.
glish language better than American
natives? CandOr compels an affirmative
answer. DIR. Hirsch did not 20 into de.
tails, but he might have given his audi
ence some specific reasons for this
anomaly. He was merely resenting the
assertion by a narrow ana bigOted pro-
portion OF American citizens that the
native born are superior as a rule to
those Of foreign extraction. Foreign
born Americans, when they are educat.
ed Mt all, have technical mastery of
the English language that cOmpels
them to be good spoilers. They are ed.
ucated possibly In the English tongue
later In life than native-bOrn American
children. They know nothing OF the
new spelling fads such as are being In.
troduced into American schools. They
learn the English language from sheer
necessity and their mastery over It IL
gained by herculean wrestling with its
structural foundation and Its OrthOgra.
ply. Deficiency In spelling ordinary
English words IL the scandal and dis.
grace OF modern public school methods.
Graduates are turned out Of our high
schools and even out of our universi.
ties who cannot write an photographic.
ally correct page of English. Their
heads may be full Of science and other
advanced studies, but they cannot re.
produce hundred words of their sim.
pie mother tongue without blunders In
spelling. The fOreign-born American.
as DR.. Hirsch says, has the best of It
In this technical mastery of his adopt.
| oh lunnunpp III should ho n lossou IN