The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-04-18
theatrical Notes.


fun loving Hermann the Great, -
who comes to The Kentucky soon.
But the jokes played upon the people
by Hermann are not always the
most enjoyable ones by any means,
for i. quite often happens that Herr
mann is the victim of practical joke,
which for the results obtained by far
discount any that Herman has seen
fit to do. Such condition confronted
Hermann at Vancouver, Washington,
last season Vancouver has United
ates barracks, at which are stationed
regiment Of Uncle Sans boys in
blue. On the occasion Of Herr mann s
engagement at the opera house in that
city, his audience was comprised
mainly of soldier boys who had inst re
turned from the Philippines, and who
were consequently full Of mischief
One Of Herrmspn's star tricks was the
escape from Sing Sing" in which .
stage convict is locked up in a cell,
who then quicKly disappears and is
found running down the aisle in the
front of the theater on to the stage
again. AS before remarked, the house
was crowded by Uncle Sans boys,
but that was not all; the house was
surrounded by them also, where they
employed points of vantage to witness
the performance. As the convict dis.
appeared from the cell he opened the
stage door and started on run for the
front of the house. He was quickly
surrounded and held fast while the sol
dier boys eagerly looked toward the
stage Of the theater to see how the
trick would come out. Hermann
opened the cage and shouted: THE
prisoner is goner" prisoner, where
are you ?" That was the cue for the
prisoner to come down the aisle, but
on this occasion no prisoner appeared.
Again came the query, Prisoner,
where are your" as Hermann anx-
iously looked for the expected prison
err to appear. Again no prisoner, and
Hermann was apparently in the air.
The audience became uneasy and the
feeling prevailed that something had
gone wrong. Just at that moment
Herman, who had been in deep
thought. hastily exclaimed, 81 guess
the convict has gone for good" and
by a stroke of genius said: 81 guess
1 will send the jailer after him." He
placed his fsvoiite assistant, who was
play ing the. jailer, into the cage and
the latter vanished also, and the cur
tain came down on a new ending TO
the famous trick. IL was not until
after the between the acts oontin-
gent returned to the theater that the
secret Of the trick was made known
and it created hearty laughter.
Manager J. E. English, while in
st. Louis last week. had the pleasure
of making the acquaintance of Miss
Ethel Barrymore, the talented little ao-
tress who is starring in Carrots" and
''The Country Mouse, with great sur
cess this season, and he was rendered
the use of box at the Olympic thea
ter during his stay in the Future
Great. Mr.. English was very much
with the eminent ability of
the young lady and saw her perform
anoe every night and declares that she
is the greatest of the many young
stars he has seen and he has been to all
the large cities In ten years, he
thinks, IL not sooner, she win be the
greatest actress in the world. He ex-
acted q promise that she would play
at The Kentucky theater in Paducah
next season, ard the amusement low
ing public may accordingly look for.
ward to her visit with great anticipa.
ton. Miss Barrymore. who by the way,
Is only 2s years old and great beau
ty, will close her season at Chicago
May and leave for England for the
summer, but has promised to return to
America in him to witness the open
ing of "Hoity Toiety" Mr.. Ollie Mack
and Mr.. Bnglish's big production for
next season. Her success has been
and it is understood that
she has cleared 100000 this season.
Mr.. Ollie Mack, Mr.. Engiish's partner.
and his wife have lsased Miss Barry
more's apartments on 59th street, New
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