Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-14

' VI 9iAo"s. have lulnlleu every
promise there can remain not the
slightest question: From the openine
elash Oh band music at the peform
ing wild animal show to the last
strains OF the stadium Orchcstra's fl
maze thPfe is not moment of duh.
ness nor an instant when the observ-
ant carnival visitor can not find some.
thing to applaud or instruct.
The crowds in attendance last night
large as they We're the preceding
nights, were the most numerous of
the week. They Wefe not Of the same
type as on the previous night, when
the rush came between raindrops, but
instead the people arrived early and
stayed late. moving continuously from
one show to the other and enjoying
every moment of the time spent.
Many of the shows have been pre-
viously described in the columns of
this paper, but one Of those which
has been crowded to the doors at each
performance since the opening night
has been referred to only in a general
way. This attraction is the Electric
theater. situated next to the Johns
town flood show at Pine street ard
Fourth avenue.
In the Electric theater are to be
seen many distinct features, among
them being the "poses plastque" of
M lie Roberta. This act, or series
Of acts, possesses subtle charm
which mover fails to exhilarate the
senses of the spectators. Mile. Ro-
berta is 3 woman Of most remarkable
perfection of statue She is a pofes-
sional artists model. and when first
engaged for her appearance with the
Gaskill- -Mundy organization was the
reigning furore among the art schools
of Paris, France.
It was Mile Roberta who posed as
the original for De Montrigue's famous
paintings and in several other works
by other celebrated artists, that have
received medals and honorable men
ton in the Royal Academy Of Arts.
She is a beautifully-formed woman
and the electrical effects as used with
her "poses plastique' enhance her nat
ural beauty to a marked degree.
In addition to Mile Roberta's splen-
Gid poses there is to be seen in
the Electric theater an electroscopic
picture reproducing the awful vol
canic disaster of Mt Pelee. These
pictures depict a scene taken from
life. of the pretty little city of st.
Pierre, on the island Of Martinique.
with frowning old Mont Pelee in the
he ckground The picture shows first,
the warnings given out by the vol
cano prior to it's outburst, the smoke
pouring from the crater, then the ex
plOsiOn. the sheets of fire and lava
out and down the mountain
side into and over the city Of st.
Pierre who're some 10000 lives were
lost and the city laid in absolute
ruins.
At the glassblowers show the visi-
tor may be entertained and instruct
ed as we'll, by troupe Of expert glass
blowers working with molten glass
and either blowing or manipulating
the same into all manner of dainty
bric-a-brac.
The House e-Upside-Town with all
its "topsy-turvy" effects, continued
last night to please it's visitors and
large crowds were il. attendance. Maj.
''Ike" Heilbron is in charge OF the
house, and that. if nothing else, means
that the show is worth visit.
The Girl From Up There, with Man.
ager Happy" Holmes at the helm,
won thousands of additional friends
during the evening, and is away up
close to the top notch in point of at
tendance. Here in addition to the old
time, yet always new illusion, "the
living half-lady." Manager Holmes
presents the magnificent silver dance
Of Miss Anna Blake rObed in what
has been claimed to be- and doubtless
is, one of the most costly dresses ever
made.