Evening journal., 1903-10-17
Theatrical Notes

Carl Hagenbeck's own show from /
Hamburg, Germany viii be seen at the !
Grand Opera House next week. There /
has already been a considerable adj /
vance sale for the matinees so that 1
two shows q day have been decided /
upon. In all over one hundred and |
fifty birds and beasts win be on view |
There are no dummies i'm the lot; all |
have passed through Mr.. Hagenbeck's |
hands and have been taught a variety |
of really wonderful tricks No man |
has ever done so much with jungle |
pupils Hagenbeck has lions and tigers !
fresh from the wilds Of Africa and In /
dia that sit up and beg" for pieces Of |
raw meat held in the naked hands Of |
the trainer; polar bears from the
northern ice foes that perform the
most complicated routines; leopards
that do acrobatic stunts; and seals that
juggle and balance balls and batons.
Goats that play musical instruments,
birds that count and pigs that play
funny pranks may also be mentioned.
In one group there are sixteen lions,
tigers. panthers, pumas. bears and big
German boar hounds. All these diff
ferent animals work together in the
same ring and do the bidding of their
master. 1t is not recorded that polar
bears have ever before been trained,
yet Hagenbeck has nine big fellows
that romp about like kittens and dis
play more intelligence. The tiger and
the elephant have under their masters
humane discipline forgotten their long
standing jungle feuds and work to-
gether in most willing fashion.
Ii is a full two and one-half hour
show. the seven arenic displays fol-
lowing each other in rapid succession.
All of the acts take place in a huge
steel cage that is covered with a heavy
net, so that there is no danger of acct
dents of any kind. The daily matinees
are especially for ladies and children,
and will have extra features. such as
the feeding of the animals. The show
has been i'm this country only a few
months and is intended ultimately for
the St. Louis Worlds Fair. In New
York and elsewhere the exhibition
was pronounced a roaring success-in
more ways than one.
Wilton Lackaye is TO play long en-
gagements in Claiming PolloclSs dra
matization of Frank Norris novel THE
Pit" both in Philadelphia and Chicago
before going to New York. The Phila-
delphia run begins November 23 at the
Walnut street Theatre and the Chicago
run December 1s at the Garrick
Henrietta Crosman now comes out
with the positive announcement that
after her tour of "As You Like II" she
will never again appear i'm "breeches
part" on the stage. Miss Crosman
started the craze for this style of part
with her Mistress Nelr' three years
ago. Now every actress Of note is anx-
ious to appear in such roles. So Miss
Crosman has decided to give them all
a clear field and connne herself to
skirts only.
It is likely that Daniel V. Arthur will
select Helen Sherwood to play one Of
Mr.. Pipp's daughters when he makes
his New York production of "The Ed
ucation Of Mr.. Pipp," q three-act COM
edy by Augustus Thomas, founded upon
the series Of drawings by Charles Dana
Gibson. Miss Sherwood is 6 feet 1
inch tall. and a typical Gibson girl. She
is at present playing Mrs. John jerks
with Nancy Brown" in support of Miss
Marie Cahim
At the Lyceum on Monday. October
19, the bill win be '"rhe Smart Set" d.
rect from their record breaking success
i'm all of the large cities of the country
The Smart Set" is an organization o.
fifty OF the cleverest colored artists ir
the country The company include,
fhe well-known Tom Mcintosh Ton
Brown. Billy McClain, Billy Young
Mile Cordelia Marion, Henry Smar
and Cyrene Navarro.
cover Niagara Falls" new bis
! scenic production, by Joseph LeBrandt
author OF "On the Stroke of Twelve
E and other successful plays, win be tn
J attraction at the Lyccum Theatre oi
Thursday, October %. Nessrs. Row
land and Clifford. who are owners AM
proprietors of the production. hav
equipped it with a most gorgeous dis
. play of scenery and mechanical an
| electrical effects, prominent anon
which is an exact reproduction of tn
- Falls themselves, which is said to b
e very realistic.
j. one Of the most stuDendous scent
productions of the season is that Of g..
Human Slave" which J. NJ. Ward wi
Il bring TO the Lyceum at an early dat'
a Aside from The scenic environment.
a company Of surprising merit viii b
h seen in the play.
At Dockstader's next week Murphe
and Willard the inimitable coined
d. stars, viii be seen after a long ah
! sence The great and only Johnn
Healey, Wesson. Walters and Wessoi
:. the Burdock Sisters, Mr. and Mrs. Boy
doll Thomas Breen and Co, Trask an
GLADDEN., the Kinteograph and othe
numbers will be on the bill. The pro
'- gram which viii be seen for the n.
s. time tonight has attracted large house
IS all the week.
After two years absence from II
stage Miss Maude Adams appeared j
J. Syracuse this week. achieving an en-
Il phatic personal and artistic trump
Is as PeDita in THE Pretty Sister Of Jose
n q character which. while it may nev,
touch the popular heart as did Lad
Babbie, with whom her name is mo-
n frequently associated nevertheless
n g.ves her the best opportunity she hi
ever had Of displaying her marveioi
70 versatility in sounding all the emotion
al chords of human nature.
Miss Adams received many congratl
"A latory messages from all over the couI
~ try and abroad.
he OF Roselle Knott, who is playing Il
pr part Of Mary Tudor in when Knigh
hood Was in Flower" Charles Majc
= author of the story writes TO Frank