Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-03-05
GRAND SUCCESS AS
TO ATTENDANCE
Although Not So Good, Still
the People We're Pleased
Because Of the EIkS.
IT Was A HAPPY TIME

Thr u,a opera house irt put Boo
commission hy tbo EIts lodge 0t Al.
uugueuuo. gha "a blaze Of Story laaI
uIrhi. ANA right Wou should % be- o..
Weber a Yields AIsnr compan
open Co. and ho.aldcd. on % wore. hY
tbo name of Lillian Russell fort,
yUaaH "a star something ucat AM
mIghiy Boo operate and fpcciaeu.,r
was expected
Uui-lefa irIw che curtain CON
moDt1 arc ao strong and varied TODAY
hut me idea forces itself upon th.
puhIlc ihat Catherine with all b..
brutality iu hn avoi father rhoul
have boon obI.tcmtod entirely FROM
tbo pfuuum
catherine s NOT intended tu u#
au adjunct to lumhIos Che tickus
1ni oumuF of an aged airo Ho Ola
that h.H face show FtDIutuuifod H
surely not tho secondary part " io'
Ity. and Weber q Flo'da unidentified.
made % mistake whom they added thnt
whoop second to "Whoop Doe boo
uut-lCta Hay less. LllIhn Russell
who o. a supreme beauty on tho STAGE
Was present and % was shcatho hon
urol queen OF the stage that drew
out tho crowd. and made lhg oponIu.
ut bike opera house the grand au.
cess % was
tyoy man Hud woman .u Jha $50
who hha reached ih, nEo 20 forty
yolrH ana bad rCa of me iriumphan
HuccoasoH ~ LILLIAN Rursol on fr"
stage we're present
1hoy wpra alI ihofo and tlDy 800
rhoorol whom th.8 "aiar OF 600 starr
appeared ou ho stage ln nor rich co.,
tmoa. but n me language ~ mo DO
pou throughout fho western tIor 'they
furghvo her Tor her singing bocauso
/ .hc appeared sa beautiful"
Tho Clt.grn viii not as.umo tHr
prorDgnii.o Of n critic iB.tho case %
/ Weber and Fields na comedians. bot
70 has been suggested chat MURRAY
aud Mack can give thom cards and
/ spades. and beat thom 0ut
Hut for an that thr performance las
nlrht wac tho rrandort and most ciab.
ofato ever held in thm city LILLIAN
I uFFrll Nus there. ThD was the queen
~ The stage yonrs ago aud is still th'
. queen. and nor appearance. amid the
beauty OF chorus girls. WAS sublime
indeed. She looFod pretty aB ~ yorr
but nor singing lacked mo cultured
interest. hut when ono speaks ~ thr
chorus al the adIOCtlyoa cOnccrnlnE
rood lootn. aprightllneas agility AMI
handsome costumes lpock FOR admit
sion. They we're an nice. sang nice
walked nice. and caught tho eyo-thc
New Moxlco eye. and everybody
choorod their movements aud enc
songs
Peter o. DALEY is "a team by him
Bolf bot be- had ou the list. luat a.
good. Louis Marn John q Kelly and
others and th'y constituted the
whole company
After the performance tho loHBI
Elks-a bsttor class Ui people never
uvod-mot the visiting Elln and th5
'Whoop Dec Doc company 10 the hal,
on tho third nOur and fOr an houf
gave them a royal reception
Aftor this "a grand supper WA ser
od al the AlyaradO. after which tha
special tmin departed f0r Donvor
Just before the curtain rolled up on
tho frat whOOp w rs Chiideu AZ
! poarCd before the crowded house. ami
iu few appropriate words thanked
ths people tor their generous A.
probation of The Eis' efforts % CIV,
them a hrstclass playhouse. thanket
{ the Weber a Fields company f0I
their appearance. and thanked me B.
raso BIKE tor coming 20 many miio0
f1 AID their local brothers in thol
I eudeayors 90 make tho opening aigh
I a grand success.
F, Chairman Rauhu. og the buudm.
Z committee said no was pleased Wit.
/. thr Receipts. and stated the receipf
D would amount f1 about tI 600