The St. Louis Republic., 1904-01-25

teams. the members OF which can trace
| their relationship to Father Adam as the
nearest common ancestor, are real sisters,
and twin sisters at that. and are grand
daughters of John Robinson. who was
known the country over as a circus man.
Their father followed in the footsteps OF
the senior Robinson. who had conducted
| some of the greatest shows on earth" in
prairie schooners before the days when
railroads gridironed the country. That
was half century ago
The old circus magnate, dear to tradi-
| ton, was himself famous bareback rider
and came of long line of English show
| men. Some of them may have been noun
tebanks in the days of Chaucer OF before
Christopher Columbus did mis- American
discovery stunt
The younger Robinson. father OF the
twin sisters, managed the theatsr which
bears his name in Cincinnati. and the girls
| were born in the business
Instead of taking to tarlatan skirts and
hopping through paper-covered rings after
the fashion OF some of their prOgenitors.
noted performers on the backs of Looping
steeds. the twins preferred the fortunes O.,
the theater into which branch OF amuSe-
mentS some of the family have drifted.
| But the girls have been unable 10 get
away from acrobaticS-
They made their professional debut as
tumblers and trapeze performers t.hen
they were less than ten years old and
little more than midgets in size They are
not much larger now after a decade IN
which they have toured America many
times
One of the sisters is the wife Of VII
liam r Henderson of Chicago. one OF
the best-known theatrical booking agents
in the West. and one Of her principal rea-
sons for Joining Mason and Mason for
the present ciH h;cS mas ,be be m roSnois
Theater fire has affected or depressed IN
varying degrees every one connected with
the theatrical business there.
ancestors defend her) that she Just nat
urally loves to keep at work in her chosen
line and Is mighty 81 s,aa aw Wnen bo sse sse ae
says she could never find a teammate ike
Mrs. Henderson.
How Henderson can tell his wife iron,
her sister is a question frequently asked
by persons when they first see the Robin
son girls. They are almost as much
alike as the proveroiaii 1T two Co. peas ,s i1ss IN
ence in them TO dawn upon an audience
Their act in Rudolph and Adolph' at
the is one ssion G nhe to sns
acrobats. they I'LL in with clever singing
and dancing.
are guests of Mrs: c. E: Carpenter.
Bonnie Marie's mother. at No. 2es Park
avenue
Rudolph and Adolph." with Mason and
Mason as the boisterouS Germans made
merry at the Grand. The farce is not new.
that fact, in a measure. The most anus
ing songs prove to be the Mason brothers
parodies. Under the Anheuser- Busch
and comicc pensions Of "Bedeiia, Hfa-
watha'' and Josephine. My Jo."
Frank James is the life Of "A Cowboys
Girl at the Crawford. The piece is
thriller" with some comedy now and
then to iiven it up. James plays Frank
James the Frank of to-day. Of course. He
is seen as genial character, who, Tor
he speaks his lines as though he had been
brought up in the business.
ssWhy Women Sin." melodrama with
picturesque scenic effects. came to Hav-
Inns. There was the usual evil plotter.
who sought to come between man and
wife; an adventures. his accomplice, and
a number of comical characters whose
prototypes are to be found in all greet
cities Florence Ashebrook played Fiji.
the French woman, very cleverly. Pearl
the husband
John Drew. whose engagement at the
Olympic begins tonight. saw The Silver
Slipper at the Century last evening. With
him were several members Of his COM
pany.
Rice and Barton'S Buriesquers are at
the Standard The olio is the best given
at this theater in several weeks. the
headliners being Charles Barton, Lillian
Washburn. Annie Dunn and Mark and |
Kitty Hart.