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Searle Dawleys Little Miss Fortune a
drama of Western life. Miss Cecil Spooner
has the title role. Lille Miss Fortune win,
dicates the hero. who Is accused Of theft and
murder, and by strenuous Efforts peeoeaoly
arranges affairs before the curtain falls.
SOLDIERS of Fortune" the romantic
drama in which Robert Edeson starred
with great success reopened the Columbia
last night.
Under Southern Skies" Is the attraction
for the week at the Grand Opera House.
which opened yesterday. Lottie Blair
Parker's play Is presented by company
OF twenty-seven persons
The Seaside Shows.
4The Strollers" will be the musical play
this week at the Manhattan Beach Theatre.
1t will be followed by Miss Bob White to
be played on Labor Day only. Tonight
Nine. Schumann- -Henk, who has entirely |
recovered from her recent illness, will make
her farewell appearance on the concert
stage for a long period, with Shannon's
Military Band and Clifford Wiley. the bary-
tone soloist.
Pain g fireworks spectacle Decatur, which
a real daylight fire failed TO injure, Is still
strong attraction at the Beach. The car
nival Of fire last week was the best seen In
several years.
Luna Parks great success as an amuse-
ment centre was again made apparent last
week by continued large crowds. The"War
Is He'll" spectotium has added to the Battle
of Port Arthur" the taking Of several forts
near Golden Hill and shows the destruction
of much Of the waterfront and the residential
section. Fire and Flames" has had added
the rescue of two women from the fifth
story window Of burning building down
a telegraph pole which runs conveniently
near the cornice. In the Streets OF Delhi q
Delhi's attendant prince, Yohi, is to marry
a Kentucky girl at the close Of the season.
New features have been added to the Circus
Maximus, including Spessardy's bears, the
Five Flying Herberts, Josie Ashton and
Will Hill. the high wire walker.
A oolored baby is the latest addition to
the infant incubator building at Dream
land. It ia among the most promising OF
the growing infants there. The ride
Through the Sewers OF Paris" Is made
interesting by running description OF the ,
original sewers, given by the sewer men,
who talk as they push the boats along.
There is denouement at the end OF the long
less Howard a and Iuellita begin On Mon
day the final week Of their high wire per
forrnanoes at Dreamland. The vaudeville
show on the plaza has a complete new bill
except for the retention OF the Golden Gate
Quintet which begins Its eleventh week.
The other acts include Villies and Lee,
acrobatic singers and dancers; Radie Fur
main, character dancer; Cawthorne and
Beerbomtree, in a novel musical act; Black
and White. comedians, and Barita and
Rae, comedians
boxing kangaroo has been added to
the Bostock trained animal show. which Is
easily the most popular Of the attractions
in Dreamland, and one of the most absorbing
on the island. Fifteen years ago Frank
Bostock brought to this country from
Australia the first boxing kangaroo ever
known. Mr.. Bostock exhibited the kan
garoo himself and was the animals sparring
owner, although he b member Of the
celebrated Wombwell family. He Is now
the owner Of more wild animals than any
other individual exhibitor in the world.
Another addition to the show this week is
big lion and "Hooligan, clown bear.
One OF the sights at Coney Island Is the |
crowds leaving the Mont Pelee building. |
The faces show that the audience has been
thrilled by the spectacle, which h produced |
by the most elaborate electric machinery !
Of the kind in this country. In recent years |
nothing has been more startling than the |
sfaRSq MsRnaus st MGpt sns Fsss OF tsi sd
picturesque old city Of St. Pierre. To |
witness the mountain pouring forth destruc- |
ton In a spacious building by the seashore !
Is a marvel Of which visitors to Coney
Island never seem to tire.
"Johnstown Flood" the older spectacle
produced by the proprietors Of Galveston
Flood, Is as strong an attraction still as It
was soon after It opened last season, when
1t was without competitors on the Island.
Galveston Flood near the Iron Pier, Il
q fine spectacle, 20 all the people who 60 to |
see the reproduction OF that disaster agree.
mechanics went In body to see how the
illusion was produced.
Steeplechase Park has thirty side show
attractions. a fine bathing beach, indoor
swimming pool. and perhaps the finest
dancing floor on the island. Every evening
the place Is crowded, and inside its gates
there Is nothing but laughter and fun.
A pleasant trip out of Manhattan Is that
to North Beach by the East Ninety-ninth
street or East 104th street ferryboats, and
by trolley from other points. When. you
get there, carrousels. q Ferris wheel, SWIM
ming pool, zoo. and shoot -the-chutes pro-
vide all the amusements usual at any well
regulated shore resort.
Dos and Foxes Play Together.
From the Biddeford Record.
People at the Pines say that almost any
morning Just after the sun gets up you can
look across the creek behind the Pines and