The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-25
ENTERTAINMENTS.
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 "Herrmann the Great" the most won-
 erful of all modern necromancers, will
 ppear at the Hyperion tonight. Herr
 an stands alone in the world of magic
 day. He is master of all mysteries
 right of birth and tradition. Born ] a family of musicians, he represents
 he old school of ledgerdemain, and the
 test advances in scientific illusions.
 s a result of his travels, he has se-
 lred some of the most great sensations
 London and Paris, which he intro-
 uces for the first time to the American
 eautiful illusion which he has chris Fned ''The Bride Elect" a pretty young
 Il exquisitely gowned in one of Red
 ern's latest creations. steps on the fage, which is bare excepting a large
 rdinary mirror which stands in the
 enter, The bride elect walks towards
 he mirror, pauses a moment to admire
 he reflection of her wedding finery, and
 ives a fewlast touches to her toilet. While doing so Hermann places light creen between the audience and the
 harming tableau. This he removes in ess than ten seconds, and lo the bride
 as vanished as completely as Alice Through the looking glass. There is a remation effect startling in it's realism Fhere the subject vanishes in a wreath
 f smoke and flame in full view of the
 udience. Then there are wonderful eats in levitation, bodies floating through the air and seemingly defying i II laws of gravitation, and there are a
 lumber of new tricks compounded of he mysterious and the humorous in {qual parts, which leave the spectator h a state of bewilderment and laughter. To round out 8 programme unique in It's way, Hermann has secured The LaslSys," the celebrated interpreters of military music.
 Seat sale now open. Prices 25, 50 and cents and $1.0O
 While Robert Hilliard was presenting Frances Hodgson Burnetts latest play fThat Man And l." at the Savoy Thea Ter, New York city, one evening was let apart for the representative clergy Rf New York city. Each and every one were loud in their praise of the perfor- |nance and the acting. Tn letter ad- dressed to MT. Perley, who is managing he attraction, one of the ministers Erote as follows: q think without ex- keption that your play is the greatest kermon ever written. It teaches a mor- kl lesson that must have beneficial ef- feet on those who are so fortunate as to |vitness it. It is such plays as That Man And I" that will place the drama bn a higher. plane than the one that it thanks for the courtesy" This state Hent is one of many made in regard to Ehe biggest dramatic success of the sea- son.
 The story is one of deep interest and Is replete with human emotion, It vii brates with heart interest and is as pure as a mountain Till. Robert Hil- Hard has been surrounded with a cast of exceptional merit, including Maude Fealy and H. Reeves Smith. The pro- duction is the most magnificent that has ever been displayed on the stage. The date in this city is Friday, Februa- ry 26, at the Hyperion, and should meet with a large audience.
 Seat sale now open. Prices $1.50, $1.O0 and 75 cents.
 After a successful run of three months at the Herald Square Theater, New York city, and prior to an extended en- gagement in London, De Wolf Hopper and his company are playing a few of the large cities. The date of their en- gagement here is Saturday, February 27 MT. Pickwicls," Identification of Dickens Pickwick Papers, is the vehi- cle which MT. Hopper employs this sea- son to exploit his talents It is a nusi- cal production, the music having been by Manuel Klein, musical di- rector of Daniel Frohman's New Lyce- um Theater in New York. His brother. Charles Klein, well known in the litera- ry world, has dramatized the book, and the enormous success the piece enjoyed last year and it's popularity the present season is the best evidence of the char acter of the work.
 Seat sale now open Prices S1 5O S1 C0