The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-05
Inez PacheeO, Clever Little Ac-
rObat, to Entertain Children.
To Welcome Them on Auditor
ium Stage Saturday.
INTEREST CONTINUES.
Auditorium Is Daily Gro wdeG
With Visitors.
East Indian Juggler, Sick at
Hospital. Is Improving.

Manager r. S. Brigham of the Mid
winter exposition this morning paid his
daily visit to Christ hospital to see the
patient, Moung Mya, the Burmese foot
juggler who became suddenly i'll with
pneumonia. Mr.. Brigham was accom-
panied by Mr.. and Mrs. DeMora,
known on the vaudeville stage as De
Mora and Graceta. These two people
have taken a kindly interest in the
welfare of the unfortunate East Indian.
On the night when he became i'll Mr..
DeMora sat up with him in the hotel
and administered his medicines. Mr..
DeMora is a German by birth and has
had considerable experience in practical
nursing. Had it not been for him it
is probable that Mya would have been
left to the mercies of "a disinterested
hotel porter during the first day of his
illness. It was reported from the hos
pital this morning that Mya'S case is
making favorable progress and he
shows appreciation of the interest taken
in him by his theatrical friends. He
has turned over to DeMora his money
and papers and has sent letter TO his
mother in Burma telling of his illness.
Mya has been in the United States for
year but he can yet scarcely speak
word of English. The attention paid
him by the kind hearted Mr. and Mrs.
DeMora, with whom he cannot carry
on an intelligent conversation, certain
lY speaks highly of the fraternal feel
ing between members of their profess
sion. They had not become acquainted
until they reached Topeka.
INEZ PACHECO WILL RECEIVE.
A reception is to be given under the
auspices of the q and l club for little
Inez Pacheco. the youngest member of
the clever troupe of Mexican acrObats
who are appearing at the Midwinter
exposition. The children of Topeka will
lat hO CT 1crn n
the Auditorium from 1:30 until 2:45
o'clock Saturday afternoon. 1t is ex-
pected that something in the nature of
a surprise will be a feature of the re-
ception. Saturday afternoon has been
announced as the children's afternoon,
and from 1:30 until the beginning of the
programme at o'clock the children
will be given the freedom of the build
ing. All the exhibitors at whose booths
free samples are given away have
promised that the children shall be
served exclusively during this time.
After the afternoons programme the
children will have to take their chances
with the older folks.
MarshalHs band will appear on the
programme today and tomorrow. The
music furnished by this popular Topeka
organization will be a pleasing feature
of the programme, and Topeka people
are always ready to listen to the band.
The music at the Midwinter exposition
has been uniformly good and has been
berg's orchestra and Watson's orches-
ira, the three leading organizations of
instrumentalists of the city. The mu-
steal programmes have continued
throughout the afternoon and evening.
all of the vaudeville programmes being
accompanied by it.
These features have improved stead
lily since the opening day. Persons en-
gagged in that sort of work ordinarily
experience some little difficulty in ac-
customing themselves to new floors
and stages so that a first appearance
without rehearsal is usually under
slight disadvantage. The Pacheco fam
lily has attracted much attention by
it's difficult feats of acrobatic work and
tumbling. This organization has never
before appeared this far north. The
members are all Spanish-Americans
and have travelled with the greatest
circuses which make the southern cir
cults. They are known far and wide
in the southern states and countries.
The DeMora and Graceta act is like
wise popular It is the original pos
session of DeMora and Graceta who
have developed all it's features them
selves.
The exposition management has been
fortunate in securing the services OF
Will ROLAND, the slack wire artist. He
took a place on the programme provis-
ionally for the first performance which
Moung Mya, the juggier, was obliged
to miss through illness. But on account
was received it has been continued for
the week. ROLAND is a comedy act
man and is excessively funny. In the
same class is the Steiner Brothers work
on the triple bar. At every performance
both acts are well received and are
among the money making features of
the exposition. The general programme
for the second week has far outstripped
that of the first although the former
was undoubtedly good.
Thursdays attendance was 3,44S. The
box office receipts were 2,151, against
2.O75 for a year ago. Manager Brigham
said that he believes that there are
now only about 1,750 of the advance
sale tickets. Mr.. Brigham is greatly
pleased over the success of the expo
sition He said today:
Up to last night our total sales OF
tickets for the exposition amounted to
just about $4,000 tickets. We are row
on easy street and whatever is taken
now is clear profit. The exposition has
paid for itself and is going to leave
little money in the treasury of the ex-
position company This is all we have
hoped for, and is a better outcome than
any previous exposition has made. It
has, incidentally. been a good deal bet
ter exposition than any in the past