The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-24
STREET FAIR IN FULL SWING.
Attractions at Stadium Best Ever Seen
in This City.

Attractions az STADIUM bess ever Seer
in This City.
A large and enthusiastic audience as'
) sembled last evening at the Stadium
to witness the performance presented
under the management OF Chairman
j, II. G. West and Manager Carl $
Davis. The show went with dash
land vim characteristic of the produe-
tons of Manager Davis, and congrat-
,ulatlons poured upon the management
In an unbroken stream during the
time the audience dispersed.
fore 9ocal audience. and was greet
famous Browns band OF Portland.
which will furnish the music at each
performance. Following the overture
appeared the Sheck brothers In hand.
to-hand balancing. The act presented
| by the Sheck brothers proved to be
one OF the cleverest ever presented be-
for an Astoria audience. and was greet
ed with round after round of applause
Their hand-to- hand balancing was OF
a truth marvellous and loud were the
Expressions Of approval overheard In
the audience. The Sheck brothers are
truly masters OF the art of balancing.
accomplishing the most difficult feats
with apparent ease and In the most
graceful manner.
The appearance OF Dana Wright, the
tramp cartoonlst was the signal for a
burst Of laughter. which increased In
volume until the vibration threatened
to dlslodge the tent from It's massive
poles. Dana Wright has certainly won
for himself corner In the hearts of
Astorians by his clever work last even
Ing. With lightning like strokes OF
his crayon he produces cartoons OF
prominent men In business and politics
very laughable In effect His work
Is greatly superior to that OF any art
ist who has ever before appeared In
Astoria. and was greatly admired not
only by those possessed OF an artistic
temperament, but the ordinary layman
as well.
The Chicks were accorded their u.s.
ual reecption-loud and continued APP
plause. The Chicks delighted the as
sembly with sketch and were re-
ceived with decided favor. Their act
is up-to-date and humorous in the
extreme. The vocal work Of this team
was excellent and was of an order
higher than Is usually heard on the
stage. They are decidedly clever and
will doubtless endear themselves to
the populace during their engagement
at the Stadium.
Following the Chicks the greatest
marksman In the world, Lone Star
Harry, gave an exhibition of his un-
usual skill with rifles and revolvers.
Without question Lone Star Harry Is
entitled to rank with the greatest
marksmen in the universe. His dif-
ferent feats were greeted with open
eyed astonishment, and loud were the
Of astonishment heard
among the audience. The crowning
feature of his act, the playing of pop
ular melodies upon a set of aluminium
chimes, was a fitting climax to an act
which has never been equaled In the
northwest With unvarying accuracy
Lone Star Harry succeeded In strik-
ing the bullseye of target while In
various difficult positions, and broke
glass discs galore with apparent ease.
The feat Of striking the blade OF a
common steel knife with bullet, there
by severing 1t in two equal portions,
which, striking two small discs on each
side of the bottle on which the knife !
was lodged, broke them, was really
almost beyond human credulence. Lone
Star Harry gives the greatest exhibi-
tion Of expert craftsmanship ever seen
in the northwest, and his engagement
is a triumph to the ability of Manager
Carl s. Davis.
The three Malverns, world famous
acrobats. performed acrobatic feats
with grace and agility never equaled |
by any performers throughout the en-
tire northwest. Their work is simply
splendid, and something that can bel