Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-20
SPANISH DANGERS
CHARM PASADENA
SHAKESPEARE CLUB GIVES A
RARE TREAT
Lowe Opera House the Scene Of syI-
van 6eauty-Promlnen Physi-
clan Dies at His Home.
Notes of interest
Pasadena Agency,
i1i East Colorado street.


PASADENA. Jan. 1e.-Surpassing
every hope of the originators of the
entertainment of the Spanish dancers,
the whole affair was a brilliant sue
cess. The Lowe opera house was fill
ed with a large and representative au-
dience. Many people from Los Ange.
les were present.
The stage was very effective with It's
masses of magnolia boughs and pepper
sprays hung from the top and at the
sides to aid in the sylvan appearance
of the whole forest scene made
the natural setting for the gay dancers,
and about the stage were many Span
ish relics and pieces of furniture to
make the effect more realistic.
The time when these dances were
common was in the early days of Alta
California when life was unhurried.
This simple, happy life was represented
this evening, the sixteen dancers in the
group, dressed in the brilliant garb of
the time, dancing as IL all life was to
them song and dance.
An orchestra of Spaniards known as
La Colondrina, played for the dancing
on the usual guitars and violins of the
Spanish. Jesus P. Martinez, the
director of the orchestra, also had gen.
dancers were Senorita Larieux, Sonora
de Lopez, Ell Nino Earnesto Martinez
Seniors Jose Maria Rivera. L. A. de
Cells, G.. p. Vail, while Felice Madari-
aga, B. Roselli and V. Sotelo completed
the orchestra. All the women were
dressed in bright jackets trimmed with
silver bullion and scarfs of bright hued
colors were used in several of the dan
ces.
The men of the club were dressed in
the typical costume of Spain with al
most barbaric splendor of silver and
brilliant silken sashes. One of the SER
apes used in the dance Ell Sombrero
Blanco in connection with the white
hat, is an heirloom of great value in
the Bandini family. When all the
and singing, the stage was a scene of
unusual beauty the harmony of sound,
color and motion combining to give
an effect which is rare.
Especially graceful was La Bamba
dance by Sonora de Lopez, in which
the dancer in rythmic, swaying meas
ures, deftly steps into the knotted
handkerchief thrown on the floor by
her partner
With it about her ankles she danced
on, ever graceful and with gestures
and postures showing perfect knowl-
edge of her art, until at the proper
time, she danced out of the lettering
folds free once more. This one dance
attracted perhaps more attention and
admiration than any other single dance
and was loudly applauded.
Ell Nino Earnesto Martinez, the nine
year-old son of the leader, was a favor
ite with the audience from the first
because of his graceful dancing in the
large dances, in which all sixteen of
the club took part. When, however,
he came on the stage alone to sing and
dance La Pejura the enthusiasm Of
the audience could scarcely contain it.
self so daintily graceful was the child
and so happily unconscious of his at
tractiveness.
The Shakespeare club which planned
and arranged the entertainment will
probably clear three or four hundred
dollars from their venture. To Miss
Agnes Elliott and Mrs. j. G. Rossiter
is due the praise for the excellent and
unique entertainment.
Plan New Presbyterian Church
Some months ago the First Presbyte-
rian church of this city decided that
the present building on East Colorado
street, while large enough for their
own members, was not sufficiently
roomy to accommodate all the tourists
who flocked to the church several
months of the year. A new building
subscriptions was done very quietly
all the intervening time. Several lots
in the central part of the city were
looked at and that on the southwest
corner of Los Robes avenue and Colo
RADIO seriously considered.
OF the $4,000 needed for the proposed
new church, which will be built to
seat 1900 people, over $4,000 has been
subscribed.
Well Known Physician Dies
Shortly before midnight last night
DR.. Phineas S. Rose died at his resi-
dence 1893 Astabula street, in the sixty
seventh year of his age. DIR. Rose came
/ to Pasadena some five years ago and
was a native of Westmoreland county
N. Y. His only surviving daughter
Mrs. j. C. Marshall, is a resident OF
Saint Charles. MINI. During the civil
war DR.. Rose was a prominent surg.
con belonging TO the 179th New Yorl
artillery, where he became widely
known. After the war he practiset
medicine for over thirty years il
Wayne county. N. Y. He had retired
from active practice before coming Il
Pasadena. DR. Rose was a membe
of the Masonic fraternity and the Gran,
Army Of the Republic. and was ais