The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-02
LAST WEEK AT WHITE CITY MANY EVENTS PLANNED Real Old Time Virginia We'd
 ding Wednesday-De-
 struction of World.

pdple oI concelV1ng and securing. For | weeks he has been planning to make ! the last days of this most successful | season ones that will finger long In the memory of those who are fortunate enough to attend.
 To begin with, two of the very fore- 1 most outdoor vaudeville acts have been engaged that alone will be more than worth the price of admission. The first of these acts is that of Chester John7 son, the renowned bicycle wonder, fresh from the New York Hippodrome, in series of most remarkable and l perilous acrobatic cycle maneuvers known to the world At the Hippo drome Johnson was the greatest card for months, big audiences greeting him at every appearance.
 The other act is that of Siegfried and Vincent, a comedy acrobatic team without rival on any stage in the country. Their performance besides being unique in their stunts performed. is also pregnant with the richest fun and is side splitting from beginning to end.
 It Is with considerable pleasure that Manager Speek announces the third of the seasons public weddings at the White City. The event is to take place on Wednesday evening and will be positively real old time Virginia we'd ding with all the accessories and per sonages that years ago made such af- fairs so picturesque and interesting, and for which the colored people from the plantations for miles about turned out. The ceremony will be performed by a regularly ordained minister and there will be nothing In 1t to criticise. The bridal songs will be rendered by jubilee singers especially brought here from the south and before and follow ing the wedding concerts will be given for the entertainment of the thousands of guests.
 The contracting parties will be MT. Leroy Huey, of 156 Dixwell avenue, a young tonsorial artist who was brought up on plantation. He is a well re- spected young colored citizen and his, idea in being married at the White City is that he may enjoy the scenes once more of the plantation days of his boyhood These scenes will be present. ed exactly by Manager SpecR A
 The bride elect Is Miss Sophie Her. bert, also of Dixwell avenue, She has not been in New Haven but a few months. She comes from Jacksonville, Fla, where it is said she was one of the bellies of the elite eolored society of that famous old city. This one may quickly realize to be true when he sees the young lady She certainly Is splendid specimen of the ebony beauty. Great large dark eyes, skin of purest mulatto and 1.-the figure.
 The event beyond any question will be the most novel and interesting ever witnessed at any shore resort.
 DESTRUCTION OF THB WORLD. The great fireworks spectacle Friday evening will be the Destruction of the World" Here will be presented py- rctechnfcal picture of extravaganza never before equalled in this section of the country outside of Coney Island. A great corps of men are already at work on the special pieces to carry out Manager speck's extensive plans for 1 the brilliant exhibition. The affair Is to be given on the most magnificent | scale and will carry out as nearly as human mind can conceive the total de- vestation by fire of a world. The col lossal task is one that Manager Speck has long had in mind and has been saving as the greatest of all the sen sations he has sprung, The affair un- doubtedly will attract great crowds | from all over the state Already an inkling of it has gone forth and the management has been deluged with l letters from many places for details.
 Saturday evening, which will be the last of the week days Of the season, will witness a glorious 'Pandemonium Night" that win overwhelm in every particular that Of two weeks ago. One hesitates to write what Manager Speck has planned for fear 1t may be taken as an exaggeration. But from one who knows 1t may be taken that no such night anywhere In the coun-
 try will equal 1t for the terrific volume of wholesale amusement. From the
 early hour of the evening until mid- night trere will be no let up in the
 tornado of mirth that will sweep over
 the City. Every person entering the
 City vii, receive some instrument of
 noise. Thousands have been contract
 cd for, and this win include every
 conceivable instrument known to the
 musical world. Some may not be pleas
 ant, but others will. Organ, tews-harp,
 horn, bass drum, fife, cornet, trombone
 and piano brigades will be formed each marching about, and the ones
 making the bes. melody and also the
 one making the weirdest noise will re.
 eeive prizes. Another million of fire.
 crackers, as on the former "Pande-
 roopitrn Night" will be set off, and 6
 ton of confetti and ribbon streamers
 distributed for the friendly battles be.
 tween the young ladies and gentle
 nen.
 EArTN GAgIJEn UTTU RAyOR