The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-27
possessor Of the style Of machine she
was demonstrating.
Al. H. Wilson appears In Pensacola
on December 9Th.
At tho Oroheum Today.

OA OCIcmOSr OH.
At tho orpheum Today.
No doubt when the Orpheum opens
its doors tomorrow for the regular
Monday matinee large crowds VIII be
| awaiting to witness what the manage
ment claims to be one OF the largest
and strongest bills that has ever
played there.
The sensational act Of the three will
be Bachman's five trained lions that
will be handled by their trainer. Paul
Johannan, who has the reputation Of
being the most daring lion trainer in
the world. Mr.. Johannan will do such
feats as place his head between thei:
jaws, carry them about in their cage,
| rcmp, play and feed them in full view
OF the audience.
The next act that will create con-
siderable talk Will be the great
"Emelene," who is considered one OF
the best female impersonators on the
American stage today.
The Musical F1sks will be another
added feature to this strong bill and
each and every one who Is lover OF
good music will appreciate their high
class act.
| Mrs. Fiske.
Mrs. Fiske, whose heart pulsates so
warmly for the great empire in which
Minnie Maddern were won, Is one OF
the most observant of women, as we'll
as one Of the most prodigious Of
workers. She has at her finger tips
the history of the stage and the coun-
try In general in which her early
struggles took place, for Minnie Mad
dern was a product of the south and
west, the art which since has made
her pre-eminent in American stage
affairs, having been born and Graded
In those sections from which SO
much of the real inspiration of the
American nation has sprung.
! Minnie Madden was known and
loved as few women of the stage ever
have been, throughout the country
walled off from that section compre-
hensively referred to as "the east"
long before the ripeness and perfec-
ton of her art had brought those
fields in homage to her feet. 1t was
not until after her marriage to Har-
rison Grey Fiske and her coincidental
retirement from the stage, covering
a period of several years which she
spent in playwriting and other literary
work, that her genius lowered in
/
performance Of Ibsen'e "A Dolls
House." given for one of the many
charities in which Mrs. Fiske is so
deeply interested
| Her success on this occasion was
astounding and led to a widespread
and insistent demand for her per-
manent return to the stage. some of
the most erudite and forceful of the
metropolitan critics voicing the
opinion that it would be high treason
to American art for her not to assume
the position so rightfully hers, that
of the most commanding figure in the
dramatic art of the country
Mrs. Fiske did return, and what a
heritage her return has been!
During the years that have passed
Isince that she has written the most
brilliant pages in American stage
history and as her artistic zeal is
never tagging, the future is as rich
Ia promise as the past has been in
ifulfllment.
One who has been intimately asso-
'ciated with this gifted woman was
think of Mrs. Fiske?" The question
lcame with evidence of a precon-
ceived belief that Mrs. Fiske must
ihave many of the temperamentai
lidiosyncrasies usually associated with
1.-THE elect of the Gods, but the answer,
lgiven in burst of enthusiasm whose
Esprit proved it's complete sincerity
was surely an epitome of apprecia.
ltion. for the words were, Mrs. Fiske
is as wonderful a woman as she is
an artist. She is a woman whom it
is benediction to know"
And so it would seem, for the spell
OF her personality across the foot
lights is SO pervasive and indubitable
that one may easily imagine what it
must be in personal contact
The life of the stage is to many a