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TheAmericaqTraveBtry.Company.one;of the largest and unort"-
complete extravaganza companies
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dpea,jaearlyi710p people, beaded, by that prince of funnyfellows.iEd-'
die. jF'pjfo will .begin an engagement limited to two nights at the.Lari
sing theater next Thursday and Friday nights, Feb. 21 and .22.
There arc, many component parts in such a. big production, but the
most interesting, perhaps, to those who live .in cities whioh cannot
afford to play such monster attractions is the scenery. The scenery
employed in the, production of "Off the Earth" is wonderful, be
wildering. The immense stage of the theater is littered with half
moons, toad-stools, chariots and a half hundred other things. There
is hardly room to move alout. It takes about fiftj men to handle
all this scenery and stage accessories. Of this nnmber the company
carries fifteen while the house furnishes the others, divided among
stage hands, fly men and clearers. The first scene of the fantastic
operatic tra vestry is in an
up-to-date dry goods store
run by a man who has been
an absolute failure in every
business he has tacKled.
He has everything frqm a
hynotic establishment, run
by the proprietor himself
down to a female culturi6t.
Mr. Foy takes a trip on a
bicycle skyward. He hard
ly pedals himself into hcav
en, as ho is pulled up by
means of ropes and pulleys.
Tho greatest scenic effect
or effort is tho transforma
tion of the storo into cloud
land. The change is made
in thirty teconds in the
dark and requires the work
of the entir" ""force of help
ers. One scene goes up in
the air, another comes
down, counters fall to
pieces and are. pulled out of
the way and a panoramic
scene, which was partly set,
is put into place, the cur
tain goes up and cloudlaud
i there: Mr. Foy is still on
hi bicycle in chaige of the
stage hands. In the next
act is the fairy forest of
phosphorescent fungi. The
effect of the electric lights
is 'magnificent. Each one
of the immense toad -stools
contains several electric
lights, which are connected
byrunsecn wires with the
board. The light from the
earth in the third act is
made by means of several
-,u..ui mL iiKuib. j.ne most interesting tning about tins snow is
the electric lighting. Calcium lights are not used at all, everything
beimj.done.by a specially patented stage arch light. There are six
teen arc lights and one lens light on the stage and one in the gallery.
Injjjese. .lights instead of the carbons being brought into contact by
gravity a spring is employed: This insures a continuous light
These light originally cost 82C00, but there is a saving of 8150 over
what an equal number of calcium lights would cost so that things
are about equal. Each one of these lamps is connected individaully
with the switchboard and all the effects are produced form there
One hundred people participate in this grand production and.tlireo
carloads of the latest stage accessories .are jemployed..7-."pff ,'te
Earth'" will undoubtedly prove the greatest 'Bpecta'cuiar event-of
Lincoln, not accepting Sinbad.'iPrices;. 8L5& 81, 75..50 andiSo
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isaow enjoying more popularity-than the press and public enum
erate. That age. cannot stale nor custom wither infinate variety is
so clearly.demonstrated in the new "Eight" Bells'" froin the banner
business it is being credited with. Premier praise seems to be su
perfluous in announcing this attraction coming for perhaps "Eight
Bells'' elicits more general approval from Lincoln public than any
annual visitations of big productions. This year everything has
been impoved so that a general jollification is a befitting remard
for all attendants.
ADDITIONAL
We have added another hitter
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for practise about April 1st.
IT GIVES
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It gives mo joy to find she loves
Me for myself alone,
For, 6ave my poor unworthy self,
There's naught on earth I own.
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before Congress? ."-
WinkB Breckinridge, by all
odds.
placing .the big" attractions all
the American Travesty company
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which
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BASE BALL.
to the long list by signing Snapper
Kennedy who will bo re
membered as playing short
for the Saints in the latter
part of "91. "Snapper" be
gan his professional career
in Beatrice during tho life
of tho Nebraska State
League. After its demise
he played in St. Joe, New
Orleans, and from there he
went to Memphis, Tenn., in
the Southern league. Ho is
not a large man but is a
hard hitter, having a bat
ting average in the South
ern league of .353. We now
have four outfielders as it
is Manager Ebright's inten
tion to play Kennedy in
right field. In the event
that Strauss is awarded to
Lincoln some one of the
players will have to seek a
position elsewhere.
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Omaha is getting a great
clnb together if they have
the men they claim. Here
is their latest bulletin:
Pitrher, Louis Baltz, for
merly of Lincoln; Pitcher
Underwood of Booklyn;
Pitcher Darby of Kansas
City; Catcher Pete Lohman
of last year's Jacksonville
aud Milwaukee clubs, and
Third Baseman Hulin of
Minneapolis.
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The first gamo of the
season will be played with
Swift) of thiscity on April
8th. The players show Up
HIM JOY.
BE VE'l OED.
to be the most obnoxious Bill now
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