THE COURIER.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
1MRO FOX. the Magician, vows that
he will never again perform any tricks
with the aid of a confederate. Every
one who has seen Fox will remember
his assistant. Ho was a young man of
unusual activity, with a tfght-fitting
uniform and a smilo that seemed to im
ply that without his aid Magican Fox
could not successfully deceive the public
But the young man haB now disappeared,
and with him a 8300 watch that Fox had
borrowed from a gentleman in the audi
ence. By a dexterous movo.nent Fox
passed the watch to tho confederate,
and expected that he would as usual
take tho watch behind the scenes and
carefully place it in a box of bon-bonB
which was to be slyly placed on a table
on the stage. Then Fox pretended to
load tho real watch in a big blunder
buBS ana tire it at tho table and presto,
it was to appear on the table. He fired,
but no watch appeared. Neither could
he see the young man with the smile.
He said a few funny things about "oc
casional malicious interference" of the
Evil One and looked nervously around,
but no young man or watch appeared.
After a few moments, Fox went behind
the scenes, only to learn that both atten
aant and watch had vanished.
He enquired the value of the time
piece, and instead of getting his watch
back the gentleman pocketed a cheque
for WOO, sigued, "without any decep
tion," by Imro Fox.
In "Old Kentucky.
Imro Fox, who has made many suc
cesses both in America and Europe, is
now busy at work building three en
tirely new and interesting Illusions,
"The Flight of Mustapha," "Rapid Tran
it," and "The Queen of Hearts."
-Olivette," the wonderful juggler and
Sasdowgraphist, "Proto," the sensa
tional dancer, and Madame Clotilde Or
toni, Monologuiste, will accompany Mr.
Fox on his tour, which is now being ar
ranged by Messers A. Q. Scammon and
A. E. Sheible.
The success attained the past three
years by "Darkest Russia" aromatic
-drama depicting life among the people
,ot Russia, has been due to the strong
dramatic interest evolved. The charac
ters depicted are truthful prototypes of
'tVhatisseenin Russia today, and in
clude every tpe made familiar by the
recent interest in Russian affairs .owing
to the death of the late Czar, and the
succession to the throne of his son.
The inner life of the nobility, the peasan
try, the police and the Siberian convict
are' all shown truthfully and made real
ietic by scenery and costume that are
historically correct in every detail.
Scott Marble's latest and most pro
nounced success, tne comedy drama
"Tennessee's Pardner" will soon be seen
sere. The comedy is in four acts. The
cease being laid in the Rocky Moun-
tains. The scenery and costumes are
picturesque in the extreme. An agree
able feature is the sweet singing of the
Golden Nugget Quartette and the ludi
crous efforts of tho Rocky Mountain
Baud.
"In Gay New York" inaugurated its
road tour at rittsburgh Sept. 7th with
Klaw and Erlanger as its managers.
The substitution of Lucy Daly for Vir
ginia Earlo in tho part of Prince Rouge
et Noir is the only important change
made in the cast as it has been appear
ing at tho New York Casino. The
piece furnishes an excellent example of
the composite style of stage entertain
ment as nearly every form of the lighter
contributions to stage work is found
within its elastic limits" Walter JoneB
appears in it as a seedy Thespian, David
Warfield furnishes his Hebraic charac
ter work, Lee Harrison masquerades as
a comic bunco steerer, and several con
densed burlesques on notable dramatic
successes are introduced. Tho com
pany numbers teventy people and in
eludes a complete corps de ballet.
The dance of English Peers and Am
erican Heiresses, the Icicle ballet and a
Pas de Quatre called "The Lovers Fro
lic' are three strikingly beautiful dance
.arrangements shown in that merry bur
lesque "In Gay New York" which comes
to the Lansing Theatre at an early date.
The Icicle Ballet introduces a dainty
little dancer La Laska, in solos, and a
complete corps de ballet costumed to
suggest the gelid glitter of the Ice King.
Bancroft, the Magician, who is among
the bookings at the Lansing of the com
ing season, is at present in India where
he is reviewing magic in its original
mystic form. Bancroft's tour will be
under the direction of Mr. Edward L.
Bloom, for so many seasons the man
ager of Herrmann and to whose busi
ness efforts, Herrmann ows so much to
his success. The entertainment pre
sented by Bancroft is radically different
from that of any other mystifier now
before the public and the management
takes pride in announcing him, kn6wing
In "Old Kentucky."
the pleasure it will give to the patrons.
While Bancroft is easily accredited with
being as nimble and successful a pres
tidigateur as at present appears before
the public, he has embellished his en
tertainment with a wealth of spectacu
lar and scenic environments worthy of
any theatrical spectacular organization,
making his performance as much a
thing of beauty as a cause of wonder.
Bancroft may be called a magician of
the latest school of magic His experi
ence in the realm of mystification has
extended over nineteen years of close ap
plication to his chosen and fascinating
art. The key note of his endeavors has
been to devise something novel and dif-
ferent from any of his predecessors.
Ho was quick to recognize tho value
of scenic embellishments to a magical
entertainment. The day for an ordin
ary entertainment of parlor magic seems
well over and the theatre goers who have
become UBed to seeing the stage graced
with elaborate examples of tho scene
painters art will at once hail Bancroft ns
a long desired attraction in the realms
of mystery. The cost of Bancroft's pro
duction of magic is enormous. Last
season before starting on the road the
enterprising magician expended over
60,000 upon his scenery and parapher
nalia. FORMAL OPENING OP TIIK FU.VKE SEISON
1806-7.
A very warmly endorsed play is "In
Old Kentucky" which opens at tho
Funke Opera House, for the nights,
Thursday and Friday September 24 and
25 it has the prestige of a seven
months run in New York and a three
months run in Boston where it broke
the record of forty years at the big Bos
ton Theatre for crowded houses. The
plot is laid in the blue grass regions of
Kentucky. It may be said there ara no
surers. Even the chickens and geeso
are trained to their duties. The sing
ing and dancing and music of the pick
aninny band are highly diverting. But
the horse which must win the Ashland
Oaks and save th estate is in tho barn
and thither the villain turns his atten
tion. The impetuous young moun
taineer, misled by the villain cemes
dangerously near adding a notch to the
butt of his rifle and making himself a
villain, but he is turned aside from his
purpose easily. The third act includes
the race scene, which is led up to by a
very strong and original comedy scene.
One learns that the jockey is drunk,
that the mountain girl is the only
available person to ride the horse and
that she consents. A glimpse is gained
of the saddling yard or paddock which
js exceedingly natural. Then like a
flash comes the horses dashing down
the stretch at a terrific pace amid the
wildest enthusiam. The heroine rides
the winning horse. A short fourth act
ties up the flying threads of tho story.
Seats on sale, at regular prices, Tues
day morning 10 A. M. September 22nd
CAST OP CHARACTERS.
Frank Layson Frank Dayton
Col. Doolittle Burt G.Clark
Horace Holton Francis Cambello
Joe Lorey Pierce Kingsley
Neb Chae. K. French
Sam Robt. Bibbs
Caesar J. W. Brister
Brutus Burt Grant
Madge Brierly Marion Wellington
Alathea Layson Fanny L. Burt
JOHN DOWDEN, Jr., Manager.
The New American Singer
JL SOPflU IJAKU,
The Latest Lyric Star
With
Mill
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AD0LPH B0SENBECKEB, Conductor.
l-Grr-awLci Concertl
. Thursday Eterirg, Sept. 24.
Seats on sale September 22.
Speculators, Jockeyp, Bookmakers,
Touts, Stable Boys, Hostlers, in all
over 100 auxiliaries.
A two stop march, entitled "The Bur
lington Route," has been composed by
Mr. Rosenbecker, and will bo played
next Thursday evening at tho Lansing .
theatre, where Rosenbecker's orchestra
of forty-five pieces will support Mrs. A.
Sophia Markee, who makes her first
appearance in Lincoln on Thursday.
She is an American singer who has
studied in Boston. She comes with the
best commendations from tho eastern
press. The musicians in the company
are skilled and deservo a good house.
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