formance of the Flying Jordans on Satur.
A very large audience attended the per-
day evening, the occasion being the benefit of Miss Nellie Jordan, whose clever performances in several branch-s of variety business have male her a great favourite with the public, An excellent programme had been prepared and the appreciation of the audience was seen from the hearty applause which greeted each turn. The first number was the high wice-walking by the beneficiary, which was performed in her usual graceful snd clever style, and then followed a three-round boxing bout between Billy Bellew and George Arnold the by-play in which created considerable amusement. Mime. Louise Lucifer, recovered from her recent indisposition, gave a song and da ice in good style, after which Little Emily Lucifer del "t the audience with her singing of Dinah,' acd fairly brought down the house with her dancing of the Highland Fung. At a previous performance Miss Nellie Jordan ad scored a biz success h her songs, Dh Sir, will you marry me?" and " Restez a," and she was in so successful in pleasing the audience thst she was recalled twice, and still they asked for more. Mr. William Lucifer, with his feats of strength and high-kicking, and Mme. Louise Lucifer, ina skipping rope dance, gave " finished performance, and Miss Nellie Jordan and Mr. William Greenblatt yave an exh: bin of trick cycling which probably wer been equalled in the Ka-t. Little Emily Lucifer gave a very clever acrobatic dance in the seemd part of tie performance and the evident pleasure that the child t.ok in her work made the turn doubly enjoyable to the audience. The evening's entertainment concluded with the performance on the double trapeze by the Flying Jordans, a turn which never fails to draw rounds of Spriane: In spite of the fact that the members of the trou are already well-known in Shanghai, houses are increasing nightly and the enter, prise is meeting with the success it deserves.
AFTER three nights' postponement of the show on account of the heavy rains, the Flying Jordan Troupe re-opened on Thursday evening t" a good house. The en'ertaiment was excellent throughout and every turn was greete! with hearty applan-e. Little Emily Lucifer was in splendid form, and her songs and dances were enthusiastically applauded, especially her dancing of the Highland Fling Miss Nellie Jardin was a host in herself; in addition to a clever performance on the high wire, and the part she took in the trick cycling act with Mr Greenblatt, she quite surprised the audience with her excellent rendering of the song," Oh Sir, will you marry me," for which she was encored, and la response to the call, gave '(The French Mademoiselle," in a style Sedience Biten Vests Tilley's rendering of which brought to memory of many of the
the same song.
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