Several causes conspired to defeat the kindly intentions of Messrs, Fitzgerald Bros. who put a somewhat revised programme before their spectators on Saturday night, The sudden drop of from ten to fifteen degrees in the temperature, the opening performance of another entertaining company, and the gustiness of the evening caused unusual gaps in the audience, while the performers themselves were possibly fatigued by the work already done at, the matinee, The enterminent was considerably curtailed, and while there were several pleasing novel-tics in the programme, not one of them compensated for the non-appearance of! Miss Millie Dagmar's clown dog and his fellows. Miss Florence Henderson Drought on a still larger family of doge, including some wonderful jumpers, and their retiring procession was funny' and clever. The two see-sawing ponies are as well-trained as they are. pretty to watch, while Mr. -H. Cardollo and Miss Gertie Glen on the Olympians, do one of the daintiest double riding acts we have seen here. The Herbert family found the fall of the thermometer an advantage and went through their daring rial flights with graceful facility. Th phant and lion repeated their bicycle excussion, though ab equally thillling performance was to have been introduced by Herr Zaph's tiger and horse but had to be, postponed for a night. A graceful hunting act by Miss Marion Kemble, a hurdle act by W. Henderson, high jumping lon did Australian horses Now-Cadet have strengthened the ian side of the entertainment, while for lightness we have the ladies of the ballet in fresh and picturesque dances.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.