Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1904 — CLEVELAND’S THEATRE. [ARTICLE]

CLEVELAND’S THEATRE.

The new and beautiful Cleveland Theatre re-opened Saturday evening last, to an enthnaiastio audience, which tested the seating capacity of this, Chicago’s largest theatre. The bill proved to be the best vaudeville show seen in Chicago this season and Manager Cleveland has scored a success far greater than his most sanguine expectations warranted. Among other features introduced most worthy of mention are, Jessie Cree, a beautiful young lady, who sings new songs and whistles airs of recent vintage, merited the applause she received. Tahar’s troupe of Bedouin Arabs, in a wild, weird tumbling and acrobatic feat, proved the sensational feature of the entertainment. The biograph, introduced a series of pictures new to Chicago. Curtin & Blossom sang, danced and tumbled themselves into the good graces of the audience, and the Sisters Gilbert, duetists and musicians, are a really clever pair and pleased immensely. The Four Clifans introduced their grotesquely funny sketch; Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hunn, the ethiopian duo, had a number of new negro songs and idiosyncrasies, and while all of the foregoing were big hits the Three Walsies, equilibriests and risley artists, took the honse by storm. Their act is the best of the kind ever seen here. Jack Burch and wife, up-to-date illusionists, and a couple other strong numbers served to make up a two and a half hour entertainment, het equal of which would be hard to find. Two performances daily.