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| THE TALL ALGERIAN - "Papa Ganon," a celebrity
of Midway Plaisance, where, indeed, a man must have seen and done
much to gather more than a momentary fame, brought to Chicago, for
the Algerian Theatre, the prettiest women
and the tallest and most
remarkable men that were shown on the Street of Nations. They
arrived in Chicago on the 25th of April, 1893, and the party of
forty-five, marching, with their native music, from the Dearborn
Station to the Illinois Central Suburban Station, and again into
Midway Plaisance, made a stirring scene. The Aissoire at the left
was six feet four inches high, and could eat fire, run skewers
through his cheeks and tongue, and cast spells on the colored waiters
of Chicago in a way that caused a profound sensation.
THE PERSIAN SWORDSMAN AND DANCER - The Persian Palace was
to have been a museum of the customs, industries, arts and amusements
of the land of Ahasuerus, but when it was found that the public
preferred to patronize the dances of the Persian
cafes chantants, the worthy features of the concession
fell into neglect; and the handsome young man here seen went over the
the Beauty Show, where, in the centre of the
great room, to various
kinds of music, he hourly performed as an Oriental dancer making a
very graceful and pleasing appearance. |
