Program, Theater

Newsprint directory and program sheet for the New Wonderland Musee, Museum, Menagerie, and Art Gallery for the week commencing Monday, June 22. The recto carries an ornate engraved nameplate, listing J.H. Moore as the proprietor and Charles G. Williams as the general manger. The house directory runs along the central column of the recto. An art department containing "the only complete set of the Famous Rogers' Statuettes in America" is located on the first floor. The second floor contains the lecture hall, Bijou Theatre, and Eden Mussee; below a group of titles are listed. The Cyclorama, theatre entrance, and the Ladies' Parlor are listed as being on the third floor. The menagerie is located on the fourth floor, and the animals contained within are listed, ranging from rats to a lion. The central column on the verso contains programs for the theaters, as well as a list of attractions in the Curio Hall. The Wonderland Orchestra; "Americats foremost juvenile impersonators" and acrobats The Fansoms; equilibrist Frank Burt; "The Celestial King of Momus" Chinese Johnny Williams; acrobats Edward, Eva, and Charles Ronaldo; and Frank Hall and Belle O'Lynn "3 A.M." are on the bill in the theatre. "Rochesters Armless Wonder" Clarence.A. Lutes is listed as appearing in the Bijou Theatre. A 15-foot tall pony named Chief; a Punch and Judy act; blind chess player and inventor John Thompson; and Mother Boss the gypsy fortune teller are listed as appearing in the Curio Hall. The bottom of the sheet's verso also promotes the complex's Crystal Maze. The remainder of the sheet is dedicated to advertisements.