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VICTOR fATH E ATRE. 
 
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 MANAGER. 
 
 MIRRORS RESILVERED. 
 
 WOt^K GUARANTEED. 
 
 Floor Polishing Brushes for Waxed or Varnished Floors. Mixed 
 Paints and Bath Tub Enamel. Paints, Oils, Wall Paper, Glass. 
 HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING. 76 to 78 Port St., 
 
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 I From Hopklnsnn's Eui{Und,1 
 
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 1«« F»AMDO!=»A AVE., VICTORIA, B. C. 
 
 INFAVOR WITH ALL 
 
 OKELL & MORRIS' 
 PRESERVES 
 
 B«*t mMI purvAt gonds on the British Columbia 
 m<irl(«ts> 
 
 THE BEST PLACE TO 00 AFTER THE SHOW. 
 The Leading KeAtaurant Open All Night 
 
 THE POODLE DOG. 
 
 Oysters in any styie. HRS. R. C. DAVIES, Propr. 
 
 For Supper After 
 the Theatre, go to 
 
 Lawrence's 
 Cafe^^ 
 
 Oysters in livery Styl«. 
 Open all Night. 
 
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 lANOS 
 
 Sewing Machines 
 
 The host In 
 the market at... 
 
 Fletcher Bros., 
 
 Uovernmcnt St 
 
 NE.W GOODS FOR NE.W YEAR 
 
 JUST ARKIVI-n AT 
 
 Oriental Bazaar 
 
 Qrealegt deduction on everytlilai 
 WANIBE & HATSUOKA, 
 
 <)0 Douglas Street 
 
 ...y/ICTORIA THEATRE.. 
 
 FRIDAY, JANUARY 21. 1893. 
 
 Grand Musical Event of the Season . 
 
 THE DEL CONTE 
 
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 Direct from Milan, It^ly. Together with 
 MADAME GENERVA ./OHNSTONE-BISHOP 
 Prima Dona Soprano 
 
 SO— Artists— SO. 
 
 Del CoNTi<: & Co. 
 
 Proprietors. 
 
 IN THC PRESCNTATION OF 
 
 Manon Lescaut.^ 
 
 CAST. 
 
 Manon LpBuniit L. Montnnnri 
 
 Lnrceiiiit L, Fi'iim^esfoni 
 
 Benntci (les Ureiix (1. .Apistiiii 
 
 (leionle O. ycneziaiii 
 
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 CoinuDxnnte . ■ Esperon 
 
 Metropolitan 
 
 Lunch and 
 Tea Roonns 
 
 NO. •'ig FORT .STREET. 
 
 Sopjiir Afler Id Mn. 
 
 HHNRY CLAY. 
 
 OYSTERS IN ANY STYLE. 
 
 Victoria Loan Office, 
 
 F. L.An(I;berg» Propr. 
 
 Money aJViinceJ on jll kl'uts of ;ipprovi'J s^'iurlty. 
 
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 Private entrance: - OiI.miijI AU-'V. 
 
 43 JOHNSON ST., VICTORIA 
 
 ALL A MISTAKE. 
 
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 us eqUiil to new. 
 
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 D. HUTCHISON & GO. 
 
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 The only tlioroiiiilily equipped School 
 of Music in Uritish Cohinibiii. ^ 
 
 Free chisneH in Si)tlit Sin^riii);, Theory, 
 En8enil>le, nii«t HiHtory of Mni^ic. 
 
 PIANOFORTE DEPARTMENT— Dr 
 WiliiRm Mason's Tom-h and Technie, 
 (the l)est, if not the only School of Tech- 
 nic known 10 piHnoforte |ie"lH>ro)tif»), 
 taught by pupil of Dr. Mason liiuimUf. 
 
 VOCAF^ DEl'AKTMENT— InRtnuition 
 by the only true and natiind method 
 (that of 'NVilliani Shakesppnie, Manual 
 (jarcia, Charles Lnnn, San (iiovanni, A. 
 A. PattoD): not tauehl elsewhere in the 
 province. Vulica bnilt np, made pure, 
 •oft, t^moolh, distinct and Hlront;, wiili- 
 out beiujf forced, strained or broken as 
 by certain common but erroneous meth- 
 ods. 
 
 LA.^(,UAGES.— By Best Instructors. 
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 Business hours from 12 to 1.30 P. M. 
 
 MISS M. B. SHARP. Prlacl|Mil| 
 
 Smokers all agree. . 
 
 that Bantlrt & Sons' CIGARS 
 cannot he equalled in British 
 Columbia. 
 
 ncy lead all etben. 
 
 BANTLEY & SONS 
 
 CIOARMAKERS 
 
 FORT STREET 
 
 l^r A box of cii;ara would make a nice 
 New Year'sgift for R gentleman frien4 
 
 Th» Cnnlrsl. LIninrtt and 
 Chr.prst Ri'iuurant In (he 
 
 City. 
 
 YATES ST. COR. LANGLEY ST. 
 
 Argument of Manon Lescaut. 
 
 AccorJint lo Ihpslnry, Mannn I rscaiii. Ihr hernlnc n met at a small 
 Tri nth lavrrn by a vounc Miidi-nl. Krnalo Des Gileux. Tht laller makr* 
 suic, but It infurmrd by Manon that she Is on her way lo »m«r .1 convent. 
 liiitInK bven utKcd lo do vi by her l:ilhi'r. Her biolher, l.rsiaul, call* 
 her and she leaves Des Grleiix, promlsirii; 10 see him al nluhllall. Mean- 
 while Ueronle de Revnir. a promlnenl piihll'' ollicl.il. becomes InleresleJ 
 li Ihe elRhleen-viar-old Rlrl. and he liirs lo win Lescaul's confidence. 
 ( ironie nrrances with ri'siillions (or a lasl coach in order 10 kidnap 
 Mnnon, but hi» plan Is overheard by Tdmiindo. a Mend o( Des (jrleux. 
 Manon keers her appoinlmeni with her sludenl lover, and Ihe lalter kld- 
 niir» the tr'rl himself wiih Iho very coach o( (ieronle. The taller wanis lo 
 fntow Ihe runaways, bul Ihere arc no horses, and Lescaul and Ihe old 
 official have lo tiive up the chase. 
 
 The second act opens in the ralntlal tooins of Geronle. whither Manon, 
 tired of her life of poverty with DetOrleux, had (rone. Capricious, vain 
 and ambitious, she *liines in her new surroundings, b Mill in odd mo- 
 mi ris her heart turn", to the old life of love, Ihe more r ,ugnanl by con- 
 tia>l with th.' voluptuous life of Gernnie. In Ihe fourth scene ot ihls act 
 Dis Grieux finally discovers h:s ran-away Manon, and while they are en- 
 f^uged in proli'staiions of love (ieronte surprises them 
 
 The third scene is Ihe port of Havre, and Ihe ships at anchor, with 
 the barracks— altoirethpr qnile pklurrsi|ue. Hither Dra Gik'U.\ had 
 m.-inaffed 10 escape from the Paris fall and met Manon and her brother, the 
 laller still his friend. Manon had been discarded by (ieronle and was to 
 he shipped with other women to America, but Des (irieux Induces Ihe 
 ship's commander to lake him also. 
 
 The fourth ail is amonK the cotton fields of Louisiana where tn* 
 slaves are ayinj;, and among them Manon and Des Grieux, 
 
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 Sig. Alfredo Di-l Conte Aitniinistrator and Director 
 
 M . Al. Harris Maniiuer 
 
 Mr. Fieil Colver Treasurer 
 
 Mr. Ed Kiigeanl (ieneral A»fent 
 
 Mg. Etiore Urog. . . .Stage Manager 
 
 The preat Salonia quariette apiiears in the orcliPHtra. 
 
 Sijr, J. Hielplto Musiciil Director 
 
 Luis G. SnloniB Violin Concertanto 
 
 Every prinlnction under the personal direction of 
 Alfredo del ('onte. 
 
 GRAND SATURDAY IwiAtTNEE^ 
 
 PRICES REDUCED TO 75 and 50 CENTS. 
 
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 Cor. Broad SI. 
 
 and Trouace Ave. _ , 
 
 Opp Driard 1 aIlOrS.^.>• 
 
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 importcrt of Fine Scotch and Eoilltb Ooedt. 
 
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 —I. CLUDINO— 
 
 Madame Qenevra Johnstone-Blsliop, 
 
 Linda Muniannri, Ailelinii Fiintun iind the Great Mexican 
 Orcli«Ktra, iicludiiiu P. ValdeK, VioliiiiHt, Luis 
 G. Roche. Cellist, ninl Ihe Snloma tjnartette^ ^ 
 
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 SATURDAY... " 
 
 ...EVENING 
 
 Traviata." 
 
 Hair . . . 
 Ornaments 
 
 The latest novelty In 
 
 Combs, Pins, Etc. 
 
 IN GRKAT VARIETY. 
 
 Also Aeents for the infallible 
 H«ir Restorer .... 
 
 "DANDERINE." 
 A«- C. KOSCHE'S HAIR STORE, 
 
 41 GOVERNMENT STREET. 
 
 It is now time to think 
 of getting your garden 
 in shape for the .spring. 
 Remember that 
 
 Johnston's 5eed Store 
 
 is the best place to pur- 
 chase Seeds of all kinds. 
 Nursery Stock, etc. 
 
 1R. lb. Johnston, 
 
 8a DOUQLAS ST.