Their success at this house was so pronounced that an extra gallery had to be built to accommodate the patrons of that popular establishment. Equally successful engagements in Dublin and Paris followed. It will be readily seen that these boys were “capital” performers. Returning to the United States they rejoined Carncross and Dixey in Philadelphia. Early in 1877 they began a brief engagement with Emerson’s Minstrels in San Francisco, and in the Spring of that year sailed for Australia, where they remained about four years. A brief separation followed, during which time Mr. Cheevers worked alone; they subsequently came together again, playing successful engagements in the music halls. August 27, 1886, they arrived in New York City; they played several engagements in the United States, subsequently returning to England; later their business relations were again severed; Mr. Cheevers assuming the management of the Phoenix Music Hall, Dover, England, and some years later entering the hotel business. After a separation of about nine years, in the Fall of 1904 they once more reunited and for two or three years renewed former triumphs. [Illustration: BURTON STANLEY GEO. WILKES “RICARDO” GUS. MILLS HARRY LANSING STUART JAMES MACK HARRY CONSTANTINE ARTHUR DOTY FAMED FAVORITES WHO FEATURED FEMININE FANCIES.] Following their final separation, Mr. Cheevers returned to the United States, where he has mostly remained. Mr. Kennedy is a boniface in England. Cheevers and Kennedy enjoyed a well-merited reputation for originality; their quick character changes and diversified dancing gave them a standing in their profession that any performer might envy. Joseph E. Cheevers was born in Buffalo, N. Y., May 25, 1848. Edw. J. Kennedy was born in Buffalo, N. Y., July 10, 1844. GUS BRUNO made his first appearance professionally in his native city with Rentz’s Circus, in 1866, doing a hurdle act. He came to the United States a few years later, and as the Limber Boy he played an engagement at Woodward’s Garden in San Francisco. Charley Armstrong was his first partner; next came Clark and Bruno, and then Johnson and Bruno, who for five years did one of the greatest black-face acts in the country, playing the principal variety houses and minstrel organizations. Mr. Bruno subsequently allied himself with the foremost farcical organizations; he is now playing vaudeville. He is probably the best dialectician in America, and was the first to give the Swedish and Low Dutch dialects on the stage. Gus Bruno was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, May 4, 1848. RUEY HUGHES (James Quigg) was a fine dancer and a good general performer. He appeared at the Green Street Theatre in Albany, N. Y., as early as 1863. The following year he was with A. P. Ball’s American Coliseum Circus. In 1866 he formed a partnership with John Hogan, and as Hogan and Hughes they did neat songs and dances, and quickly made reputations for themselves.