Judge — April 17, 1886 — page 12: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE. Judge at the Play. ROOD-BYE to Dixey! Closing the sixth hundredth night Y) as Adonis, he goes to Europe to capture that portion of the universe, and will doubtless come back to us with a large portion of it in his pocket. The best wishes"of hundreds of thousands attend him; and, though his legs are by no means sticks, he will be a fair set-off to the deserved success of Henry Irving here. ‘There is an irresistible fascination about ‘‘ Pepita.” To see it once is but the preliminary step to future visits on a more ex- tensive plan. Several important changes in the personnel of the cast have been made, and some new songs and duets added to the original score, all of which have served to greatly en- hance the attractiveness of the opera. Although the younger gallants about town may have for the time, with characteristic fickleness, transferred their affections to the enchanting realms of Hungary or Scaliwaxico, the older and wiser heads remain steadfast in their loyalty to ‘‘ Evange- line's ” concentrated loveliness and extravagant fun. There is a sedate, detained-at-the-office air about the boxes and front seats of the Fourteenth Street theatre that is deliciously cool and encouraging to the rising generation. The fame of ‘The Leather Patch” has spread across the level and ecru-tinted plains of New Jersey into the wilds of Pennsylvania; has traveled along the shores of the Hudson, awakened the slumbers of the wooden nutmeg state, and tumbled upon Rhode Island at night without knowing it; has visited Boston and Benjamin F. Butler, and from last ac- counts was well advanced among the fragrant pines of Maine. All to the purpose of nightly filling the Park theatre to the doors with audiences who are obliged to reach over into the next block for room to laugh. With Francis Wilson, Pauline Hall, Marie Jansen, Carl Irving, Marion Manola, Mark Smith, W. §. Daboll and Jennie Weathersby in the cast, the next production at the Casino promises to be a notable one. ~The scenic effects of ‘ Erminie,” which is to follow “ The Baron,” will correspond in brilliancy with the strength of the cast. Mr. Richard Dorney, business manager for Mr. Augustin Daly, sails for Europe, May 1, to arrange the preliminary business for the Daly European tour, which is to be inaugurated on the 27th of that month at the Strand theatre, London. Bronson Howard is at work upon the new play to be produced by Miss Helen Dauvray upon her return from Europe in the fall. ‘One of Our Girls” will wind up the present season at the Lyceum the latter part of May. The utter demoralization-of a whole troupe by the advent of a four-pound baby furnishes a forcible illustration of the power of little things. LOUISE MONTAGUE. © The “ Evang chorus girl across the footlights, but he who is wise will hie himself to the stage entrance.— An Ohio hostelry, my son, is a thing to be shunned; complications arising therefrom are things to be jammed. “You talk of barn-storming with a sort of contempt,” saysa little lady to the Jupag, curling her lips with as much of indignation as is allowable where offence has been presented through stupidity and clearly not intended. “Well, Ido not admire it myself. I shall never forget my first experience. I felt in going through the streets of an inland place as if I were a part of ashow of which I was not proud. I had been educated to what are called better things and my soul revolted at the spec- tacle I helped to give those rustics. But there are worse things than barn-storming. It gives the ambitious lady opportunities that she might seek otherwise a good many years in vain. I recall with a thrill of gratification that I hope will never quite desert me the triumph I had one night when the leading lady was suddenly taken ill. There was no under-study, the company traveling with the fewest possible people. Ihad five minutes to prepare myself for her part. I acquitted myself tolerably well at the opening, and ‘There is a charming combination of modesty ‘A LUCK and determination in the way a Philadelphia Y FIND. audience gets down to work to give a play a fitting ‘‘send-off.”. The enthusiasm which greeted “The Little Tycoon” on the opening night may have been clad to some extent in the soft, grey reserve of our Quaker City visit- ors, yet there was an earnestness and hearti- ness about it that meant business. The new| opera possesses many bright and original fea- tures, and it is drawing well. The natural em- barrassments of the first nights have disap- peared, and the company is now singing it very agreeably. There is a noticeable improve- ment in Miss Dietrick’s acting, while the charm of Miss Guion’s voice and smile continues to reach out over the house and gather in the susceptible. The brilliant manner in which the opera is staged reflects great credit upon Mr. Brotherton’s management. Solomon's Unpublished Proverbs: A pretty wife is the sweetest of all things, but when accompanied by a soprano voice and a strong- minded mother she creates discord.—Before taking a step that is irretrievable outside of Chicago, ascertain the old lady’s views on matrimony and things pertaining thereto. You may thus save a great deal of time and more money.—The foolish man will wink at the| found enough o’ me ter drah a pinsion.” “Was Oi in the war? Ah, bedad Oi was, and ‘twas be the grace o’ hiven that I iver comicbooks.com