Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-04-21

A CouNTsv Epnues On1zsuBM q Trans
cAis.-Ons John E Hoosh8. s1l1oe Of IL
Columbia (Tsnn.) Nuss, vidtsa Nashville
during the engagement q Julis Dean Hayne.
Hatcher didn't have the soartssiss Of the
pres extended to him. In hs last paper
he gives the following Arst-sats sketch Of
his impressions on the performance:
Pound. when We got - the city about
supper time, that
JULIA DEAN
Chats the way the play bills have 1.-THE
must feel ANAL, wes to b made the victim
Of . complimentary bsnsAt that night-her
last appearance on the Nashville boards
Didn't recollect ever hAving done anything
for Julia; concluded 70 compliment her with
our presence and give her the benefit Of our
six bits. As we don't have many Of them
things to spare. hope che considered the
benefit considerable. Ought 70 have gone
In free, with peanuts and extra program
mes furnished gratis. ~ Crisp. the big dog
Of the concern, has been remarkably sue
cessful in an attempt to owe Us two dollars
for the last Eve years.
Got into the pit, With feet comfortably
anchored in puddle Of tobacco juice, Just
a. up flashed the footlights and down flash.
ed the five fiddlers-called by courtesy the
orchestIa-through the square hole under
the stage where the liquor department Of
the establishment is located. Tang lang,
went the bell, Ia sweet toned instrument
borrowed from the cow which graxes in the
let behind the theatre, up went the curtain,
and six greasy looking fellows, whom the
audience were requested by the program
me to look upon as thoroug. bred gentlemen,
but which their appearance and manners
wouldn't let the audiensA do. were ''discov-
cred" seated rounu . poplar mahogany To-
bic. drinking out Of silver goblets made Of
tin, and talking about gal, who, from all
we could learn, was some punkins through
and through.
Didn't care to hear any more about her
though, and passed the time till the premi-
um stock came aboard in carving "humbug"
on The back Of the next seat with jack
knife, and in perusing the tiers Of female
highfalutinity that carried double-barrel
spy-g lasses, rented for the occasion round at
at old man Cowboys jewelry store When
the rascals got through with their nonsense
Julia Dean Hayne floated out as fine as split
silk Julia is lovely woman, and, having
plenty Of money, wears very fine clothes on
the stage, and probably oft it too. Has
been married couple OF years, and had her
baby along with her. Sometimes plays
with it in her arms-though this don't oc-
| cur often on the stage
| First rate actress, Julia and differed In
many ways from the actors that figured in
the first scene especially in this, that while
she has simply a Greclan countenance, the
others seemed to have been cast in grease,
heels over head, without having had time
to wash it off.
The play was 1.-THE Love Chase" Julia
suits the play like brick. That abundant
soft hair and pearly classic brow, those Ian
guishingly lustrous eyes, those pouting lips
and in short, all the features Of her face form
a "toot aAg SAMPLE" that makes love chase
an exceedingly probable circumstance
Her part of the play paid handsome per
cent on the six bits invested, but the rest
Of the thing was bad 81 eculation.
Went back to the hotel when the instita
ton adjourned. smoked a cigar in the bar
room. and went up to he'd. and to sleep
and dreamed that all the worli was a stage
and that all the actresses were Julia Dean
Haynes which they amt though, by sew
eral,