The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1861-10-03
KENOsHA, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER g. 1851.

all declaring that they had never spent so pleas
ant an evening, and Miss Martin inwardly re
solving to adopt the advance of Mr.. Jenning
Rodolph, and to come out without delay.
| Now, come out either in acting or singing
or society, or righteousness, or anything else, il
all very well, and remarkably pleasant to the
individual principally concerned, If he or sh,
can but manage to come out with burst, anc
not to 90 in again but it does unfortunately
happen that both consummations are extremely
difficult to accomplish, aud that the difficulties
of getting out at all in the first instance, and il
you surmount them, of keeping out i'll the Sec
ond are pretty much on par, and no slight
| ones either-and so Miss Amelia Martin discov-
cred 1t is singular fact (there being ladies
in the case) that Miss Amelia Martins prlnci.
pal foible was vanity, and the leading charac'
teristic of Mrs Jennings Rodolph an attachment
to dress. Dismal wailings were heard to issue
from the second floor front of No. AZ Drummond
street, George street, Euston square it was Miss
Martin practising. Halfsurprised muimurs
disturbed the calm dignity of the White Conduit
orchestra at the commencement of the season.
1t was the appearance of Mrs. Jennings Ro-
dolph H. tull Dress that occasioned them. Miss
Martin sludied incessantly-the practicing was
the consequence Mrs. Jennings Rodolph
taught gratuitously now and then-the dresses
were the result.
Weeks passed away ; the White Conduit
season had begun, had progressed, and was
more than half over The dress-making bust
ness had fallen off from neglect; and its profits
had dwinded away almost imperceptibly. A
beneft-niebs approached; Mr.. Jennings Ro-
dolph yielded to the earnest solicitations of Miss
Amelia Martin, and introduced her personally
to the comic mentleman' whose benefit it was.
The comic gentleman was all smiles and bland
ness-he had composed duet expressly for the
occasion, and Miss Martin should sing it with
him. The night arrived; there was an immense
room-ninety seven SIX penn'orth of gin-and-
water, thirty.two small glasses of brandy-and
water, five-and-twenty bottles ales, and forty
one neguses and the ornamental painters jour
neyman, with his wife and a select circle of ac.
quaintance were seated at one of the side tables
near the orchestra. The concert began. Song
-sentimentaI-by light-haired young gentle
man IN blue coat and bright basket buttons.
{ App lause.1 Another song, doubtful, by an
other gentleman in another blue coat and more
bright basket buttons. Increased applause.
Duet. Mr.. Jennings Rodolph, Red Ruffian, Re-
tire = Great applause. Solo, Miss Julia Mon
tague positively on this occasion only)-'l am
q Fiiar' Enthusiasm Original Duet, comic
Mr. H. Taplin (the comic gentieman) and
Miss Mastn-'The Time of Day.'-'Brayvo!-
cried the ornamental painters journeyman's
party, es Miss Martin was led in by the comic
gentleman. Go to work, Harry cried the COM
ic gentleman's personal friends. 'Tap-tap-
TAP went the leaders bow on the music desk.
rne symphony began, and was soon after fol-
lowed by u faint kind of ventriloquilal chipping,
apparently from the deepest recess
es of The interior of Miss Amelia Martln-'Sing
one gentleman in a white great
coat. Don't be afraid to put the steam on, cid
gal exclaimed another. 'S-s-s~ s-s-s-s'
went the fve-and-twenty bottled ales.-I
Shame, shame !! demonstrated the ornamental
painters jourpeyman's party. 'S-s-s-s
went the bottled ales again, accompanied by all
the gins and majority of the brandies.
Turn them geese OUT cried the ornamental
painters journeymans party, with great indig-
nation.
Sing OUT whispered Mr., Jennings Re-
dolph.
SO do, responded Miss Amelia Martin.
Sing louder said Mrs. Jennings Rodoph.
Il can't, replied Miss Amelia Martin.
of off, off, cried the rest of the angry audi
ence.
'Brayvo!' shouted the painters party. 1t
wouldn't do-Miss Amelia Martin left the Or
chestra with much less ceremony than she had
entered it and as she couldn't sing out, never
came out. The general good humor WAS not re-
stored until Mr.. Jennings Rodolph had become
purple in the face, by initiating divers quadru-
peds for halt an hour without being able to rem
der himself audible and to this day, neither
has Miss Amelia Martins good humor been
nor the dresses made for and presented
to Mrs. Jennings Rodolph, nor the vocal abili-
ties which Mr.. Jennings Rodolph once staked
his professional reputation that Miss Martin