Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1862-12-29

a supply Of holiday goods suitable for New
Years Gifts Call soon at 2sO Third street.
They're fixed up tip-top.
The Question need two things in
this city; ~ - "a
lst--A Hall large enough to accommodate
at least 1000 people; and ca oa os
2d-Good order maintained in It,
| We were very seriously impressed with the
first of these wants on Saturday evening,
while endeavoring to run the blockade into
Huston Hall, on the occasion of the last
Concert Of Arlington, Leon Il Donnker's 8
Minstrels and We we're constantly reminded
of the second from the moment we entered
the main avenue leading to the Hall until,
worried, jammed and battered, we were
showed into the street along with the strug-
Cling mass who seemed determined to get in
and out Of the Hall in the shortest possible
time, regardless of costume, life or limb
The rush for admittauee into the Hall be-
gan sometime before the Ticket Office was
opened, and the crowd soon filed the space
| from the street to the doors at the stairway
leading directly into the Hall What helped
TO aggrayate matters were the constant add-
tions made to the crowd by determined peo-
pie at the foot of the stairway on the street.
1t was altogether the most miserable jam we
ever experienced not the least consideration
was shown for the large number of ladies
and children who were so unlucky as to be
caught in that trap; all alike were iosted
jammed and draggled, and children were
squeezed until they screamed Ii was sor
ry time for crinoline and ladies apparel gen.
orally The exclamations of regret and in.
dignation we heard from unfortunate females
as they were threatened 10 be annihilated @
were as heart-rending and defiant as they
were hopeless and unavailng. The victims
will hardly again venture upon another such
terrible contingency to see a nigger,show or
indeed, any other kind of show.
The securing tickets during the afternoon
did not help the holders q particle. Many of
them were in the deadlock between the street
and the Ticket Oficei others were awaiting
the rush to subsde; and large number of
them arriving after the Hall was filed had to
pay largely for chairs, (the aisles being filed
with ladies thus seated stand up, or go home
the latter being about the most difficult to
do, every inch Of standipgroom being taken
up in the rear Of the Hall, and down the
stairway.
The Managers Of the Minstrel Troupe Ger.
tainly had cause to be highly complimenied
at the desperate,- neek.or.nothing greeting
our citizens gave them on their first visit
here. They will probably give us the repu.
taton Of being the worst showstruck people
It has been their fortune TO meet since they
have been traSeliag. But they cannot say
much for our Halls. They don't begin to ap.
proximate in capacity TO the demand made
on them. rr
What enterprising capitalist will invest in
. sprpPerly designed Hall, capable Of seating
1000 Persons2 five can credit the evidence
Of our sensesiIve pronounce such an enter.
prise more valuable by far that the shinplas-
ters which will be disbursed upon its con.
struction. Who will give 10 Dayton Hall
commensurate TO her demand for one And
who, erecting and owning such an edifce
will see that some decent sort of order IL pre.
served in it when entertainments are given,
and respectable audiences are in attendance
The condhct.of the boys who assemble in the
vicinity of the stage on occasions of shows in
the Halls here, is outrageous and ought to
be suppressed Whose business is Il to put
stop to this insuferabls rowdyism2 The
public demands victim
Again we ask-Who is the Coming Man
Who will build Lam ample Hall, and prevent
rowdies from making the place Nuisance