New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-11-28
Thnuksgiving Entertainments.


The great doneslic drama Of the day was dinner,
and The Bird was the star. Audiences ranging in
numbers from half a dozen to upward Of score,
assisted with spirit and good feeling. TIE drama
was presented IN various forms and with various
oessoresi but its leading character always the
same, and its progress was only subject TO sueh
changes M wero demanded by tastes, perhaps ne
ces.ites, Of different establishments. We believe
We may declare that it was everywhere welcomed
with enthusiasm, and enjoyed with cordial apprecis-
ton. Ia most cases it bore the aspect Of gentle,
genial OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, bosierouf, though glee-
.ui-Ani with It's comedy tempered by shades OF
near distant Ionliuiscenoe, occasoncd hy tho dis
oguc and 10y the situation. At moments Il rose 10
moe, deleeu, mirtn but alternate periods Of redec
ion restored The Lowell Of tranquility. The sstisiae-
ton Of the audiences was often deeper than il
seemed, for kiniAng eyes sod tender smiles were ell
oqutnt in telling the delight Of the tmc-honored and
familiar repetition. The succc,. universal. or
the merits OF each particular performance It would
be impossible for US TO fpeak in detail. Tie ele-
Inenis Of the drama were undoubtedly hsrmonlzed
an usual Tho central figure absorbed the most at.
lenton, aud was In turn itself absorbed in the nat.
ufa development of IFS destiny. II certain in
stances it WA exhausted aud completely carried
away.
Tho theatrical amusemen;s were for this day sub
ordinate, for there was that at home demanding
more serious consideration than scenic wings or
taltatory legs. Yet tho thes,ers prospered. We
pronounce them subordinate only ia u moral sense.
As everybody knows, the claims of Turkey endure
not forever and the two hours Of dinner need not in
teriors with other rational enjoyments, except in
cases where n reckless Abandonment TO the impulses
Of The occasion prosraies tho participant, and leaves
him too full for subsecutiye thougLts. There were
day sports and night sports-the former for
ante-pfandal infancy, the latter for reple,e
and conienied manhood. Both were literally
attended, but the happiness displayed at the
earlier was clearly tina. of anticipation while at the
later il was fulfllment-not to say, flfulment.
Al Barnum's Museum, which was open all day
and a. which dramatic performances were given
with such frequency as 10 run almost abreast, the
crowd WAS enormous. The stream Of iagrcss was
40 steady that unusual passages OF exit had 10 be-
opened for those who, having paid their money, bad
taken their choice. Every part Of the building was
througed If ono department attracted more popu.
lar attention than any other, il was the ornitbologi-
fowl were honored with appropriate consideration,
there stood the stuffed presentnenI Of Que, humble
b.ped, modett in plumago and Ia form imperfect,
wi ich Notwithstanding had really the sincerest
adulaton Of them ALL Need we say that II was the
Bird Of tho Iiour1
Al NiblOs Garden, in the afternoon, Gabriel
Raycl said farewell in pnntcmme 10 the New.York
PUBLICAN incident which somehow does not well
associate Itself in our mind with the giving of thanks
The audience was very large. In the evening Mr..
Forrest played in 1.-THE Gladiator" to an overflow.
iog house. AZ the great trasedan entered, ponder.
Gus and brawny, in tho light and easy costume of
Spartacus, some one among the audience was heard
to cry ont "otufiing" THIS, we ere reoced to say,
was in no manner intended Us disrespecifnl Ia the
artists massive frame, but resulted simply
from fragrant and unconquerabo recolections of the
delights of dinner.
The operate performance at the Academy was
Handsomely attended. The familiar masic OF " Luz
oIeta" was entertained with frieninsss, ard pub.
lie attention seemed directed mostly 10 the usual Oh
Jecs Of consideration. We thought, however. That
eloseness, aud that the gentleman who handled The
drnm-sticks was made tie object Of n scrutiny =,
once enyious and aasc.ionatc.
AT the Winter Garden and at Wallacks the audi.
ences were also OVERLOOKING. The perfornnnee,at
the latter thesier was remarkable for the fet that
Tor once the swans IN the closing scene were re-
garded with feelings apparently Of compassion,
rather than the wonted admiration. If we rightly
translated the prevailing sentiment, it was that
swans, However ornamental aud decorative their