Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-12-16

NEDDT Al TIE THEATER.--" Neddy," the
school boy who furnished Us the article on
Winter, has been to the theatsr recently, and
Ssndsus his impressions
Mr.. EDIToR ~ hardly expected that you
would print my composition on Winter when
I sent it to you, but IS you did, perhaps you
would like something more. will tell you
about my visit to the thsater. I had often
read the great bills which Mr.. Ellsler pastes
up after everybody goes to bed (poor man, he
don't get much sleep, Iefancy,) and wanted
to 60 very much but father wouldn't let me.
He gave his consent the other night and I
went, along with brother Bob. Bob has been
lots and knows all about it. He is aequaint-
ed there, Bob is. saw him talking with
the man that plays the big fiddle. But I am
ahead ofmy story. We fell in with the crowd
and went taking seats near the stage. The
music was playing and the curtain was down.
The picture on that curtain would be a nice
thing if those hOrrid looking men would get
into those coal scOws and paddle out of sight.
A very little alteration would change them
into snubbing posts, and then they wouldn't
look 50 bad. The bell rang at length and
up rolled the curtain, the men on it grinning
horribly as they disappeared, heels first.
saw them in my sleep that night.
# there wasn't any paint, there couldn't
be any theater. They have painted water,
painted trees, painted bridges, painted par
lors and draWing-roOms and kitchens, and
every player is painted. Paint makes you
think yOu are looking at great forest or a
high mountain, when you are only looking at
a big piece Of cloth stretched on a frame and
streaked with various colors.
I don't remember the name of the play,
and didn't understand it very much, I must
confess. liked it for all that. There was
good looking villain who talked a great
deal to himself, generally speaking louder
then than he did when talking to others. He
laid plot to make good-lOOking woman a
widow, so that be could marry her After
declaring his intention at the top of his
voice, (she was by, but pretended not to
hear, be said must aWayI" and dashed
through a canvas door in great haste. I sat
where could look in behind the scenes on
one side. and minute after the good looking
villain started of SO hereeIy to mur-
der somebody, got a glimpse of
him back there smoking a cigar as harm
less as a kitten The good looking woman's
husband goes out to guide Brigadier Gene
raj of volunteers over Little Mountain, when
some boys in red flannel coats come out and
IRE of some guns, pointing in a different di- |
rection from the men they are shooting at.
The villain comes in, tells good looking wo-
man her husband is dead. She faints, and |
villain carries her of, while the band cramps |
3 mournful air on their hddles. This is the |
first part. In the second part the guide who
went off with the brigadier, and then came in
dead, turns up alive and is running livery
stable. Villain has married the widow (she
proved to be rich) and lives in three story
brick house not far of. I can't write all
that goes on in the play, but the guide finds
his wife and daughter, Il forgot to say there
was a daughter that in the first part was
nothing buta rag doll, but which grew in the
second part to be very beautiful LADY, the
villain is foiled Il believe that is the word)
and everything ends happily, showing that
virtue is its own reward, and a good hand
writing is a letter of recommendation.
NunDv