The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-04-17

Miss 4. then gave some choice gems from
''IroYssore" in skillful and artistic man
ner. The comic tableax Of Taking the ad
vantage" was irresistibly funny and excited
the disabilities Of the audience beyond con
troll. The scene represented an elderly
dame with uplifted hands, standing in the
doorway, gazing with CONSERVATION upon q
festive youth who wss endeayoring to take
a kiss from her daughter. The young gen
tleman inadvertently, by a false move,
tilted over a bowl Of milk in the hands OF
The maiden, which tiekled the audience
amazingly, although not in the programe.
''But it's no use crying over split milk, :"
says the old adage, and the audience agree
ing, laughed heartily over the mishap.
The sweet song Of Thou art so near and
yet 30 far" was sweetly sung by two young
ladies and succeeded by REPETITION Of the
"Brigands," which closed the first part Of
the evenings entertainment.
During the interlude an impEovised scene
of the duel in the play Of "The COrsican
Brothers" was produced in q very credit
able manner.
The curtain rose in the second part with
ffBellshazzar's Feast" in which the Baby
lOnian monarch sees the awful handwriting
on the wall. Eighteen ladies and gentle
men, nagniheently attired, made this scene
one of surprising grandeur and effect.
While the curtain was up an inquisitive
canine walked slowly across the stage, no
doubt being curious 10 see the handwriting
that 50 terrified King. The effect was lu-
dicrous, and we thought if it was our dog
we would have been dog-maiie enough to
have clipped his tail, and scaIlopped his
cars, for the effrOntery.
A sweet Duet, by two young ladies, pre-
csded the loveliest tableax Of the evening,
Taking the Veil" OF all the scenes we
ever saw, this was the most beautiful. The
meek, sweet sweet face Of the noyitiste, the
pale, sad countenances of the nuns, the SOL
emn faces of the priests and the subdued
chant Of the hidden characters, gave q So
lemnity and beauty to this scene strikingly
impressive. The audience, with deafening
applause, succeeded in bringing the curtain
up a second time. The familiar tableaux
Of May and December followed, and never
did the loVliest month Of the year look more
beautiful than the fair creature who bore
its name, The Village Postmistress, e lu-
dicrOus representation Of curiosity, inspired
the audience with good humor and applause.
The delightful evenings entertainment
closed with fancy dress ball, with me-
LANCE Of characters both pretty and amusing.
Princes, cavaliers, cOuntesses, prineesses,
brigands and Brother Jonathans jostled up
against each other and mingled in the
dance, which was the finale of the scene. |
We cannot omit a mention Of ludicrous |
in the wardrobe of one performer |
in the Tableaux during the evening. The
lacetious Green Morrow was singing "Has
Seen Ny Sister, when he was
startled by an separation of young lady
evidently Of the maculine gender, though /
lpOn the stage. Hoop-skirts, petticOsts,
basque and bonnet were there, but alas we
missed the pendant waterfall, without
which no lady's attire is complete nova
lays. We could not resist reproach in
poetry to the young gent who left the popu-
ar aPpendage in his costume of here is
he voice of our Muse:
From out your solemn caves,
Answer ye winds our call,
And tell oh where, oh where
Isthis Womau's waterfall.
The bonnet, the hoops. and skirt,
We see in this vision ALI
But that heartless thing doth wear
No gorgeous waterfall.
What punishment should she bear?
shower hath ne call;
For then, oh then she'd sec
The mdtchIcss l0atefaE.
After such an effort as the above we are
onstrained to close this article, but not
efore we offer our congratulations to the
aides Benevolent Association for the great
access they have met with from q Nash
lille public in their noble and humane IN
ertaking.
We understand the total receipts of the
'ableaux and Concert amounted to the
handsome sum Of 81 0OO