Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-11-09
bem before Tho nublic. themselyes.

Thorn before tho public, themselves. !
say it 10 q common thing for actors and
actresses In melodeons to take o joke in
the shape of q farce on some of their
outside doings or accidents. II has
been done from time immemoriali that
is to say, for the last ten or fifteen
years-evsr since m%elodeons were open
ed in this country. All of you know
that in this piece Miss O'Neil's name is
not mentioned, and the person sup
posed to represent her don't get
half so mad as the individual herself,
here tonight. | don't think she
makes out a case; but the verdict is for
you to render. Ileave it with you, gem
tlemen. Shall the piece DO played or
not? All in favor oil the piece being
produced will say aye" An almost
unanimous shout of Aye was the re-
spouse. The noes being called for, q
half dozen negatives were counted.
Said Rhoades : Gentlemen, in ascor-
dance with your request the piece
goes 1t was prepared for playing
without q thought of there being any
objections to it, and want you to axe
notice during its performance, whether
it iustihes Miss O'Neil's protest on her
own behalf against it. The point OF
ridicule is not against her at all: !
don't think she is outraged by it; II /
did it would not have been prepared on
the stage. know how natural It is to
take the side Of a woman in any such
case as this. My feelings wonld nst-
urally first put me that way. But you
have decided the case rs presented.
You can and will judge candidly be
tween us again, when you hear the
piece" The sympathies Of the audience
were at first, from certain indications,
with Miss O'Neil; but the majority came
TO the conclusion that she had over
stated the case, or the colloquy between
her and Rhoades had sharpened their
curiosity to see exactly how the text did
read.
The piece, rs produced, has for its
principal actor, Johnny Tuers represent
ing Henry Piper. And Tuers makes the
character very funny. Fred. Sprung,
also, takes oil his own real benefit
tickle, position as witness in Adkison's
Court; with much merryfying effect.
Rhoades was also on the stand, and
q helped the case" after the style that
Sam Weller inaugurated in the Pick
wick Breach Of Promise trial. Miss
Nellie Viuing took the part Of Jennie
Norton" and between her and Rhoades
as "Dick O'Neil" there really was
some very rough overwhelmingly
in the first scene. Miss Maggie Brewer
took the part of " Miss Kate 0'Neil,"
in the Courtroom scene, and certainly
whatever may have been written for
her part-her language was nothing
worse than what Rhoades described it,
mbackhanded Irish %blarney." Every
one who is acquainted with Maggie
Brewer knows she is a kind-hearted,
pleasant little woman, bearing ill-will to
none, and incapable of acting in such a
piece purposely to wound another's feel
ings. We would think that if she was
cast in an indecent language part
she would refuse to appear herself. She
said nothing last night, which went be-
yond rollicking Irish scolding-of the
kind that is usually dealt out in fun,
though intended in this instance to rep.
resen, something of o talk that was
given in earnest. We hope Miss O'Neil
will reconsider hor resolution and APP
pear again tonight. We do not know
whether the piece is to be repeated
again tonight or not, but we presume
il is. Both melodeon proprietors have
agreed to send down their programme
to US every morning, so we could tell
the item, on them, but have not remem-
bered their promise.