New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-09-18
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WOODS METROPOLITAN THEATER.

This is the last week OF "L0Tlle" at WOODS
Metropolitan Theater 1t will be superseded next Mon
day. by "FanchOn." In the latter piece Miss Maggie
Mitchell oaptivated the public MUD With the latter
niece the engagement OF that sprighy actress VIII
SPARKLE gayly onward TO q close Miss LYDIA thompson
and her buresque company will appear on the 2oth inst
We hear that the company composed OF talented per
sons carefully selected from the London stage and that
series OF frst-class buresques-of English origin but
! altered and renewed to suit this locaty-are 10 be
nroauced in rstcass manner So much for the future
For tho present the English Come Opera pleases the
Matinee audiences, and "Borhe" woos the appro-
| bation OF the peasure-seekers who "hy by night
There IA a plainly perceptibe need of seasoning. IN
both the English Comic Opera and the German Domestic
Play but each has its merits, for all that PLAIN girls
are sometimes for their sweetness Of temper
ament and Just plays that lack brancy are often
strong In the solid virtues. The English Comic opera
Ofenbaeh rendered into Englishis chiefly worth seeing
for the sake Of Miss Gallon. arch, trrn
little actress and singer OF the chambermaid" orderWho
is very pleasant embodiment Of piquant mischief The
inferior OF the Museum has been decorated anew since
last we referred IT, by the addition OF numerous nags
which increase its cheorfuness OF aspect That cheer
fulness been still further augmented by the with
drawa Of the Sanese Twins. II Is safe 70 anticipate
that the place will fairly beam with jOyousness, when
IL gets rid OF the Baby Woman and OF the ineffabe
| stupidity OF the Astrologist and Fortuneeller Mr..
Woods excellent collection Of curioses Increases by
steady accreton and his Museum already better one
than Barnum's ever Nothing but time Is necessary
| to make it triumphant success,
| MRS. LANDERs BENEFIT.
| Mrs. Lander will take benefit at the Broad
way Theater this evening when Fanny Kembles trans.
laton of scher's Mary Stuart" win be performed.
double interest thus attaches to the occasion There
ought to be very large attendance. The prosperity Of
an able conscientious and industrious artist s public
no less than private beneht-snce 1t stimulates re-
newed effort In the service of the public through the
medium OF art MARY Stuart" Will De carefully cast and
we cannot doubt that in most respects 1t Will be well
acted Mrs Lander thus far appeared Queen Eliza
BETH Her engagement at the Broadway Theater extends
to the eyd Of next week.
| EDWIN L. DAVENPORT.
Intelligence of Mr.. and Mrs. T.. L. Davenport
has been received from Salt Lake City, whore they stopped
to play on their journey home from San Francisco Their
| engagement in Salt Lake City was a marked success
The local critics pronounced Mr. Davenport to be the
best actor they had the Mormon land He played
Hamlet and other parts and at the close OF tho first en-
gagement he reengaged for brief season Mr.. and
Mrs Davenport left Salt Lake City the 7th Of sepem
ber intending to stop at Omaha and at Chicago their
way TO the East In the late Fall they will return to San
Francisco where Mr. Davenport is to assume the man
agement the Metropolitan Theater and TO play star
engagement Mr. Davenport has purchased property In
San Francisco and intends to settle there with his fam
ily and make the Edorado his permanent home Before
leaving u.s. however, VIC trust tnhJ nc VIII nnu OccdsoH
10 give farewell performances in the Eastern cities.
Many friends and admirers on the Atlantic Coast will
miss the favorte actor and esteemed gentleman who is
| thus wiled away to the land OF gold.
| DRAMATIC NOTES.
| Leon, of Kelly e. Icons Minstrels, has made
| q hit as BOuIOte, IN Barber Blu"
| A new Ethiopian burlesque, "OTphee" is in
| preparation by Kelly Icons Minstrels.
! Mr.. Sothern intends to come to America in
| July, 1862
| Mr. and Mrs Hermann Vein have been en-
gagged TO appear In Lord Lytons play, in the Lon
! don Lyc cum
The Worrell Sisters open short season at
the Academy Of Music, on Monday night. with new
| comedy entitled 1883"
Barber Brown, or the Pacific Sloper," con-
tnues TO be attractive and amusing at the Minstrel Hall
| of the San Francisco Minstrels.
| Mr.. Edward Coleman, the present representa-
tive Of Qp. at Wallacks has been engaged In the new
| company at NiblO's. valuable acquisition.
| Jefferson is having abundant success, at Nc
Vickers Theater, Chicago Mark smith has done well,
4 In the old comedies, at 81 Louis
Barnum received a begging letter. the other
day from devout man. who wrote follows al read
my bibe regular and like best Job and the Profits"
| Mr. j. G. Hanly, the competent and faithful
stagenanager Of Walacks TheateT has been quite Ill for
several weeks past but Is now once moro at his post OF
| duty. ..l LII lly5 llE
?. More changes are to be made, mt Christmas
time, in the structure OF Humpty Dnmpty," at the
Olympic w9 hear, indeed.flpt i will be converted INTO
new and magnificent closing scene, Tor the psntomme
Saturday. matineGs are announced at Woods
Museum aud .Mer0ppta Iheater iEnglish Comic
Opera. tho broadway Thaater. rs Lander as Mary
| SuG9, the Olylapc Iheater G. Hnmpty Dumpy - the
week Of It's rum, Irving Hall 0he Lincoln DiOrama),
DoGworhs Han SgnoI Blliz IN his Temple Of Wenders.