The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-01-15

appearance the scenic effect the leading feature Of
reconstruction but the plot not evolved with rssrk
able clesrnsss 1t fu however. Of allusi9ns our
newly made citizens OF African descent and Ieq Davis
and General Grant and Secretary Seward and Alaska
and the Alabama ciams and In fact replste with pAs
ShsE ~ plenty good s sops: ntslspsrssd ID sSs
giving 70 .sar aIs: Ss yas and sDs1
ability, and all mortsiA snuortais and fairies plNe1
their parts we'll Is
rus BaoipwlY THxArsx Mrs. D. r. B.wSfs snzct6a
the rss OF Kathleen Kavanagh. In Edmund Faleoners
fish drama "Peep o. Day." on Monday evening a. the
Broadway, Mr. Theodore Hamilton appearing a Henry
Kavanagh The plot Of the play is q the sort rmed
obvious the entire cogwork OF dramatic lodges 70 bring
about ON effective situation being SO exposed that no
person Of ordinary acumsn could fall to anticipate even
The minutes incident long before its occurrence IN fac
the various little ntrguss OF Mr. stephen Purcell the
Asph.lophslss Of the plot are gh s pssas
either with Miss Kathleen KAvanagh. or with
:DyS0Sy ,o. els: ~ the s 0I H. Bsss
OToole, was exceedingly effective in his acting tnouGn
his brogue anything but Irsh and no genuine H.
Of il. Mrs. C. h Giber. exceedingly natural =
Mrs. Kayanagh; Mr.. John Moore a. MT Gracsi
The Of the remainder was somewhat s.agey-was
infected with fearful aectaon Of tragedy, with very
little Of the genuine article When Will actors learn
that tragedy greater without the airs OF tragedy IMAM
HUMOROUS LECTURE BY Mr.. De CoRDovA.-MI De Cor
ectured last evening at stenway Hall in aid OF the
mission work OF st. AIMS church for deaf mutes. The
audience very large and composed Of the ets
Of our citizens fully one-haf being Of the fair Tho
lecture was like all those delivered by this gentleman,
OF humorous character entitled "Siss jones' We'd
ding-No Cards;'' oil story verse. Its heroine ID
one Miss Euphema Jones' heiress, whose SIRE small
farmer in Western Pennsylvania has suddenly become
N In of has IN n -
on his premises. The Joneses forthwith set up es-
adjustment Fifth avenue and enter into fashionabe
life, the fobles and foles OF which are admirably de-
picted Brown broker, pretendedly rich, bus really
poor Euphemia for the sake OF her prospective
fortune and for him she dscards trud lover Smith,,
riage 10 about to take place Brown Is arrested for
swinding and locked up in the Tombs; the Jonesess
whose fortune has melted away move back 10 their
home the daughter becomes Mrs. Smith, after All
The story Is excelenty well told and abounds In "hiA
which never fail to "bring down the house."
TRESoR's HALL.-Trenor's Hall was crowded last,
evening 70 it's utmost capacity. The attraction was .
shakespeare and Dickens Reading" by Mr.. George
yandenhoG. The programme consisted OF three parts.
scenes from Shakspeares As You Like It, illustrating
the hunor of Jacques and Pouchstone; from Sir Wall
Scotts Iady OF the Lake" the encounter between
Fitx-James and Roderick Dhu, and from Dfckens'
sPckwick Papers, MIR. Pickwick and the Lady In tho
Yellow Curl Papers. Mr. Vandenhof exhibited throughs
one the and popular readers who ever came
to this country The first of his series OF three readings
at Dodworth Hall will be given this evening IL Will
comprise from ohakspeare's king John, y
stave third OF Dickens' "Christmas CaroP' and Mr..
Crummie's Dramatic Company from "NchoIas
.