The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-12-23
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The London Musio Hall " = n
"a STRANGE soENE..

or rather Come Home, "'ni one of the |
music halls 'in London, Ii from q. fF.,a
an old Trojan. He says: E 5s.(1 ~
Having reached the. hall, we peid an
admission fee of six pence There was.
!" very neat stage, gaady drop.scene,
eide wings and tolerably good orclies.
ira. In the stalls sat the chairman, TO
keep order over as motley an audience
as ever was ;tont Of the gallery of the
Victoria Theatre q All appeared plenti,
fully supplied with porter, aud all wera
enjoying their pines 20 such an extent
as to make the place almos, snffpcating,;
for there must have been an andene,
of nearly FIVE hundred. a nieger
walk round" was just being fnisiled
and the shouts Of "encore." wliistlihg
and stamping OBJECT made the hall per-
fectly abewildering. A name was an
nonnced from the chairman, which we
could not catch, and amidst. clappine Of
hands and stamping OF feet, there was
buzz OF This Is the song" The wait
ers called loudly, ANY more of3ers7r
and these being taken and duly execu-
ted, all seemed 10 settle down Quietly
10 listen TO the ssoiig--Ther was the
symphony and bnzz o! s'This is il |" and
we began ito feel, anxious Presently
female came III front of the curtain,
amidst great applause, and commenced,
Father dear father" &c. Every
word was distinct, and she Gang tie BAL
lad with great feeling. In order to fully
describe the scene which followed each
verse, it is necessary to give Little
Mary's song"
:" ,"Father, deat father, come home with mo )
now, .F 80
The clock In the steeple strikes one (gong y
You promised, dear father, that you, would
come home
As soon as your days work was done
our fro has gone out-our house Is all
dark. gae}tH
And mothers been watching since ten,
With poor little Benny so siok In her ar ms,
And no one to help her but me.
Come home, ocme home, come homo.
Please, Father, dear father, come home
AT the, conclusion oftha last line the
drop scene drew mp, disclosing tho fa..
ther sitting atEthe door Of pnblic house
in n drunken, bemuddled state, with bis
pipe and pot before him. Little Mary
was tlying to drag him from his seat, AZ
the same time pointing to a curtain he
h'nd, as che took up the refrain
from the lady, and tonchingly sang,
"Come home" &c. This other curtain
was now drawn aside, disclosing q
wretched room, with the poor mother
sitting on the ground with aickly boy
in her lap and in the act of feeding him
withta spoon. simultaneously with the
drawing up Of the curtain, the lime
light was brought to bear upon the tab.
leaux, giving them q truly y, startling ,ef.
feet. After q moment OF two the oct
drop came down, and Tie lady proceed
ed:
Gather dear father, come home with ME
The olock in the steeplo strikes two (gong,
%, RongJUrs i&tNtg w iIItK 3tnH
Tho night has grown colder, and Benny is
worse, 1NEisA9t tlt''h .3"3'H 1ts sN
but he has been calling for you, fs.
Indeed he Is worse--mother says he will
die,
Perhaps before morning shall dawn,
And this was the message sho sent me to
bring:
Come home, come home, come home,
Please, father, dear father, come home"
The act drop rises again, and now the
child has hold Of the pewter pot trying
to take it from the drunken parent, and,
MS she continues the twoiines, Come
home" &c., the other curtain is drawn
aside and, and we next see tho Child
stretched out OIL its mothers !np, and as
it just raises its little head and falls back
with gasp wilhthe lime light reaec,-
ing stronglyDnpon it there was n reality
about the whole terrible to view. Sobs
were heard from the female portion OF
the audience, while tears trickled down
many a rough male cheek. I've have,
seen ''Snsan Hopley,", .Jaae Shore" !"
-" ne Strangern"S s,",East Lynne, ,',iend
other eifective pieces played, but never
before did we witness such 4 scene Of
general crying. Even tie lady who
sang the song was effected and could
scarcely proceed ~i,h5lhe third verse !:
Father, dear father, come home, with me
The clock In the eteeple atrikcs three III
-, .lgong, gong, goug.) j. ~,
fhe house ~, So lonely, the hours are SO
For s' poor Weeping pin / mother and mo. vi
Yes, we are alone poor Benny is dead,
ana gone with the angels oflight;
Ana these were the very lost las. words hs
T yant to kiss papa good night IL ~
Come home come home, come. home, I :, l
riease, feethsr, doat father, como home"
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