The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-12-15
Written for The Cincinnati Times
The Bohemian Girl.
BY THE "FAT CONTRIBUTOR"

BY THE "FAT CONTRIBUTOR"
The Bohemian Girl" was at Mozart
last night. She was the daughter of an
Austrian Count, carried away when young
by the Gipsies, and the audience seemed
carried a,oay with her. The first scene
opens on the Danube, Dan being distinctly
seen running in the background. The
chateau and grounds of Count Arnheim are
also seen-these several scenes being paint
ed by William T. Porter. Count Arnheim
is the Bohemian Girls father. He and his
retainers Except q few that he had con-
cluded not to retain any longer) are pre-
pairing to 60 out on a coon hunt, the prepa-
rations consisting mainly in singing some
rousing choruses to properly intimidate the
coons and let them know they are coming.
The " Bohemian Girl" who is only two or
three years of age at the time, petitions the
Count to allow her to shoulder her rife and
60 with them; and she is allowed-loudest
girl of her age in all Austria. The party
then start for the mountains.
Thaddeus, Polish exile, appears, fleeing
from the Austrians, somebody having put
flea in his ear that he had better. He mar
rowly escaped meeting the Counts party at
one of the wings, and if he had, the jig
would have been up and the whole story
stopped right here. There are many of
these narrow escapes on the stage.
Fearful that he may be discovered, the
poor prescribed orphan sings at the top Of
his voice, as he does very orphan during
the progress Of the play-especially when
he wants to keep himself particularly con-
cealed. But that is the fault of Balfe, and
not of Thad. A troupe of Gipsies, headed
by an amiahle rufian named Devilshoof, :
who really isn't quite as bad as he is
painted, though he is painted pretty bad
rush in, and are about to rob him; but
suddenly recollecting little operate air
descriptive of Gypsy life, they sing it, and
they sing it so well that Thaddeus is en-
chanted, and resolves to 60 out Of the
orphan business and be Gypsy himself.
He exchanges his soldiers uniform for a
Gypsy dress, and thus eludes the Emperor's
soldiers who were in pursuit.
A sudden alarm. The Counts daughter
is attacked by wild deer, and the little
dear is nearly wild herself. Florestein, q
courtier, enters, frightened almost to death,
and sings
us there no succor at hand:'
Not liking the idea Of being picked up
for sucker, Thaddeus snatches rife and
makes venison of the deer, resculng the
girl. who is wounded in the arm by the
deer's horn
Thaddeus is oyerpowered with thanks
and urged to join them in bowl. The
Count proposes the health of the King, but
the Pole dashes' his goblet to the ground
CONNECTION. The entire Austrian menage-
RE is stirred up with Pole. They are
about to give the Polish exile an additional
polishing, when the Count interferes, but
suggests that he had better "git."
He offers him gold, which he spurns,
when Devilshoof appears, and q general
fight ensues, resulting in the latter being
secured and dragged into the castle, mainly
to afford him an opportunity to carry of
the Counts little daughter, else she never
could have been Bohemian Girl. To what
seeming accidents are we entitled for some
Of our best operate music. Had Devilshooi
been allowed no chance to steal Arline-but
to the narrative: ~.
4Devilshoof is seen bearing the child up
the mountain path. Soon pursuit will be
useless. What is done must be done quick
iy! No time is to be lost Awake to the
emergency and the necessity for Immediate
action, they proceed to practice o very fine
piece OF church music. Such energetic
proceedings toward capturing fugitive wa
have never seen equalled. -
In the second act Airline appears % ths
Bohemian Girl. She has lived with the
Gipsies for twelve years. Thaddeus 81
Warsaw is with them, too, and of all the
Bobemians he is her especial 5eau-he
Florestein, the Austrian courtier, has been
out late at q beer garden, and, coming home
booty, is met by Devilshoof and re-
lieved Of his jewelry among other things
valuable medallion from Duhme's. This
medallion being afterward seen on the neck
of airline at the fair the Gipsies were at.
tending, and being recognized by Florestein,
caused her arrest.
In the next scene Count Arnheim Camp
+ belly appeared and sang /" The Heart Bowed
Down" 80 plaintiyely and 80 sweetly that
Gypsy in the audience was observed to
burst into tears, and declared that he
wouldn't steal O. child again as long as he
lived-hopsdt to die! al ""H
airline is brought before him for trial.
She declares her innocence--ths medallion