The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-04-29
The EnterIsioment at the Varieties foe the
BENEFIT of 80. Anna's Asylum.

vanderwaIl. 40.
The Entertainment at the Varieties foe the
Benent of 81. Anna's Asylum.
We well know that for some days back the city
has been rife with rumors of the magnifcence
and taste to be displayed in these tabeaux.
Every one had heard Of the extraordinary talent
of the young Cbilian who was announced to
perform on the occasion; and, therefore,
every one expressed an intention to seize
the opportunity of judging for themselves.
More than all, the object Of the
entertainment was to aid the widows and the
fatherless, and to such an appeal the people of
New Orleans impoverished, down trodden as
they are-could not turn deaf ear; know
ing these things, we expected full house, but we
did not expect to find the house so completely
jammed as it was. When we arrived at the door
we met quite number of ladies' and their caval-
iers, who had left the house, despairing Of obtain
ing seats. On our entry we could not but hold
them justifable, as seats, there were none,
and standing room was valuable. The ap-
pearance of the house was almost like 1t was the
evening of the Mystic Krewe entertainment
almost for nothing could equal that. The first
tableau was domestic scene, ''The Cotters Sat-
ing to coDjure up to their minds eye the home
circle SO beautifully pictured forth by scotis's
bard On the stage was every char
acter described by the poet, and SO
truthfully portrayed that a stranger to
Burnss works could have inferred the poem
from the picture. or Senorita Filomeno's per-
formances more anon. We come next to the
tableau Marie Antoinette at Trianon." There
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in the unhappy queens happy days gathered
| around her when sine held mimic court away from
Paris and IFS conventionalities, and where she
proved herself queen indeed over the hearts of
her subjects who knew her best, and therefore
| loved her most
Next came a scene from "winter's Tale"-
| that where her husband, beholding his loved and
lost Hermione, though to him as yet but statue,
chides the very marble for not being as natural
in speech as tits life-like in form.
scene which we had thought thoroughly ex-
hausted was the next tabeau, An Eastern
| Slave Mart" Truly, were all Crcassians as
beautiful as the specimens we beheld last night.
| no wonder that the men of the East deem it no
sin to wed all of them they can, and the
idea that $500, as the verses from Byron in the
programme have it, is dear for one of such wo-
men, is to us beyond all reason. "Columbuss
Return to Spain " was the next picture presented.
There was the " sailor, scholar, hero of the sea-"
having at last proved his widest theories to be
soberest truth, come to lay his trophies at the
feet of his sovereigns. The scene was gorgeous
in the extreme.
"The May Festival" with its gaily decked May
pole, its throDgs of merry dancers, its proudly
Joyous queen of the May, was what the next
rising OF the curtain revealed. Every element Of
"L'Allegror was there, the strains Of music rose
quite in consonsnce with the scene, and we almost
made rush forward to participate in the festivi-
ties. The last of the list was Fame" These
lines from Ben Jonson-
"Tbe life Of fame is action understood lf
ss ss;i,n G @Sst % t%s be o sss and good
And des despised, when the fame's neglected
were on the programme as explanatory Of the
picture, which was, as far as we could discover
an alegorical illustration of the tolls and triumphs
of the famous. The performers were all clad
so as to represent marble statuary; the deception
was complete, and, aided by the red and blue
lights, the efectIwas very fine. We have seen
nothing to equal it since the Mistick Krewes
ante JeIlunl exhibition. The tableaux displayed,
each of them, a rare combination of taste in con-
ception and arrangement, and beauty and mag
niicence Of the individual dresses. OF the per-
sonal charms Of the ladies who performed, we
could say everything, but won't, because, really,
we can't hatter our fair readers TO their faces.
As to the performances Of senorita Filomeno,
we can but repeat the hearty praise which we
heard bestowed upon her on every side. Those
who had heard her before were of course de-
lighted those who had not, were not only de-
lighted but surprised beyond measure at behold.
ing such talent in one so young.
Altogether the entertainment was in every way,
success. The performances were really fine.
the audience large. select and appreciative. The
enjoyment Of every one was doubled by the
knowledge that he was assisting noble charity
An incident which occurred at the close Of the
performances, was the only drawback to the com
pleteness Of the evenings pleasure. lady in
the dress circle, from excessive heat and fatigue,
tainted. We learned, however, that her III
ness was not of serious character, and hope
such will prove the case.
Such was the entertainment last evening, and
we can only conclude with the wish that the be
nencent fates may soon send just such another
affair, and may we be there to see"
Mr.. Stanberys health is rapidly improving
On the 25th be dictated several thousand words
Of his closing argument for the president, and i