Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-02-12

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much disappointed that the piece was
not produced last night. This however
was 10 fault on the part Of the manage,
ment, who sre endeavoTing to brig oul
the piece acceptably, and we doubt MOI
they will succeed. At a late houF I@sl
night everything was in readiness, and
the lovers OF the Crook csn witness the
piece tonight without fail.
THE VARrET1Es.-Alsrg house greeted
the excellent performers at This theater
last night. Tie company employed by
Manager Broom always pleates. A
valuable addition will be made 10 the
stock tomorrow 10 the person oil Mlss
Sallte E'drjdce, one Of the most popular
actresses that has ever appeared Mem
ph;s. Her old friends and admirers VIII
be glad to greet her.
PgBsoNAL-Judge c. s. Wintersmith,
of Kentucky, and Hugh 4. Gwynriae
and party, are 10 the city, and s%ojourn-
ing at the Gayoso.
Can't. ]. Harvey Mathes, formerly
Of The Memphis press, but lstteriy
Of the Louisville Courier, Is in the
citv and putting up at the Worsham
Fl use. His host Of friends will be glad
10 learn that he il Ia excellent health
and spirits.
MIR. Clarence T. GsOghegan departed
last night for Louisville, on bust
ness connected with the cotton house of
B. Bayllss, Esq. Clarence is a OF the
most popular young business men Of this
c,tv. aud is well known as u Of the
active members Of the gallant Howard
Association, Of which he is Vice-Presi-
dent. We commend him to the business
men Of louisville as a high toned, hon
orsb,e gentleman, aud hope that hisstay
in that city msy prove both pleasant and
rro6tsble. Nj. ". II. P~sssmore, the
energetic sud fearless Alderman Of the
Eighth Ward, also LETT last evening for
The Falls CITY on a short business visit.
DRAMATIC REsU3IE.-Not being able
IN uqetia" ali we had prepared for
lat sundays issue, which We had to
clay over" ill Tuesday, We " bring up
file lee wsv as best We an.
,J7paRsse JlqgIeTS-1he " Triple Tree
Eaoiu-The curtain hiss been lifted
.ap,, time, ard several tricks Of drum
and tubpoising and top-spiuning, already
familiar to the audience, have been gone
tb~.rgR with. There has been an inter
mission, filed by the native s~qutakiBg
and humping, called national music;
presently a large gap appears in the floor
iav of the stoge, out of which come
firth the sounds Of q human voice, half
chant. ha:f whine; then q platform as
capds upon which stands the white
hatred chief Of the party, resting upon q
s~iryered rake; beside the old party there
is a fne-sized turtle IN the platform /;
hath creep forward, and after the aged
master has finished some mysterious
f.uriugs Ito bis own evident satisfaction)
in the air aud upon the floor, with the
rake and bis limbs, be touches the pre-
tended turtle with the agricultural imple-
-7crts. and it i5 Transformed into a little
Girl OF five years, with a shining bright
ace and who is nost richly dressed. An
artificial tree made Of bamboo limbs is
then brought forward, toward which
man and Infant Gather and dsughter)
motion as If 20 recommend IL to the close
scrutiny Of everybody present. 1t is a
/ slendey affair. with q curved main about
nine feet long, ard TIRES branches Of va
ri0us measurement extending therefrom
at j~rtgryals, and there is g platform al
its summit. To these branches are at
tecaed AS many slight trapez bars and
tackle. The native orchestra gives 8
very shrill national shrek as the aged
party pyostrates himself up0na table and
elevates his feet TO receive fret a tub,
then e circular table three feet high, then
8 bird. cage full Of c~hirping yellow feath.
cred occupants, and finally this bamboo
tree, at the bottom Of which the little
Girl had placed herself. After The father
has lifted all these articles Die above
another, with the tFse at the summit, sl
balanced upon his feet alone, the child
twists and crawls upon the main branch
from trspez 70 trapez, until the further
most point il iesched, and then deliber-
ately rises to IS feet and walks cOolly
and unconcernedly TO the platform at the
top Of the tree-uaon which IL proceed!
10 turn suMnerssult sitter summersault
FEscts Of q Change Of LGURdress
r Several years age tbs kading actor Of tn,
thsateriR a certain large manufacturing
town Of the North was, during the frs
nunthso theseason, the pet of a week.!
= newspaper. Il lsuded him to the skies
everything he did was perfection. Sud
denly, from no apparent cause, the organ
I changed its tune. Censure was now tEi
subject. And why? The actors tslen
had not taken flight he was careful an,
painstakiug as ever. At length acciden
I. lifted the veil of the mystery. The reve
lation was a very simple one, and yet as
founding from its very simplicity. H
had changed his ~laundress! The lad,
T who had at first fulfilled TO him tina
necessary Office was the reporters sister
4 Barter Critic A good specimen O
r the provincial reporter was lately to b
s fond 10 q certain Welsh town. He wa
} z penny barber. 1T the time | first be
came cognizsnt Of his existence, ia
leading isdy Cf the theater was the objec
Z Of his especial displeasure; her sctini
was d~escauted upon with all the viru
lence Of his limited English. Why
Because he had grown sentimental upol
the actress who had preceded her, al,
who probably, in consideration Of ceI
! tain fulsOme notices, had not discourage
his attentions. The bereaved swat
2 vented his gall in an endeavor to damag
the reputation of a blameless woman
who possesses Jar greater talent than hi
p Chloe.
At the mssquersdes on the Cont
v mem the women of rank and fashio
, very rarely GO in character, but wes
merely the domino and mask.
In Italy, the home Of the opera, th
! audience rarely listen 20 the music, bU
I talk and visit each other throughout tb
. entire performance.
BUucicaulrs HOW She Loves HIM We
the deadest failure that has been seen 1
London for years.
RistOri, on her first appearance in H;
vspa, bad an immense audience, an
= was called ont five times.
The father Of tine great Calico was Ii
first to invent solo singing, OF the a
tFsngement Of music for 8 single voie
>@fOrs his time, coed music was on
-. waited for the church, and sung
- The experiment of solo singin
80 arst trisd in the house of a rC
onoatenr in Florence, and at once b
came popular, p>.Sving the way for orst
; rio and opera.
That the extremes O. civilization al
e bsrbarism often meet, is eCrlousiy exen
T. pllned in the present fashionable style
: dress upon the stage. The scanty or
. perry Of the performers in the most pop
: lar pieces played here and in EuroI
j reminds the beho!der foreibly OF Il
$ accounts given by Capt. Cook and 9th
voyagers Of the costumes Of the savsg
< on the islands of the Pacific. An actre
; in Paris has, however, carried this
e semblanee to its utmost limit, haVlI
{ Appealed lately at the opera ball wi
no other covering than merely silk tigh
y and o girdle. This is only e9ualled
u the Polynesisn princess who received q
D. Prince de JUinville dressed in simply
necklace Of beads, or by the Texan cav
Iier whose hunting suit was q shirt coll
and q pair of spurs.