Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-01-21

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! ssssTHE WHITE FAwN" AT NBLo's GARDEN,
Z New Y DIRK. The Times gives some idea iof
the play in the following description: s e !, tf
The new fairy spectacle Of the white
Fawn' was produced. ]ast evening, and, it lis
scarcely necessary to add. before most numer-
GUS audience, whose members were ratter
more e1citahle and noisily disposed than New
York audiences usually are, even upon ''hrst
nights" Light words ,inAamed them, and be
faintest political hint fired them. 1t Is nat
possible to give any very clear idea OF the plsce
at this writing, as the indications were at the
before half past one. The curtain did not rise
on the fourth until FIVE minutes after twelve.
The play IS not long Of itself, but the entr aets
seemed to be unnecessarily protracted. All
these will. of course, be reduced as frequent
performance oils the action As spectacle,
ne think 1T may be justly said that the new
production does not pale before the well,re-
membered glories Of the Back Crook. - The
costumes, being such ;as have been created
. With some poetical hypothesis, are rich be!
yond description. Gold, silver, silk, eectrei-
ty-all the efulgence and gradations OF llghr
and color--harmonize one with the other 10
the.midst of: an admira bly, arranged confusion,
which probably has nowhere else been, seen. :
Il liYettthereis No repetition OF the same scenic
effects The aballets are exquisite as ba:lets,
but as. exhibitions of sedate fguration are, as
Davy Crockett was in the habit Of saying,
-, nowhere" The dance of the Fire Flies is
tsa balleto of striking originality the fairy crea-
esltures caper aDoutfwlth torches on the heads,
sewhich.they agitatei in such, manner as, ,notWlth
standing the graceulness of the action makes one
tremble lest they should set themselves on fire,
Is and thus offer their fair bodies as a holocaust,
10 the; inconceiYable horror Of enraptured
Thousands. There is amarch OF the little Fl shes
=. in act third which mightbe omitted with profit
1T is not funny, and takes up too much time.
g The tableau that brings the first act TO an end
q is an adaptation of the principal effect Ola
London pantomime, called The House that
Jack Built { An army Of juvenile masons,
- carpenters, &C., with all the necessary tools
1and' materials enter and go.through themimic
!;aaetion of erecting the dark tower tor the prn-
cess, who is condemned to be kept trom he
light af day Tor seventeen yeara- here are "a
80 number Of effective chorussss during the piece,
and songs, in which Dir. Mark Smith was
heard to good advantage, and In which Miss
Stockton Miss. w imore, and Mrs. Flping
Bowers were heard to decided advantage ; or,
$ to bs more truthful, in which they were not
heard at all. In fact, most Of the dialogue Of
piece was lost through the lndistinctlon Of
those to- whom tell the duty of uttering it,
Nevertheless, looking uponthis long expected
piece as a. gala spectacle, it is impossible TO-
imagine one more perfect of its kind, or one
better calculated to afford infinite qualification
to the public at large The harliquinade, which
concluded the play, was not so well received as
it would have: been had it not been deferred
tillso late an hour The fnal transformation
scene WAS not given last evening. AT 1850,
after the harliquinade,, (which had been hoot-
ed,) Mr.. Wheaty appeared and apoogized
for not permitting the transformation to be
given. Eighty carpenters and twenty gasmenn
could not work it perfectly, and he preferred
not to have it itimpertectly rendered. The aud
ience dispersed quietly. &a g ss '.a' -. 6
THE COOP TINE COMING MARX Twain
takes this view of the millennium of women 5
rights: 4sli,s S9sls J;ssa.e ,S @f a!a.7
~ In that day man shall say to his servant
t% e'W hat is the matter with the 5baby?''l And
the servant shall reply .orsg III st.i4
IA 1t has been sick tor hours 5al. .gs@. I.
..sa"sAnd where is it's mother2' II. b=Fi4s,El -:
s:t.iHSheisout electione oring for Sallie Rob
!; And such conversations as these shall tran
spire between ladies and servants applying for
situations .,yz.s.- -, ,,;.e es,J /
''Can you cook?" ..,5'5 - s.r,,5 il, .,.sTx.tza3
Yes. s..4a 20 i Is<stsai sftlJ |
= Wash Z. 81 !! .atsJS!4 fIH 2,'&
'Yes." s1t - $50 a,::a>-- r.3E&Q ${:o3 81
J. x't'All right. Who IS your choice for State
MihDer22l I. zs<Itl k@1>' -.
Judy McGinniss. . ~ :
Well, you can tramp ,siu III t
-,.4And women shalhtalk politics instead Of dis
acussing the fashions; and men shall nurse the
baby while their wives 60 to the polls TO vote.
And in that day the man who hath. beautiiul
Whiskers shall beat the homely man otswisdom
exquisite grace shall be Chief of Police in pre-
ference to.ths man Of practical sagacity and de-
termned energy. 80!
Every man, / take il, has a selfish end in
view when he pours out: eloquence In behalf OF
the public good In the newspapers, and such IS
the case with me. i do not want the pryi-
eges Of women extended, because my wife
holds Office iu nineteen different temaleN asso7
clations, laud I have to do ali her clicking. Ii
You give the women full sweep with. men in
political affairs, they will proceed to run tor
every office under the new dispensation. That
fWH finish me. She would not have time to do
anything At all, then, and one solitary thing l
nave shlrked up to the..present time, would tall
on me, and my family would 20 to destruction;
Tor am not ,quahf Tor . wet nurse.
The committee1on elections in the House of
Representatives. will soon have a novel contest
TO consider, and one that will involve the ques-
ton whether the government of Utah, as ad