Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-14
ADJUSTMENTS.
weekly Resume at Home and
Abroad.


The NEW MEMPHIS. Mis- Fannie
Price, tbs charming young sensational
actress, has been drawing fall houses
during the week. she has onlv appeared
N the chaaacteFs OF " Helen RoisatoD.D
10 Foul Hay, LEAH and s.Jsnnie
Milsam'' ana Lady Everslelgh,U 10
No6ody's Daughter but those who had
seen her before srs astonlshed at the
ehange that q year has made. She has
improved 10 8 most remaFksble manner
and bids fair to be one Of the first act
rssses on cur American stage. The home
company nave not iigged in their
" good doing" and are ali as great favor
ties as ever. Next week FdirV Ra0ers
and after Dark, will be presented.
GAIETY THEATER.-Last night closed
on q very successful and yet a quiet
week at the Jefferson street variety
theater. Tue illness Of Manager EtIey
gave things g somewhat subdued air,
but under the skillfu1 management Of
his deputies, things worked wen. Bob.
Hart has been the attraction, aad has
not failed % draw e crowd any night.
BOP Is 3 very high trump-in fact, sd
ace OF hearts, for hearts are trumps with
him. The Buckingham family srs sIso
great, the two little fellows especially
drawing to themselves no little share OF
the grand total OF applause accorded
every evening. Miss Nellie Howard. the
champion jig da0ceE, is great, and can
discount anything ia her line that has
ever before appeared on Memphis boards.
Mr.. Jim johnson, Larry Tooley, and
other gentlemen have also their enthusi-
Astic admirers, and We do not hazard a
reputation at all In saying that the best
and most talented varieties combination
ever in Memphis are now at the Gziety.
THE VARIETIES THEATER.-Mauages
Broom during the week has had a sue
eeSsion OF good houses, and, with s bill
thst would be difieult to beat. has
= managed so as to keep his army Of
friencs IN a good humOr with themselves
and him. The new stars, Billie Dfa-
mOnd, Stewart snd Cassidy, Miss Ada
Johnson and Lille Wheeler, have proved
themselves worthy candidates for public
favor, and have made q great many
friends. Oae of the greatest successes Of
the season vas the farewell benefit Of
Charlie Gardner and his -Drecoeious s0n
little Charlie. The house was full, and
most Of the assemblsge were personal
friends Of the beneficiary. Wherever
the GaTdners, pers et it's, 90 they will
De followed By the good wishes of his
Memphis acquaintance.
ABROAD.
Mark Smith has resigned the stage
mansgership Of Booths new thester.
e ie-O pera-B)wie Fisk is said to be
losing $500 . night in running his New
York Opera House.
Edwin Adams is running far ahead
IF his competitors in the race for favor in
New York
Belle Boyd failed to deliver q second
reading in New Ocleaus, recently, be-
cause there was nobody ia the thsaIer to
listen TO her.
The critical talent Of Cincinnati de-
seribes the play Of the SieajaA Sisters,
written by 3 Judge Carter for Scott
Siddons, kindly but firmly, as twaddIe,
but says that Siddons renders the twad-
die Wen.
"A new experiment to which eonsid-
cradle interest is attached, has COM
menced at the Gate, Paris. Is consists
Of . series OF midday performances of
classical French drama, accompanied by
essays from well known writer's.
Nerve, the rival Of Offsnbsch in
Paris, is known in thu musical circles in
that city as 1.-The Graz y composer He
is a librettist, composer, actor and singer
in III and the same person. Some time
ago be composed q musical scene, The
Crazy Mditrs de Ch0PeHs, in which be
ridiculed himself, and was the principal
performer.
The facts sbout Mr.. Sothern's Amer
lean engagement are stated thus by an
English paper: AFTER the engagement
was signed the New York manager ig-
nOFed il unless the date of the opening
was altered, on which Mr.. SOthern re-
fused TO go on any date. His success in
Home is complete, and his acting il con-
sidersd superior even to his Dun
dresry.'"
Stage mechanism hiss reached its
most brilliant effects. it is said. in the
play Of Malone AUT Roses, no y running
at the Paris Gate. There are tArse
splendid tabiesux. One is an Italian
scene, with dancing peasants and lowing
cattle. Another is a feast in the Ducal
Palace Of CRIar, with all the voluptuOus
glitter Of the Orient. The last great
scene is q esDfiagratiOn of the Palace.
The stage is covered with sheet iron, and
nearly Is 900 pieces Of burning wood fall
upon it as if from the ceilings and walls.
-Plsy-goers who have been enjoying
the description Of the performance OF
Romeo and Juliet, at Booths Theater,
New York, may not, perhaps, be awsre
that it was played in England after the
Restoration, sometimes sc . drama with
q pleasant ending. sometimes as an out
and-out tragedy, to suit various tastes
and COMPARTMENTS. In the same man
ner lie Courier de Lyon was d0ctorsd
during the early performances in Paris,
the hero, "Lessrques,n having been
saved and executed on alternate nights.