The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-10-18

The CITY Amusements.

At TEE CHEspuT BouCicault's drama Of Hunted
SSs e y sSenSd aSS LSi % Oa s LgA w
Rsigb,o Miss Laura Keene; John Leigh, II. A.
NJ Mordaunt; ''slr Glangurrlg," Mr. Otis; Otis;
s@itS,s B. % F. f MeNSity; "Jsemos Ger jenkins W. :
stanton; "Clara," Miss May Howard mrs; Bol-
ton JONES'" Miss Mary Carr; Fanny MISS D.
This play was written expressly for Miss Keene,
and the part OF the hetone is admirably suSeS % Nc Sr
style Of acting. Hssnted Dotoh was played Oy mts
Bowers two seasons age, at the Chestnut ior lew &
Nights near the end Of an engagement anu W % ane
majority Of our playgOers IL Will be new pleCc;;
The story is very interesting the characters wen
nketcBed and some of the situations hlghy ~ VIII
The cast we give above is an assurance tnas IL wi %
be acted in srst-rate style. The performance VIII
conclude with an amusing afterpece. o. n,s ann
AT THE WALNUT Mr.. Booth commences nis Il,tn ~,
week this evening In Bulwer's play of RicheteG Mr.
Booths performances during this engagement nave
proved HIM TO be studious and progressws sILsS, &
There is scarcely OF his personatons IhaJ uoes
not show great improvement In many pothtS anu MS
acting is ripper and more finished than II mas ever
been before. The audiences that have attenueu az
the Walnut during the last four weeks seem 10 lnu
cate 1hat Mr., Booths popularity is increasing rather
than otherwise, as the house has been croWdeu 10
tomorrow evening The Stranger and Don Cesar
'Ss Bdzan will be given; Wednesday, Othettoi en-
Th1rsday, Hamtet; or Friday, The. Mereaant Of
Venice and Don Cesar de Baza'S and on saturday,
AT THE ARCH the comedy of Progress will be pro
duced this evening This piece was proauSGH p"n or III
hondon, and also at WalacKs Ineaure' ' ne" lorh
AT THE ELEVENTH STREET OPERA HOUSE new !
programme will be introduced TINS evening, winch
will include funny burlesque OF the CIRCUS anu
other comica performances - "a.
THE GREAT EUROPEAN CIRCUS commences It's
third and last week to-day on Eighth street, between
Race and Vine. The entertainments at this esta-
blishment have been very successful, and crowded
audiences have been attracted every afternoon and
evening The troupe includes a great number OF
6rst-cass performers, and we recommend the circus
20 all who wish 10 he amused.
THE "STAR' COURSE OF LECTUREs.-Mr. Pughs
brilliant series OF intellectual entertainments VIII De
inaugurated tomorrow evening at the Academy or
nEno nv MiesA Dickinson. who,
Of "Whted Sepulchres,' will relate her experiences
and opinions of the MormOns as gathered during
ber recent visit to Salt Lake City.
The second lecture Of the course VIII be delivered
on Thursday evening next by Mr. X. j. De Cordoya,
who will discourse upon "Ihe Sham Family at
Home" Tickets for single lectures or the course
can be procured at Goulds No. 923 Chestnut street
THE REFORMATION JUBILEE AND GRAND MUSICAL
FESTIVAL, in aid of the Orphans Home at German
town. will be gwen at the Academy OF Music this
evening There will be q grand chorus OF 300 voices,
orchestra OF 40 performers, a brass Dand OF lG
Instruments so children from the Home, 800 children
from the Sunday Schools, and the Young Manner
ehor Society. Mayor Fox will preside, and Professor
T. Engelke Will conduct the muslcal performances.
This entertainment is designed TO inaugurate the
great festival at horticultural Hail for the benefit OF
the Orphans Home, and we commend 1t TO the re-
CARDS OF those of our citizens VINO are interested In
the prosperity Of that institution.
MEssRs SEETz d HAssIER will commence their
series of musical matnees at Musical Fund Hall on
Saturday next, at az p. NJ. The Satur-
day afternoon entertainments given 10y the Sentz-
HassleT Orchestra was much enOyed last season. and
the performances OF this fan and winter promise TO
se equally successful Arrangements nave been
made to introduce number or noVeites, and the
programme Will be arranged with view TO variety
and the qualification OF the taste Of our citizens for
THE Vocal UNION of Philadelphia will give a
grand inaugural concert at Concert Hall on Friday
evening, october 22. An excellent programme viii
be presented.