Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-03-03
MuslcaI and Dramntic Items.

The new opera house at Detroit will
be opened March 10th.
MIR. Ford is about to build new OPP
era house in Baltimore.
Matilda Heron is lecturing on 1.-THE
Drama.
The total receipts of the three per-.
formances in Brussels by Mme Patti Caux
were $4,000.
Mr., Barney Williams great revival of
the Greek drama is in active preparation.
English opera is being given by ana
teurs in New Orleans with success.
The late Sunday night concert in Bos-
ton, complimentary to Camilla Urso, yield
ed that lady $4,000.
Miss Nettie Sterling, the young Amer
ican contralto, is meeting with great favor
in England.
The Kentucky Legislature and Court
of Appeals adjourned from Frankfort to
Louisville to see Jefferson's Rip Van Win
kle.
John Owens has added new piece to
hts repertoire, entitled "The Coming Man."
which is said to contain one of the best
comedy parts on the stage.
One Of the pretty actresses of New
York publishes card protesting that she
does not dye her hair, and offering to sub
mt 1t to chemical analysis,
The scenery of the pantomime at the
Standard Theatre, in London, is painted
on seven miles of canvass. ..
--Tayloure has gone to st. Petersburg,
and swears he will never leave until Patti
has agreed to grace the New York Grand
Opera House with her presence.
just before Miss Kellogg appeared at
a concert in Chicago, the violinist played
'The Camels are Coming" The fair sing
er ''gother back up" elaborately.
The following story is told of Mrs.
General Lander, by the Cincinnati Com
mercial: The drop curtain at the Lexing-
ton theatre "stuck" one night last week,
but Mrs. Lander cleverly broke up the
fixed tableau, drove the Spanish Minister
from her presence, ordered off her attend
ants, and then, taking thea arm OF Lord Bur-
leigh, and with flashing eye and naughty
step, she swept from the audience cham
Der, while the audience "came down"
American managers are now engaging
the dancing and singing girls of London
by the hundred, and are paying salaries
which fairly startle the British profession
als. The indignant, INDECENT and indigo
nous professionals are anxiously wonder
ing when the invasion of the English is
going to end. a.
1t is now stated that Sothern is not
coming to America after all He was en-
gagged for Booths new theatre upon terms
high; but after the ar
rangements were all made, Mr. Booths
agent introduced further stipulation, viz:
that Mr.. Sothern should open in New York
next August, instead OF October. Mr..
now declines TO accept any terms
or dates, and the engagement is null and
void.
Mexican Buchanan and child are
catching II in the New. York papers =
Here isia specimen brick that was thrown
at them:
"Mr. Buchanan's 'Gloster' not only
splits the ears OF the groundlings, but re.
forms their brains into chaos. Itis q heavy
performance. miss Buchanan makes n
striking appearance In the role OF Eliza
beth, though much Of her acting Is un-
practiced and awkward to the last degree"
Another critic. in doing him up, remarks
that without wishing TO do injustice 10
the many execrable actors who have played
principal characters in New York, IL is
simple truth to say that Mr.. Mexican Bu-
,hanan is the worst Of them oil"