Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-24
ADJUSTMENTS.
Resume Of the Week AT Home
and Abroad.

The New Memphis has been alone il
It's glory the past week, and had things
all its own way. The GreenlRw opposi-
ton, after dragging out a miserable ex-
istence at a very heavy loss, and after
making preparation to remain another
week, incontinently fed the field last
. sunday. Lolita " scotched the snake of
opposition )" but Maggie Mitchell killed
: 1t. Crowded houses have heen the order
of the night at the New Memphis, and
Eanchon, The Pearl Of Savoy and Little
barefoot ave been each given twice
during the week. The houses on Wed.
nesday and Friday night were enough
70 make glad the heart of any manager.
Friday, especially, was a gala night, and
we are informed the receipts are larger
than on any previous occasion this sea.
son. While thus showing their appreci-
alton of transient stars like Miss Mitch
ell and Collier, it ia q matter of c0ngrat-
ulation to our theater-going public to
mark the continued improvement of our
own permanent artists, "stock," as they
are irreverently called. Mr.. Malmburg,
especially, fairly astonished and delight
ed all his friends on Wednesday and
Thursday evening by his rendition OF
the character of the proud, doting and
broken-hearted father in The Pearl of
Savoy. Nothing could be more lifelike,
and we congratulate Mr.. Malmburg on
the nit. Mr.. Doveyi is another who early
established himself in the good will Of
the public, and has since continued to
maintain himself there. McWade's
name has become the synonym for fun
q good comic acting; while flanagan,
White, Cline and Others never fail to
elicit applause. OF the ladies-Mrs.
Cline, Mrs. Nellie Taylor, Miss Plunkett,
Mrs. Lansgan-we cannot say enough,
and the best criterion Of the spprecia-
ton i'll which they are held are the
always, no matter who may be 4" star
ring" it.
THE GAYETIEs Manager Etlay has |
kept up the fun fast and furious, st the !
new Jefferson street theateF. Every
species Of legitimste varieties amusement
has been given there nightly to crowded
houses.
Maurice Strskoseh has been decorated
with the order of Medjidie by the Sultan.
Prince Poniatowski is writing an
opera for Minnie Hauek.
The journals OF Genoa announce the
arrival OF Verdi, the composer, in that
city, to spend the winter.
Miss Bsteman in her new role Of
/" Petra has won the hearts OF all the
London dramatic critics.
-Sarolta has net with great success
at Moscow al "Zsrlins," in Don Clio.
Vdnni.
Mrs. Scott Siddons, in Lady Macbeth,
wears a golden tiara presented to her, it
is said, by Fanny Kemble.
The latest touch of realism ia the in
PRODUCTION Of q duck scene in Foul PGy
at a San Francisco theater.
-Terre Haute, Ind, has chartered
Jefferson's Rip Pan Rink3e two nighte
for $500.
One of the CLOVER ten thousand
theaters of London distributes bread and
cheese as a premium to its patrons.
Mrs. Lander has succeeded Janaus-
chek at the National Thester, Cincin-
natl. P0rkopolis thinks her the better of
the two.
1t is said that R0ssini's widow has
been offered 7,000,0 900 francs for the
posthumous works of her husband.
Two of the lime light gas bags lately
exploded in the Surrey ThesteF, London,
but the audience, thinking it a new SEN
%sstion, enjoyed it hugely.
The veteran Gazette de France,
about to attain its 239th year, opens a
subscription for a monument to Ber-
ryer.
"A drsmatization of the fourth book
Of the E0eid is suggested as q sensation,
the DESCENT into Hades to be given in 8
pre-Raphaelite manner.
AT the opening Of a new theater in
London, the ladies in the boxes were
presented with scented fans, on which
was inscribed the programme.
The 229.h anniversary of Racineis
birth was celebrated at the 1heater
Francais, Earis, by q performance OF
Athdlie and Les PdideurS.
San Francisco has q new thester-the
largest on the Pacific coast. The audi
forum is eighty feet square, and the stage
seventy by seyentY-geYen feet.
Charles Read fs thaater is to be built
in the BromptOn road, in the southwest
district of London. Christmas, 1859. is
the date fixed for the completion of the
enterprise.
AT . competition For the post of or
gsnist in q church at Deptford, England,
Miss E, Stirling, a Aondon orgsnist, was
the umpire, and q Miss Orr the success
full competitor.
Amateurs of the last generation who
remember the celebrated English basso
Henry Phillips, will be interested to learn
that his daughter Alice has made a crest
hit in Birmingham as 9 contrsltO singer
Several OF tine churches Of Boston
that pay $500 or upwards annually foT
their music are the following: South
Congregational Church, $4,000; Rev. DR..
Putnam's, $4,000; Central Church, $4,000;
Shavmuf, 5000 Oh South, $1,000
Mount Vernon, $500 Park Street, $500;
Berkeley and Elliot, $500. These are all
either congregational or Unitarian.
-Pif, paff, pouff! BIN, BAN, Boum
Gen. Ratemsn has sold out upon " very
advantageous terms y all his0peYa boufe
company, wardrobe, music and proper
ties, lsnimate AMI insnimate1 prime
dome, sscOnde dome, tenori, bassi, bal
let coryphees, supss, spangles, leggings
and tIghts-"hook and line, boo and
sinker ITO MI. James Fisk, jr. Exit
Gen. Bateman. Enter-Msj.-G Gen. Fisk.