, 1870-02-27
Great Ovation to the Blondes at the
Opera House Last Evening
5000 People in At
tendance.

5000 People in At
tendance.
Miss Thompson Crates.
Prologue.
That little epeek Of wAr, which was imposed 10
have culmlns,ed in the whipping Of m cdiloE By
q pair OF Blondes, On Thursday, nhs at length
EoHn into most portentous cloud Of dust. The
whole city il enveloped in It. The whnle city Is
ringing from end 10 end with the terrible "Baiue
OF the DlordeF." The rewBbogH are sinBipg It;
everybody IL dtscusttHg IT. the air Is fn o It; We
are having 1t served up to nB for breakfast, dinner
and suprer; we are uylng, novlnR, aud breathing
In an atmosphere Of biondism; and, in ali probs-
b,ll.y, We shall all be oppressed Tor nights to CONC
with horrible nightmares, IN which canes aud co~-
hldee. b,eached hair, bellndonna, pistols, g.ay
heads, obtcene language, md scratched faces,
will tnrong in mad ptocesslon1 through our be-
Hi1dered brains.
There has lever, probably, been 10 great 4 CRY
raised ever 30 little wool, since The memorable
diego OF Troy. And thA., too, was all about q
blonde This Il!ad might be given In uutshell-
How q falr.nalred dancing girl and burintque
singer was insn1ted ny m uusc1uputous editor;
how they forth 1itn proceeded TO throw dit at
each otneF-he from his editorial chttF, she from
the fcotliRtts; how they got mutually bespst-
tered, and hoE the falr one with tne golden locts
1uAly took q email cowhide ard scratched tie
venerable robe Of the said editor. AL this could
be sung IN less than twelve books- Il Is not quite
an epic; 1t Ia not quito 4 comedy; 1t Ia Que
OF theee little fsrces which the comic Mr..
Emerson could touch OF In \ few phrases. ado
no. provoke me-" aaya thh falr Lydia, "or viii
rick yeu-" He dara proToke her, nnd sha Accord
!pRty kicks htIp- Ont OF Hucn ridiculous material
-rin.culousitom the beginning to thu cnt OF thb
whole eb1Enees-shey have been trying to make .
tht1!;tng tragedy. Why, there hare been Cases Of
a.sault and battery before the Police Court day
after dsy which had more Of the elements OF .
"r1ot" in them, md which have b eu dismissed
With, "Joues, nred 3l0s and the WomAn dis
charged on FroMlsc Of goad behavior ~
The Whole affair might have lapsed Into
oblivion after tho little frAc.s on WABASH ave.
nue, in which nobody did anything IN
particular, and nobody was par&lcu.
larry hurt, had not tue Aforesaid editor
shown rassonAe desire to convince the public
that Re "Wh,pped the whole crowd" Hencc let
te1s to the papers, et8tement1 Of eye-Nftnestes,
TRIAL for assault, trial for RIOT and ali tha. may
fo,ow, The pnblc perhaps did not specially care
best Of tie @nl3pi1g. aud except eeItsla vague
dissatisfaction that tbe whipping vas not lttsle
more decided on sone ride, It Toald have been
So1, however, the little private ,crspa h., e.er
appssrsrce ss ne s!ondss n mo ass'
ai The Police Oourt, and the people
having t;!e a. to a.;ss' A. pfs,s12s m!
whether Storey WAS WHIPPED By Lydia, or Lydl:
BY Story. OF both. Or n.'ther. Aud II 30. why
AR1nRIsCENcK OF LYDIA.
welsroxa tnrosEnoott - lhe sl'y "a: -
Old en,ldlre was, for once. to oe eTaeed Win To-
presence Of a prisoner OF beauty aud d!stiuctlor
There vas s. and h1n
"ar1esrec and TAKEN to the Arn1orJ on cnsrge Q
dtso1derl4 conduct" Becanfe. however much th'
leaane ropsepes ct istr. there was lime, Vtsnil
the memory OF JouLg 1nep, when 1t was all thi
rage, and when Lydia Tnou pson Vas IL ackno y
encd audiences; when oouqaeta Of dlAuonds an
t.wela were shosc upon her from uuaeel
hands; when she sst m honured guest At THO ban
quets OF Es1ia: when al Loocou wont mad owe
her, aud paid halt crown apiece for the straw
berries she had kased: when It vas the fase
ies ,ne p..'n; ana % When YOUTHS OF the Period wes
not ashamed TO ouu that theiE heads were lAl1i
turned On seeing her dateen bewltcn'ng Wy
Sic has ne1er e1celed. II any or her old a
uirets md been IN town yesterday, he woal
faasstIaa aooss fsf1 81 thas period favins created
rubic d,sturoance after 10 ds1ttcuI n faanlo
lie would hare teen q co1Dtenarce soneWh,
@ aith much fa.lsue. ,rou,,e. and powder: r
fs,r hntE had betu'J aud nfe 10 i lhtu. II T..
er. and GO. 70 fair noK. 1tis oleae9sd aud II
Atrszou Of real lite. vas not 20 charming
IJdis tho Cupid Of the stage.
which proposed TO give nEr reception At ::
ArnorJ On saturday Hcrn!rG WAe ltrge on
and It vas undoubtedly an enthusiastic one. {
poft1on Of Il haa probably not oeea to bed Il =
pny seSa ssarsn1 Ss9l s. If,
pf,po.ael.s1riy tfss % ,oR: % a,:9 I'D Il
ns1e 70 sne eariy es ssfces
il burnmtrs, AID thess arrived long before
retpectaole csndidasea sent . small army OF ;
boJI, and by tne horr Of 8 quite = pamhsr
Respectable people had been drawn out Of co1'os
ARRIVAL or "Ms HoSoR-''
Al O'Clock Justice John Suc1netntld arrive
sie1s! II ior M srneral rusn @ ior seats. There Va,
soupd TIE lnuudtr for shout ten minutes, I
rooebs tunhltpg up stairs In mad scramble, s
TIE ecene preseuted in the interior Of the Goa
rooIn II this moEcnt WAS Ike the eating o.
beehive. Men seemed TO Be tn1uo!toR IN Dell n
dret people had nseu MI At once bccned forth 1t
the ofen tpaer nf the court room. It Was Gro \
Il
seatt, ard lone, II ther:EaS:nss1e to cet . Dior
nent ros1uor, kere dsshc1 against the big ITO
Iunnv 70 tue faVo.ed feE Who n,d Srssiy I'd y
tBined ssats IN tie Tc.ntty Of His II 1nor, aud y
cong ss' n Nj Wass scene t1o:
literally cnoked up It'll II could hold 20 more,
view waa n'ehlv p,ctutetqne: Tne "set Of hut
tLE praHle Of d so,delediookin7 hts
PACKED together as c}ose = hesrlnss In
sa 'f sue ii. pssoa c.
nn1tioES M tte walls were dashed m It y
xlth spray IN the anaps OF little boys, who y
e,anntripe on nenh anonldefs' to have pee
TAI1ro FOE THE "BIoSDEs."
Then cane long psHod2 2 o. "s1raess ss
me Counai fnepds OF the gentlemen Of
1no@ e NJ III 70 e q as
seats or to stand within the enclos
It. waa Surprising to see the eager
friendly relations with the reporters in the
OF gttuck An invl.auou- It vas saEsrlssng !
reporter OF policeman, IN toa: insctesli1G
anca he ActoAl!J nsd. II Vas highly azR1i
les 70 tne ditrease1 Trend oqu!de 70 re-
noar % Of III | hours r Uce cou!d no: @ sscoxnIze e :
1r1end be eret Iref, Hrdrr tns c,rc1mstanceA
= great many were admitted, aad In this wa1
ysfy xsctS ssonnod'0o' h.s ~'s 'oon very de-
IuE1x wERX CITY DADS THERE.
Among tnoae f1r whom seats On tue plat
nenind the Justice hAd been secured In ndyl
Vcto several memnefa ot tho Common Cos
Including Aldermen Dixon, Wnitatet. AcA
Xc i spI1p4ln4 Of o[11cah3lless and Z M
al private ca:izeDs sad commercial man, Of
ren1lin and standing.
EusrESEK.
There wss near11 "a eour OF eKpeetAnc
mEnsnse. dprit which every movement ma
fne door hsd tina eject Of turning the before.
tduned SEQ Of human ne1ds all IN one directia
df&hTHGf1Y
throu0a bT she Coort, pos EobodJ p.id any 1
Inn 70 them and eren the pol'eeuGa seem
testtfy n nervous, hurried manner, ASH
auItous to get through
1HK B1nEDES.
About O'Clock tnere va nesln nois.
caeennS IN the onter hallf, ana pteaeal1 ~
opened. srd the Blondes made theI Wy ~
3he croyd Tnero FtA N c11aofdin1ty %
t1nn throughout the asseuolagA SEQ 81 y
witch was speedily suppressed, ago Hsaso