, 1870-09-13
AMUsEMEN


MANAGER Aiken commenced the week at Tho
Museum, last evening, With another new play,
Alice Vernon" by Tom Taylor, originally pro-
d1eeai In London IN 1856 rs +The Sister's PEN
ancc." Like many other Of TaytorA plays, tie
scene is :sld pestiy In London and parity In Inta
thereby Introducing hts f4vor,,e East Indian Sc
poys, sorr Of highly Ornamental gentle saw
aGcs. wetl-nigh impossible Of representation
Upon the stage in any manner which does not
saver largely Of the ridiculous. OF course. the
r.sy is Sensational, fog huw could An EAST H.
III y play he otherwise, AID Keeps
i:c sixctatoT In a bewlldcrtnH u,aze
Q: i,un1Auts, bungalows, mahssa1ahs, aui other
lnxntat IN Inhla, hut arr usually very a,suTd upon
ttc st1rr. As East Indians, tn0troyer. ars not
sc1tras acctss,cd With The sentiments "f ,oe!lg
TAylcr ieas The spectator M-srS dance an,unx
sly-suckcTs, fnsIlalca, dAxxsfs, lo1son-tRxIs,
and i'd nrcs, and other nuisy and deaui, rsno-r-
1tte. which give the property man sD Mich tt..une
atld distract the stage Carpenter. Thus an auti-
eDcc sitting in fIuAr ul Il performance Of 0nr Ut
Tuln Taylprs East Indian piays cab get Its til OF
sef.$at.05l
li;ts Itr,.on {Irs. Allen) Is aa unfortunate
han ,l1sis.i.lD, "a engineer, who i ihc arccr.e
suitoT Of her sisicr Narisu iMi>s Clur.,. Marion
has another suiior, natatd Dsuyton, who does not
appear re;sonally N The piay As.ot, " s,me very
enlargement between them, which 6ae knows wiu
result II. The sudden departure Of Markham to
India, wh.'her ehs Is going with fltr uucs Leslie
tke1es}, and the lnarF1Axc of .MIfion to Df1sfon.
Marion do+s marry DJaytsn In revenge fur NarE-
hams kupp0sed pcTtidy. Markham goes TO ln'sia,
- does tine, but not before We get some h,nts
1Tipce Is 10 love with her. aud is refused by her,
ii1suu which he goes IT. s~eaI1nX revenge. In the
ae,,bfi1 act We lnfc q Scene ut LtA}ttA bungalow,
in " hich the E7si 1n4u rtnce {Weu.wo.th}, IN
an astonishing clsluint enters, gets snut,tll lly
L<.4 and nfier al: but i {see Kets snuhtetl
has .fFnfsk h.aE
liz again tlstatEnd TevInEc, sends nr sRT ruckets,
gets up nlEltny, athl Winds up " causing q
auu,ter ot sero.s to tie hsaa un ~ f:ont oi the
bungalow md bft3ty captured himself. Dur
ing Sle noise uf t:c deadly tray fiiee acEnuwl-
cj.cs IL Markham, VINO pas blood status on ILLS
wntte tsirr at'd his hair 10 fine disorder, that she
ttsause SIC loved him, teo. Whcsuupon
Ma ti1os" tpurIs her, then kindly cun-
ssEts e., TO-, TO- shSs hs[ Father than hare
furEiy,es hrr, aud cucls Ills puss,Du by goiug oli
to Luni tigers III the last act everybody Is Uack
IN Ls'1on, ne peo:x'oas 1ndian, :ahmsa'ota, dig
guts''tf as l-ascat Aud srEynnt ~ Markham. Tue
luttef ioEsts -iftGs IL Inafe confession to K1ri5n
oi her t'esfet'y, !le lrttg Gu tue sofa, feleutnR
s;efp, but bttoic see has = chauceto aake }arion
n.4i~.-pln herself Of c.ntc,sin thai Dcayt9A Is
nnrrne fu her. Then IN opportune letter Arryes,
announcing Lfdstsn'" dtaih. Taen the AA'He.,l4-
e sl:es 70 poison Aatkkapt, Int Is tawared by
lMht ia (Sliss GtTnutj tat raid, atul commits
eNc.tlc. Then AGstA6ll NaEr1cs Maroon, Aul
At.,t irnt.s the rest o! her days doing pelAnce.
the MUSEUM c'dnlany, and Ills tut simple JUS
lice io say that nsAe VI them seemed to b. ut
a'sMs In lndtat anu 'fete EeEy glad When theg
country aud the mu1iE0as contlitni, Of fne na-
ttves male Lad wnrk with grammar, with
lIe.tsr'r, and with action. III fa.t soulc ot tie
liurs NsFe htgree HolSc thau ctuctaw 10
mcMLsize- AsA Alien, l.s3e pAtt u the tine,
seen4t'i to te III brown study. and to be utterly
ri l"ss what 10 DO with Atrsclf, Keller looked
ba.Iis. Hlas,!cli was EuArlt4t ui' III ills ilues
large part ot the uu.e. Jennings ha1l part
utterly antagonisuc to hts s'E:s of assiau; aud
cvrnlue 10 have sn1cEest capital punishment,
noz4 only Tor his murders VI Eugl,sl-
p:.ly general struggled quite va1tantty, now
ever, w:sh theis tlepaAatinr sensati.n, aud thu
aut.!.Acr, WHICH was cutie d large one, sympI-
th.zeI s'th :aeni Ast.e wratteE Is quite coul
now there a1e hopes Tor the piece 4iu!iug the
x.rk- 1t will t,e r katetl tins Gstui1lg, aud
eluSe 4 ith !" TIT Gtpsy Farmer"
AsviCkKHS THEATRE
M:- Httih cttDnlenctu the secuuti Wcrk OF bis
sG4tt.n iast tyeE,I;E win his fHlIMT l.rs01atiu
nutsbess and character, was one or which any
artur might hnse been prnlii. We hare
already ,u.ii. .a'e.t our opinion uf his Hlm,a
the pt.iuru,arcc Ut last evening 4, cuaugr that
Oritlon. The business Of his prrsonauon was
Prstlsels The sane AS In pust tr',' seAsasiona.
Ha,nttf, II IS nevertheless peEsonatton wa!cn tB
we'll wO:th secinR, and well worth studs, as lie
has prepared It With s1iore elaboration ulin any
oiEt1 Of his roles lie viii repeat II this evenings
and, ilnm the apiea. .ncc Of the bO1 shect, We
certainly need NIL urge lhc patrons uf the drama
10 aticltL The cast Wig, IN some IT.
spects the same a. daring previous sea-
sons, MIs GoTru was the 2Hesz'' aud
Iii. BOOK 1nade = clever King, .,ut would have
made better Gho.t, while Mr. Whrtioek male
YcF{ harmless Gt0st, a.li Wpuu have made i bet
ter Fang Mrs. MtG1s was in her old ruft, that OF
Orjffa, une Of fteE best, and Mr. Myers, In Ldsf
IN fcassr1te hi- !sh. 10 sitll tas n anager li
the fOchBh old Fo{ohiou.. liz shuuld improve tbs
waFtl1oht In tho 1uat1er vi f#ay,aA- Mr. L0tMls
Nsn very tlAtf 3ior0fsu, anu Mr.. Stanley vety
Hoctt t;fnre Uag7<r. The a1tion OF The remainder
Of the cast NAA Of tl0t character, III Relation 10
| which silence Is Ep!fcn-
! uEAkEt,EH THEATRE.
| The MinsEels III cGmlue-ciur .aroiher weak At
| :e Dea1totn Thratrr were afflicted with AuDther
one 1T thuse houses which nect.sltalel every late
ctmer tu stnllti uIl. II WAS uiily REPETITION u
proeflMsnc Was an admirable oue. Tilt trst 80. 80.
| WIS I1ietc With gotd music an4l wit.:S1r. clos.
lug with The popular "f'aantnm Chnsus." The
| sttttal Part ujn MD with M~ss.s- Iiupan au,l
uIsaes ,n',icLse sl,rtsal'y. ideally ssa!i Ex-
l.ie- whhh, 4 tu1lrst., catnr tn f1r i:s ser;cs
n enea rrs. Therc ha" never t.en ncy-
| Thing n. exitavaxaniiy funny produced
ufon the m!nsistl siaSe .t1a this sHl: ant dance.
2nd lids far IL ilNrc run alm.st III snaaifuN.
1anhine, Cotton, l'art, amt Hughes ihinli,l III
Bthet1c quaTtsttr 10 f!re tune at tac "Threr Old
cFons." Which wns !ashetsc .enuarh tu create II
! aufh Iii The t1lts II slraih. Manning aud ltart's
/ "l1-t-ltGt1al Fastln rs" lk I'LL extravaganza no
nnc should LOSE. Such fishing, sacil hltGs, aull
furh Call Eerr n-rer hetu!n liown IN chic .Ru
'yaicls The performance closed with :le lanEha.
| Tie skefch vi .tl'hc STREETS 1t ChtcaE,,~ III.
>alne ti will he repeated this evening aud a the
! week.