The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-11-16
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OPERA MISUNDERSTANDING the
disagreeable weather of last night,
and the presence in the city of Dan
Rice's circus, the audience at the
Opera House was good, for it was
larger than the average of audiences
that most other troops have had.
The Daughter Of the Regimen"
was the first piece, and in it Miss
Putnam was, as usual, sprightly and
vivacious, and took the house by
storm, for her excellent representa-
ton of the willful, wayWard aud care
less Josephine. Browne, as Guilliot.
looked and acted the rolliokiDg soldier
perfectly. Lee,as Sergeant Scalade,an
Calder, as Pumpernickle. were each
worthy of praise; and Mrs. Nash's
acting, although good, would be bet
ter if she could but speak a little
louder, so SIS to be heard in the GEN.
trail part of the house.
In the Little Rebel. Miss Putnam
was completely ct home and although
the play itself is rather strained, she
made her character intensely anus
sing. Calder. as Poppeneourt, was
excruciatingly funny, and Miss Rem
lex, as Kitty Vinks, with her Bill
Jones across the Sea" made her part
most absurdly funny.
This evening, Miss Putnam appears
as FanchoD, and although her repre-.
sentation of that character differs ma
terialIy in its conception from the
great original, Maggie Mitchell has
found in Miss Putnam her only sue
cessful rival.
DAN RIoE.-Dan has gone, and it
is a source of regret that We cannot
say he had rousing house last night;
but two causes operated to prevent
the occurrence of such desirable
event. The first was the cold, raw
weather, and the other, the powerful
attraction of Katie Putnam, at the
Opera House. When Rioe's circus
was here last Spring, we took Oecas-
ion to criticise it pretty freely, and
the criticism, although not favorable,
altogether, was truthful. In speaking
Of this matter, Mr.. Crane, the ad-
vance agent partly admitted its
correctness. but accounted for
it by saying that the lack on
that occasion was due to several &C.
cidents that deprived the show, tenn
porarily, of its best attractions. There
is no such complaint to be made now.
The circus is about the best that
travels, and its company performs
muscular feats, that while they are
grace itself. are also marvels of
strength. The leaping, the trapeze
performance. the contortiOns of Fer
rante, the riding of Romeo, the bare
back riding of Sebastian. and, il fact,
the whole establishment is vastly in
advance Of anything that has travelled
through here for a long time. Of
course, the absence Of Dams moral
izing and political lectures deprived
it somewhat of its identity of Dan.
Rice's Circus, but his excellent man
agement was preceptible.
CARNIVAL OF NovELTIEs.-By the
accidental substitution of variety "
instead of novelty" in yesterday s
JOURNAL, the exhibition of Messrs.
Burt & Ridgeway, which will open at
the Opera House next week, was
made to appear very different from
what it really is-a collection of nov
elites, embracing Prof. Decaux, the
illusionist and ventriloquist, or man
with the talking hand, w. G.. Wares
Royal Marionette Troupe of animated
automatons, and sundry other novel.
ties. Mr.. George B. Hudson. the
agent, is in the city, making arrange
ments for their coming.