The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-04-27
The Entertainment at CampbeIIs-
vile.
A Carnival Of Beauty, Talent and
ChiYany.

tainments it has ever been our good
fortune to attend was the one given
by the young ladies and gentlemen
Of Campbellsville on Friday eve
ming, the 21st inst. The programme
which we had seen prior to the per-
Torrance was suggestive Of very
pleasant entertainment and our
knowledge Of the capacity of our
| Campbellsville friends to exhibit
dramatic talent led us to expect
something above mediocrity. But
the performance itself far exceeded
our expectations, which were, of
course, tempered by knowledge of
the difficulties under which anna
teurs had to labor. We found our
self constantly forgetting during
the evening that the majority of the
performers were mere novices in
stage ways and had assumed their
roles with thai Mountaineering
which naturally follows embarrass-
ment. Both the ladies and gentle
men seemed to hare an accurate
conception of their parts-a Sc
rene compOsure and an inimltable
saUoir faire peculiar to professionals.
The academy in which the enter
tainment was given is capable of
comfortably seating $50 persons
and it was densely packed with a
brilliant audience at a very early
hour in the evening. By the time
the performance commenced stand
ing room was not to be had, al
though it was in great demand. At
precisely o'clock the performance
opened with the beautiful tabIeaux,
'My Maryland" in which each
Southern State was represented by
young lady. The lovely Miss
JENNIE Y-Y, whose beautiful
face was shaded the while by that
melancholy expression which the
character required, impersOnated
maryland" The charming little
charade entitled "Matrimony" fol
lowed. The character Of the SOU
brette, 'Katie," rendered by Miss
SALLIE Y-Y, was one of the best
pieces of amateur acting we have
ever seen. DR.. HERBERT as Dennis,
a young valet whose brogue smack
ed strongly of the land of the sham
rock, brought down the house with
his inimitable comicalities. The
Misses Y-Y, Miss CALLIE Tx,
Miss NOBLE Ell and Mr.. J. T.
LOCK sustained their respective
roles in the happiest style. cupid
Bound an exquisite tableau, fol
lowed the charade, after which the
delightful charade, "Many slip
'twixt the cup and the lip" was
rendered in effective style. Mr.. J.
LOCK, as ''NIr. Peppergrass," delini-
ated the strong points in that ex-
ceedingly facetious gentleman's
character in capital style, while
Miss CALLIE VT, as Patti" the
Landlords Daughter" evinced
great talent as coincidence. After
the tableau, killing two birds with
one stone,' the laughable little
farce entitled "a Mistake" followed.
The lovely Miss SALLIE R--A as
Miss Septina Simpkins, a lady of
questionable age and unquestiona-
bic matrimonial aspirations, and
Miss MATILDA CT as Dora Cur
It's, made decided ''hits, while
AIessrs. W. A. Lock and II. A. Eng
L1sH, the former as Dudley Butter
ram and the latter as DR.. Bently,
won a liberal amount of that com
modify which is called the food of
actors; viz, applause. The beauti-
full charade, cinderella" was Ger
tainly one of the most attractive
features of the evenings entertain
ment. The beautiful Miss Anna
HI, whose glorious eyes light
up one of those Madonna-like faces
which we rarely meet in real
life but often see painted on the
shifting canvass Of a dream, imper-
sonated the charming Cinderella in
a manner so delightful that our ia
cetious friend and correspondent
"GooBER, who was sitting near US,
exclaimed, "If the Prince don't mar
~ her whether the shoe fits or not,
twill have him hung for numbering
good taste. The screaming farce,
"Getting a Photograph" was next
performed. The character OF Josh
ua Rcece, the Country Cousin, i'm