The New York herald., 1872-09-02
FoOtlight Flashes.

O"""''-- nIavs exit this week at Woods.
Ixionv at walacks with ali the at pre,ts sns Sowery
''The Red Pockctbook'' win open this week at the
Olympic
sThe Belsr are a-ringing at Booths till further
notice.
Charley White has bewilderins bill at his Athe.
Dan Bryant has new bill aad Fall costume
from worth's
Mrs. Macready essays shylock at tho Academy
on the 9th inst.
John E. Owens will inquire about that 'barr Of
apple sass'' at the Park, Brooklyn, this evening.
The San Francisco Minstrels issue cards for the
St. James every evening.
Mr.. Sothern is in town, looking nothing the
worse from his trip across the briny.
Emerson's California Minstrels black their faces
every night at Lima Edwin's.
The vegetable potentste is In full bloom at the
Grand opera House.
The Fifth Avenue Theatre will sparkle on Tues
day, for the first time this season, with "Dia-
monds"
.'The queen Of serio-comic vocalIsts,- Miss Annie
Adams, Is the new star engaged by Josh Hart az
The vokes have q testimonial at tho Academy on
Monday. In their line they may be called vokes ed
pyGte7ed nihH.
Mr. George F. Bristow has made arrangements
with the philharmonic Society for series OF four
concerts to be given at the Academy OF Music thS
season, each concert being preceded by three pub
lie rehearsals.
theodore Thomas Central Park Garden concerts
continue as the season advances, to grow In popu-
larity. Mr.. Thomas makes his usual musical tour
OF the cities next Winter, and has already organ
ized his stan The concert organization will COM
mence travelling the last OF September. II con,
% los four M double basses one harp one plccoio two
nutes, two 0boes, one co'r,et dngdfs, two claro-
nets, two bassoons four horns, two trumpets three
trombOnes, one tuba, kettledruns sidedrum and
bass drum. h'
The London Times thus referred to Miss Kellogg's
appearance at Drury Lane as Gilda, during the
40 nof flto vfo ava1
by Miss Clara Louise Kellogg ut Drury Lane Thea
tre, In 1868, the second year OF her appearance
among ua. Much and justly as her performance
was eulogized then, It merits praise st more unre-
stricted now. Perhaps without even excepting her
Linda, Gilda is Miss Kcllogg's most finished impers
musical point OF view. BY che dramatic sIgnin-
canoe which she imparts she endows the character
mratlon, and, indeed, so far personal appearances
has anything to do with the matter, more attract
I've W tp % most
n ever been seen on the boards OF the lyric stage.
According to her treatment the nnnappy na1gmter ,.
e native WgoaqTk wd ID c@ar%ps armcp sa nSssql gsea
ness something which causes people to believe
that Gilda can feel as well as sing Irue Veroi mas
given her ample oppqrtmnMes NnrsssayeS Cr s ae
20 Of % the siiussion . they
r. fr''e ssg SS' N more e about RSossso and It's mu
| sic at this time would be supernuous, nor
Is Il necessary to follow Mss Kellogg
to note the remarkable progress she has made, and
to add that her performance was equally good from
the nrst scene 10 the last-tho most rema rkable
points being the duet with Walter Made (the dis
guised Duke Of hantua, the beautiful soli!oquy,
caro- nSme' % tact g the exciting intsrvtcw be- 6e,
Duke, when, restored to her fathers arms the out
ragged Gilda narrates the story OF her nnocent
amour with the man whom she has supposed TO De
poor student, and, perhaps best Of all the scene
In act where the too-connding Gida, disguised ~
| male ATTIRE Is made cognizant OF the falsehood OF
| her imaginary lover to save whose life she volun1
| tary sacrifices her own. Nile. kell0ggs Giida, to
sum up, was success as unqualihed as u was nom
| orably obtained-without pretence, without show
without anything, In short, beyond an earnest de-
/ sire to do her very best"