, 1872-10-29
ADJUSTMENTS.
THE BARSABEE CONCERT.


The 1rst of the brief series Of Baruabee Con-
certs Was given last evening, at the Union Park
CONGREGATIONAL Church, with small audience
in attendance, the West Siders evidently being
nroof against the attractions Of the troupe,
which are Of no mean order. The organization
Of the troupe ia familiar to the concert-going
public-Mr. Barnabee, one Of the best buffo
basaos in the country; Ill. Fessenden, pleas
ing tenor dt grazia Miss Clark q fair contralto
with light agreeable voice; MrB. H. N. Smith,
an admirably cultivated soprano; and Mr. Ar
buckle, the wel1-known cornet player. The talent
is all from Boston, and, Of course, therefore, ia
intelligent and high-toned, it not brilliant,
but this fact did not suffice to bring out the West
Siders, and the performers had therefore to con-
tend against the depressing Influences OF one Of
those small but appreclatiye audiences which
encores everything. In addltlon to the other
wet blanketsof the evening was an apology for
Mrs. Smith, whose throat has succumbed to the
weather. but fortunately for the unity Of the
concert, although it involved material changes
in the programme. Mrs. Q. L. Fox, who has re-
Gently returned to this ety fT4m e
Ba1nabee delighted the audience With
BIS bsys comic n od Sasns r5e Rs 4ssssns hoss
parsphrase Of Hood's well-known + on
poem and 1.-THE Little Fat man and aaa, .Ine ae
which he has now sung about one thousand
times, Mr.. FessBenden sang HowRon's No
rah,' and Gottschalks characteristic :. Noun
se song rSesynS Ss aaSsa % S tba 5o5 5a ins
ssWhere 90 You, Lovely Maggie7" which. as
far as the words are concerned, is an adaptation
Of Ndrich's poem, Where Go You, Pretty
Maggie ?" Mr.. Fessonden's singing has nothing
special to commend it, except the purity OF his
high voice and the ere With Thleh sa me ne Rngg sngs
and "Listen, tits the Merry Sky Lark" in .
very pleasing and expressive WY, and
carried off hearty encore, for the
first, replying with the Scotch ballad
'hIy Heart is sair." Although Mrs. Fox sang M
all her numbers very neatly, the general ballad
opportunity Of appearing at her best. Mr: Ar
buckle played an arrangement Of the "Casta
Diva" and other themes from p" Norma, and
one of Leyy's hodge-podges, called the Young
breath wasted on it. In both these numbers,
hIr. Arbuckle's playing was not nearly 70 clear
and decided as usual, his best effort being
| USVeet Home" which was given for an encore
| Both he and his cornet seemed to have an epi-
zootc trouble The best concerted cert +ran number F
| the Mendelssohn four-part aongs, 20, Fly
| with Me-" ''The Hoar Frost" and "Oyer the
Crave" which form cyclus. With the excep-
| ton that the time Of the second was taken 2
shade too rapidly, the performance OF them was
exceedingly creditable and only left regret that
| the nroeramme had not contained more Of such
numbers. Hiss Clark furnished the accompanl-
ments of the evening in decidedly monotonous
style, and Mr. Flagler pre1uded the concert with
! some excellent organ music. Ihe secoAd con-
cert occurs at the same place On Ihursdaye7en-
ing.
| & 1KENs THEATRE.
The familiar play, "The Ticket-of-LeaVe
Man" mas produced at Aiken'a Theatre last