The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-06-27
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Cfamatlc anu opeTatic ItlfoiieT
Yours Truly has had much experience
in both capacities. She has been to two
matinees, and heard Edith 0'Gorman,
besides the OratOrio of Esther and one
of the concerts of the Great Vivian; she
has been to the circus and the State
Fair, and the Skating Rink and Sunday
School concerts, and Central Market
and-there. you can readily imagine
that she's no novice. But as you can
Judge her better by her productions
than her professions, suppose you read
the following fastidiOus critique as evil
denee that much unappreciated genius
turks In the soul of at least one school
girl:
The fashionable resort popularity
known as Orc Fino Theater was filled to
its utmost capacity last Saturday even
ing by fastidiOus audience of the elite
OF our city, to witness the third rendi-
tion for the season of the Oratorio Of
esther, the Beautiful Queen" Prom
inent among the actors in this Oratori-
cal drama was King Ahasueras, though
why he should be prominent, except for
the amount of bad whisky he drinks,
the horrid debauches he indulges in and
the Bachanalian songs he sings, depo-
nent saith not In the nineteenth CEN
tury Of the Christian era people set lit
tie store by kings, especially Ahasueras.
l This oil dofard an fba ,,lo,y hath II ba1
Prime Minister named Haman, Of
whom Yours Truly knows but little,
! judging from what she saw and heard,
except that he was a big-feeling, blus-
tering fellow, and a pretty tolerable
singer, who kept fair time with the or
chestra, and piled on the agony in the
right places. Queen Esther is fat and
dumpy and pretty. She does all her
has a bewitching row of teeth, which
she manages to perfection when smiling
at Ahasueras in response to his Erin-go-
Bragh-ish question, "What is it, Queen
Esther, and what is they req-U-a-s-t'n 'n
Mordecars white gown has fringe on it,
but as you, Mrs. Editor, promised your
readers last week to make note of the
costumes, and as this is merely a scien-
tific reportorial critique, I will make no
further comment upon the wardrobe of
anybody than to say that Mordecai was
not the only one who needed patent
calves. If one had never read the his
] forv of Ouaap E-cFhar onJ bod ,ba foot
never been known that she became the
wife of the old drunken debauchee,
Ahasueras, under very shocking circum-
stances, after Vashti, the real Queen,
had been deposed for reason very much
to Vashti's credit, we might look upon
the man who wrote up the drama, whose
name shall be nameless from the fact
that l have forgotten, if indeed / ever
knew it, as a marvel of historical accu-
raey. But the drama throughout is an
ingenious distortion of facts, and il some
body would set the historic incidents, as
they occurred, TO the same music and let
Prof. McGibeny and his chorus have a
swing at it, with Vashti as a prominent
participant, the new version would draw
prodigiously. (N. B. Yours Truly makes
no extra charge for this suggestion.
The Professor is welcome TO it, with the
/ further hint that the local reporter OF
the EreniT,g Neics would be an excel
lent adept in arranging the plot. }
Where was I? Oh, yes; Queen Esther
is like all other pretty young women
who have deposed old wives. She man.
ages affairs of State so adroitly that as
you watch the performance you are in
voluntarily reminded of little story
that used to be going the rounds Of the
newspapers. a certain man was elected
Justice of the Peace. The good wife
, was very much elated in consequence,
and paid very little attention 10 her
, more common associates, including her
children. One little boy looked her
, earnestly in the face one day and said,
Mamma, amt we all 'Squires? ?" ''Tutr
tut nor' the mother replied indignant
5 ly; "nobody's Squire but me and youl
: daddyr
The ''gallows fifty cubits high, "made
for Mordecai and used by Haman, ought
TO come in somewhere, but doesn't.
This critique is already too long, and
then, as don't know whether you will
appreciate it or not, it isn't worth while
to write further till do know.
My spiritual advisers, the Methodist
ministers connected with the Portland
, Academy and Female Seminary, die
not object to my attending the OratOrio
from which infer that Edith O'Gor
!, man converted them to theaters.
: y. Il. What is the usual pecuniary
compensation for first-class critiques
Please answer at your earliest option
and oblige Yours TRULY.
f PORTLAND, June 25th, 1873.
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