The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-01
MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL NOTES.

Mark Twain is charitable. Last night he lee
tured for the benefit OF the poor Of Hartford.
Miss Howson has aroused the enthusiasm Of
Cincinnati critics with her good singing and her
| irrepresslble good humor.
st. Louis critics are iearully awaiting what they
call the "stage-speech criticism OF the crltics,p
from Dion Boucicault, who Will play in that city
next week.
Mrs. Oates who was mt the National Theatre in
Washington ut the time OF the tire, with her comic
opera company, lost the entire wardrobe and all
the properties used in the opera Of "FortuniO.p
She is determined however, to repair her loss and
have her company performing in less than week.
Mr.. J. b. Roberts, the Ihttadelphia Age says, plays
Mephstophe.es as "a hooking, seducing, impish
DEVIL" and thus deprives him OF some OF the
atramental attributes that had hitherto been
applied to him.
Z. L. Davenport played Sir Giles Overreach in
"A New Way TO Pay Old Debts' at the Chestnut
Street Theatre, In Philadelphia, Thursday evens
ing. The Age says the performance was "vivined
by flashes OF genius and bits OF nature, and the
concluding scene terrible in It's painful reality"
The character being SO difficult OF expression. few
actors have attempted to play Sir Giles Overreach.
The greatest tragedians have tried to make their
masterpiece. Booth and Kean rivalled each other
in it, and created great interest BY their perform
ances at the same time in London.
Rubinstein has found . couple OF remarkable
pianists in ST. Louis. At q private entertainments
at the Conservatory OF Music there the 22d ult.
the Kunkel Brothers played his "Fantasie" in =
style that drew many EXPLANATIONS OF surprise and
admiration from the grand artist. When they had
ended their performance Rubnstein SAID to the
pianists:-"Gentlemen, must make you the COM
pliment to say that this Is the best twopano play.
ing have ever listened to- and 1t il the first time
have ever heard my own composition performed,
except when I myself assisted. You have gwen
me q new and delightful pleasure, too. for now
see myself as a composer as well as per.
former" At his request the Messrs. KunKel re.
peated their performance, and he advised them to
go to Europe and give concerts.
ON Thursday evening a curious and startling
scene occurred at the Grand Opera House, near the
end OF the last act Of ''The Cataract OF the GAN
ges." One OF the horses, becoming unruly, be-
gan series Of plunges and gyrations, which ended
In his first balancing himself upon his hind feet
and finally performing . somerset which landed
him in the middle OF the orchestra to the terror OF
the instrumentalists and the damage OF the volon-
cello. An uproar was instantly created IN the
house. Men rose en- mdsse boys shouted and
women screamed and fainted. The orchestra
players vanished like mice through the doors be-
meath the fOotghts, and the rider Of the steed
managed to escape unhurt. The horse meanwhile
remained the sole occupant OF the orchestra, and,
after being somewhat quleted, lent refreshment to
the remainder OF the performance by a series OF
sounds that were probably the expression OF
equine amazement and dismay, and would be more
ineligible TO Mr.. Bergh or Mr.. Darwin than TO any
one e!se When the curtain fell there was a unanl-
nous "waitn on the part OF the audience, and an
obstinate disposition was evident not to bulge
until curiosity was satisfied as to how the animal
would be removed The audience last night was
very large, owing, doubtless to the pupc's desire
to learn whether the orchestra had been impro-
vised into stable. The leader, however, sat at
his usual desk; around him were ranged his melo.
dous satellites and how that horse was got out OF
the orchestra remains as much mystery as how
the apple gets into the pudding