, 1873-02-16
with the msnagers, are By these gentlemen
looked upon IS their right"

with the managers, are by these gausiemel
| looked upon as their right,
Appletons' Journal answers the question
"Who deserves hissing?" by saying: SAT thu
theatre let them Indignantly hiss the musicians
who como stumbling noisely into their places Il
the midst OF the important. scene at the close
| Of each act. Let them HAS late Corners, who
leedlessly hustle into their Seats to the disturb
ance Of the whole assembly; hiss the men and
| women who rush from their places before the
play il over; hiss, rolentlessly hiss, the chas-
ter1ng and noisy groups so often assembled IN
the private boxes"
It will be remembered that after tho burning
Of tho Fifth Avsnne Theatre the company re-
ceiEed no benefit, contrary to CUSTOM: This was
evidently the desire Of the members Of the COM
pany, for, after the opening OF the new theatre
on Monday night Mr. Daily found in his private
office i beautiful clock, worth probably $500.
Seeing tho striking piece Of property, and sup
posing it had been put there by mistake, he was
on tho.point Of ordering it away, when his atten-
ton was attracted. by the inscription plate, on
which he read: sPresented to h(T. Augustin
DAILY, by the ladies aud gentlemen OF the Fifth
Avenue Theatre Company"
The New York Herald OF the 8th inst. contains
the following obituary notice:
Joseph Pentland, the veteran and widely known
American stage clown, died in New York yesterday,
tue 1sh nst1t, !: the hour Of o'clock In the fore
noon He was carried OF BY attack Of aoyere dis
ease which finally eed tho workings Of bran which
in morn youthful days prompted him those profess
slonal demonstsatons Of fun, huror and Quaintnesa
young folks. aud made children of iaroer pTnt r. 4
laugh Ut moments when the actor himself has been in
reatity sad at heart Joseph pcntland Old Josn uas
native OF Boston, He made his first appearance new
York years ago ut Niblo's Garden, in conjunction
with Cookies koyal Circus. In 1871 he connected
with equestrian establishment known as the AM
phitleatre and afterwards sppeared in Phiadelphia
in 1S4j. Since that time ho won the foremost rank
among equestrian clowns aud waa for years the most
popular aud successful Of them He travelled extern
sirely with many different companies md last of ALL
appeared with Lents Circus, in Fourteenth street,
from which he retired during the season before last,
his faculties having been rendered unreliable by SOFT
pnpa S % Howe cahnss a .na as I'D
been In the 9how business all his fs. H. was former
ly proprietor and manager Of circus. He was very
correct In his department and speech, and wra
Uaion. '''>@ 40 - |14'
TIE RAnnY DESEF1r.
Mr.. Thomas Barry. portion Of whose career
AZ manager and actor was identified with chica-
GO, on the 7th inst WAS the recipient OF grand
Testimonial benefit at the hands Of the citizens
OF Boston, the past generation Of thoatre-eoers
being present III large numbers. The receipts
weEo very large, and the occasion a complete
success. Upon the first page Of the programme
were the following lines: " Complimantary
benefit to Mr. Thomas Barry, for forty years
connected with the Boston stage, on Friday
FUustumque ST."
"rhis was the noblest Roman of themall
His life w.s gentle, and the elements
So mi1l in him, that Nature might stand up,
And say to al the world, This wa =; man ;"
The entertainment opened with Cherubinis
overture to ''Anacreon" aud ''Auld Lang Syue,"
By the orchestra, and tho curtain then lifted on
the screen scene from the ''School for Scandal
in Which Mrs. Thomas Barry, Alr. Allen, Mr..
Floyd, Mr. Sheridan, and Mr. Harkins appeared
In response to the persistent applause Of tho
audience, Mrs Barry then came before tho cur
tain,. conducted By Mr. Booth: Mrs: Barry
and withdrew. Alr. Booth remained. and said
that Mrs. Barry had intended addressing tha
audience herself, but Ind finally concluded to
assign the duty to him, and in her behalf he
read the following letter from Mr. Barry:
BOSTON, Feb. 7, 1s7a.-J- 3. BoorH, Esq.--My Dear
Sir: Confined to my chamber by painful maiady, I
regret to shall bc unable toappear before my Kind
friends this day, to thank them for their generosity to
seek out some Kind friend to do the office for me, and
respectfully solicit the favor at your hands, Forty
zens received me kindly, and tint kindness has not
deserted me for snglo moment OF the past I can
duties to the public both ss man and manager,
aud that have not altogether failed the tesi-
1nonial benefit Is u convincing proof. But enough
heart. To the kind friends who conceived and
brought to such successful termination this tes-
ti1l0nial, my grateful thanks offered. To the
propretors Of the different papers, and their ass.s
ants, my grateful Acknowledgements are due. To
the artats OF the different thcares and the gentlemen
of the orchestra, offer the thanks 0. grateful
heart. To the officers and atdrnes Of this establish
I2ent, who go kindly volunteered to mid their old
agcr pro1Ier thanks. TO the talented young lady,
31as Nelson, who kindly stepped forward to assist
stranger my gratitude is prouezed and though last,
not least, str, to yourself, lessee Of the Boston,
Theatre, who hate generously given the Of your
house free Of charge Mr.. Cheney proprietor Of the
Globe, aud Measrs. lstcl. 4 Stesou managers OF tha
Howard AthenRum, who all generously came to my
aid, profer grateful thanks aud Acknowledgements
To and all who have generously volunteered
their aid, present my thauks. Mag the OF p=os
pcriy shine upon them af. A1ar their happiness ba
Is unbouuded IS my wishes- Respectfully youra,
THOMAS BARRx.
Miss Nelson followed, reciting Tcanysou's
70 Charge Of the Light, Brigade. with great d1e
and spirit, aud bringing down the house in
storm of applause. Mr. Craig's burlee1ue OF
i Camille " was next upon the programme, and
sas given with the Bame cast as at the Craig bon;
,ht. aIr. Couldock's appearance being prevent
I'd by illness, Mr.. Aldr1ch's recitation OF Tho
Eridge OF Signs " was moved forward upon the
and preceded Maf}itts scr;es of tab-
eattr entitled ''Tho Comauches, or The Pcrils OF
Frontier Life" in which NIattt:, Bartholomew,
nd others Of the Howard Company appeared.
fhe entertainment concluded with the musical
,urletta of "Jonuic Liud, introducing aa Jenny
Leau4e7Iungs Miss iTary Shaw