Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-01-11

lone: You're going into the front tonight, Ell,
20 yes, shan get a scat seat at the back of
the Boxes. hfs. Prodger's going With me.
She'stoo her dcket, and paid for Il, you know
William, Lie lady"
psndFees matron Of fifty, who had lpdgings ~
ss(Aestficals'' for the last twenty years.
"Terts, Lis, then; I'm of"
ITS t; early, William: There's the 'Millsr
III Don't believe nn play an Aour. You
ought to know what my benefit audiences are
the beasts before we begin, and Pm alway
little nervous on my ben Goodbye"
This WIS . mere conjugal excuse. The
theater to q man bred at the side-scenes Is his
club: The Herr preferred. smoking Ms pipe in
the free-and-easy atmosphere Of the dressing
room at the Queens to the tanner delights of the
domestic tea-table. He had very little anxiety
about his beasts. Joe Purdy, his factOtum, q
keeper who. had served his apprenticeship
With the great .WombwcI, had the custody of
7 The house was an excellent one. The boxes
were not, 20 well filed Is ON that memorable
night at Manchester, which Herr Prusinowski
had described to his friends; but the pit was a
seething caldrOn Of humanity, the gallery look
ed like wall Of eager faces piled one upon the
other to the iron roof. The ssMiller and hi
Men" was performed almost in dumb show, O
see med 80 70 be, though the leading tragedian
self hOarse in the character of GrindOff, with a
faint hope Of snatching q stray leaf from th
crown of wild olive which would be cast at thu
feet of the liOn-tamer by-and-by.
GrndOf did not bate a syllable of his part or
the minutest detail of his stage business not
stamp of his russell boot, or soowl of his
company, less enthusiastic, scamped their work
to the best Of their abilities, and the drama was
raced through in one hour, ten minutes and
seven seconds by the Prompter' Is chronograph.
a rfura ft,Q vlrnx
Horse"-during which the audience cracked
nuts and became momentarily more excited;
and then the act-dr0p rose to slow music of
soul-appaling character. and revealed Brown,
Jones and Robinson picturesquely grouped in
the stock primeval forest.
There was pause. The house applauded vo-
cifer0usly. There was something stirring i'm the
notion that these three unfettered beasts might
leap into the pit at any moment. 1t was quite
pleasant enthusiastically for the gallery.
and stretched himself out as if for slumber, With
the air Of having been untimely disturbed from
his after dinner nap. Jones, who was Of'a lively
An imaginary fly. Robinson stared full at the
audience, rs If he really did understand and APP
preciate their plaudits. -.
The music quickened, broke into a stirring
full orchestra, the liOn-tamer bounded on to the
stage striking figure, broad-shouldered and
a scarlet girdle round his waist, and a ieopard's
skin over his shoulder. =
There was good strong Sheffield knife i'm his
belt, but he had no appearance Of being armed.
His reception was tremendous. He stood bow
Ing and moving his lips in vague murmurs, with
an air of being quite overcome by his feelings,
for nearly five minutes before he could begin
his performance: His eyes wandered all round
the house with the gaze of calculation, till they
grew suddenly fixed. glaring at the stalls.
Now the stalls at the Queens Theater, Spin
cum at its best was not an aristOcratic town. and
the Queens was not the aristOcratie theater OF
Snindlccum. Except on a mayors bespeak or
tenanted But there they were, two long rows
OF partftioned seats, covered with dusty red
Tonight there were three people in all the
length and breadth of them-two Faded looking
elderly women m opera clOaks at one end, and
In the middle, IN a position that commanded
with cadaverous face, prominent iight-eray
eyes, and iank reddish hair, carefully dressed in
full evening costume.
with his arms folded on the back of the scat in
front OF him-he was In the back rowland his
eyes Fixed ON the h0n-tamer. For the moment
the sight Of him seemed to turn Rudolph Prus-
inowsk1 70 stone; 1t was the man ne had been
The cold sweat broke out upon his forehead;
6ut ne stamped his foot savagely, angry with
gan his business with the uons-standing upon
their backs, riding round the stage upon all
three at once, leading them through Kind of
of quadriiles, with eariands Of paper roses. and
otherwise lisportins with them, the red 'Iss;reJ
man in fine stalls wstchinc his eyerr woran,a,,t
and every movement Of tRe animals hreathiSSs
iy, and never stirring ,Ly a hairs breadth from
his attentive attitude. or turning his eves ava
from the stage. ~ ' """!
Then came the feature of thu nvan;,o , al,
ole cambat het,reen Hnrr prns;,orrsLt aSst d.,
snson--who was saescribed i'm the ,Iii,s h. NJ thn
way, as .Moioch. the royal brindled ion p spe
se,,fsd Tn IIarr Prus;no,YsLi h n,,a 81 y
Xrtncess of the pmn;a~,Saty Sme . "a 'ne nauve
the Herr draooeT asmoder fI,a aniroei,s ;a, OIL"
and p,t his hes5 iIto fine red-hot inoLina mo,+b'
To-nighf. i'm sn;te of that deadiv ferrer wb;ch
had come mon the Herr af de s;bt 81 TIT n
detested spectator. eyerything Vent smootbiv
enonoh Rohinson ofheTwise Mo,och Lc,t ~
fenrser snfsared his laws to he onened 70 thnis s
widest extent and The ta,ner:s head 70 ramoaa
mon his tonone as on n niJIow for half Sd,on
seconds or 80 and the curtain came down TO 70
ciferons annlause hut when .tl,e Lens &C., W.
called for there Was no res,,dnse The nr"mnta r
found hin, Teaning aUainst one M The ,.;,,sS
White tn the iins "e'' '-0 - 'A' WINGS
..Di,I xou ever see a man tre,nbleo., he asked
i'm a voice that shook so much As to he searceIy
inteliioiLle ..If Won want q, see one IooL OF
me y "" "'''' " ''0 o"e' io0A a.
He vas shatino in averv limb lita man
str;cken With ao,,s " wy ,"' INV A'"'
s.Whv ,v6at;s the rattar Cul,vo,, asLaa tbo
With more frien.Iiiness NJ tone tI,an
elegance of dictjOn. ..They're caliinO for Won
-o -o~ ~"