, 1873-01-12

leen Bawn," with the favorite Irish ballads.
" The Low-back Car i" Cruiskee1 Lawn, The
Boys Of Kilkenny" etc. Tho performance will
commence with the t,so-act comedietta, His
Last Legs" with Mr.. Collins in the eccontrio
character Of Felir 0CuNagtnn. During his Gu
gagement Mr. Collins will appear in his epeeial-
II, 6 Paul Clifford, or the Lost Heir"
.1TERs' OPERA HOUSE.
An entirely new programme IS announced BY
the minstreis at Myers Opera House. aud very
fine one it is, Judging from tho List OF attrac-
tious, among which may bo mentioned ''The
Young Scamp" with Ben Cotton as Old Sche''ser-
@ tons, % Clarence 81 % Bsrton as ii Epa and Mr. Eenble
as Williams :" Blinks and Jinks,' By Arling-
ton, Rice, surridge, and Postcllo IS The Boy Of
tho Period, By Rice, Arlington, ketnble, Sur
ridge, aad Fossel1e besides which Mackin and
and q double silver clog-dance; md the first
part is, as usual, full OF good things. Arlington
is underlined for benefit one week from to-
morrow night.
S11oS's AMPH1TnEATRE.
Professor MscAlhstor, the celebrated magi-
GENERAL GOSSIP.
It is said that DAILY is negotiating for Fech-
ter'B new theatre, which is now nearly COM
pletod, but will not be opened until February.
Days now Fifth Avenue Theatre, on Rroad~
way, formerly Or. osgood's church, will be
Eronch origin. called "Ali1e."
A New York reporter found young girl, not
get 20 years Ut age, who was, little while since,
q pet member OF Fisk's Opera House ballet
troupe, dying Of hunger, cold, and sos1ow, in \
tenement house, on Ch1istmas Day."
George Vandenhoff is so diegusted with his de-
tentions and break-downs on railways and SNOW
bindings generally, keeping him from his ap,.
pointments last wook, that ho has resolved
to quit lectures and readings and return to the
stage.
The wav some actors and actresses put in the
amount Of their losses when theatre burns
down, creates smile among tho initiated and
thoae who are behind the ecenes. How some OF
them ever became possessed OF the amount
claimed to have been loat, by the u1erclse OF
their profession, is conundrum difficult to an-
sWer.
devi1le in which Madame Fargueil will play the
principal part. It is called study Of American
manners, and is expected to be produced on the
18th OF January. It will be interesting to know
what II. Sardou has done with us; but il his
notiona Of America are like Bome Of his French
society ideas the piece will be startling.
Charles Matthews hnying arrived safe and
sound in England from his trip round the world,
has just concluded an engagement at the Lon
don Galety, and OF course mado speech. In it
he said:
s,,ca ~, n,,+ea b,ve r,,.v.d beyore tho oo,d.dc.
gers Of Auszala, the diamond miners Of California,
the Of tho far Neat, and the canuiba1s
Of the Sandwich Islands. At the Latter place pleyed
one night BY command, aud IN the presence OF Els
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sahls notentats Weighing about seventeen stones b.
fore back and brown multitude til Iae1y cannba1s,
apatter versus Chatter as much as few years ago
they would have enjoyed tho roasting Of missionary
Or ths baking Of baby And, after al these feats,
trot world Or as boevo It is The reht thing to say
On my native heath =
Mr. Charles MaJllton, the gynnaet, ofera
suggestion which ia certainly worth the coDsid-
Grafton OF theatrical managers. He says sub
f;ra1v nravant;nu fraa in fhaatrea ara 11ndiacov.
a' = - s;rannia so-aasnt;nr n;-,L. ~ tnlo,,
hv Thi.h At iaast A mart of Tho bnrninr hni]line
could be saved q any time. de argues tnat IN
the European theatres it is customary, in the
hours when the buildings are pnoccupied, to
aen.rata the stapa md the auf1itorium IL means
w;ro scraon ;n In r1.oa ~ 40
a. 9ro,, a,,xts;- VIII +t,;a sr-s,1e-nan+ a.
drop cultaln. MIA b1ls a4aabslAent, A.o
breathing out III the oody OF tho mouse, IS
checked On reaching the curtain, md when
fire occu1B on the stage it cannot reach the audi
American theatre buildings are a1chltecturalIy
superior 70 those OF EUROPE ana are 1ar more
been cnraif1cred Even admitting that tho wire
curtain would not wholly check tho progress OF
the dames, they could be more easily overcome,
and tue sense o. security arls1ng IRON II "ou1d
W " e'''en'r.,o. 1no.r,,c,, rco.o>,v
1yndor +h;a heod tho' Nav YnrIr E.ron;uo po.3
saws:
Il our theatres arc to take their turns at burning
down. the MANAGERS w nesd al the money they csn
able howeyer Tat he meeting Of theatrical manseerg
ut Walack'a Theatre, on Monday last was held with
na.e 1nat VIEW IN Tc eentIe
men present were Mes.zs. Lester Wallaek, Augustin
Day, Eawin hoon Jarrett, Wooa, Eschte1' s6ook
the city teatres Issues twelve hundred free checks Of
admission monthly to pessons Whose premises 1he
haf e.ch tTelye hunred tickets are worth 81 so Il