, 1874-05-12
THE OLD Fo1Hs' CONCERT.

THE OLD ro1ns' CONCERT.
The large and elegant audience which assem-
b!ed in Mccormick Hail last evening, upon the
oocaaion OF tho first Of the seriss of Old Folks
Concerts shows that tho public has not forgotten
their excellouco, and TINT the namo Of Caroline
Richings is still sufficient warrant that her con-
certs will ha all and more than she promieos.
During their last acason We gayo such do
tailel notice OF the variouB points Of excellence
in this remarkable troupe TINT 1t is needless TO
parlicularlzo at present. Suffice it that in point
OF vccalization, superb quality Of voices, aud
perfect harmony, NC lhyo never had a troupe
here that can eguni them. Tho GENT Of the
evenings entertainment wero the singing of
Barnby's Sweet and Low which Develops tho
roat capacity and perfect training Of the troupe
perhaps better than any other number in their
repertoire; Mrs. Barpard'B ''Old folks at
Home which Bho takes Us IN obligato solo, tho
voices forming an undoitone accompaniment in
splendld1y-drille mule quartotto. hlr. Browne
also entertained the audience in d triple encore
with ha inimithblo piano eccentricit1eB It will
be plcnaant announcement to oil lovers Of
music that on Thursday evening the troupe will
perform Nondelssohu'a magnificent oratorio OF
"St. Paul" Thls evening the programme will
be as follows:
L. 'so-rrom onsr0n In FURY n2na" :. sxnue,r,,.
9. Foure parte Tune" JosBie q Dameiai4e,"
Forre Of Ya Syugucrrcs
a Margery p1nshw,to
8. Piece on On ~ organe. ne.......;..; Ezekiel osesdo
:: + foass @ Psrss raas-' Eseaaas T~igat,a 1s
8. CLEO" Now by Days Retiring Lamp"
l, Vocal Symphony Tue Tyrol,n
=. NSsntay;'S 2sl9, aons. @ !. Thunder Storm.
T. soloe on ye Pyanoe ...... .perogriue Ponn!hoyes
3 A"syDsg,Dss faESsy hssfH5is: Eiisi:y
& S{s$s:sSs &s!isS
T. "bust S: Tl:oa Love h1s, siser lah,S 'sS''
JArn,.inta yalnloye.
g. Aud Lang syne I'm 80 odeu styc). .Ye syuggcrrcs
al'yIcKEn's THEATRE.
Maggie Mitchell commenced liar eecond week
last evening at AloVicAor'a Theatre, playing tn IN
though Of inflniro responsibility md apprecn-
tton. The house wos delightfully."- cooi: This
charm waa attained, however. at the saerloo Of
agreat deal of tLe play to some, for the runbing y
Interrupted Hiss Mitcho]l'n VOICE, or rathcr
Aemlned it III about the second TOW Of tho dross-
circle. Under othor circumstances, this would
hnyo bean trying. Lust evening there wore 80
for this week Is Miss hltchc1l's specially,
a Tanohon, tho Cricket" with the star in tlls
loading part. This play, ri matter Of courBe,
ablo III every otlor respect, possesses the defeot
OF a centralized Interest. It ia fa"chon, by
Maggie Mitchell, and little elae,-thnt little be-
ing alotter Tadet (Mra: Alon) and Landry Bar
Iaud Ar oNoi The latter aro merely rely fr.c,
n-csaential. As q matter OF COURSE, Miss
Nitcho!l's Fanckon IL as light and eccentric
charactor all 1t ever was Equally, Of courso,
| the lndy'a misfortunes Of voice aild delavory
mar it considerably. These dofocts aro becoming
more pronounced aud dsaEreoable ~ tlmo
pAsBos, and hnbits OF yeal8 gulla by become ir-
removable petrltaotiona OF manner. Fdnchon
hus become = atage institution, nnd M such,
COMICS round to Us ycar aftcr year, until wo have
all aeon It and syn1pathixod with 1t, and pro-
nouiiccd it clovar and forgotten all about it
until 1t comes round next season US Huvely as
| the tlics ana new potatoes Of early Bll1nInor.
But somehow our esthetto palato does not look
| doea to tho del1tsvo promise OF tho grocery,
va think we cannot have too much OF tho latter,
and ws tldgot and clear our throat and--well,
sss s,ta We tsay w. arc getting s, tts tirsd
institution, worry popular IN ltA dny, bnt,--well,
It's day has Ktne BY 1t "waa the abstraot aud
brief chronicle Of tho timo," hut that limo IL
the past now, aud the present generation docs
not case 40 much for the history OF tho drama,
or the stail responsibility Of its predcccssor,-n
Chicago at any rate. It wants to see aolnetAing
not very now, hut something equally distant from
the antipodeB, Of novelty-wllether actually no"
'Faucl,on " has not certainly boon aesn with 10
many pretty effects aud accessories ~ alr. D1c-
Wicker has llberally bestowed upon liz pEeseuta-