The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-20
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The Charity Matinee AZ tho Gran Opera
House Yesterday.

House Yesterday.
An entertainment which would have seemed
long had IL not been In most respects excellent
was given at the Grand opera House yesterday
afternoon. The cause was charity, and In that
holy name several thousand people conspired to
I'LL the beautiful building and q number OF the
most popular actors in the city gratuitously gave
their services. More than this several Of the per-
formers consented to act In Q unique individual
capacity, and those who deferred purchasing their
tickets until yesterday beheld the amazing and
never to be forgotten spectacle OF MI. @. L. Fox
omciaung at the ticket window as grave as lord
chancellor, as sober as . Judge, bis features pale
with financial sagacity instead Of bismuth
and profound and touching tragedy Of
demeanOr which meant and only could mean
business. We have seldom beheld q more i'm
pressing tableau. Mr.. Fox's costume was that OF
evening fun dress. and in the lett lappet OF his
coat ne wore q seductive sprig Of flowers, evil
IDENTITY placed there by the fair Victoria vokes. We
have never seen man in trying position labor
ing under fuller sense OF vast responsibilities. 1t
ia easy to believe that "Humpty Dumptyn and
"HcOry Dckory Dock" were clean forgotten In
this direct personal correspondence with an ad-
miring public. And how Mr.. Fox did handle the
pastebOards With what overwhelming and
plantive gravity he assured US ali IN turn that
had the best seats in the house, and how we all
came away with that approximation that verges
on disappointment at discovering we haven't been
duped. And then how pleasant 1t was TO deliver
original Jessie vokes, and receive q smile and
bow In leturn-sO different from the avarlcious
grab gran which Your average doorkeeper gives, as
though ne were disappointed ct not having an ex-
case for putting you out. Next thing IN order was
the purchasing OF bouquet from Miss Victoria,
VINO occupied dais Immediately inside the gate,
with what Lord Dundreary would call Q mice
policeman" beside her, like knight In attendance
be not 10 make too critica remarks before, during
or after the purchase, for Miss Victoria snapped
You up 90 beautifully and toted you and your P%ny
such merciless roRuery. that It was as much as
your lie was worth 70 be anything but meekness
dals stood Roslna. that nashing satire on the, mod
ern scullery maid. distributing play bills with
tongue, that When 'S you tf'e passed on 1t was
dincult to know whether you had got a
programme or saueicnsr We can Imagine no
than these three young ladies. Their aptness,
ento and good humor gave all the necessary
or q lack Of kindly feeling. We have often seen
money collected IN churches, but never more
necessary to say much in regard to the perform.
ance An lnstalment OF the Fifth Avenue com:
sSe
vokeses transacted 'The Bellies OF the Kitchen"
icai In extravasancss Of this description; the
Rigl sisters danced very gracefully in q little
NEUROLOGICAL ballet, and the entertainment con-
cluded with the last act OF "Rlchard ILL.," with
Fox as Richard and Frederick vokes as Richmond.
new points in ths tragic assumption. We
have never previously known 30 much
made Of the dream scene IN the tent
and We had no Idea that such intense mental
agony could be expressed Dy the simple expedlent
Of doubling up the body into the shape Of a ball
and irantically endeavorng to climb over the head
OF the couch Mr. Fox evidently accepts mystery
as one element OF the sublime, and knew that he
certain whether this glotular attitude OF the trunk
and limbs were new Psychological revelation or
the exponent OF acute stOmachic disturbance.
But, aside from this dramatic triumph, Mr. Fox
has added the last touch to his achievements as
treasurer by furnishing US with the following
statement OF the gross receipts and receipts in de-
tall
For tickets sold. sN 90
Miss R0sna's DR. ogra ............ 1885 s.
Miss VictOria's sale of flowers 81 b5
eaaie eDtsa t he rate 90