, 1875-05-02

Ihe comedians, Emerson. Cot*oAss 4a'1J A'4.u6
ton, aud Billy Rice, constitute the strongest ar~
raw of minstrel taieut upon the stage in many
yeArn It Ia question whether Emerson ie NOS
the beet nesro-mnstrel in the country. and the
party with him certainly is worthy 81 81 SHINING
the honors. John Kenble aud " Attie Mao
axa in their respective departments oqualfy OK
cellent. Tho vocnlists are all more or less wel
known, Aid the orchestra composed OF Atasts
~ho have already made their mark.
NEW COMPANY.
Mr, Salisbury, the heavy man Of Hooley's, has
Organized company to travel in tho provinces,
consisting Of himself, John Webster, Nellie
McHenry, and others. They will sing Light
burlesquo operas and play farces and hight
comedies. They open tomorrow evening at tho
Adslphi. where they play one week, &no taeo
start out On their summer travels.
R1sTonL
Tho pre-eminent t1agedienne Adelaide Ristor,
Who has been nemo1ably welcomed IN every
capital OF Europe and America, ia now making
farewell tour OF tho world, prior to abdicating
throne on which she has reigned for manyysars
the unchnllenged Queen Of Art.
Tne extraordinary success attending Madame
Ristori's vieies to this country forms one OF the
brightest cnapterB in tho atory OF her brilliant
career, and rightly approaching the cordial sen
timents Of the American public towards her she
las, OF course, included the Unitcd States
in the programme OF 'her farewell
eneaeements, The Ristori season in this city
will commence at NcVicker'B Theatre on Monday
next, HAY 10, and will continue for hTe nights
and one matinee. During tho season, Madame
Mstori will appear for the first time in Chicago
as Marie ArhoineHe and Lucretia Borgaa, and
viii also enact in English the famons sleep
walking eceno from ''Macbeth.' The present
Ristori Dramatic Company is the most perfecs
With which the renowned t1agcdienno has ever
been associated and among the srt'a1s H., WI 8 %
duc:ion Of Mme. Ristori's dramas will be ldenti,
cal IN mise On scene in cast OF characters, and
the land Of the rising and che setting sun WILL
vituesB performances us complete as those
which have recently excited TRANSATLANTIC ID
IMITATION. Ths enormous outlay required Tor
pictorial mechanical, and minor properties. com
bjned with the difficulties Of transporting from
Contineut to Continent there vast accessories,
would daunt any one but Adelaide Hsto7, whose
courago is comparable on'y 10 hor genus @ ~,
Francisco Fiqcro is news: 4'1a Chicago the
furoro created by tbs tragedy queen WAS some
thing unprecedented. We have 1t from rella~
ble eyo-ritness that those turned away from the
| doors Tere to bo counted by the thoueande
| What the excitement will be here nous verona
TIE DIFFERENT HAN1ETs-
| Mr.. ". s. Gilbert has written q burlesquo IN
Fur, entitled "Rosencrantz and Gui1denstern,' =
which is full o: point and humor. Hero are .
few lines &pTGpO1 V1 t11o AAAAoAV4s ot1A~o 3AA
which the much played Hamlet is presented to
| the public:
| Oph Alas au betrothed!
Ros Batrothed7 TO whom.
oph- To Hamlos!
Ros Ch, inconprehenstbIo-
Thou lovot Hamlet
| nnh Now, said not 10
I said we were bctrothed-
! Guild And what's he Hke7
! oph- .. 4his for no tFo seasons At = nioe.
t sometimes hes tall-6ometimea hos very eho1s-
| Now with blatk 1afr-now with hs1en Wig
| So1r etuaea IN English accent-then tIancn-
| Then English with strong provincial b0tr.
Once an Aucdcan and once Jew
| But Danish nrer, take him how you Will
| Aud strange . say, whste'er his tonsno may b,
Whether he's 1Ark OF r6a1en-Eng1ish-frsnch-
Though weJain Denmark, 4 D., ten---si1-tWo-
| He always dresses as King James tho FirstI
| Guild Oh, ho Il aurely mad
| Oph. we'll shefe ae;a3a
/ THAT he's the sauest far Of Ill ssne men
| Some that hes really sane, but shaDaming Inad-
| Sono that hes really mad, bqt shanming sane-F
| Gome that how'll bo Dand-some that he was-
| sume that hecouldn't be. But On tbs whole
"A far as On make ont what they mc3n}
The favprite !heory's something like this:
Hamlet il idtotically zane,
{ With lucid ins1vals Of lunac5-