Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-12-12
ADJUSTMENTS.
Oeutcher Rrndar.Rnnd

Deutcher Bruder-Bund
Tomorrow night, December 18th, the
Deutscher Bruder-Bund will give it
eighth annual ball at Cochran
all, Messrs. John Wendell, A
Goldschmid and E. Bale, who
constitute the committee Of ar.
raBgements, will conduct the enter.
tainment in the bappiest style, and dc
all In their power to render the evening
delightful to the numerous visitors and
participAtOrs who are expected. There
Will be large attendance and enjoy
ment for all. Tickets, one dollar; ladies
free.
Professor MuelIer'S Matinee.
Professor Muelier's matinee danssnte
ia his academy at the Memphis club
ball was largely attended yesterday. A
hundred or more little girls and boys in
neat attire engaged easily and gracefully
in the intricate dances which the genius
OF Professor Mueller has so thoroughly
enabled them 10 understand and appre.
ciate. The scene wss like unto q flower
garden on a floating islet, and every
mamma was made happy by the grace
OF her little darling. The entertainment
was very much enjoyed by both old and
young.
The Masquerade Ball.
Wednesday night, the fifteenth in
slant, masquerade ball will be given
ct Assembly hall, for the entertainment
81 the colored excUrsiOnists who sre ex-
pected here upon the occasion of the fes-
tival by the colored Knights Templar,
December 18th and l4th. The ball will
be q source Of much enjoyment TO the
visitors, who will receive polite atten.
ton and generous courtesies fIom the
managers Of the entertainment. The
reception committee consists of William
OdeBal, r. r, Church and Albert Fer
ran; the refreshment committee is Jas.
Armour, ]. w. Hudson and s ]. WAL
TOM foor-manageIs, Henry Hays, Ben
Campbell and Isaiah Lewis. Strict order
will be maintained.
Mrs. Bowers.
Mrs. Bowers commences her engage
meDt at the Memphis Iheater to-mor-
row night. The following is fIom the
st. Louis Republican Of the fifth, rels-
tive to this actress and her earlier life:
Her training has been most Eevere,
and her dramatic range is something
enormous. At its youthful threshold
stand Juliet, I" pauline" and "JuIia:u
on the tragic throne within the temple,
"Lsdy Macbeth" "Eiizsbeth,n and
Marie stuart" sit in state. All of these
and many others of intermediate stand
ing Mrs. Bowers embodies with fitness
and truth, and delivers with power, No
other living actress can show such a re.
peTtOire in the light of such honor as
che sheds upon it. Mrs. Bowers ia YER
satile, thorough in all she does, a con-
actress, and in many things
great. She has fought her way to her
high station by hard work and hard
knocks, and genius of industry, perse-
versnce and endurance-lodged |
In both brain and body
that could not be quenched, and whose |
Unborn destiny is certain triumph. Very
early 10 life she was "Mrs. d, p,
Bowers" on the bills, thus depriving
herself at the onset of the Fictitious aid |
which is nearly always invoked through |
the theatrical customs of announcing |
pretty stage features as "missesn There |
ale many who owe their first attention. |
and probably some of their subsequent |
successes Financial ones, but very i'm
pOrtsnt as basis of cor tinued work. to |
the patent Of unmarried titles. Mrs. d. |
Z. BoweTs-verF young and very beau
.iful as she was-despised even this
innocent eXpedient to attract attention
and win smiles, and apparently resolved
hat her success, whatever might be its
should be due to her rrofes-
'ional merits alone She was long
lime struggling to the front, but every
'tep she made was ground surely gained,
and she stood on it immovable.
Thus she conquered one city where
he lsbored for years as a STOCK
.ctress, and when she commenced her
'starringP career she had the same bat
lie to fight over sgain in every city.
She was compelled to overcome utter
neglect with the impression made upon
/ few, and thus wait and work until she
lad awakened crowded thesters to en-
husissm. This is the spirit of her PRO.
life and this is her history.
Many who elbow their way through
,rOUds to see Mrs. Bowers now, will re-
collect when she patiently, carefully
md powerfully played to few scattered
,dmiFers for several seasons in st.
louis. Her final and substantial
riumph should give others courage to
work. through obsrurity for the prize
hat inevitably awaits solid merit, earn
st endesvor Al genuine art.