, 1875-11-07


wright could have conceived. So. also. his rising
on tip-toes and shouting over Virgae's head the
,sithering remark, ''Wlat is m aching tooth to
an unSrnteful nephee OF the supporting
parts. two-Mrs. Prof. Cad,oallader and Cruna-
pets. the servant-were played as we'll as by the
Fifth Avenue Company. These parts were as
suned by Mrs StoDeall and Mt. Seymour. The
Eugenia of Airs. Murdoch, the Fargle OF Miss
Moore, the Bob RuggIes Of Mr. Gossin. the JACK
Lp1ner Of Alr. Moriarty, and even the De Haas
ceived and executed AS much cannot be aald
for the Ar. Caduahader Of NT. Wa1dron and
the Mrs. Cadtoallader Of Miss Carol
TIE NEW CHICAGO THEArnE
was given up last week, and will be again this,
to the representation OF ''Jane Eyre" BY the
Charlotte Thompson Combination. There Is no
doubt that Miss Thompson herself has ser1ous
defects Of manner, which are probably growing
On her fast all the tlms. Her presence on tne
stage is agreeable, and her movements are es-
ceediugly graceful. She errs in overstra.ning
the text of the play, giving it A. times = sIatou
and lackadalsalcal meaning; Inc "oiat '.t ha;no
bombastic enough in themselves w1tnous pe!ns
perverted from their original and PLAN sense'
Miss Tnompson would g1yo q much better I'M
personation Of Jane Eyre if she Wonlo mane .Io
cha1 acter neither silly schoolgirl nor ma"K-
ish, sentimental gorerness. Inc otner u'em.
bers Of the companY-%tsn PAM +hn camedian' sno ; Mr.
Nallsce-are mediocre timber Thoroughly
seasoned and fitted in their places. Inc en1oya-
hle entertaipment which the company Succeeds
in makiue out of - Jane Eyre" shows the az
vantage Of thorough drill ana per1ecs lanltu.a.yy
with play. .sJane Eyre" as already announced.
will be continued this week. Then Will come tne
Kelly l. Leon Minntrels, who are to occupy the
ball for an indefinite period: Ihere IS an inoen,
nlte]y little az well rs an indefinitely great; ana
nobody need be surprised it Kelly Icons
career in tie city should provo to be of the
former variety. Tho troupe at Hooles'5 now
occupies all the field for minstre!sy there Is IN
the city, anu more too. Wnat Kelly d Leon
who ara no longer popular IN chicago, CAL oo
here remains to be seen.
SOME QUESTIONS oF GRAMMAR
4 notable peculiarity Of Mr.. hlcVicker'e stage,
and one which should be corrected forthwith, is
the pronunciation Of the word depot with
short ..e" and the accent on the first syllable
Every actor and actress in the company 's
taught to use this pronunciation. There is no
authority for it sincs Knowles, in 1885. Neither
Webster nor Worcester gives it; the analogy OF
the language does not teach it; aud it is abso-
lutely inderensible- The word may be pro
nounced With an indistinct ''e" and tho accent
on the last syllable, or with long 80" and the
accent on the first syllable. There il no other
recognized English pronunciation. a ftencn
adaptation would require long ~" IN the first
1;r*1 1i1c , =; - Tho f3;o pon.x7a ', The nro-
,,r,c;sr;n, If A.cas s-siz with long "a :" and tho
accent on tie second syllable, instead Of with q
short "a accented. 11 the same pay, orc o.
the ieaalng cpa!acses ,, 49, =; othina hs.
tween she aud Mr. RuggIes As there are many
unfortunate people in Chicago rho form their
conversation after thkt Of the stage, too much
care csnoos % e1eic'seu ~ lu"s ast.n,;o, " Tba
ana com.non EEsaI,a E!aull - ,,se. ha sdm;ttaa -
P,aetc9 ~ ~ teAoA = ~ 00' ~
genetaAs eo'iee'' ~
L1sPET AT THE ADFIfH1'
Mr. Grover has put this unfamiliar though not
.n+;ra1r pew nlav m the boards in handsome
s..1a 80 Ia dnsarres tta nacnni.rv ratnrns
AAa .-:s~ ~ ~. -,;a,a - n;oh,v aars..
which ne Is reaplng' Ing piece 10 u*u's '7os"~
tional and contains many oppo1tohl1le6 1or
scenic effects, all Of which are improved Some
of the incidents will remind the casual OBJ
server of thnt familiar favorite of the
others sugrest plvr1ad OF pieces IN which
thev i,va fee3 nsed. from time immenor1al,
tx,s{ nnra nr ieaa euccess. The setting in IS Lis
nat il ali that could be expected. Several per-
eonz ~ consi,]erable renutstion hare been es-
E,oc;,11v 1oco M enoared and thav do What fails to
Recians ~ r,,n1. tidal,v and a. -nestnesa.
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fE1aA A1aA's AA!Ae -
MIR. RegAney's e1hloltlon OF fap'o o1a"lng a'
the Athenaum Friday evening was very fully at
a1 &rfiatirAi1v ro0HldHTHd.
11-..~-..-. ~ .-1,, e-,,, &bo ax+ra,na
ao'e pef'osmaoeo w. 10y =. 4 49, o-as,,nnt
rapidity OF the execution oas from Tue e1ce''ens
quality of the draughtmaoship IN many OF
tha figures. There are very few artists
in the Country, perhaps not one other. who COM
bino great facility with such artistic skill. Not
lees thau thirty or forty figures were produced
durine tho evening Of great variety Of sub
iecrs. from the colored voter to Count Won Biz
marck, many OF them on q very large SCALE
dravn IN brown paper in black, white and red,
with the greatest freedom and effectiveness
No one Of the figures occupied over three mlp-
nt.s and MANY Of them we're confined to leas
thsn one. Perhaps the most remarkable for
ah;Iitv uas tho Dance OF the Monarchs or,
tho Power Behind the Throne" in which, in the
space Of ten minutes or less: nine Of the princl-
pal soyereigns of Europe were drawn upon
strip Of paper some 10 leet long 1epteaonteu a.
joining hands ana oanclog 10 .ne e"as!5 a5
~ ~ ~ Er.a and Kaiser william at the
other, with Queen Victoria, Alfonso, the
Pope, ETC., between "n11e tlSnatch, ssA1eu
upon pafrel OF eunpu9"uol 'a - ~ 1;1a tfs,o
e1tion ior sae"tns an1 % facss eIaente in
lass tbau minute apiece, we're admirable. Sew
eral drawings of animals, kittens, and pigs,
each made in two or three seconds. diverted the