The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-08-14
LONG BRANCH.
AN ENTERTAINMENT AT THE WEST END-FAsrr1oN

AN ENTERTAINMENT AT THE WEST END-FAsHIoN-
ABLE ATTENDANCE IMPERIAL FAMILY
LONG BRANCH, August Ia, 1875.
The feature at the Branch to-day has been parlor
entertainment in the afternoon the West End Hotel
in aid Of the building fund of the Catholic Church Mr.
Daniel Dougherty, of Philadelphia, gave series Of
Rotations assisted by Mr. George Hoey the third
of Mr.. John Hoey. Both entertainment and In a
pecuniary point of view the affair of the
successful that has been known at the Branch for
years. There were probably over thousand tickets
sold, and the fine parlors Of the West End abso
utely crowded with fashionable audience of
nearly 500 people, while the windows and doors
gave evidence that the inside attendance would
have been much larger had space permitted Among
those present the Presidents wife family the
President himself having left for New York on the
afternoon train route for Chauauqua county; Alger
Sartoris and his wife, the latter looking delicate
but preter than ever; Mr.. Thomas Murphy and family
Mr.. James Hodge and family, of Baltimore; General
Gner Meredith and family OF Baltimore; Mrs Jona-
than Meredith, the Generals mother, a magnificent
model of the old school, in her ninety third year. the
widow OF the eminent lawyer, Jonathan Meredith; Mr.
Charles Montague and family of Baltimore; General
Watson Webb and family ex-Speaker A. B. Cornell and
family, George w. Childs and family, of Philadelphia
Palmer of Duchess county his wife, who is
the belle of the married ladies Branch
Frank Chanfrau and ms family, Mr.. John Hoey and
family and Mrs Paddock, whom it sacrilege to
call by any other than the one so dear to the
people, Maggie Mitchell
The entertainment was opened by Mr.. Crosby, Of
New York. who introduced Mr.. Dougherty in a very
neat and appropriate speech Mr. Dougherty is a fine
elocutonist and natural humorist and in his Incl
dental remarks well in his Rotations serious and
comic, ''carried the audience with him" the set
phrase reads That is to saw an entertainment of two
hon tarfain tbatI
time unnoticed and the close found the audience
unweared and In disposition similar that attributed
10 Oliver Twist after his poor house meal To the
joyment of the occasion young Mr.. George Hoey
tributed his full share He has great dramatic
power and presents good stage appearance,
with easy carriage and graceful action His
fault is natural in a young aspirant TO
dramatic fame. He is trihe too meodrarnatc, and
throws passion into his voice and style little
too frequently when is not required IL is always
better 10 invite person to dinner IN natural voice
than in sepulchral tones with trembling vibra-
tions the words. great many eocutionsts and a
great many actors seem not TO remember this when
they appear before an audience and their orgetuness
gives us the mounting school on the stage. STILL Mr..
George Hoey only slightly amenabe to this criticism,
and in his recitation of Poe's Raven" which very
admirably done, the fault scarcely perceptble. He
has certainly much natural adaptabity elocuton-
ist and has evidently benefited by the teachings and
advice OF one whose place on the American stage has
yet TO be filed.
Mr. Daniel Dougherty who is famous among Shake
spearan critics equally happy in his portrayal Of the
passions and in his humorous efforts His recitation of
"Mary, the Maia of the Inn, full Of pathos while
in several humorous pieces he very amusing One
OF his most effective efforts Irish piece called
'Fahdrick Cahore" which relates how the gallant Fab
drick, powerful Irishman, six feet eight inches high,
carried or his sweetheart from the midst OF his enemies
the Briens the McCarthys the OiFlahertys and the
Murphys, the day Of her intended marriage with
O'Flaherty and how he died afterward the glorious
days OF 9S IL s evident that these ''Os' and Macs"
could not have been the of the 'O's' and
''Macs'' of the Tammany Wigwam or they would not
have allowed prize TO slip through their fingers quite
so easily Mr. George Hoey, during the entertainments
gave evidence OF his accomplishments as an author as
well as elocuonst by reciting a very meritorous
little poem OF his own, entitled switch Tender" The
poem describes wildly railroad accident which
through the neglect of switchman, who sleeps heavily
his post OF duty and suddenly awakened by the shrek
Of the whistle of the approaching train He rushes
the switch, but IL too late IL ressts his wild efforts
IT, the shrieng train sweeps by the crash comes
and then follow the hearrendng of a railroad
smash-up. The guilty switch tender finds his wife
among the Victims and while striving TO pull her body
from the ruins Is awakened by Biddys remonstrance
by whose honest side he has been sleeping and dream
ing after hard days work The poem was well dev-
cred and called forth hearty applause The receipts
amounted 10 g. 500 The ceremony Of laying the
nerstone Of this church will take place Sunday
next at four O'Clock p NJ Bishop Corngan, Of Newark,
Will onicate and preach sermon on the OCCASION
THE REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION
II Is stated here by prominent republicans that the
early call OF the State Convention Of that party s made
with two objects-to head of as far as possible and
the earliest moment the effect or Governor Tilden's
energetic canal reform movement benefit TO the de
mocracy by adopting resolutions out Tildenng Tiden
the liberal republicans before they be coaxed over or
gobbed up by the democrats republican leader gave
the reasons for this action to-day in the following
marks:"The liberal republicansn he said, 'aro politi
cal Hcssians Their strength is comparatively nsignn-
can't still ii Is useless deny that after last years de-
feat and with Tdens strategy TO fight against we need
every vote we can get If we give the liberals chance
they will sell out to the democrats for what they can
get If they come 10 all they must come now, If
they do not at cas the democrats will be independent OF
them and cut them of This will so disgust them that
next year they will come back TO us. -