, 1875-01-24

oHer them Tree" "Qnd-eae9 entertainment 1nate2Q
of an indecent one. II thew take It. we'll and
,ooa T,av ..;,t.u GOV. rrors, .,bso.r.a ~.
kooa A"o5 "A!' 0AJa o.o'0t' oeSao00 'uo
coarsehesa OF the can-Can olsgnste, ana cannos
draw second time" Well and good
But Mr, Grover starts on wrong hypothesis.
Jba M.vor 10 mt necessarily !. tyna Of the then
- - - !. ~ o.rto;. ~ 10 ,;;-oa 49,
ue~eoea' @1u - - IVY eeA 11s 80 "Ae0 S1e
Cah-Can' &c mas not otuclAiv saao 20, anu ne
has only attended It as mf. GOWN. People go
where they Eet tne most 1of their money. 1hey
went 70 the ola Aaelpai IN snoals, ana regretted
Tie dastructloh OF that popuar place o. Amuse-
nent. because tho performances there we're
excellent WIN oat lew 1 e1eepeions' .e1s;as lneae
weh dtsw ana oM hh and the the
nsver indnirei in. Wien :. lad,es' NIGHTS and
matinees ware attended, The New AdeIphi has
not given as good performance All tie beer
bte~ed in the Northwest. coupled with ah the
a I nv sa sIs r. "a1 s;:f.ra
nor sam Deyers a1sceful or nhulesou1e per
former. The Adelphi has been open fortnight
II variety tlentro.. The opening performance
was dlsappo1nsment, anu tnete VAS als1.e I'M.
p.osement 10 secoa1 "esA ."st ,snaa eF tnan
c;a1 aieanno;ntmen1s, taer ano7 tobacco r il
iltoeica, tsIee ir, principle, and false in tas1e"
Beer and tobacco arc not on trial. They are az
cei!ent in their proper use: nor u 1t absolutely
DEGRADING 81 to ada them 70 ah e. entertainment. seat
.ia1e ..ca,,snt rcnsi, ia frrn;ahed wHera Ger,
man ladies' are as mucI at home a. IN McVicker's
Theatre and whers no indecorum is ever ad-
mitted But it is not the beer that takes the ID
dies aud cultivated gcntsemen 70 turner dail.
1t is the excellence o. the entertainment. II Is
not peer "nlcn u!leu aoo1e1 lase WEI, os "
bacco which crowded me acaaemy o. hns'c anu
hcs1ckets sever. n,Euss. ~ 10 sno 1ae' N4A"
the entertainments were popular.
The Tree and-casy etyie nas 1ss 1asc1nation,
certainly, to GLASS; 6qt IL II not rather desc"
cratlon to convert shls snneto tneatIe 1nto =
gigantic beer saloon, WITH stage att1scslons
thrown m 1sis not fatner nasty on toe part OF
the management to adopt this policy before slv-
ing the house falr tr1al Would It noe ne
better -for Mesers. Grover q Cole to secure a.
fractions OF superior order, and SEQ Thether
they ~onlo not 1I*w euos nGuses III, 'ls h,4
audiences have been positively large Hlsh but
moderate degree OF excellence On the stage,
would not be well to make them larger by
still greater degree OF sxcenenco' ana, 1alAng
thus, then nave ioc911se mo 70 sae ilce-auu.sas5
is not In tho beer-mug surely, nor IN the vine
glass; nicotine Is not the superlattVe
Of qualification. 1t may oe, IN compslIlon
nith the Can-Can. but one gains httie
honor IN M ous-blns$stni g ai;.h.a rn'a3ius1
The Adelphi was to have entered the nsts against
NcVickerh, aooleys, the Academy, the Mn-
seum-not Burlington Hal- Ann inc aalstea-
Street Opera-Houss. 1he llegstlmate was 70
rise to tho dignity OF the popular, not sink to tho
questionable. Thore il no reason Why the exhi-
oiton Of tea.s Of still, strength, and daring. OF
maeyels OF scenic splendor should be mentioned
hehtatingly u polite circles; nor doea there ap,
pear sufficient 1nducement ior men o1 ofains ana
good taste to voluntarily withdraw from the safe
ground Of prosperous respectab'lity to pick their
way uneasiIy upon that Of questionable pFopr1e-
ty. 1ndo:ng it they assume a grave RESPONSE
bility, burden themselves win untold an.ieties;
shut tue door in the f*co Of half their friends
and seek to win thoss whose goodwill is after all
OF very doubtful value. That Is What Messrs,
Grover l. Cole are going to do, and for what7
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All tINappRFc,aTFn REfORMER.
Mn n1s,snx1H,a ns v ippsais ] N pEua1r or TEMPER