The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-07-23
The Smasl.up in the HoIdene Troupe.

TTIVICc duVlCto lCfCdi Viz pSi SiuASNiSAo
of the smash-up in the Soldene troupe, q 4
few weeks ago, and peep behind the
curtain will be of interest to the theater- 4
goers here who witnessed lhe perform
ances of the troupe. The correspondent
was member of the mpany until the
| last. and has, with the rest oil them, re-
turned TO England. The Falstaflian Sol
dene did not distinguish herself for
either. generosity, good faith, or good
taste, and, considering the fact that al
| though this british aggregation OIL !beefy
| bellies in tight fleshings failed to aronse
either enthusiasm or stamps IN this well
regulated and strictly @sthenc clty,
! there were places where the average in-'
i telIigence of the inhabitants was OF AN
i order lust suited to shows of the Soldene
i patteru. aud the 'siair, tat and forty'
| boufist raked in large heap OF 81 o y,
| greenbacks.
4 Under these circum stances it was pos
itiyely heartless to treat the few respect
able girls who wanted to go home to
! their mothers in Hold Hengland (and
| they were in the minority in the fash
1 ion as narrated. A week before they
were supposed to sail, the members OF
1 The company were blandly and unex-
4 pectedly informed that they must pay
i their own passages, something nnpossi-
/ Bile for many OF them, as they mad not re-
ceiyed any money for some time, and
! great portion OF their termer earnings
mad been sent to England. AS the man.
ement w oula not give thamany money,
the people refused topiayy and the thear
4 Ter was closed one night. Next day Mr.
4 Morton (SoldeAe's English manager and
partner in the enterprise with Hrau and
Il Chizzela), was quietly dispatched TO
England with Solaens's yaluables. etc,
| Tal WNpu the pIrl2 llsGOV.
/ cred it. raised tremendous row. Ac-
II eordipgly, fOr her benefit on the follow
ing Friday, all the girls save two VIII
II liam and Robson) refused to play, and
Il the consequence was a very pronounced
!. burlesque on a burlesque.
Il Soldene is stated to have behaved in a
! very unkind manner, telling tue giFls
) that they might get hoane the best way
: they conld, and, if tney could not get en-
D ganements in New York, they 4night hvt
, the best way they could: The CORE
: spandent states thatmaeters .euimfhalet
ii at this point, and with one OF the girlt
!. Trasers) and the retulgent star u stan
! up Il tht was imminent. This desperati
0 condition oil things was beca lse T.'avert
o / used her tongue ~ some purpese, j
III would seem, calling the blonde burlesqu,
;, .eyerything she could lay her tongue to
J. and telling her a good many hens
truths,o as the correspondent puts il
:. But the climax Of the 4un Was reached
e on the last night. Betwsen the acts th
gentlemen unanimously rstusea To pial
y unless they had their passage pala Y
Il Of the pencil OF John Leech.
The substantial SOldene, emitting ont
e shrek from the crimson reduAdanc.
l. through which she used to warble, san
Ito the hoor in q dead faint. Grau an
d Chizzola raved in broken English an
I'll swore in polyglot. The gentlemen mem
d bers OF the CONF pany swere a streak Il
st true-blue British; the police were calle,
in, ana poor little Clara Vesey, weei
W ing desperately, finally ended by endea'
r. oring to horsewhip the stage-managei
The curtain was Kept down Tor nearj
X dering what magnificent scene it coul
take so long to set. Finally the me
az gave way, but the women wouldn't, an
the end Of it was, the play proceeded {
such performance can be called plal
r; everybody playing or reading sonebod
at else's party, with the assistance OF tt
Soidone left the next day on ii
IN steamer "Queen,n and the gentieme
sr left also, travelling steerage tor want
O. money to procure better accommodation
Thus the girls were left In large city
l a strange laad dependent for their pa
r, sage, and indeed for their subsistence
De upon such friends as might commisera,
their condition. A. number OF them has
is returned through the assistance
friends, the others are everywhere
u anywhere, as it happens, several Of the
s. at the Robinson Hall.
Such was the ing. orious finale af Il
as SoIdene ''charming' company.
le In every instance when he has bet
b. mentioned in connection with the Bia,
ID Hills, the telegraph has invariably WI.
N ten down Prof. Janney as Jenney. A
oordingly the newspapers tlrOughol
1.-THE country, even where they ha'
1knowa better, have variously given :.
id name Janney or Jenney. Now, howeye
TO comes the St. Louis Republican. whic
tnot satisfied with mistaking tae fir
n vowel, curtails the name vi it's last, nass
lie ling the female christian appellatiea
iJenny. We are led to conclude that
l. was of the government geologist, Leit
le Hunt wrote the lines: .
Iii | Jenny kissed me when we met,
le | Jumping from the chair shc sat in;
Time, yon thief who love to yet
m Sweets into your list, put that in.
-, Say Pm weary, say al. sasi,
IL Say that health and veal th have missed m
say I'm growing Old, but add, Jenny kiss
le me.
y R c4y Mountain News.
MI
TX A negro highwayman, near Lexingto
AL hatuhf "a rnVntuQr n a man fnr ~