Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-23


| Bob Ruggle s ii lanes HaTdie
Jack Lymer, NJ. u. ....-.. B. 7. Ringgold
Mr.. Alphonsus DeHsss......... gorge DeVere
Msuser an
Chapman
Tafferty Beekman
....... ........ Miss Nellie Mortimer
Mrs. Caroline Cawaiiader Hiss carrie Jamison
Nlrgie..-- May Nunely
Mile DeNincey Miss Ccngdon
Is fTahcls
| Ellza............... byron
OF the company, 1t is proper to say at
once, that it is admirably balanced, well
drilled and plays to point with a
skill and esse that leaves nothing to be
desired. New to audience and stage,
Daly's people were nevertheless APP
parently as much at home as if
"native and to the manor born"
The Big Bonanza is a big thing OF |
its kind. Devoid Of any special |
dramatic tone, situation or plot such as
marks some Of Daly's works and secures |
them place above the dead level of what |
are called "society plays" it is none the |
less possessed of interest. Indeed, 1T is full |
to overlooking with interest, and keeps |
the audience on the alert from the fist |
act to the last, eyes and ears intent on |
the smart sayings and comic doings |
which makes Of it an al |
most unrelieved fouT-act roar !
ing farce. True, much of what is |
said is old, and much of what is done |
not new, but they provoke a gener- |
Gus laughing spell, and make for |
what would otherwise be a tame per- |
formance a reputation and a name. |
There is no room for a display |
Of the higher merits which the |
company claims. All the situa- |
tons are farcicsl; even the love-making |
which one would expect to find seri- |
Gus contrast to SO much of low comedy |
is burlesqued in the extreme, and helps |
| to sustsin the extravagant picture which |
| sbounds in enough that is mirth.pto- |
voking to make dozen Old-time fsrces. |
All this fun is result OF the cross
of two old couple, and !
purpose of two young ones. |
the courting '-oduced as MEIER
"Bob Ruggles," ill.,. ~-qenIa,U lust
do-Well, is in love with " hI-e ". and
from seho,! and ready for socleS. -
Jack Lymer," doctor win oegn rith
but without patients. IS ~ iot to reach
"Virgie" The efforts Of shese oSs that
the contamination OF hspp,A f.nov-
is the pleasant conclusion of the 10,
city," as the play is styled in the bll>.
and of professor Cawallader" to make a
bonanza in Wall street, and 80 prove to
LIS Tile Dduh6I, I
Cawallader," that scientific brains
might be exerted in his sphere,
and to profitable purpose, is all there
is of plot. With this slender thread
Mr.. Daily has managed to weave
a very light frOthy, sparkling dra-
matte novelty, in which, be-
side the characters named, we
have an obtrusive caricature of every
thing manly and sensible, something on
the"Dundrearyn order, which is rendered
by Mr.. Devere almost up to the excel.
lence of Sothern himself. OF the actors,
besides him, we individualiZe Miss Jew
EFT, who, as "Eugenia," gave US a type
OF the schoolgirl, society f1edgeling that
the audience Endorsed as all their fancy
painted her. Handsome in face, 1.-the
of figure, graceful and easy, she is
also mistress of the arts which on the
stage count for half the battle. She is
destined to become favorite with our
plsy-goers, and to have occasion to carry
with her pleasant remembrance of her
Memphis auditors. Miss May Nunely
as "Virgie" will also prove fsvorite. :
A contrast in physique and style of
beauty, she is in some respects the better
actress. In the caste Of last $
night she certainly lost nothing ..
by being set opposite to the blonde
whose charming ingenuousness was
so well sustained. Fawcett as
the Professor" was the center of at l
traction, the great card. AS the testy,
fussy old scientist, he was irresis.
tably, comic-snd most comic
when most serious in his business. c
Mr.. Whitney, as Jonathan"
the solid, sensible balance-wheel,
Of so much that was Eighty, fidgety and t
mercurial, gave US Characterization "a
natural as the everyday men who fight 7
the financial battles of Wall street.
Hardie, as "Ruggles," was capt.
tai, making for us q character
better than the drsmatist intended, and h
affording satisfying glimpses of what he
can do in heavier play. RiDggold, as
"Jack Lymer," was very good. A bur- a
was tIuer to Mr.. Daly's intent and
model than Hardie, but did not
fare as we'll at the hands of the public. :
OF the rest, it will do to dump" them,
and say that they sustained the princi-
pals and helped to keep the audience in
q continuous roar of laughter. To-
night we are to have the Big Bonanza q
again.
The Grand Masquerade Ball.
We are glad to know that our mer- C
chants and business men are seconding
the efforts of the gentlemen who are en-
deavoring to raise funds for the purpose
Of having Tennessee's natural resources o
at the Centennial exposi-
ton. If not moved by spirit of patri-
otic ardor, the business men of Mem
phis should be wide-awake enough to
their own interests to encourage and 4
patrOnizs any demonstration calculated Il
to draw customers to their counters. The 0
rotQil noprahontc olnrU Main | II
testify TO the enormous increase Of sales v
Of the present over last week, due almost I II
exclusively to the fact that our country u
cousins were drawn hither by aCventi- y
tious attractions, chief among which |
was John Robinson's circus. If Mem
phis could attract such a crowd OF visit &
ors every week the result would soon
change our commercial features from n
Fad to good. Let our people give a ii
hearty support, as we are satisfied they
will, to the Centennial movement, es-
pecially when it takes the shape of
pleasant entertainments that will draw
crowds Of people from the country to our L
streets, and from our streets into our no. | b
tells and stores. In this connection we fC
are pleased to learn that petition, 81
signed by the leading retail houses of lC
Main street, has been presented to the Y
several railroad companies whose roads | O
here, asking that arrange OF
ments be made to run excursion trains d.
Thursday next Thanksgiving day-for q
the purpose of bringing our country il
friends to the masquerade ball, the tick Il
cts to be good, say for thirty days. This c
arrangement which, we doubt not our d
railroad men will agree ii
to, will enable visitors to the masquer- v
sde to remain in the city long enough to IL
get acquainted with its attractions and to "
make friends here. We wish the enter c
prise Godspeed.
Cal Wagner's MinstreIs.
Happy Cal Wsgner's Ministries begin
an engagement at Assembly hall, Main ry
street, between Gayoso and Beale, next st
Thursday night. They remain here Fri.
lay and Saturday, with a matinee on So
he last named day. The Des Moines e,
Register says: "Cal Wagner's min p
'trels have come and gone, and
with them go the hearty WelI.wishas m OF