, 1875-01-19

Aftcr several weeks OF elaborate preparation
"Magnolia" was produced at uooley's Theatre
Inst evening to good ho,,se, and ii. max
iuea very strong and pleasing impression upon tle
audience. 1t is mclotlraMa In five acts and q
prologue. or six aceucs, and atounds not only In
aceues aud situations Of picturesque aud im-
prasaiva description, but in panoramic Viuws
which give to tue roeiio artist scopo Which few
pieces re hayo seen IN Chicago offer, Tho
first acone, or prologue, Hhowa hall-roon1
in Paris, sumptuouBly furnished, with
rich display Of ball-lressos, and orpor-
tunitics for millinery art In profusion.
Tie second scone in the first act Of Tue pIcco
diacioses handsome interior, with glimpse OF
rich country scanery, and pleasing landscape.
The third is d charming view on Lake Pontchar-
train, and partakoa Of tho Same forvd ruHticity
which cbaractorizcs tie secoud. Tie fourth Is
tLe most striking. realistic, aud important in the
play, The curtain riaea upon view Of Mis-
| stssfppi steamer, showing tho lurrlcane-deck
aboyo and tho enEiue-room below, which Is pre-
secuted with considerable foreo. The Wow oceu-
| pies tha whole stage. and an mir Ut LIE and
| buste IL impaired by throwing tho ontlrs
company Of the theatre, reinforced BY inc aail-
ition of s,poss and au1illariea i the chnractera
Of engineers, stolscrs. dock k-ha''tia
aa nai.ees es Of sh tho sssssp he motion Of thc
| boat is ingeniously counterfeitoa " tue move"
| ,neut OF the background, upon which 1s synop-
| sized with much fidelity, we arc assured, tho
mogt interesting points upon tho riyor. There
iis advantages in throwing tlo steamer
into relief, mud sunset which should
for obvious reasons 1e painted out
without delay. 4 steamer "h'ch shoots by the
satting sun III minute must bc moving at rate
| Of s.,ood which plhkos one pause in aHtonibh-
mont. Tho staamtoat-race is clover lieco OF
roal1sm, but the l,lcdeats Of tho bolel explosion
| compare but foebly with Mark Twatn'a graphic
| desrrjption Of similar catastrophe. Tie next
acene il q grove OF nagnplias, with private
buryiug-grouud attached. of which wo capuot
say 1nacf1, aud tic last villa by the sea, Of
Which much more could be made by reducing the
size OF thu sloop-of-war, ard removing It as far
back on tho stage ~ practicable. This done
| effects They have boen prepared With caro-. and
ropay what sttoutiou has been bestowed upon
them. .--
Tie DIANA Ia d yerhiop Of "The 0ctoroon,
tramatzett by Uarton Hill In 1888. il wo arc cor
/ rcctly informed. The plot is briefly thts; Mau'
rice Lecire, tho hero OF tile play. snoota Lowell,
bella, Magaoliu Gerard, In . Paris bail-ruom
sud falls III loyu uit. her. In tho first act o.
the play the draDatis petsoIlte are IN New Ur
leans, and Nnurice dscoyers That she il quai
room. Tha discovery oatracHGs her fIon th'
, | best society, Owing to financial embarraBs
ulants har father Ia tojuoed to poverty. and Nag
,soiia bacones tho property at al iIsovent plante
brother OF aforner friend, who fronts lcr viii
| coutemntuuua familiarity. Tho douourInent j.
reached by the production OF receipt which H.
villain ct the piece euppoeos to hafe been burned
, | and which restores to GeTdrd Ill lis property, t
t the discontinue Of tas Villain Aforesaid. Ill