Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-15
Amusements.

MEMPHIS THEATER - Charley Shay's
Quincuplexal troupe opened up an en-
gagement at the theater last night. The
performance was of the variety order.
Messrs. Layantine and Earl presented
many acrobatic feats and performed on
the horizontal bar. Miss Viola Morris ap-
pesred as a serio-comic singer, and per.
formed the Hindoo box trick, we'll calcu-
lated to satisfy all believers in spiritua-
lism. Several negro comicalities and
delineations, with f%arces, we're presented,
the entertainment winding up with an
extravaganza of the Humpty Dumpty
order. Shay's troupe will appear at the
matinee to-day and will give their clos
ing entertainment tonight.
WALLACE SISTERS. Next Monday
evening the Wallace Sisters will com
enc an engagement at the theater, in
Jaquette, or In the Tolls. The three sis
tiers, Jennie, Minnie and Maud, will ap-
pear in the cast and will be supported by
a select company and orchestra. The
Chicago Evening Journal, in speaking Of
the sisters, says;
The popular and pretty little Wallace
sisters, Jennie, Minnie and Maud, last
night filed the Academy with an aud
fence, assembled 10 witness their new
drama, "Minnie's Luck; or the Ups and
Downs Of City Life" written especially
for them, by John Brougham. The fair
trio achieved a marked success, being
supported by an excellent company.
The drama of "Minnie's Luck" is highly
sensational and realistic, with q strong
spice of the society business, forming q
happy medium for the introduction Of
specialties, and constituting just such
on entertainment as the popular taste at
present demands.
Mics Jennie, the heroine Of the drama,
is petite, decidedly pretty, and withsl a
capital actress, of the emotional order.
Her portrayal of the dual role of Min
ME Rock, the street singer, and Clara
Willoughbg, an aristocratic lady, was
vivid. The transition from the little
forsaken waif to the fashionable belle,
the center OF attraction OF a large coterie
of aristooratic admires, was very happy,
and called down the enthusiastic ap-
plause Of the %audiance--a compliment
which was likewise recorded to the little
lady for her spirited acting in the den
scene with Maggs and Wexford. The
sisters Minnie and Maud gave an artistic
PRESERVATION of the "gamius," Inky Dick,
a printers devil, aud Spotty, the con-
ventional neWsboy, introducing some at
tractive songs and dances and q very
clever doble clog dance, which we're per
sistently encored. OF the company,
Charles Stewart Rogers, as Melehizedek
Maggsi William l.. Street, as Horatio
Pryor, sensational reporter; L l.. Wal
ton, as Cleopatra, and H. B. Phillips as
Lawyer Goodwin, played their parts well.
HARRIGAY AND HART.-This combina-
ton will appear at the Greenlaw Opera
House next Monday evening. An ex-
change says; The entertainment offered
by this troupe is we'll calculated to attract
large audiences despite the summer
heat. Messrs. Harrigan and Hart have
ample opportunity for the display Of
their varied talents. They are. certainly
very amusing, eccentric comedians, with
a versatility truly astonishing. Whether
they ~carlcature our Celtic citizens. in the
'Muligan Guards" or Cockney London,
in their comic singera' sketch, they seem
equally happy and effective.
MYERS OPERA House.. Manager Cor.
man continues to Gator 10 the public taste
nightly at she Jefferson Street Opera
House. Among the artists whe appear
nightly are Misses Kate Thomasoa, song
and dance artist; Flora FRawley vocalist;
Susie Star, character danlsuse; Lily
BaFretto, vaudeville actress. Manager
German changes programme every even
ing and gives a good variety show, inter
estipg songs, dances, negro excentrici-
ties, farces and other s~pecialties.