, 1876-05-21
The Apollo Club Concert---
Musical College Soiree
---Mdlle. Pappen-
helm.
Piano RecitaI---The Beethoven
Society.--Musical Publ.
cations.
The Cincinnati Festival
American and European
Musical Notes.
THE DRAMA.


THE SClMEK SEASON.
.fervescence is IS constant a quality In sun
mer theatricals as In summer drinks. tn
theatres have begun to cfIervesce already.
.annot be said that they are forcing the seasoz
The season Is forcing them. "Pique'' is
good summer play. The want Of art in 1t sus
gcsts that it may have some nature; and, thong
it is By no means true, that to be without art
to be with nature, yet the bare suggestion
Of affinity with nature IN these luxurious day
Is pleasant We have said that "Pique" is
good summer play It is as good Us any pla
can be on q hot night; for it anluses and divert
the mind, without exciting 1t, and it neither In
vites nor desires the e1ertion necessary to clos
criticism. II 1t be true that the human eonstl
tuition becomes languid in proportion as tn
mercury rises, there must be J temperature d
which criticism Is next to impossible. w
should think AIr. DAILY would have waited TO
this temperature before bringing out "Pique,'
and thereafter have kept the play running prin
cipally n the summer season. For the best thai
CAL be said Of 'sPique'' is that it amuses the
people and puts money in the managers purse
Hoolcy's Minstrels, we arc glad to sec, arc
drawing larger audiences, and now promise to
have successful season. It would be useless
to tell the people that they ought TO patronize
Mr. Hooley, because lie has lost large fortune
in attempting to make ons in Chicago. That is
q chance Of war, and Hooley does not want
patronage Oh such terms. But as it happens to
be true that he is giving an excellent entertain
ment, there is good reason why be should con-
tinue to have the full houses he is now enjoy
ing. The programme last week was uproarious-
y encorcd throughout. There are too many
calls, indeed; and the stagge-manager ought to
be less accommodating in answering them. The
feature Of the week WAS ]. W. McAndrcws, the
representative Of the old Southern darby. He
makes All excellent portrait, and there can be no
making. :sFunny Mokes in a Fog" the sketch
Which concludes the performance, introduces
Mr.. Rice, in white, as -Kaj. Higgins; Newcomb
as JappaggI<r; Bernardo as Mrs: Higgins;
a. and John Hart rs Mrs. JacaoaggleT.
hibited during IT, progress Of the
mud the music they deliver arc fearful to con-
template, aud far III excess OF the originals, on
the wrong side. ".rhe Weary TraSeler,'' in
continued now for the third week, yet it seems
still to be one OF the most popular pieces on the
programme.
Al Mcvickes's Theatre, Maggie Mitchell has
been playing in sLorlc" and Jane Eyre"
q .@Lor1e,'' since its transformation into dream,
is drama utterly beneath criticism. Its merit,
at the best, is OF the slenderest Kind, since it
contains little or no provocation to action, but
rather processes to tell a story as an "agony''
writer for one Of the London magazines might
do it. Miss Aitchell's .3a,n Eyre, on the other
hand, is creditable piece Of work, and every
way p1easantcr to behold than the popular
fa'1caon or the Sunday -schoolish dnary.
THE NEW PLAY
which Maggie Mitchell is to produce at 1fcVick-
er's Theater tomorrow night, entitled 1t Nam
nette O Wearithorne," is dramatized from q
novel OF the same name Both the play and
the novel are the work Of Miss Marion c. L.
Reeves, Of New Castle, Del, who has some rep
utation in the South as writer Of stories, under
the nom dc plume Of "Fadette." In the con-
struction Of the play she hnd valuable technical
assistance from Mr.. Edward Spencer, drama-
tist OF Baltimore The play was produced Tor
the first time on any stage in St. Louis March
local critics pronounced it an unequirocal sue
tess. The plot, condensed from the St, Louis
Rqrtt{iod,,, Is as follows:
The interest begins with the mystery that is |
woven about the birth, parcntage, and fortunes of
ton in the world. AS soon as these pccuiiafities
are suggested to her, she starts out to find her
other name and from thia family hunt springs The
action Of The play. Her guardian is d cruel old |
man. who pEetends to be her uncle, but allows her
40 claims OF relationship except4hose which en- |
a. Re, 19 das :19 19s bin Ms ocene5 part Of
perhaps, it is dark1y hinted. procured BY criminal
means. The master OF the large Ncarithornc |
Owe with .Nannettt. His mother and the cruel |
lneie attempt to dissunde him from his folly, but
'e Is determined. The young man, 'vc1ed at the
lin from his portion OF the Wcarithorne estate.
Fhe uncle countcrpfots to blow up mill when the
'oung man Will be in it, but Ndnnette gives warn
ne in time So the story runs on until Ndn,lette
scoScrs that she is the heiress Of the property.
'he wicked mother OF the good Young lover
leads With her, and she destroys the title-deeds.
lnx.-
'etely than ever in the power OF the cruel uncle
no Inc wicked aunt. WHO, It appears, many years
GO GO conepifed to defraud Fannf{e Of the property
nd make the young man heir The good young
nan comes out strong In the end, proaecutes the
ncae, aad is about to punish him, when, on the !
1 Of The mother the Nan
ne M END, quite oppostune1y, an old woman turns up
Fho knows @ the whole history Of the fraud on Nni-
e sne ane wrong y llghted, the young people are
nj and miserable. 49, -1'p'' eAe 'sl''D'
NOTES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
". Il. Smith, business manager of the New
shicago Thcatre, Will take benefit tonight,
'hcn the full company from the Adelphi Thea
re viii be added to tue usual force Of Hooley's
l1strcls.
Frank E. Aiken will bring out new play en-
tied Bent, or Ocean to ocean, at the Mu~
,pport Of 1fr. White, AIr. Dadc, III. Rogers,
!: Wilson, Miss Roberts, Miss Thompson, Miss
'ebster, and others.
"Pique" will continue another week at
ooley's Theatre. The play has been drawing
ell and ought to go out in blaze Of glory, |
lth the largest audiences Of the season. This
positively the last week of the play, rs Rose
iehel" Is to be produced by another company |
1t Monday night.
The management of Col. Woods Museum
6 leave to state to their patrons and the pub
generally living on the liue OF the Lake !
ore & Michigan Southern Railroad that they
We perfected an arrangement with the above | :
'npany to run an amusemeut-tr train every
5ht Except Sunday until further notice, !
wing Chicago at II: 20, and stopping at the :
tions between the Van Burcn street depot
Colchour. I
Hiss Rose Eytfnge, supported by q special
1matic company, will begin short season at =
oley's Theatre May 29 In "Rose 1uchel.'
Is Is powerful play, and Miss Eytinge, who 4
umes the titular r7fe, is among the foremost ~
resses on the American stage There is no =
from whom more Is expected by connois- >,
IS than from her. We shall be better able ~ =,
udge Of the ability Of the company support !,
her when We have seen it. =
performance for the benefit OF the widow D