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MEMPHIS THEATER Last night the
Madame Reutz female minstrel troupe
made their first appearance at the the
ater before a large audience, principally
Of men and %boys-but half a dozen
ladies being in attendance. The enter
tsiument consisted Of the usual minstrel
or variety performance, an olio of speci.
alties comprising songs, dances, cho-
ruses, trapeze performance, sketches,
etc, ending in a burlesque medley called
Ixion. The singing was only passable,
with the exception Of q ballad rendered
by Miss Ella Love and entitled Valley
Of Charmounil,' which was given with
good effect and deservedly encored. The
trapeze performance and club swinging
by Miss Zaells were quite good, and 10
CONSEQUENCE che was greeted with sp-
plause. The French songs AID sketches
by the Paschsl sisters sere new and at
trac,iye. The lady performers wore the
usual ballet or opera boufe costumes, in
which scantiness Of dress formed a
prominent feature. There were several
Objectionable features presented during
The evening, many. Of the jests being
coarse and broad. The English. like
the Freach language, is Ct sufficient
aexibility to give a polite expression to
almost every idea; so there is no excuse
for raiding upon the domain Of coarse.
ness. The song Pull Down the Blinds
should be eliminated from the repertoire
of every troupe performing in a leading
theater. The manner in which it is
always received by the "beys'' is suSci
ent proof Of that. The stage is supposed
to hold thu mirror up to nature" ant
there is no necessity for turning thu
mirror upside down.
The front seats OF the galleries, par
: quette and dress circle were, of course
crowded. Middle aged gentlemen wh,
we're neal sighted had front seats, Will,
/ the bald headed men we're we'll up on th
skirmish line. Numbers Of gentleme.
desiring to have a better view of the pei
formance secured opera glasses, an
:, they used them with vigor whenevc
anything Ike e terpsichorean attractio
, occupied the stage, or when the extravi
gsuza with light dressing was on. tt
boys" at times became noisy, au
broke out into yells Of delight whenevr
!, a "high kicker" was on exhibition
Occasionally guy" or slang EXPIRE
sion was heard from the audience. v
could in a spirit Of honest criticism &c
more, and we could hardly say less al
do justice to the subject and the publ
TIE Madame Ren,z Female Minstre
n. will appear again tonight, at a matin,
a. on tomorrow, and will give a farewt
performance Oh tomorrow night.
al MISS GENEvIEvE ROGERS Next Mo
nc day night Miss Genevieve Rogers W
., commerce an engagement at the Mel
~ phis Theater. A Washington journ
" says;
\ The beautiful drama Of Maud Mule
y is drawing good houses at the Nations
IS and Mss Genevieve Rogers is making
es lasting impression on Washington q
Il. dienees. Miss Rogers has all the q
vantages OF youth and beauty, and t
power OF %portrOying faithfully t
as deepest emotions. Sac so complete
ny gains the sympathies OF her audien
"A that at the end Of the emotional az
the ladies cry outright and the men 10
at each other, winking as hard as th
re- can, and trying to keep big Jumps do
nd from their threats. Her support is
Ve %cellent.
be WASHINGTON STREET VA%RIETIEs.-T.
70 temple of variety amusement is or
nightly for the entertainment of the p
lie. Stage manager Marsh Adams p
sents attractive programmes night
ier consisting of negro sketches, vocal 0
in instrumental music and terpsiehor
on ieata. The energetic proprietor of
the Varieties, untiringin his efforts to pie
OF the public, has secured four new /
sr's formers, who are drawing crowded hOu
ION this week. Tonight novel attract,
will be presented by a number Of l
performers,
MEMPHI OPERA HOUsE-Next Non
uightthe OperaHouso on Jefferson str
: between Main and Second, opens IN
the management Of Measrs. Evans
; Starr, with Whesler's living statuary
/. variety troupe Of female artists as
.st; attraction for the week. The menaE
los; Messrs. Evans & Starr, promise o {
and class variety show, with a contir
ehanse OF attractions.