The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-02-19
HOME MATTERS.
AMUSED ENTS.
A LIVELY WEEK.
Int "A New Deal Wanted.

but New Deal Wanted.
The past week has been very prolific Iih
shows of various kinds, both home talent ana OF
itnerant troupes. On Monday night
pUPREZ 4 BENEDICT>
miustrels were at the Opera House, and gave
good entertainment, as indeed they always do
On Wednesday evening the
HAYWOOD BROS.
gave an entertainment, which, though an inle-
rior show in ITSELF may be made the subject oil
few wholesome remarks. The show, while not
villainouslv bad Indeed it might take well IN Il
place where such amusements are few and lar
between,) was yet bore to the average Ottawa
audience, who are not to be satisfied with boys
Niger Minstrcls," which this resembled more
than ANYTHING else. But the notable fact III con
nection with this entertainment was the crowd
ed house. Probably at no time, except on The
opening night and the day of the reunion of the
Eleventh regiment was the house so well hiieu
as on Wednesday evening. There is no way IN
which we can account for it other than by their
system of low, popular prices. There is no
sense in the high prices OF % cents and 81 that
we have heen lately accustomed to paying. In
deed by many first class journals the present
high prices of amusements have been laid to the
clement of snobbery, so common in this country
since the war, in which fortunes were made so
suddenly by many of all classes. From Europe
we hear complaints of a like nature, where the
snobbery of American tourists has in many places
doubled the former scale of prices at the theatres
II comes from the vulgar desire to exhibit wealth,
and the shoddy habit OF Judging everything by
the price put upon it independent OF its intrln-
SIC value. The system has never been popular
here, and we hope in the future managers Will
take hint from the example of Wednesday
evening and come down to prices within the
reach of all. AS general rule, our people
prefer not to pay for the pride of others better
off in this worlds goods than themselves
But the feature of this show that we wish most
particularly to vcntilatc is the outrageous eXhi-
bition made by the nymphs nc pare IN the left
hand box. II is no justification to say that these
strumpets had a right to the place because they
paid for it. They should not have been allowed
to pay for il. II was an insult to the whole
audience. III man should enter the house foul
with the smallpox, he would undoubtedly be
thrust out in horror, but the smallpox Is no more
appalling than to have sin, ioathsome and DAMN
able like this Haunted in the faces of our youth
OF both sexes, our wives, daughters, sisters,
sweet hearts or friends. Itwould be bad enough
10 have these women sitting side by side with
decent Teople, though in remote part OF the
house, but to allow them to force themselves in
to the most conspicuous place is a thing that
should not and 1cW not be tolerated.
Whether any body was particularly at fault in
this case is hard to tell We understand that the
women having bought tickets to the house, and
finding all the seats in the parquet and dress cir
Gle occupied, applied to Mr.. Haywood, who was
selling the tickets, and who for Sl.5O in addition
to what they had already paid, sold them the
box, Mr.. II. Of course afterwards protesting his
innocence Of all knowledge Of their character.
| When once in the box, of course now to get
them out was no easy problem, Mr. Clark APP
plied to Sheriff Mcintyre and sundry policeman
! bnt neither would undertake to eject them with.
out some legal authority, as '20g dS tfey behaced
| Me5nSi,ss. The mistake was to let them into the
seats in the first place. Hereafter, it Is hoped
| if such characters again apply for admission,
they will at least be shown up stairs, If not the
| door 10 the street.
GOOD TEMpLARS.
The entertainments given by the Good Tenn
plars on Thursday and Friday evenings were
very successful, aud reflected favorably the good
taste and dramatic ability of the organization.
We have not room to 90 into particulars, but
the audience we're well pleased with the acting
and general management. It is hoped that tn
Good Templars will continue this system OF e.
tertainments, for besides pleasing outsiders
will doubtless be Of direct value in bringing
about the aims OF the society.