, 1876-06-18
Advent of the Union Square Com
pany ut Hooley's.
The New Play of &C Ferreol "---
Comparison of Casts.
War of the Rival "Henry VS." at
San Francisco.
Musical News and Gossip at
Home and Abroad.
THE DRAMA,


LIN CHlCAGo.
DREATH1NG-TIME.
With Mrs. Oates at Hoolcy's Tneatre, and the
fag-cnd Of the season reached at the New Chi
caso' ..'efe nas oeen ,'otlAns III t'e way ol
dramatic performances during the past week to
attract the public, except those which have been
eiyen at NlcVicker's Theatre by Mcssrs. O,Neil
ona r-ona II To- rrrao+ 49,, +,.,t +,,a.. ,,o.
s1 1io e4ane' ~ - seat p'1y 1''ae .nes. pei.
1ormances were not better patronlzcd. All OF
them, with the possible exception Of the rcn-
dering OF uVan, the Tirrinian,', were well
worth soe;no Rart1av com,ha,i - ,n,et Ia
1855 "sa s sy 49,: , ....1 - H. Aoe. @
confessed, WHITES very poor stad. LIS plays
don't wear well. Their sentiment is Of that
ephcmcral sort which finds a11 appropriatc place
n CONTRIBUTIONS =, +ho roe+,o,1 dsnort,,antc ~
49, I1 D.. 49, .r~.fa- aas1 s,os- ~
LUG oonoas pape,e' ous 4ol, 11y.o4 uoee "eal
uncommonly wen. HIS overland Route, whach
was presented Monday, Tuesday, and Wednes-
i1av nfcbts. and Saturday afternoon. is ful1 of
ov,,,a7non+ which ran r. hro,,obt mt aac;1v hv
"'4~I 49, ~ =, ~ os ~1Ay y
actors OF average aoultS. Inc play' IS We naa
occasion to remark Tuesday morning, Is one Of
incident rather than of genuine dramatic con-
str,1ction. The lfalopuc il almost, nil. and the
1,1a+ ,,,,;to .o Tha aetIon 10 frar,nan+orv ord
p4oe Iu..o 0 ~. a,,asaa.,sa h.,.s:. ,;,.a H.
detaeneo: II comes III successive oufsts' lke
claps OF thunder; the smiles OF the audience fol-
low, like lightning. There is peace during the
intervals, int I which only serves TO heighten the
contrasts.
It is not worth while to discuss the dramatic
merit of play like this; approval Of it, if be-
slowed at all, must be based on the solid rock
Of the azooic system; VIC must say boldly,
stThis specimen Is interesting because there is
no life in it'' When VIC say this much, we
Weld all that the advocates Of "Tlle Big Bonan-
thsm rs % confess that the oierts or into interest-
;nr Tn the nhilnsonhv IT thc modern stare. tn
h. intcresting s tn bc successful. md to be sue
cessful &C. IS to be an artist. How often this last
maxim generally hurts the nc heaa ~, when II hlts
.e tns ett3ra .rhn - hove heen s7l,cessfi
Ti stae ;r3,t wv Erarrhodr IL dnishtai
to nave arr successful u, au 4r.sss 4t pt4spesoIs
what the oe1en1ets o1 tne tFutu I1:.iltain Is,
tnat ali sueeesslun aitofs e ~, 9t w.
VIII not pena Gown tng hnee 4nu "o1snlp your
Joe Marphys, and y9uff fn barney Mnlamses' n anu
your lgoanGers @ anu 1acepaahnGrs 's. On tpou- po
sand hflls' We want 10 Sc a wna1 ~, y9nn c.uy hay.
mond can 90 n anotaer part pesloe Cot' 1e4e1s'
we want to drag Sosnefn away 1fom tne re-
titude Of other favorites that we desire to see
firmly attachcd TO higncr staEusfd tEon tlat
which popular capr1ce haS estaoEsheo.
Ihe dleresslon, II u aoes Iotnng eise, VII
serve the purpose ol moral 9e. lno,etmeat. @ II
will hurt nobody. 1t ought surely to be regarded
us innocent. This Is really the flrst chance Tor
long time We have "a nad TO take gooo oreath
and look about US: Inc season here has no PC
OF n
years end to another. Now nc make one we
accare tnat the !1g business mas oeen Overcome,
anu re3oce 70 annndGee tnat II mas s1nail nopes
o. Eaa.g -. a .i14Y rrespect@aoe @ tnealIes
1es1 ter dreary stapiditIes next Christmas i
intellieent i;n n'.ea III; 10 bs g,d Ine
nn5 ti,ara ,ic ~ WI po Ely W hho"i
If hca1thv reaction 1s +he dircetfttnTne tfttTencg g;
tha 1cct;mote. There is ,;sinn in the
Son+h a vnunor actrcss who promises 10 hrInp
forward again the works Of Dean Milman,
Knowles, and shiel. The stage has been crying
ior Woman NJ 70 peIsotate ~ tn.s pesuar ~ noe ~. ~
h;%hest wa]l-s ri trooei,r. Sxch a woman #
hall that has been told Of her is true, is Miss
Mary Anderson, Of Louisville, whom, without
prcjudging tayorably or otherwise, we hail as
.ns ploiu a t ovJ.nec n fno uu MT se seem
Ds,sn"n. me s,otou. n;Nsi md Crane have
gone. Their weeks experience Of management
here must have taught them, among other
1hlnGs, that puonc iaso! Is @ aeleaIe .n'1is ~
ta;nG ~ .u aspa aus af the;r ecome of hv
mo at Hooley's benefit, it was q rash thing for
them to attempt whole week Of welcome,
with benefit thrown in, on their
own account. The public liked them none the
less for their audacty, but it distrusted them.
It doubted their capacity to give good plays
we'll, with the support TINT could be picked up
in Chicago. In Justice to them, 1t is proper to
say TINT they fulfilled honorably all the PROM
fses they mafc They ougbt to have been treat
- th ~ 1aosf ea,,a} ua9arostv hv no neon1e.
% Win ~ lelsI e4ual 5eneiushf =! .ne PEople1
II they nave noL peen. LIE 1ault - nut tnclFs.
They have lost 10 money, and Tnade none, but
ho,-n cfnn1r iccp their services as nrat,1itv tn
=. NV onnp'J - T:as. r. H.. 4-ae ,s,,-J,,n
Tue pcoplc u CIllcaso. II tAete "c4E anJ uA-
Settled ohlpntiOns remaining between these scy-
I sssS4e ~ ,,ht ~ ,,ar Sor+oin1v tho while
era! palLless LIZ uSuto1 H"o - t.4t.tJ t4e fW:3
and the unpaid balance was due h1tssfs. O'Ncll
and Crane We rerret that they were not paid
t. ~. : . 1,,. +1o,s 1-;+}, intaracf
Nuat WAS 0ue luetu WILL Aite'e7''
THE 1IN1ON SQUARE COMPANY
t..r,, . .o,..,, ~ eo,.a-o1 1rna1.c Of Hoo1ovsc
ucSlus d scasoA ~ oe'e'@A 'een' ~ AAo"1eJ
Theatre tomorrow night. There is every rea-
a1.a -. e.
son to look Tor nufnDer OF QcugnIlui pe1lofW-
c.cn. md :, e,,ncac e{op of crnwdnd hNnsAs Et7rh