Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-03-10
THE CITY.
~ EMPHI9I
Friday Evening". March 10, Is7t


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Amusements.
MEMPHIs THEATEs. - Old Curiosity
Shop, with Miss Katie Putnam as
Little Nell aud the MArchioness,"
with songs and dances. was the attrac.
ton OF the theater last evening To.
night Little Barefoot will be presented,
with Miss Putnam as Amry" and Mr..
Sullivan as William Pease." At the
matinee tomorrow the drama, Jane Eyre,
at the earnest request Of many ladies,
will be reproduced, and at night Miss
Putnam's new specially, Lima, the Miss
ing Bride, will be presented, which will
close the engagement Of the Putnam
troupe in this city,
JANE EYRE.-An Atlanta journal re.
fers to Miss 2utnam's rendition Of the
role Jane Eyre in the following man
ner:
Her im%personation OF Jane Eyre was
simply perfect, and it is with much pleas
ure that we add u Endorsement to that
Of the very many who have sung her
praises before US. Miss Bronte's book
has acquired many charms through the
medium Of this brilliant little star. She
is the bright little jewel thai flashes out
s~cihtillations OF purest light and shines
most Respondent in the galaxy OF stars
that so frequently grace the stage of De-
Gives, The character p%ersonated last
evening seemed but the reflection of
her own purity Swallowed in mirror and
held up before the eyes of her audience.
The sympathies of the entire audience
all weLt sut TO the little orphan in her
trials and troubles, and we found our.
selves repeatedly wishing the IRE that
came so near destroying her happiness
had burned up Mrs. Reed, the evil
genius that, like a dark cloud, cast a
shadow If gloom over much of her life.
The pail of darkness was, however,
finally broken up, and bright, joyous sun
shine peeped in through the riffs upon
the little elf, and the curtain at the
finale, dropped upon the hsppiest scene
Of her eventful career.
MAGGIE MITcHELL.-This clever and
versatile actress will commence an en-.
gagement at the thester uext Monday
evening. In January, 1851, nineteen
years ago. Maggie Mitchell played a star
engagement Tor weeks in this city at the
Old Memphis TheAter, now the Wash.
ipgton street Varieties. The old Drury.
Of Memphis, was then under the man.
agement Of Mr.. d. 7. Ash, who had al
treasurer Mr.. II. p. johnson, now a resi-
dent Of our city. We have a theater pro
gramme before US Of that day, and il
presents as attractions q drama entitled
Asmodeus, with Miss Mitchell as "CorIo,'
and a farce entitled A Husband at Sight
with Miss Mitchell as "Catharine," with
songs and dances. The theater stock
company at that time was composed oil
actors and actresses, many Of whom have
long since become as clods Of the valley.
There were Harry Everett, Messrs.
Smith, Brydon, Hubbard, Martin. g.
Csuldeld, Vandereu, Allen, 7. M. Tyr.
rell, Gus signsigO, Miss Kate Taylor,
Mrs. Caul6eld, Mrs. Millions and others.
Many old citizens now remember with
delight the appearance Of Maggie Mitch.
ell, the FAIRY STAR as she was then
called by theater.geers. OF her Fan,
chon " q critic has written;
On the 23d day Of February, 1861
just fourteen years ago yesterday-Mag-
gle Mitchell appeared in the st. Charles
Theater in New Orleans. The manager,
like the actress. had had his doubts; SO
much so that he thought it necessary to
put a popular farce on the bills in con-
%nection with the main piece. Long be.
fore Maggie Mitchell had gone half way
through with Fanchon, be discovered
that the farce was unnecessary. In
every scene OF every act the fair young
oNNipoo WAs kEcoJcu Win COuIluubu
rounds of applause, and at the end OF
the play she was called before the curtain
and received a perfect shower Of com.
pliments. Since then the play of Fan.
chon has changed considerably in it's de.
tails, the changes being simply improve.
ments, but the original idea Of the author
has not been altered in the least.
THEATER CoMIQUE. = This Jefferson
street temple Of variety Amusement con.
tinues to do we'll under the management
of Eugene German. The entertainments
are changed nightly, and consist Of
songs, dances, speOialtIes, character
sketches, farceS, etc by the members Of
the troupe. Among the new attractions
is Mile Devrient, a fine operate vocal.
ist,
Call and see our new styles
Of Ladies' and Misses Shoes,
which we are now receiving