The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-03
ADJUSTMENTS

ACADEMY OF Music. Complimentary
benefit tonight to Kelly and Leon, and
last day but one OF their engagement.
| So MANY REQUESTS being made at the
box office to repeat "Mons. Chanfleuri,'
the manager has set aside the new
comic opera "Galatea" In order to ac-
commodate the many patrons OF his
theatre. SO we are to have for their
benefit tonight new songs, ballads,
dancing, concluding with "Offenbach's' s.
best operate gems, Mons. Chanfieuri,
i'm which both Kelly and Leon excel.
Icons dresses are the richest OF any
we have seen this season. Tomorrow,
for the firemen's anniversary, Leon
speaks an address dedicated to the New
Orleans firemen AT both entertainments.
matinee and night. Then there will be
an entirely new first and second part,
concluding with Won Cups comic opera
called 4 "Csalatea." Visitors to the
matinee must bear in mind the fact that
the entertaipment will commsnce earlier
the firemen's procession, which will
PASS the Academy at about SOL m.
Frank Mayo. the great character actor.
commences short engagement at this
theatre on Sunday. He brings his own
dramatic company. His beautiful drama
called "Davy Crockett" will be elegant
" produced. The New York S,m says
Of Mayo and his play:
"Davy Crockett" Is the title OF live
act play represented at the Park
Theatre last evening. The scenes are
laid where fifty years ago was the west
ern frontier OF the United States or the
principal characters one Is Day
Crockett, the famous backwoodsman,
such as the author conceived him to be
in his youth; the other Is a young lady
of education and accomplishments. re-
turning to her birthplace. also on the
frontier, after u sojOurn in Europe.
They met accidentally, and what has
been called an American love idyl then
commences. Whatever 1t be called, an
interesting and fairly. we'll told love
story is the main thread OF the dramatic
intrigue. There are collateral person.
ages, and some plotting. on the part OF
a bad uncle to bring about a marriage
between the young lady and his nephew,
in order to obtain her fortune. But the
auditors attention is held chiefly. by
Ddry and the progress OF his courtshlp,
which is much favored by incidents that
might well happen in the backwoods
These Incidents are represented In WHAT
may be called q very realistic manner.
But the especial charm Of the play Is a
certain freshness, u certain suggestion
Of primeval forests, pastoral simplicity,
untarnished and untarnishable integ-
rity, undaunted courage, .unbounded
tenderness, and absolutely un,constrain-
ed freedom. And this charm Is uncom-
monty we'll brought out by the ease,
grace and sincerity Of Mr. Frank Mayo,
who embodies Dairy, and makes the au-
ditor forget certain triyialities attached
to the piece, which might well be pruned
away. This gentleman has many natural
advantages and uses them with much
discretion and skill He is ably assisted
by Miss Rosa Rand, who played the
part Of the young lady, Eleanor Vaughn
by name. The piece Is handsomely set
upon the stage, some OF the scenes
being unusually fine. The costumes are
appropriate. The audience last evening
was large, and apparently highly enter
tanned. ..s-. Hrf' .