The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-01
MR.. wARpE's BENEFIT AT BOOTHS.

Tomorrow At noon sald Mr. Tooker, I'VE move
out; everything Is packed" This affecting little
speech, addressed to audience of two in
the lobby Booths brought homo the idea that with
the bumper OF a benefit 10 Mr. +. b. Warde the
prising management of Jarrett Palmer would end at
that house II is not necessary love Jarrett Pal.
brothers nor to revcre Mr.. Tooker
maiden In order to feel a twnge OF regret
nj learning that tue combination which directed
great metropolitan place OF amusement is about to
move OIL ts local centre and rotate ali over the coun.
try in curves known only u tha advance agents
OF travelling troupes !. is not cheering TO see dno
theatre shut itself up and give itself over TO twilight
by day and utter darkness by night two full months
before the swallow tails Of fashion ny on TO make
instead Of John Mccullough had been tho Damon,
Nr Jarrett instead OF Mr. warde tho Pythas, and
might have drowned the very stage with tears, while
goes would have wept from the ceiling and tho gallery,
the orchestra chairs aud dress circle. To be sure
this would scarcely have been the cast tor
scarcely have drawn larger house Than assembled
last night to witness the long and varied programme
ss0a q hn' pay o. ns @
dashing young beneficiary must DO great iavorite
with the ladies. Tor they mustered IN grand force.
made the payterre glow like garden. The two
s,te parts sat well upon Mr. Mccullough and
dignity, the tenderness md passion. OF Damon
ali embodied In tho formers characterization,
and the latter rosc to tho demands Of his trying role
with spirit vigor, intensity and grace. Each in
drew forth storms OF applause, and both wero fire..
quently recalled. The Hermion OF Miss Maud Granger
very effective her the fourth act exhibit
Ing better and quality OF acting than
nave In her before. This young LADY seems de-
termined TO be than beautiful the stage. MISS
Constance Hambiin made .her first appearance IN New
York;, tho bills announce. In tho part OF Calanthe
aud showed considerable stage training and good
method but her voice not sympathetic and possesses
peculiar American quality which IL Is hard to fancy
Ia the Syracuse that struggled with Carthage. Mr..
Coer's Dionysius was an honest performance. The
of tho such benefit performances
are ekcd with. In addition, the bal
cony scene from "Romco and juliet" and
tho first act o ..Back-Eyed Susann gave Mr..
Warde opportunities to display his versatility.
bliss Granger was the Juliet and Miss Hanblin the
Susan OF these AT the fall of the
damon and Pythas' Mr. Warde returned hts
THANKS 10 the house and tho man agemcnt and Mr..
Cullough. The latter almost dragged the
stage TO additional plandits, ana Mr. Palmer
bowed from box. And the management
vi Jarrett and Palmer ended at Booths. Those
who think Of II hereafter must somehow
into u the Ossianc picture OF Mr.. lockers beard
streaming out before like cirrhus cloud rs no IL
borne the crcsts OF the Aeghanies, the Rockies
and the Scrras, memoryaof torchght professions
and bill board fantasies 10 US and portent Of coming
troupes 10 the ragged cities beyond Peoria The wild
cry Vi Charlotte Cushman's Meg Merres merges into
the whistle OF tho locomotive the judicous praise
OF the city paper into tho puff of the engine and the
country paper.