Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-17
Amusements.


MEMFHIs THEATER. = Another large
audience appeared at the theater last
night aud enjoyed the amusing prssenta.
ton Of Our Boarding House by the
Leonard Grover Comedy Company.
The play vas finely presented and was
highly enjoyed. Each actor aud actress
in the cast has been specially selected
for q particular role. The play runs
along without q break, characters come
and 20 in quite a natural manner, and
scenes and incidents follow each other
10 quick succession. The play is nstu-
raj and life.like, the dialogues just such
as are usually engaged IN by that strange
admixture Of people who live at board.
log houses in Chicago and other cities.
The scenes change from the grave to the
gay, from the comic to the pathetic,
Take it all in all Our Boarding House
is a good modera society comedy. 1t is
a picture Of certain phases Of American
life. In the play many things might be
left out without injuring it, and in the
dialogues are many questionable phrases
and expressions which could be dis.
pensed with. Wherever the play has
been presented it has drawn well and be-
come popular. To night Our Boarding
House will be introduced on the stage
for the third time, and will occupy the
boards each night Of the week, Saturday
night excepted. At the matinee on Sat-
urdsy it will also be the attraction.
BABY.
Long life to Baby. -[New York Sports.
man, July 18th,
1t is a screaming farce, and has won
immediate recognition. = American Art
Journal, July 2lst.
Baby bids fair TO have a successful run.
Turf, Field and Farm, July 18th.
The great number Of funny surprises
and l~aughable turns puts the play beyond
the severest criticism. Home Journal,
July 22d.
1t may be said Of Baby that it deals in
follies rather than vices, and that the au.
dience last night vas too busily engaged
in laughing at the ridiculous mishaps Of
the principal personsges to devote much
time TO the consideration Of moral
ethics. -[New York Post, July 18th
The audience is kept in a constant
state Of hilarity to the close. -[New York
Star, July 18th.
One of the most brilliant successes we
have had the pleasure to chronicle for
many a long day .-[Sunday Times, July
22d.
At the end Of the first act Baby was
voted a strong success; at the end of the
second there was no doubt shout it, and
when the curtain was rung dewn at the
end of the third act, and the audience
turned to the serious consideration o.
getting home, it was the opinion o.
everybody that Baby w0uld live as long
as the arrangements Of the Park Thea
ter will permit. -[Evening Telegram
July nth.
Baby will be presented at the Memphis
Theater next week for three nights only
and Wednesday matinee, commencing
Monday night.
LEGERDEMAIY. PROT. Maeallister, thu
wizard, appeared at the Greenlaw 0perI
House last evening, and before anothe
large audience. He performed many
wonderful tricks, somewhat mysteriou
and inexplicable, very much to lb
amusement and mystifcation Of the ST.
dience. The little folks were especial
delighted with the performance. TIL
; drawing of handsome and serViceabl
: gifts followed, Mr.. W. j. Chase gettin
the first prize, q handsome marble-to
bureau. Another entertainment and dil
tribution Of presents to night, when th
leading prize will be a fine parlor sofa.