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| matte productions OF the present time, and dill
fers from most plays Of the kind inasmuch as
has s most excellent plot and its characters arr
copied from life There is no other comedy O
farce which affords SO much scope for cnotiona
ayting than this play, unless it is rip Vat
Winklc." In fart, the character OF -7fr. tFeigel
Y SONG respects resembles that OF OF
K0 cn1x1 tnGsh a2ant the story hc Of .x the Pa!
sented only moderately: wcll, canno
fail to please. but if it is performed with such
excellence rs it was last Thursday, tho cnthusi
asEn which it created is not to be wondered at
Ihe principal part was in the bands Of Ar
Julius Koch, who justly counts this among hif
faycrite roles. We have admired him in this
character before, but his voice is SO much inl
proved this season that his performance last
THURSDAY was better than ever before. Miss
Cottrellv as Emma was equally brilliant, a14d
her PLAYING and singing coud hardly have bee,
cNccllcd. Praise for their good acting also Dc
serve McssTs. Helner, krueger, and kost, anG
Aiesdan,cs Claussen aud Scl'aunlbcrg. Mr.
| Waldorf rs leopold was only passablc.
| This evcnin. Miss Cottrclfy will hare an op.
porsunity to appear i'll two OF her best roles
! that Of .Nargarcthe I1cstern in Carl Blum:
comedy, e Erxichungs-rcsu1tate Kesu1ts o1
Etlncat'on> and qs E2i;a in L,ArronSe's brilliant
given permission).
GENERAL LOCAL NOTES.
John Dillon, when last heard Of, was playing
i'Pink Dominos" " in Houston, Tex.
Mr. Chccvcr Goodwin. one OF the authors oi
"Ecansclinc, has been here on a visit. Tic is
accompanied by Mr. George r. Porter, of Bos.
ton.
Col. Hickey should issue orders to every
member OF the police force to TO be ION the
| heat" this week, aud sell all the tickets they
can for the benefit OF their Benevolent Pro-
tcctirc Society.
| George Miller, OF Woods Theatre, Cincinnati,
| formerly Of Chicago, is here on business visit
| &c has been successful in lis management Of
| Woods, where he runs sensations and conb-
| nations, and he reports business to be brisk.
| Air. Cyril Scarle. with the Boucicault Com
| pany, appears in Milwaukee this week. He is
at the Palmer House, and leaves tomorrow
| morning. His Capt. -uolinc"r, in ''The Shaugh-
raun,' has been spoken OF highly by Eastern
| critics.
| Mrs. Laura Dalnty's concert aud literary en-
| tcrtaiumcut comes off on the :22l The Oriental
! Quartctte will be one Of the features, and
among other novelties mas lie mentioned Mr..
Emory 4. St0rrs' talented liIt1e 13-ycar-pld
daughter. who will play. Mrs. Dainty promises
! some new recitatiors. aud these will Of course
be an attraction.
Thc many friends Of Mr. r. L. Marsh, former
" Of Woods Museum, this city, will bc glad to
hear that he has entered into partnership with
Mr. ]. Nunncmachcr, anG with the latter gell-
tlcman will III future 1narage the Sunncn,actler
Dpcra-HOus:, Milwaukee. This is one OF the
hunlsoniest theatres i'll the West, and under
Mr.. Marsh 5 intelligent management will un-
duubtcdiy become 4 faVoritr resort Of the thea
trc-going public OF the Cream City
Mr.. Charles Vivian, the wcll-known comedian,
hu1norist- and MIMIC, who has been for many
wears connected with the principal theatres Of
the Pacific Slope, is in Chicago Oh his way East.
ne is about to produce some new colnedtcs
adapted to his peculiar cecentricitics. Ar. Vivian
is accompanied BY his wife, 4 lady OF iuc ac-
complishments Us L dramatic reader, and an
actress OF the emotional school. Their friends
wish them all success in their new venture.
1t was noticed that there were more ladies
without escorts at the Pink Domino matinee
yesterday than have been seen in many years at
any performance. The married. ladies sueaked
downtown under pretcisc Of shopping, and
went i'll to sec how men behave away from
home. John Wentworth took seat among
them. Somc preacher had warned him against
it, and so he went. Mr.. Wentworth was OF
opinion that the minister swindicd him, BY rails
lug expectations which were not fulfilled. /
The lady supervisors OF tho Wo1nan's Hos
pital Of the State Of Illinois have in preparation
rich treat for the public. The entertainment
Is appointed for the 5ti and 9th OF December
been engaged Tor that purpose. The principal
feature Of the programme will be Belshazzar's
Feast iu tableaux. The characters will be
represented by some OF the most prominent
Chicago ladies and gentlemen. The scenes will
present an array OF elegant costumes and Oriental
splendur. The object is truly charitable one,
and NC trust will be LARGELY patronlzed Tickets
will be 81 each, and will be for sale at the prn-
cipal bookstores and by the ladies'. lhey are
OF Mrs Louis Wahl, No. 9G4 Prairie avenue, on |
Monday evening.
The sccond lecture Of Mrs. Richardson's |
course was given on Friday evening in the
1ccture-room OF Methodist Church Block. The
Rotnances Of King Arthur and his knights OF
the Round -Tab!e:was treated of. The lecturer |
gave suceinct history Of the first introduction
of the Arthurian romances into our literature,
with all account of Alallory's Morte D. Arthur,
and made some comparisons with lennysons
treatment Of the same subject. The lecture
was embellishcd with selections from the
poetry relating to the theme, read
with tho rare .e1ocutionary finish which
Mrs. Richardson possesses. She held the atten-
tion Of her audience from first to last. as she
more modern subjects, the course
grows more interesting to the general public.
Next Tuesday evening, Chauccr aid his con-
will be thoroughly discussed, and
choice selections from the Canterbury Tales will
I,e read. On Friday next, spcnser, Sidney. and
Raleigh will be spoken Of, and extracts from
the Fairr Queen given. 4 more enjoyable, as
we'll as profitable, hours time could not we'll be
:pcnt than at these lectures on English litera-
ture.
PINE poM1Nos--A POEM.
DEAR Mr.. EDITOR: VIII You please give space,
And to few lines Of advice ind place:
It's to warn married men with their wives not to 80
And ssce the play at Mcvicker's called ''Pink
Now, married men. if you were all wise,
And did your future happiness prize.
You never would let your wife for to co.,
And SCI the play called Pink Domino"
Could not believe you would do So
Deceive her thus and then OF and 60.