The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-17
ADJUSTMENTS.
THE TRIUMPH.
An Extraordinary Spectacle, and an Ex-
traOrdfnary Grand Audience.

An Extraordinary Spectacle, and an Ex-
traOrdinary Grand Audience.
! The writer has seen the Opera House in Its
palmiest days. when select crowds filled Its spa
cious halls to hear the best artists in the world
assembled there under the magic wand of q
Davis, Boudousquie or q Canonge. but be has
never beheld such sight as last evening met
his eyes. Literally. from pit to dome, closely
pressed in boxes and galleries, the beauties OF
| the land filed the large edif1ce and what Is
called the cock loft even was crowded with
| fair ladies and admiring youths. In the CORR
doris and in the foyer" the crowd was so to
speak. intense. and one was delightfully."- josted
and most pleasurably damned and sufYocated
| by the loveliest part of creation in endeavoring
to go from one part of the theatre to another.
Just for the fun of 1t we tried it two or three
| times. and sooth to say we do not feel in any
way black or blue. On the contrary, retro
spective glance at the ordeal makes US feel, IL
| we may be allowed the expression, bully Not
withstanding all this. fully from fifteen hun
dred to two thousand persons could not obtain
admittance, and had to return homeward dis
appointed and repining.
| After having enjoyed for some time the ex-
quisite torture Of being squeezed, damned and
| jostled as aforesaid and being scarcely able to
| stand the pressure any longer. we pounced
upon our friend Dave of the Continentals and
persuaded him to introduce us behind the
scenes. There we were introduced to the chill
dren and had nice time with them. 1t being
our privilege we peeped into tho green room
and OF all the bright fairies, graceful princes,
beautiful tiny forlorn madens and delightfully."-
| pleasant proud sisters In the world. none could
| equal those we saw there. The bright innocent
eyes, the radiant smiles. the syiDh- ike forms.
| the gay spangles. the gaudy eoors. the dresses
| thin as air and creamy as summer clouds, the
rosy tints of the youthful faces. the atmosphere
! OF innocent childhood and motherly love that
surrounded the beautiful picture. all elevated
us to higher spheres of speculative thought and
moved our fancy to dwell, alas for too short a
space of time. In the realms Of the IDEAL
| were as many people congregated at one time.
under any circumstance. In any theatre In this
city The largest apdenee we think that Is on
the st. Charles Theatre when the fayorite Lolita
was filling, an engagement there. The sale of
tickets on that occasion amounted to 34OO. rep
resenting that many, men. women and children
The attendance at the Opera last evening was
It must have been a gratifying sight to the
Continental Guards the members of the Wash
ington Artillery and the ladies who have con-
have been particularly the triumph of Mrs.
Bell, to see her efforts in a noble cause crowned
with, such success. For In all honor, it is dueto
this lady to say that the merit is hers of produ-
cling the fairy tale OF
by children. In the magnificent, chaste and ar
tistic style which Was SO much admired last
child's dream. a fact which dispenses US with
the difficult and onerous task Of relating it.
And yet 1t is our duty to say that. interpreted
to whom the roles were intrusted. it deserves
more y, than an ordinary notice. The distribution
DIM. Russell c.; Lord Alidaro, Alien Il. W;
Pedro. Charles T. t.; Page, Holland F.;
queen, lily NJ; dodmother. Mamie c car,
hst enn BY 6 0 he the most us f
mind or vivid Imagination. Perfection was
everywhere. so that we are absolutely debarred
ter. We have but one regret; and it is that we
baye not the names of all the children who par
was danced by Charles q. b.. Lily S. CO,
George T. r rha-i+o Carrie md M5 kqsssI CO
ton in w W.. Matte II, Alien Nj, Daisy
Ro1ait Aifoa s Ra. Nnfy w Another 81
soe LILY h1iae Cali ali n s4ant coass eos
The beautiful scarf dance, which was also in
Fannie VII h ssdIss ff@s FssS dSrFls land and
Indeed, the picture was an exquisite one, and the
evolutions of the tiny actors were SO filed with
grace and co0uetry as to battle description.
THE CACHUcHA.
When the tinkling Of the prompter's bell
called up the curtain for the cachucha to the
de!igh1 Of the vast audience that petite little
courtesy she received. the plaudits and with
rhythmic motion and n! |. rare skill commenced
Of her tiny casanets her tiny feet in airy moe
ton. kept beat. while in sylph-like movements
her el form sWayed this way and that, in keeping
was that Oft Of the aona with black lace scarf and
short skirt that added to the illusion. 1t was
har hard to. believe. that tiny Fanny Ellsler. or
poetry OF motion. and even old connoisseurs
could not but applaud j. and recall ether days
leads H re less | gray Wien the Curtain fe
this little elf was not permitted to leave. and
a general encore brought her once more to
the footlights laden with bouquets almost rival
ing her in size.
The performance was followed by grand
midnight, when we left the del ghtf1l scene.
and in which no fewer than five hundred chill
dren participated, every one 81 which was low
l1er and more charming than the other,
THR REFREsHMENT DEPARTMENT.
With such throng pervading every nook and
corner Of the immense building. it is scarcely
necessary to say that the refreshment depart
ment was patronized extensively; indeed, seve-
raj times during the evening the booths had to be
resuppled with dainty meats. fruit and creams.
while the punch bowls were being constantly
suit all tastes and fancies. and there was a per-
feet queue during the entire evening to secure
seats at the restaurant tables, although there
could not have been fewer than 100 OF these.
FOR INFORMATION.
The immense and unprecedented success of
Cinderella" latter causing SO many. disap-
pointments) needs necessarily repetition. and
we are authorized to say to those children who
we're unable to obtain admission last evening
( that at an early day. most probably next week.
same charming children. This is a wise con
clusion. which will benefit the children as we'll
as the cause for which it is reproduced.
| To sum up. we repeat 1t. the affair was an i'm
mense success in every. particular. and too
much praise cannot be given to Mrs. Bel! and
work and devotion to the cause As concerns
the audience. we have never seen such spon-