Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1878-05-18
Special Correspondence of the JOURNAL
BALTIMORE, May IA, 1878.

DALI 1MoisE, way IL, 100.
About three weeks ago the Italian
Opera Troupe was here and, gave very
satisfactory performances for one
week, after which it went west and
the papers teemed with accounts Of
the quarrels Of the three prima-don-
mas, Clara Louise Kellogg, Annie
Louise Carey and NJ lie. Roze. Last
week it returned to our city, and gave
three performances, the last being the
Opera of Mignon. Well, in the first
place, this Opera, by Ambrose Thorn
as, is perfectly miserable one. There
is nothing in it, no strong points to
be brought out and no pretty tunes.
NJ lie Roze took the title role, and
really did as well with it as the par
permitted. Miss kellogg is no actor
at all. When she comes in you see
kellogg, and you are never allowed
to lose sight of that. When her
time comes to sing she MARBLES her
part very beautifully, bat when not
singing, makes no pretention to act
ing, but looks around at the audience,
and even bows to persons in it. With
all her years Of experience she has
never even learned to walk graceful
ly on the stage. She should certain
ly do that which she can perform
most successfully, and that is concert
singing. Carey did not sing in this
Opera, and the part of "Frederico, "
was given to a Mile Gmdotti, per
sonage that no one ever heard of be-
fore. 1t was well for our ears that
"Frederico" had very little to do.
Tom Karl was simply lawful" He
has very good voice, put his acting
he would walk across the stage look
ing as if he were saying to himself,
Where shall | look now % or, "what
shall l do with my hands? p or 81
wonder how it would do if l We're to
sit down here?' Gottschalk and
Comfy were excellent. Both had I'M
satisfactory characters, Gas, indeed
all had, but managed them better
than is common. Then the orches-
ira Every man in it must have
thought it to be his religious duty to
play in a tortissimo strain the entire
time, utterly regardless Of the fact
that solo was being sung or that the
sentiment did not require loud music.
Once, when Karl was singing, there
was utter discord, 1t is very likely
that the people Of Baltimore Who
We're present at this performance OF
Mignon vowed within themselves
never to witness its representation
again.
We have had quite an excitement in
a certain part of our city caused by
ghosts, Doomed for a certain time to
walk the night One evening about
eleven o clock a woman named Moore
was ironing in her kitchen, and, hear
ing a noise behind her, turned and
beheld the most horrible spectacle OF
a headless man, whose breath she
found to be very offensive, as she
afterward declared. (How a person
without a head could breathe upon
her the poor woman forgot to explain. J
This created a great stir IN the
Ieighborhood. A body of spiritual
lists assembled, a medium conversed
with the ghost, and found that it V az
once a man Of some wealth, who had
been murdered and buried in his Gel
lar, where his money was also hid
den. This sensation failed in creating
much excitement throughout the city,
consequently it was dropped.
Another ghost had a definite pur-
pose in view when it walked the
night" A man had bought a house
on Gay street, and wishing to buy an
other, thought the way to get it
cheap would be 10 depreciate the val
lie OF the property. To accomplish
this he instituted series Of walks on
the roof Of the neighboring house il
his role dc nut, but, after frightening
about half dozen people into con
yulsions, was discovered and arrested.
A novel sight was witnessed in our
streets to-day. A thief who had
been arrested in the act Of robbing a
gentleman at hotel, having refused
to have his picture taken, was march
ed through the streets to all the no.
tells with a placard upon his back
with the inscription, Il am a thief,
in glazing letters. Some OF the citi-
zens were very indignant at this dis
graceful proceeding, as the man had
not yet been convicted.
PICKENs.
ssssssE.x 1890.