National Republican., 1879-10-21
Il W USEM ENTS.
Ford,s Opera-Honse-"u. s. Rnttnns.n


An audience not excessive in numbers, but
largely composed Of the most critical of critics,
witnessed the first performance of Buttons ut
Ford's last evening. So far the plot of the piece
is concerned, there Is more perceptbc to any ap
precioble degree except II be that very much
married and divorced female Is on still hunt af)er
divers and sundry husbands, and finally succeeds
in gathering one of them to her loving arms greatly
10 her own delight aud the sati tislacton OF the spec.
tator; The very lnudable efforts Of the aforesaid
female to secure one of her recnlcitrant partners
for life are interspersed with frantic attempts
of an NJ. c. and aGeneral, IT, S. A. To marry the
adopted daughter Of widowed niece of an idiotic
Cabinet officer said a. d. being the possessor of un-
told millions, coveted by the NJ. G. and General,
who are aided and abeted by the Cabinet idiot
ana oil the former husbands of the muchly mar
ried female, the latter being intent all the while
upon frustrating their designs upon the adopted
daughters bank account, very much aiding by her
energy and zeal, sort of superlumerary of the
Marine Corps, who Is q leader of the German and
the adopted daughters particular mash" The
music, though to great extent not strictly origi-
nal is pleasing, and the duet in the second act of
the soprano and contrato and the solo In the last
act ef the contralto, are sufficiently original and
pretty TO enroll Sgnor Operti,s name in
the list of successful compo;er The piece
was well mounted, tie scenery and costumes par
ucularly the latter giving evidence of great taste
and disregard of expense. The toilets worn by
the ladies were as pretty and costly could be de-
sired by the most 5astidious The palm Of the even
dLids Retchum. Her rich, melodious, sympathetic
voice captivated her hearers at once, and the per-
fecton with which she assumed and acted the
different characters allotted TO her proved her TO
be an actress of no mean merit Miss Ella Montejo
as Columbia likewise earned liberal share OF up
probation. The young lady possesses a very fair
soprano voice carefully trained and judciously
used. and with pleasant face and fine figure made
| good impression upon her auditors 1t would be
decided improvement, however, upon her other
wise good acting If she would bcstow less osenia
tous attention upon the arrangement OF her ward
robe. Miss Maynard, q mezzo-sopruno of rather
pleasing quality did well in the part OF rs Buro0
Mr.. Penton rs Captain BdrrGckSdF; Mr.. Rudolph
| sen as Judge Buro,0. the Secretary; Mir Wren AS
AIr Arfh ag .
| Garrson; Mr.. Bragan Cdptain Seduorthy and
Mr.. Ince as Chin. han CHECK, contributed each and
| all 10 the general success.
| National Theatre--"The Tourists.s
| A large and fashionable audience assembled at
the National Theatre last night to witness the ar
| rival of the Tourists" which is presented by q
an equal chance to display his talents There Is
little or no plot to the piece. and the story luns
thus: Two wealthy young ladies have been left
| under the guidance of n maiden aunt who op-
poses the attentions paid them by two fashionable
young men, and in order to break off the intimacy
which has arisen she decides to take them on a
trip across the continent. Before starting. mum.
ber OF diamonds belonging to the young ladies are
missed, and detectives are employed to work up the
| tween the French butler and the two detectives,
one All Italian and the other German. The aunt
| meets the officers and brbcs them TO arrest tho
two young men, but through the cunnngness of
| the young girls they get them drunk, obtain tho
true warrants, and return in their stead blank
piece OF paper Everything Is all right up to the
present time for the young folks, and they pre-
pare for their tour The second scene finds all
hands thrown together in Pullman car, and in
order TO pass the time they resort to all kinds OF
sports, such as singing, dancing and funny say
ings In this act special mention due to the songs
aud choruses Of Poor Cock Robin" (orginal with
| tho Tourists. the launching Chorus" the BELL
THO from Plnafore), and Harrigan and Hart's
new song, The Skids are out To-day by differ
ent members Of the troupe, much 10 The ainuse-
| ment of the audience The third act presents n
good representation Of sleeping-car and passen-
gers retired for the night. Some of the passengers
cause the obging porter. who charges hfty cents
all around for all information great deal OF trou-
BILE especially one of the lovers who gets tight and
being unable TO sleep himself determines thatno one
| else shall enjoy that luxury and rouses every one
when it is discovered that the has the diamonds
In her possession in order 10 keep them out of the
way of the two young men, who she suspected
were making love TO her nieces for the purpose OF
securing them. On the whole, Tourists is one OF
the most amusing and mirth. provoking representa-.
tons We have witnessed this season. Each and
every member of the company has prominent
part to play which he does in very artistic style
| and the company show that they thoroughly i'm.
derstand what is required Of them Tourists" is
| well worth visit. They stop here for one week.
| A matinee will be given Wednesday.