Daily Republican., 1879-11-26
AMUsEMENTs.
Thanksgiving EnteRtainnent -
Other TrOupes-Helon RotteFS
Ple1ados,


Other TrOupes-Helon PottePas
Pleiades. ...-.
HELEN PorrER's PLKIADEs:-The per-
formanos given at the Opera House last
evening by Helen Potter's brilliant
seven was good, very good, all the way
through and from the first stansa Of
'Forren," until the last note Of "Sof-i-
ro," the performers had the audience
with them as was evidenced by the fire.
quent and rspturous applause and of
repeated encorss.
The Quartetts sang as only the
Swedish birds of song can, and Madame
Teresa Berger handled the cornet like
veritable Levy. Miss Potter is tos
we'll known to need cOmmendation, and
those of her friends who were unfortu-
nate enough not to be present last eve
ming, need only to be told that Helen
Potter like wine improves with age, to
I'LL them with regret for their loss.
Mons. Regamey in his cartoons alss
made decided hit.
GALLEY SLAvR.-To-m morrow afternoon
and evening "Galley Slave" will, be
presented by very fine troupe. It has
been played 10 Overlowing audiences.
Everywhere it has met with most en-
thusiastic reception. 1t is full Of merit
and being produced by a first class or
ssnizstisn the secret of its success IL
apparent in all the requirements Of q
strong acting play it is one Of the very
bsst that native writer has yet offered
the American public. The characters
in the piece are mainly Americans, but
in order to secure the most picturesque
background, the most foroible and i'm
prsssive incident, and wide diversity
Of character Mr.. Campbell has laid the
scene in Italy and France.
The hero is fine manly American
artist; the heroine an American heiress.
The incidental personages are types
of American society we'll adapted to
dramatic treatment. The situations
are strong, without being strained;
foreign in their general aspect, Is in
the conviction Of the hero for robbery,
which he acknowledges to save the
honor OF the woman he loves, and in
his banishment to the galleys-which
is more picturesquet han his retirement
to penitentiary; and in the social ag-
grandizement of the artist by his acces-
sion to the nobility-whichs is an ex-
treme of fortune that could not be de-
picted on American soil with such dra-
matte strength. The plot is very
strong strong % and the catastrophe is brought
The dialogue which cements it is
bright and sparkling, terss and forci-
ble, and thu comedy element is ample
without danger to the major interest.
1t is play that becomes more interest
ing with every scene, and the interest
does not culminate until the curtains
fall. 1t is, moreover, wholesome and
pithy.
SPRAGuB's GEORGIA MrNsrRRLs.-On
Saturday evening next the minstrels
will occupy the Opera House. The
Free Press of Scranton says:
One of the best troupes of negro
minstrels which ever held forth in this
city is 4. W. Sprague's Georgia min
strels, which exhibited at the Academy
of Music on Friday evening. A fair
audience was brought together expect
ing something good from the company,
and they were not disappointed. The
singing was excellent, many of the
songs being new, and those which were
old were 80 well rendered as to make
it pleasure to hear them. The jokes,
tna ErJ ob.. f,v .,r Io,S
stale, but for most part the wicticisms
we're new, and brought out with SO
much art as to bring forth roars of
laughter. Nobody was disappointed
with the performance, and everybody
was satisfied that he had the worth of
his money in pure unadnlterated fun
KATR THAyER.-On December 5th,
Miss Kate Thayer's grand concert COM
psny will perform in this city. They
will be attended by an unequalled
company, in programme of unsurpas-
sed excellence.
KIT, rHE ARKANSAS TRAvELBR.-We
remember having read the humorous.
sketch Of the Arkansas backwoodsman,
who was excessively fond of playing
the first part Of well-known rustic cir
on his rude fiddle. One day he was ac-
costed by traveller who wished for
lodging and repest, and stopped at the
cabin of this musical hunter to obtain
the needed requirements. He could
however get nothing but evssiye an
swers from the owner of the cabin to all
his questions, so intent was the back
woodsmaA with his favotite tune Of
which he could only master the first
part. A happy expedient then struck
the stranger who was even more IA
miliar with the tune, "why don't you
play the second part of that tune 2" he
asked the unsocial denizen of the wild
woods. Because" he replied, "for
the hest of all possible reasons, don't
know it." Then, said the traveller,
will play it for you, SO seating himself
on stump he regaled the astooished
Al dlar with tho coo,pd y, ~ of fh fuuo