, 1879-02-09

laws spent half Of his time the first week trying
~ get commodore Footc. Of the Mastodous K
| M 1--WE nm little window space. Tie Masto
~ uona uase those Mastodonic posters which fiji
~ any window less than ten by twelve feet
ann tie opera Autographs look small :A,ul insig
nlcaht bv the side Of the great oil portrait upor
paper OF Col. ]. e. Haycriy. There has beer
Just luis same row wherever two Of Haycrly's
SHOWS come together. The first that arrives IN
town puts all the paper on the walls that they
vii hold, aud the Que that comes after has tc
Naisttc Tor vacant fence. Nor will the first
arrival yield point. 1.-The Duntes :" followed
me Mastodons ip a little town in Connecticut,
anu toote would not give them n single bill
last night.
HAvEaLT's MlSsTRELs,
by the way, went out Of town mich stronger
them z: II. Kaine, latc manager Of
The Museum, as midleman. Mas and Turner,
class xylophonist, who is to lead the drum
Booker. Tie latter had been engaged il
New York, where he had been walking:
around upon his uppers. and he was SO clatcd
at the idea Of getting SIS week that he went
and got married at once. He then took to
drinking. whether from joy or sorrow conse-
quent upon his marriage no one could find out,
but it madc him useless to the COMPANY. They
went off in special car provided by the Pen n
$l,000 for their railroad tares during the present
week.
sTRAKosCn's LUCK.
Max did not find q bit Of fault with his week
here, although it was not remarkable in any
way. Mir. Davis gave him fair swing, and for
bore to make known the programme OF the Ma
plesou company until Strakoseh had made all his
announcements, which WAS not until the middle
of the week, the Saturday matinee not being
announced until Friday morning. The houscs
constantly increased, and Miss Litta fully war
ianted the good report concerning her passed
bv The TRIBUNE at the time Of her debut
which report, by the way, was most literally
distributed BY the active Joel. She was recalled
five times in Lucia, " and aroused the most GU
thpsiasm that hare seen in the Academy since
Nilsson's time. Lazarini seems to have gained
little in strength since he was here in the fall,
and iantaeoni divided with Miss Cary the hon
ors of ts!tida-;' lie did so we'll that Miss Kcl-
1ogg could not avoid committing Que OF her
abuninahle betises. in pretending that beauti-
full basket Of flowers handed up to him was in
tended for her. ard refusing to accept his dis
claimer until she had looked at the card TO sat-
isfy herself
p1 MuRsEA HAS GROWN OLD
since we heard her last but her voice retains its
freshness wonderfully. Mr.. Adams sang once
Or twice, but might as well have kept silent for
all the music there WAC i'll it. The company went
hence to Boston. where it is doing very good
business. Tile first days sale WIGS over $3OUU,
and tomorrow night Miss Cary is to have an
immense house when sue will sing sAlgpon "
for the first time for her benefit. She can sing
two or three acts without transposition and will
only hare to make lower two three scenes half
a tone. Thence the troupc goes to Providence,
Hartford, and New Haven, and opens the new
opcra-house in Burlington, VT, ou the 9th.
staying two nights: thence to Montreal, March
Tolclo, 10th and 1lth; and Detroit, 18th to the
18th, reaching McTicke%'S OH the 18th, The SEA