The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-12-27
Amusenents.
YoR NEXT WEEK .

matte Company begin short season at the opera
House, the play for that evening being Cara
Morris's famous miss Mutton" never, as yet
nlayed In Ottawa. Miss Florence Herbert is the
Star OF the company and is lady spoken
well OF everywhere, and In many towns sa grea'
rayorite. She comes well supported bya nice
company OF about a dozen people, inciuoIhG
Harry Wentworth, who was here with Milton
Mobiles year ago. From all we can learn oi 'he
COMPANY. we think they will give very pleasing
entertainments and will give satisfaction 'o"'
ing as the company does under the management
Of Mr. John whitley we have great fai'h IN H.
as Mr.. Whitley has never yet brought too'ta"a
any kind OF an entertainment that was net hrst
class land he has given us many rare treat In
III. psst); and he assures us he now.hss the best
company he ever managed
PRICE. This company meets the desires OF
many who have longed for low admission prices
and here As everywhere else will charge 80 LOT
reseryed seats and Is cents for the gallery lhese
prices do not, as some may think, concedc an en-
,er,ainment OF the second class by any means
Il means simply desire TO play to full houses at
IS cents rather than small or average ones al 20
eents Here, then ,is an opportunity to test the mer
ito OF the mplants Of high prices Attend THIS
show (really a IS cent show at IS cents or for
ever hold your peace about high prices"
The company will play every evening from
Monday to Thursday inclusive, and give matt
nee on New Years day. For every entertain
nent there will be change OF plsy-none beng
yeuested. seats now for sale at 6lovers BOOK
Store.
The Psnn. MAY "Folly Company gave en-
tertainments at the Opera House on wednesday
and Christmas nights. There was one lady IN
The house on Wednesday night but she changed
her mind before the curtain rose and her escort
valtxsd her home. The show WAS not "smutty'
a, ALL but Wa very dizzy" for all that.
The five Who composed the GALAXY OF
beauty" were too sweet for anything" as when
The eve took in the beached tow wigs that made
them "giddy blondes" and the WED stockings"
The pcn-,1re poyt1 was stunning" Of course;
but tho olo-Oli-oh-we "pass." Ryan is a
pretty fair comedian and with Mathews gave
rood double clog-the only redeeming features
Of the show. They had houses that paid expenses.
NOTES
Inc PAttl season mas not DcSH buCCceb
Joe Murphy reached Chicago Dec. % and plays
at Hooley's.
Rome has 70 theatres, capable OF holding a..
500 spectators.
Maploson's Opera Company will be in Chicago
Jan. l2, for two weeks.
The Weathcrsby Goodwin party have been play.
Hg 70 packed houses in Boston.
Verdi, il Is announced, will write a new opera.
The subject will be "Otheo"
VS. Gilbert has written a new play for So'h-
EN-, which will soon be brought out
Barney Macauley was presented with an ele.
gsnt silver service lately by Louisville citizens.
u was John Wh,teley manager for Florence
Herbert, who brought Louise Sylvester here
some years ago. She Is "onc OF the best SOU
brcttes on the American stage" and won her
hrst SUCCESS in Pittsburg.
Emma Thursby, the great concert singer, Is
not nm actress She refuses TO appear In opera
because she declares she cannot identity herself
with the hcroines she would be called on :" I'm
personae. Nus Times.
Pinafore Gilbert is about ready TO launch his
rev play The scene is laid several hundred
yesrs ago, in the days OF ancestral halls rlch
in story, long lines Of paintings and rusty old
srrnor; but the characters are fashionable New
York men and women Of to-day, who move
through all the situations with the utmost gray
ity wherein lice the fun.
"Pinaforc Gberts' opera Princess Toto
was presented for the first time in America on
last Saturday night. II was written three years
ago and has been gwen In London some 700
times. "Thc opera" the N. Y. World says,
"sbounds ia catching airs and jolly choruses,
while the business Of the piece is exceedingly
,uppy.- The music was written by Frederic
Clay.