The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-03

puhIgH the Cast OF 0HE BsOAhAHA Apuso hs "
really was performed, VIZ
a., M r. Elevator ...., LEONARD Grover
Prof. areRnt ious Hilhpod- ss-es'. ~ WonuWaTd
Walter Dalry.nple -ArGhie ooWp9r ,,1r
Joseph Fiureti Hhrl I,tllH
Matthew Eligible s..,.:s.s,s W. IT, mmrhoek
Or. Amariah ehouter....:. 80 - fhlmer
Tho Now Letter Man. s,........... VIM. Lovecraft
irmuanin IL. .......s#...+. Master Booth
M,s mnrin Ceyllle. .....s..... Jennie Mcclellan
Ileatrice Man helm s....,-... Ethel Grayt rook
Mrs. Darymple. e.................., Amelia Waugh
Mrs. Violet Eligible ...-e..... Franks Morton
Miaa Annie Coiville ......,.,.z..l-. !. Eula Nash
nettv Ella Hunt
The changes and substitutions we are given
to understand were made IN an endenyor 70
.hat e.onr Boardlng Houae'' did not work
smoothly i was too evident that The players
had nsver worked" together before as they
esrt ain order cannot be denied but 1t will re-
anire many reheaIsols before thoy ean pro
dnce the play up TO the standard Of this theatre.
and In a manner to enable tho public 70 appre-
ciate tho vnlue Of the individuals Of which IL -
eompoaed Our Boarding House will be re-
| peated to.night.
THE ACADEMY.
We'll, the Danitos have been hung. md We are
glad of It, The fact is, these two luRubrlous
ruftlnnR, with no redeemlpg trait. not even good
acting. coming regularly Mt intervals all
through tho piece. simply for tho purpose Of
botherin9 n poor little woman dressed as q
boy. had egitlmhtoly acquired our sympathy.
and we heartily concur la tho decision Of the
iudge who held the scales OF justice In the
''glorlous climate of California ,,
rably l conducted throughout. ns should be OK, :.
pect.d Of joaquin Miller; who dramatiz9,sni u IL y
from his own thrilling "a sketch OF the first
Taken as a whole tho acting was good. Nc
Kee Rankin Hs Sandy understands his part to
u dot md plays In most natural manner,
ytt, tInf
ence He hns the physique OF the part. being
endowed with n stalwart form and manly and
Mrs. Mckee Rankin. In the roll OF Nancy
Williams has good deal OF intelligence Of her
part (which ws must say Ia not dilHcHIt 10
i nnderstapd). but makes It monotonous by her
| invariable sameness OF intonation. which con
tinues uniform throughout She either rants
or moaua and her feRturea lack the Hexibllity
| should bt, the mnltitudinOnR phases Of nope
despair. love and agony through which shn
paBsGs. ,,,
dan who played the .Phra on, was Inferior to
last years Parson. but ns the plot thickened ne
| warmed rp and went through the thrilling scene
in int the last act much to bid credit In that scene
no excels. ma we think. his predecessor. his act
Ing being more chaste and loss prone to rant
The "WIdder," as played by Mias Corn Tan,
ner. is very ntelligently interpreted. Her dc M
tion Ia excellent. aud on some occasions snt I,
displays much dramatic talent. She lacks llft
ani animation to some degree but Ia Root
and comely '.Wdder" for all that. Aldrich. who
came with last years troupe. was better
Judge" than Ben Maginley. though the lattel
does we'll enough.
Llmber Tim. played by Lon Harris. is evel
The Chinaman is not good the fact Is. he is NJ
"washee washee" but only q poor Imitation
Pnrsloe was much better
Tho balance OF the trOupe will DO very we'll Y
I'll up: but Wa must make q special mention Q
tho rain" which. during tho Thunderstorm
acted its part admirably. One almost shud
dered. upon hearing it. Mt the Idea OF going OIL
OF doors The thunder WAS not 90 good.
We had forgotten to say ut the beginning ina
tho Academy was crowded to snffocation las
night, and that We have rarely seen the Ralle
ries 80 full This Is Of good omen for sun
day night. As the world Rona, the Mckee Ran
Kin Combination is we'll worth the three hours
sitting In the Academy Of Music. In want 0
something better.
oUssET AT dRuNEWAID HALL.
Ousset. the magician, gave very enloyabl
entertainment at Grunewald Hall last night T
an appreciatIve audience. His tricks were we
and skillfully executed. and several OF Their
were original and OF decidedly novel charac
ter The entertainment was concluded with
magic lantern exhibition Of q superior order
Ousset will give another performance at tn
same place tonight.
BEARS STORY.