, 1879-07-10
GOOD-DY. NOWERY THEATRE,
Mem Jnrk T1r{f ,}HfYa

Seto 1ar& Wartd. Ja'ga
Tomorrow evening the Dowery Thcntrc will
end tts career In tic ltty-tourth year Of fts age
1t closcs With The benefit Of Its Inst manager.
And thereafter. under n new ramo Hud witt, al
tcrattons, Will bocotnu a German theatre last
night Was substantially tho closing ouc,-for a
bonetlt evening t'co1nts for nothlng,n as Kin
Fan }Pfakle says, 10 green.rootn oarlance. The
performances were OF the old-}ashioucd, tuelo.
dramatic sort,-thc dramas being "Rcgulator's =
Doom, +Jack junk" "Lite for Life" and
'lrish EmlCrants.n After tho performances
which were witnessed by an immense audience
among whom #cre not few told uo1cry
boys" who Ind fn childhood seen Tom T1amblin
n biz glory-;a World reporter found Manager
Ferdinand ". llofele sc.tod Ia the box-otljco
like cheerful s1arlus who realized flint another
dramatic tartllagc was to be destroyed
"As to my management" sad sir. uofclo
yesterday aitern9on, ~ llaya only been the
lnauager Of the otta Dowcry for 4 little over
year. ailI ! have hnd prctty peaceful time Of
u. TIC EytlmEe row was about tho biggest we
!Iaye bad. Miss Eytings refused to play, as sho
had done onec before IN Sun Fraue!sco. No
manager ca'l guard against the wAlms Of ac-
th!tlg very serious, and .fos tin rest my year ol
management has passed smoothly although
pcr|!ans not as prohtaby ns could have Wish
Gu. Thy most profitable rieca haye produced
Ga was bbana TINT M 'an fo1 three weeks aud TO
which run for a fortnight. Uncle Toni also
rnn for two weeks to gbod houaes.'r
u, Cpnuerted with the house long t!mcl
Weil; ! sh"liii eny so,--nbout twenty-five years.
l didn't como In at The cabin-wlulow, as they
say at sea. | camc through tic hawscr-holes,
beginning as cal.boy allI wording up through
ait tHa successive ratlks, aHd mn not certain
1;at nn,t Rba!l 1rysr mg connection with the Old
IT, 'n'9"ery atter this nlTht's performances. for
posltlont btlt not as nlnnngcr. Mr.. Kramer, TIL.
proprietor Ut tue house; who also l1as The At
!aEttt Gar1en next door, ID at present out uf
Inc clty, but has written to me requesting
unfan,iliar with. theatrical atraErs hu viii
probably want mo to oct as hls auept, but
Nine. Cuttrosly Will be thu nnanageress u,ld viii
;s ovsn With an entirely ncr cotnvany after tho
lns!te q! tho house has beeu r1,nlolt{cd.n
THE taste for lnelournna dying outl Why,
olcss YOU, you were never n,oru n,isakcn tr
your life, Al,d tho best opening That llerp ia at
present III Tue Theatrical liue is III the tlra1.,a-
fhl. Is what lnti iutendct, otll9 to lurca ss.
tent next year II this other arrangement had nut
been entered Into. ln II city like this thcro Is
someth!l!g occurring each week tbat could 10
sssep a Tpfksa + ~ f9r p, on t
ean HUI afel nsns for s ss'Ss H. .sos u
tha coacl'nan over IN Jcrssy. Properly nan-
u'eap ttlcAe ahu similar events constantly uc-
curing would attract audiences such "a M
o'1, o',er ~, sty's q pIsxe would dfsw No; l. i
sou ss. tb!s IL ti mi Ill., o,.oer oas ensEe bus
many o,h"r lhsatrc. wtthnil no5er" % snna .eo arc
For 30 cruts man ca, 1.rt "t!a"sos: s"s
In Broadway theatre ti,ess tne., au our hest be
seats are ola.fashiousl and ara nut csmforta.
iuor, rhic Is irca,Ietoa naostiy H. 1ns nsrms neas
wautcd to dive lid natron. rs,a fsrman r. "aaha, sa,
atre, a1.d a. liz jteror ot lis otsn s,un aa e n@t
10 bo rcmodoie il INV syeet, is % etsr,niueS MIR n
or German atIfunr mi II" :" ~ ~
the experiment Of frst.cisss fssrnan ,ho.tI3 to
IN this city. II II does uot sl,ceec.t. whr shn1I
hrnth ntn toI.a ~ *''sA'A