The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-24

Soft fruittage. mighty nuts and noufi shing
roots"
Just as the ballet is thrown In between The
ac's; SO next appears the paraphernalla Of
rnlicking pantomime. Sedately sitting VI ths
nlI nest shelf IS the pasteboard "Majic OWL
of tho
OLD RAvEL TROUPE.
va Druiy was u favorite place to Gabriel
haVel. and IN every corner one comes across
some trick Of his Dragons heads. stuffed
fowl. harmless clubs and harlcqnn's swords.
i"hth rests with age, and conIidiugly lolling
against serpent 10 the trident OF Iamiel OF
| the Black Crook"
Still responding to the pressure OF the foot,
lnerfily turns the spinning wheel iii the
corner that was wont 70 begule the hours If
Parthenia. In the good old days Miss Lilly
Forrest
dark shadows, Is relic nf the old Varieties
company, q dented and broken-up camera
and near It the pilot-whee Of this craft III
Foul Play,, 50 often touched by the hand of
Fanny B. Price. Unsupported and alone
stands one OF the veteran pieces OF furniture
OF forty years service a chevnl glass, or
rather its painted prototype. What boudoir
scenes " has looked upoD They looked like
2 collection q Oh hoop-poles and crooked
hoop-poes Mt that. "This," said the prop
erty man, ''is the staff used in "McK Mcr-
rifles by
CHARLOTTE CuSHMAN, 4mr
and these for thirty years have waved in
witches hands to the mystic incantations In
Macbeth. keeping rythm as
Round about tho cadron go
lnthe poisoned. extracts throw
Double, double toll and trouble.
Fire burn and ealdron bubble
Descending the stair dazed In no little de,
gree by the revival of these old associations
we reached the WINGS where, without q tick.
stands Fanchon's clock, the timepiece of Mag
gie Mitchell. and some souvenirs OF the
Chapman sisters and JAS. Anderson.
o2ms sald nri Ter str"ng st !, us 20 p
about twenty feet square, situated just over
and to the right of the entrance 1t was q
curiosity in Itself. Primitive looking desks
and cabinets were against the walls. and In tho
middle Of the floor stood table, the green
baize upon it worn thin. Tackled on the side
Of ono ct the desks was q card marked "tho
property Of Ludlow & Smith, st. Charles
Theatre, 1s45." These gentlemen managed
Old Drury after it had been rebuilt from
TIE ASHES or THE FIRE or 1913.
Hero is a curious book" said Major
Strong, handing out an old ledger Here you
will see what salaries were then paid some OF
the leaders. Look down that page
There II was recorded -. II. McVicker. 50
per week; Nea1ie, So; Tom Placide, s25
JAS Wright, SIS: Mr.. and Mrs. Vance, $iD
This was during the season Of 1866.
Opening % drawer, Bob took out u long, mar
row book, looking like diary. 1t was Il
prompter's book, one page containing the
pieces Of the evening performance, the other
such notes Of the prompter on the conduct 81
the actors and their cORtrefsmps aS merited
attention. lit was u 5a@5..M.5m@z .r
SORT or BLACK BOOK,
where one can read how Mr. So-and-so did
not put in an appearances ia his part, and how |
somebody saw him tight at the Shades, an
% cafn on rPrdido street, just behind Ma
sonic Hall. Turning over the leaves we come
across tie following entries:
Monday June ", 1slG.- Ninth week Of the
season. aud first night Of the engagement of
Mr.. j. j.. Booth
MIR. Booth was suffering under the effects
OF previous lntoNcation and could not E.t
through the part ('Iron Chest" was the pierel |
without bang Missed. MIR. Smith explained
to the audience the circumstances and an
nounced his engagement was then and there
terminated
A little further on we read:
"June N.-Mr Booth, at the request Of tho
public. generally, re-engaged by the manage
ment."
Then for night we note Full and enthu-
Rastic houses" brilliant receptions" MIR
Booth electrified the thronx present"
Looking on we see
MORE COMPLAINTS.
Follins of d Night Merchant Of Ven
ce,N1r. Tom Piacde absent at rehearsal;
,iece delayed in consequence. As regards
Nh. Flacide, could not prevail upon the man
cement or they do exact forfeit9l to mako n
imp Job Ot 1t with him At the end OF the sea-
on thereby securing bis name from expos
ne 50 very often, and relieving ne from max
ng Use OF IL in SO bad cause
Endorsed on this is: @9~@H0..5
trJ'he prompter may hereafter omit writing
dr. $ name i'll the book. Let the promptcr
vt Mobile take his turn 5m1@z
LUDLOW Il SMITH, Managers"
Next we meet q familiar name to all. Tho
sroIppter writes "Messrs. Joe Jefferson,
english and Fredercks reported as being
cry noisy IN their dressing rooms. This il
becoming u common thing, and requires no
ica"
The sun began to settle down behind
he chimneys across the street, the unfoHu-
late newsboy was shouting his last unsold
yening paper the frequent tinktc Of the car
ellis told that the busy tide 81 people were
hbing hOmeward rs we descended the broad
tarwny to the sidewalk. A battered handbill
attled i'll the fitful gusts OF the afternoon
reeze, a sort of ragged immortelle marking
dy. Behind Us the cavernous depths of the
heatfe We're silent us the tomb, ana as the
DOR closed we thought Of what q reve! would Y
he ghosts of other days delight ID upon tie 3
ia stage. How In long procession would i
lamlct and Ophelia, Othello and Desdemona, ,
and Cleopatra, Armand and Camille, !
r Peter Teaze and lady, Mr.. and Mrs. Too G
les, John Smith and Pocahontas, Sir Lucius s
lsSoL hii ilo9t,iihu, NstuCy aHl PHI
ykes, and troop Of others march down to I
be foOtlights to the weird music OF a long 3
isbanded orchestra. Eheu. It's the old {
tory over again. AS Thackeray puts it, we ]
axe at the skeleton and wonder at the life 1
Thich once reveled In its mad VEINS We take '
lie skull up and muse over the froic and dar-
lg, the wit, scorn, passion. hope, desire with t
mich that empty bowl once fermented. We !
link OF the glances that allured the tears, q
lat melted Instead of a
'ast we find gravestone, and in place of
distress a few bones.
The curtain rolls down, and we join the
'owd outside, whispering from ''As You Like
:"
All the worlds a stage. Il
nd all the men ard women merely players; 3
hey BIZ. ve their exits and entrances {
nd one man in his time plays many parts" S
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