, 1879-03-23


do not like the delivery OF the opening speech
It resembles the set recital of studied phtloso
| phy, alld not, as we imagine 1t 10 pc, Tue
! unconscious 1nedi!atlVe utterallccs o. 1nau
| thinking aloud while wrapped in tit OF pro
| found abstraction. The courting scene with
| Ladv dime was played with too much Of the
lovers spirit, and too little OF the actors, TO
! convey fully the smooth and smiling villainy OF
below the highest standard, the last two,
including the scene in which . be ~ IS
killed by Richmond, were very effective. Mr.;
Charles Barron made stirring H.ctnond, anu
the Latly -anue by Miss Emma Stocktnan, while
worthily carried out. Mrs. Augusta Foster i'm
proves upon acquaintance Queen EftsaoeM
was her role, and crcditable persouatlon It
was. Thc Ki'lg, tedious in his whining. was un1
2srtaea s asvepsa py Mf tue d. moral I
aud Little Annie were cast for the respective
parts OF tho Prince Of |ia!es and the Duke Of
York, and John A. Lane embodied buckingham,
and II. C. Barton CntesbY. 1t may be said TINT
crcditahlc efforts at accuracy i'll tie SCENIC und
property departments were noticeable, aud the
largest audience Of the week assembled, who
star Tonight q 'Richeleu ~ will be produced,
John MCCULLOUGH playing the title role. Inc
following is the programme Tor next week:
Monday and Tuesday, 'trlle Gladiator; Wedncs-
day, ''Hcnry V1I1.''; Thursday, '.King Lear';
Friday, !" Brutus; or, Tile Fall OF Tarquin,'' and
"katherlne and Petruelo"; Saturday matinee,
"Virginius," and In the evening "A1acbesh."
On Sunday evening next, the end OF the engage
ment, 'Damon and Pythias " will be- played.
LOCAL NOTES.
Mrs. Laura Dainty, the reader, has returned
to town.
John Mccullough as Richelieu this evening at
Hayerly's.
Theodore Ti1ton lectures at Hershey Hall on
Wednesday evening next.
Lotta terminated most remunerative en-
gagement OF Two weeks yesterday.
Col. Robert Ingersol1 will ,endeavor to make
clear "Some Mistakes. Of Moses " this afternoon
at Havcrly's.
At Hooley's Mr.. Hocchster's German Dra-
matte Company will appear this evening. in Paul
Lindau's celebrated drama, " Maria and A1agda-
lena" This is one OF the most effective Ger
man plays ever written, and. rs the cast in
cludcs the principal Of Mr.. Hoechster's excel
lent company, highly successful performance
may be anticipated.
Milton Mobiles makes his reappcarauce at
Iiamlin's on Monday night in "A Man Of the
Peopie.H His support will be Miss Mamie
Florancc. Miss Grace Page, Miss Carrie 4: Long,
Samuel Z. Ryan, Harry Wentworth J. W.Sun-
mcrs, Alonzo Schwartz, John H. Ready. Harry
4: Mack, ,,WIIIi1li Wi1lie B. Wright, B. a. Long, A.
slnythc. 1.-THE Phoenix" will be revived dur
iny the week.
a Chinese orator with the euphonious name
Of Wong Chin Foo, Wilt tell the: people what he
knows about the celestial question in this coun-
try tonight. The platform will be in the West
End Opera-Housc. He is describe1as ''native
aristocratic Chiuamau. Tie odresses and lectures
in full Oriental costume. During the three
years Of his 1ccturing in America, he has created
a perfect furore wherever he has appeared.
Mr.. Wong is small in stature, bright, yivactous,
and humorous, and was originally designed for
manufacture into missionary"
Fame with its classic serenity of front has
already proclaimed tile dramatic faculty, the
achievement, and the renown Of Nine. Modjes1a,
tho Countess Bozenta, who will again come
forth at Hoolcr's tomorrow evening. She will
arrive in the city III the morning with her palace
car, her 'kaintuck," " her allgators her parrots,
her cauaries. her goats. her monkeys and her
irrcpressible agent, Harry j. SARGENT "Ca-
mille' will begin the engagement, which On
Thursday, Friday, and SATURDAY matinee will
be Withdrawn in tavor Of '"Frou-Frou." Among
Ella Stockton, Miss Ethel Kemsen, Miss May
Adams, Mrs r. 4. Tannchill, Miss Alice Brooks,
Little Mamie, and Messrs. Frank Clements, J.
". Currolt, W. j. Ferguson, r. G. Wilson, r. 3.
Mantell, j. II. Miller, Edwin Cleary. :
Judge Bick's remarkable curyscope, on ex-
hibition at Mccormick Hall during tic past
entertainment is nothing less than panoramic
exhibition Of all the points 81 interest in En-
sland, Scotland, ireland, France, Germany,
Palestine, aud other Eastern countries; but it is
Il panorama OF an unusual kiud. The pictures
are projected upou stretch Of canvas measu7-
Ing LOU feet, with a clearness, yiydncss, and
reality heretofore unknown. An Instructive
lecture is given as the scenes arc unfolded. On
Monday evening the audience will be intro
duccd to the wonders OF Paris, Notre Dame,
anu the Louvre. Leaving the Grand Hotel the
excursionist will be taken up tile Scine, viewing
the historic sites and buildings along its banss,
thence visiting the Pa!ais de Justice; passing
to Notre Dame, viewing its architectural mar
wells and getting panoramic view Of Paris from
the tower Of Notre Dame, afterwards strolliny
through the city ysitn:, the ruins oi the Tui1- !
lerics. from thence to the Louvre and its art
galleries, after which visiting the Vendomc
Column, the Madeleine, aud several more Of the |
principal churches.
Rogers, Of Boston, and representing himself to
be the authorized agent and intimate friend OF
Henry Ward Dcechcr and Theodore Tiiton, ale
peared at Oneida and Norwich, n. T., and ar !
Tlltons lecture he sold to the Alert Hose Com |
rauy OF Norwich. On the afternoon Of tile day |
when the lecture was to have been given ne col
lected the advance money from the sale Of
tickets a and lett the t town. bu1 vas oyertalSen
ing escorted thither by motley crowd !
with nroornsticks, tin pans, etc. The
foreman Of the Alert Hose Company |
then wrote to Mr.. Tilton, asking him to make Il
clinca. 4 few days ago Mr.. Tiltun while about !
to begin his lecture at Clinton, n. Y, was ap-
preached behind the scenes by the Sheriff OF !
Chcnango County and served with subDmna to |
appear on April IA at Norwich as witness in
tic case of the city against F. T. Rogers for fcl-
onv. Then the Sheriff handed AIr. Tilton a1l- |
other paper being renewal OF the Invitation to !