The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-30
THE AUTHORS CARNIVAL.

The attendance at Exposition Hall last night
was largely increased. and the determination
OF the management to cease with that presenta-
tiou was heard With regret. So eNcellently had
the entertainment been conducted and With
such skill and intelligence the characters pre-
scented that II was a genuine source Of regret to
many that so speedy a termination should be
given to So enjoyable a treat, II was ruled 80.
however. aud the visitors determined e enjoy
themselves as much as possible On. this final
occasion.
In the presentation Of the fahleaux there was
necessarily deviation in the programme. Ii
was the original intention 10 present the char
acters Mt the respective tables In tahleau, and
crown them, but this had 10 be abandoned. as II
was too cumbersome, and would take UP great
deal of time In arranging them In proper
groups.
The ,ableaux presented were ~ THE Girl l
Left Behin1 Me- tql Over the Stle" t3l The
Sculptors Dream a. Joan 81 are at the
Stake Miss v Searles1 ,5l Winter In His
Fur Garments. represented by Miss v, .seprlea.
Muller. {6i The Five Foolish Yirgfnst' In
summer by Miss Heath.
There was almost fun representation OF all
the more prcminent characters in the wni ks
presented at the aoths, aud an insplrttnE aui
nation WAS given by the respective impersona-
tors. who entered thoroughly into the charac-
Ii Is no detraction to the merits Of the other
taees and their representations 70 say that the
most affected. The Characters were doubtless
more familiar and more home-like. and there
was a greater contrast of imagery-the humor
Gus and the pathetic, the tragic and the kindly
In the pictures
Poor old Caleb Pi,pape,- sat husily engaged
with his toys pleasantly hummtng TO himself,
and occasionally referring t. hts con who was
'ploughing the hrinY deep One Of the best
eaaraetariE atoms was that OF BdrHdbu Ridge.
hy Mr.. H. Belden. Dressed up In his favorite
costume. with his devoted mother always fol-
lowing him. and the inevitable raven In the
basket suspended from his shoulders. he was
quite an object 81 interest.
Samoa Tuppei1lf WAS equally we'll represented
hy MIR w. H. Clark The observer Immediate
" recalled Dickens's description of the lock
smiths apprentice STOPPING to the groveli Ing
labor Of the anvil while meditating q leader
ship III the affair Of the Gordon riots. Unfor-
tunatels one Of the best characters OF this play.
Dennis the hangman. was not represented as
ft wauli. indeed, have been sratii Wing to all to
see a representation Of the individual who had
such an excellent patent for working people
on. and hnaly got worked Of him-e4.
Judge II. e. Dlhhle represented HtcdirbeT, aud
MIR. jain Armstrong made an exec lent IcI-
,rjcR. In Domhey and Son Capt. Cutie appeared
Ia his iron hand and arrayed with that wonder
full watch of his. which. II set back certain
number OF minutes every night and nut on u
certain number every morning, Is watch that
s pand ee naa oh DE
absent. doubtless making some scientific OBJ
servations.
There was full representation Of the msin
characters presented In the pieces on the other
side of the hall, and the costumes We're faithful
to the. originals. The fairy scenes Of huGue-
sons Mulligatawny were we'll presented: also
the characters In Old Creole Days Mother
Goose. the Turkish Bazaar of Byron and Maud
Muller, The necessary absence Of the latter on
the stage at certain times. however, gave an in
completeness to this picture.
On the whole. the carnival was heartily en-
joyed, and had II been protraeted further
would have received undoubted patronage. II
wound M last night with an auction of the
various articles at the booths, and the bidding
was u ute exciting.