Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-30
THE TROUBADOURs.

Merry-Making in Fulton Opera House.
"The rain didn't keep 'em away" The
large audience assembled at Fulton opera
house last evening, despite the fact that
the rain was descending in torrents several
hours prior to the opening of the doors
and continued throughout the evening, was
certainly a very flattering testimony of the
high appreciation in which the famous
organization known as Salsbury's Trouba-
dOurs is held in this community. After
an absence of several years, this sparkling
little company appeared before Lancaster
audience brighter and better than ever.
1t is composed of the following ladies and
gentlemen Miss Nellie McHenry, Miss
Helene Dungeon and Messrs. n. Salisbury
John Webster and John Gourley, all Of
whom were afforded an opportunity of per-
forming their several speciality acts in
the merry bill presented during the
evening, and which opened with
an amusing little sketch entitled "Cross
Purposes" that had the effect of putting
the audience in excellent appetite for the
feast that followed. "The Brook is the
the company had been extensively billed.
1t consists of melange of fmirth-provoking
incidents which are supposed to transpire
at a dinner in the woods, given by party
of ladies and gentlemen of the theatrical
profession. The revelers are in over
flowing spirits, which find vent in con-
tinued succession of funny situations,
merry-making and ridiculous mis-
haps likely to occur at any we'll
regulated picnic, together with
no small amount of pretty tunes and melo-
dies, taken from popular operas and recent
compositions, blended with recitations and
comicalities, which the party improvisc in
a sort of miniature theatrical perform
ance. Mr.. Salsburys limitations of an En-
Slish swell, a French barber, Jew pawn
broker, an Irish "terrier," a 'Down East
Yankee" " and several other characters, in
tone of voice and action We're true to life
and pleased the audience immensely, while
his impersonation of tramp describing he
misfortunes that had come upon himself and
his family was intensely realistic. Mr.. John
Gourley, is comedian sui generis, and the
complete metamOrphOses he manage d to
render i'll his appearance were scarcely less
remarkable than his actions were irresist-
IDLY funny. Dir. Webster, too, gave addi-
tional zest to the performance by his
laughable impersonations. OF the ladies
Miss McI!c"r" > Il dashing little SOU
brette, f:.: !. .iic and animal spirits, a
veritable little kicker" her singing,
dancing and general vivacity "tOok ex-
tremely well with the audience, especially
her rendition ofa laughing song in which
her cachinnation apparently infected the
audience, and one individual became so
hysterical rs to temporarily divide the at
tention of the audience. Miss Helene
Dungeon, the other lady of the party,
has soprano voice of peculiarly sweet
quality, fine texture and splendid range
air of "The Brook" and, later on, the
famous drinking song from the opera of
" "Girotle- -GirOtla'- effect of the latter
beiug enhanced by Miss McHenry's
fine cOntralto-won her the pronounced
favor of the audience. But her best
performance was in the rendi-
tion of 4 marvelously sweet German mel
ody, which brought down the house in a
storm of applause, to which the young lady
responded with "Robin Adair," after an
exquisite new arrangement of favorite
old song, and which increased the en-
thusiastic admiration of the audience
Miss Dungeon is likewise a very clever act
ress. Indeed the performance through
out was without dull feature and more
thoroughly well-pleased audience has sell
dom if ever been assembled in the opera
house.