Morning journal and courier., 1880-11-24
RED RIDING HOOD.

! RED RIDING HOOD.
 | Numbers of people, old as well as young, are looking forward to the presentation of
 the charming juvenile opera 'Red Riding
 Hood, which is to be given at Peck's Grand Opera House on Friday afternoon and even
 ing. There will be chorus of seventy-five
 voices assisted by Thomas orchestra, under 1 the direction of Signor Tamburello of New l York, and besides the local talent, which will
 mainly comprise the cast, there will be some assistance from abroad MT. Harry Rowe
 Shelley will be the accompanist. Recitations
 by the Sanford Orators and musical seIec- tions by the soloists will be interspersed be- tween the scenes. It will be a very enjoya-
 ble entertainment no doubt and be given be- fore large audience, as there are so many of our families personally interested. Seats may be secured at Loomis'.
 RICE's BIJoU OPERA COMPANY.
 On Friday and Saturday evenings and Sat- urday afternoon will be presented for the first time in this city, at Carlrs Opera House, the delightful comic opera entitled "The Spectre Knight and Charity Begins at Home," by Rice's Bijou Opera Company. Those who have attended performances that have been given here under the management of MT. Rice do not need more than a simple notif- cation of the fact that he is again on hand with comic opera to set them looking after ticket and seat early in the day. Large au- diences will be present no doubt, and seats should be secured early at Loomis'
 STANCE AT PICKS GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
 There were three or four hundred people at Peck's Grand Opera House last evening, the occasion being the rival exhibition be- tween MT. T. Warren, who gave the alleged spiritual manifestations at the same place Sunday evening, and the expert Professor Fabyan, introduced by Rufus Somerby of Boston, who challenged Mir. Warren, claiming that his feats were not spiritual manifesto tions or supernatural, and only smart jug glery, such as Professor Fabyan could per- form. A committee from the audience of three on each side was chosen to inspect the | business and then Mr. Warren and his oppo- | nent went through the manual, alternately l exciting the closest attention and frequently | vociferous demonstrations. The audience | mainly was on the side of the expose and | seemed anxious that that side should win | There was just enough of difference between | the two contestants to leave ground for the judges and the audience to deliberate over durinS the fearful pauses between the acts The interest was well kept up, however, for two and half hours, and at the conclusion the audience seemed unable to tell sst'other from which," However, two Yale students who were on the committee when Warren was in the cabinet executed a neat tableau, unveiling Warren, who looked quite statu- ssque, but that was after he had been detect ed, as many asserted. in having hand or two n the business. Therope-tying feat was long process The committee had Warren tied ap- oarently very securely, but he got his free lom in four minutes. Mir. Somerby's cham ,ion did not fare so we'll as it took him half n hour to get loose, after which the audi nce broke up amid uproarious enthusiasm.