, 1881-03-06
OTHER ATTRACTIONS.

1.-THE Voypycrs in Southern Seas" is a very
cheap piece Of dramatic swash, but through the
efforts of the scene painters the machiniss, and
the ballet master, it has been made an attract
i've spectacle, novel enough to please people
who admire this sort OF thing. The audiences
have been largo, and tho piece will be given for
nnother week. We have rarciy seen company
OF such calibre engaged in the presentation of
q piece containing so little merit It's members
are from tho Boston Thcntre, and all enter into
their work with nr earnestness and care worthy
Of something better. Mr.. Leslie Allen makes
good deal out OF Pdgd1ldl an eccentric French
man; Mr. Otis Skinner cleverly portrays the
phIlanthropic and ncistocratic Lord Gle!ad1von:
Mr. ~ ]. Jordan rs tho sauGuinary and nltf~
mately prayerfu1 Burckc does well, and Miss
Rachel Noah portrays the shiveringiy pathetic
son of Graut with hcartrendlng and tear-start-
ing feeling. There is young man in this
troupe deserving special mention-Mr. George
Parks-for tho manner in which he assumes the
character of Patagonan 1ndlan,-an ex-
cmplary Indian By tho way, who talks the purcst
English, drinks no whisky. indulgc5 in prayers,
and, in fact, in bis high morality and utter lack
of scltlsbness, might be set up as the very model
Of modern. savage after a $ severe course Of
missionary instruction. Mr.. u. J. MaEuiline5 Is
a good Irish comedian, AMI Miss Charene
is tho ballet, however, that is; the main
are content to sit through seven or eight
acts of Jules Verne's eccentrci1ies for it The
scene iu which tho ballet appears is Il very
gorgeous affair in which Wc forget how many
hundreds Of gus-iets and calcium lights urc
used. The dancers are nlso very gorgeous phys
icaiy, and great deal Of moncy must have
been spent upon their decorations. HonfAnti
dances as well nnd looks as charming rs she did
ten years ago. Boss1 is 4 premiere Of great
ACTIVITY ATei the yes deghS 1y the
to another. Tuking the feature Of the ballet
altogether it is well werth seeing.
drawn types Of pioneer life, lifted from tho WI
rarity Of uctuaitty, with IFS interesting and
wcll-told romance, its strong and bright vein Of
attended. Miss Dora Goidthwaite, who in
vests the character Of AfcrU with y rare sweet
ness. gentIencss, and wonany, feeling; sir.
Louis Aldrich, who, in Joe Saunders. finds ad-
uairable scope for tho perfect display of his pow
ers in the depletion OF Western character; Mr.
Frank Moredaunt, who humorously bits otf tho
politician beyond tho Serras, md bfr. Charles
PArsloe rs the irreprcsslbic Chinuman, are all
well and favorably known here Tho play is
well mounted # VII 10 pfesente during tho
hns won certain popularity, chiefly owing to THO
clever bit Of character acting given by Mr.. NciN
nurgess us the 1tido.o, has done fairiy well Ct
HoOley's. The lust performance, will occur this
evening The next feature ut this house will be
tho Salisbury Tronbndours, whose jolly enter
e1sV dmsef af made df the the Of nsas @
Lolita will make her reappearance Mt
McVickcr's Tomorrow evening. She will
OIL Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday even
tngs appear in .'rhe Little Detective; on
urday matinee, in .'Musette, and on Saturday
night Ms Little Nell in 1.-The Old Curiosity Shop"
"The Waifs of New York. in which Miss Kate
Howard, Il talented little lady and great fn-
vorit with tho West -Sders, played the chief fc-
week at tho Academy Of Music. The bill for
to- morrow evening will be ''Swift and Surc,'' u
meiodrama. In It Miss Minnie Oscnr Gray and
". J. Stephens wit b their dogs will appear. The
variety nlio will include Harry G. kicnmond,
Harris and Wood, anu Schooicraft and Goes.
lien Cotton and Little 1dulcne have been playing.
Harry Nebbcr, with his Nip and Tucn,' up
pears here tomorrow evening.
AMERICAN ACTORS ABROAD.
John S. Clarke, the comedian, who lately ar
rived in Philadelphia from London. has been In
teryiewed by tile Times Of that city, and says Of
our actors In London:
Edwin Booth nude great impression among
the better class OF theatre gOcrs, and is uuiver-
sally acknowledged to be the most artistic actor
America has ever sent to the mother country.
Ills greatest successes were Icctcleb, BertucciD,
i'll which he appeared III the characters named
the theatre wns not large enough to hold the
people that came to its DOORS Ten or twelve
years u.o 1T was next to impossible for uu Amer
Jean actor TO get au opening in London. and II
they did the engagement generally proved Il
fulIure.' ''To what do you attribute tho
chaDrr:" asked listener. ''Ou. many things;
hut perhaps the leading reason Is the large num-
ber Of tirst-c!nss theatres opened in London Of
late years, and the necessity Of securing new
kindly to American actors than they did when I
tirst went nrer The ElOrenceS made q decided