The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-10-18

Haverly' New MaStodon Minstrcls. which
possesses worldwide reputation, will an.
pear az the opera house tonight and to-
morrow night, and will also give matinee
wednesday afternoon especially for ladies
and children. The performance. AS indi.
Gated ny entertainments given elsewhere,
Is mover, being OF semi-operatic character
win everything in the words OF Mr.. Haver-
~ entlrely new, and intended to eclipse all
previous performances i'm that line NJ the
profession. The troupe is an Immense one.
embracing comedians, vocalists, musicians
song and dance men, etc. the whole form.
ing the largest and strongest array Of talent
ever seen on the stage in this city. The
following is clipped from the Houston Post.
Long before the time last night for IN
going up OF the curtain in front of the hes
minstrel company that has ever visite
Houston, the rush was So great at Gray's
opera house that officers were cmplovedt
deny admittance TO al except those holdi
ing reserved seat tickets. After the ~
served seats, We're rilled, the doors were
opehe1' and, though many had been
turned away through the precautionary
measure adopted, and very correctly, To in.
sure hrSt Ambulance 10 those holding re.
served seat tickets, the crowd that was got.
Ten INTO the house was almost phenomenal
Manager Ashe estimated the audience al
l,zVO' PROVISIONS had been made fora large
gallery house, and the 10 extra seats
placed there was soon occupied, and stand.
ing room were at premium, both below
and above, II was the largest audi
dlencc that Houston had ever had
IN either Of her new theatres Ofthe per.
iornance too much cannot be said in its
praise That 1t was decidedly the best, the
most original, the most massive and the
most refined minstrel performance over
given in Houston, was the general verdict.
aud verdict by no means wide Of the
marx, In point of numbers the organiza-
ton surpasses anything of the kind now on
the road. The boosted originality of the
company was fully sustained, and new
jokes and new and brilliant music were n
departure in minstrelsy that was an evil
dent relish to the mastodon audience.
Space viii not permit any attempt at indi.
vldualiring, but TO say that each member
OF the mastodon troupe is an artist would
not he saying too much. The sketches nre
all new, well-conceived and artistically exc
cuted, and the vocal attachment issnperb
Operate music Is Haverly's new introduce
tion into minstrelsy, and its effect Is rovo.
lutionizing. Ding Dong Bells,' from the
Chimes of Normandy, was the grand in
PRODUCTION, and the selection q very good
one, One very awkward feature always
noticed in minstrel performance is get.
ting the troupe from the stage grace
fully after the grand overture and before
the, curtain falls on the first part, The new
and original first part finale of the Haverly
company does completely away with this
awkward feature, and the transit from the
overture to the second part is with the
greatest ease and grace.
The company will give another pcrform
anf tonight to another crowded no ,se.
Means should be taken tonight to pre-
vent the col fusion in the gallery. which
was very annoying last evening before the
curtain arose.