Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-05-27

Willie Edouin's '5parks" opened q sea-
son at the Grand Opera House, in Edouin's
new musical extravaganza, entitled,
Dreams; or, Fun in a Photograph Gal
lery." dreams" is q realization OF
about all the forms OF mirth and melody
that can be crowded into one stage enter
tainment. 1t is q combination Of drama,
opera, farce, pantomime, spectacle and
ballot, serious, comic, burlesque and
grotesque. The play opens with a home
scene OF ar old couple who are visited by
their children, grandchildren and great
grandchildren-to come. There is a FAM
lily party and supper, and the old man,
full Of the good things Of the table and
happy in the expectancy Of his great
grandfatherhood, falls asleep in the Chin
ney corner and dreams Of the frolics Of
the photograph gallery, in which he and
his old wife appear as the young people
they were in their counting days. Here
they are surrounded by gay companions
full Of jokes and songs and funniments,
getting their pictures taken. The young
man OF the dream gets jealous, . stray
baby which is passed around to find its
owner, fans his rageinto fiames-he chucks
his supposed rival from the photographers
floor into . back alley, is arrested for
murder, and (revolving transformation
scene) he wakes In trouble in his own
night, to find the photograph gallery bus
mess q dream. and himself the great
grandfather of twins. That's the story
developed by the action, all very neat.
Willie Edouin and Alice Atherton do the
old couple cleverly. 1t is q sort OF Grand
father Whitehead and chimney corner
~scene-that of their home and the domes-
tic incidents. Edouin's old mar is es-
p~ecially a good piece Of dramatic character
work, while Jacques Kruger, as the photo
grapher, is q capital im~personation OF .
battered, starving old "hustler," whose
humor is in his seriousness. These are the
two acting features which raise the enter
tainment to the dignity Of q drama. The
rest is made up Of specialties, acrobats,
dancing, popular selections of new music
and fresh songs. All this is genteel and
enc offense in the world" It is both clean
and clever. There are two bright features
of song-Lotta Bolton, who has q phenom-
email voice, and no mistake. She combines
the qualities of ~contralto, tenor and BARI
tone. Its effects are altogether surprising,
and she is q vocal curiosity. Ida Shap-
leigh possesses q remarkably clear n
fresh soprano voice, sweetly sympathetic.
These two voices Of different sexes, yet be-
longing to women, make an interesting
variety of song. Alice Atherton Is as good
as ever in her business, and shows to far
better advantage than she did here last
year with the Rice party. Her limitations
Of dialect and song and dance by we'll
known performers constitute a leading fea-
ture OF the performance. The other peo-
pie, Leslie Edmunds. George LIE Claire,
James F. Powers, Julia Edouin and An
META Du Marc. are all bright in the trios,
quartettes, choral numbers, and the filling
up Of the scenes.
A novel feature of the setting is a re-
volving scene, in which q photograph gal
lery, with naked floor, is suddenly trans
formed into q carpeted parlor with pictures,
furniture and fixtures complete. The
"sparks' opened to a large audience. and
the high favor with which the performance
was received, and the encores demanded,
promised q weeks large business.