Morning journal and courier., 1881-05-13
Entertainments.

Lotta in Hearts Easel will be the great attraction at CarlIs Opera House on next Monday evening. A first-class company will assist in the presentation of the play. The sale of reserved seats has already been large, and a crowded house is assured.
 THE CHESTER OPERA.
 On next Wednesday evening the world renowned Mime. Etelka Gerster will ap- pear in opera at Carlrs Opera House On this occasion the following talent will assist in the opera: Miss Emily Winant, contralto; Signor A. Montegrifo j; Mons Adolph Fischer, of Paris, violincellist; Mons Calixa Lavalee, pianist George W. Colby, musical director. Reserved seats are on sale at Loomis' Temple.
 dURPHY's DREAM.
 This and Saturday evenings and Saturday afternoon the Murphy Shannon Murphy Mack Combination will appear at Peek's Grand Opera House. The Louisville Inqui- rer, speaking of this company, says: ''There is not a weak feature in the performance, but every part of it is excellent. The programme opens with sketch Neatly Done Joe Pettingin is very funny in this, and Miss Bell as Sarah Bernhardt brought down the house. The Parker sisters open the olio song and dance charmingly. Andy Colburn gets all the music there can be gotten from banjo Murphy and Mack do rollicking Irish sketch Murphy and Shannon, the German team, are simply immense. Cordel- To and Victoreli do wonderfully expert and daring horizontal bar act. MT. Frank Lewis introduced some local hits in his motto songs, and made big hit. The American Four, Pettingill Gale, Daley and Hoey, are the best black four on the stage The clos ing act is tMurphy's Dream,' the lest sketch done on the variety stage" This is itself too good to miss, and should pack the house both nights. The prices are very cheap, be- ing but 25, B and 50 cents. Reserved seats at Lonmis' music store.
 BARNUM AND THE TICKET sPEcU1AroRs.
 The annoyance and too frequent imposi- tion of spectators in tickets is felt to a greater extent in the Barnum-London show than by any other exhibition. The over whelming crowds that this entertainment is everywhere drawing offers unusual induce ments to these speculators, and their ingen- uity is surprising. Of course the ticket de- pertinent will issue no tickets to these outside dealers where they are known. The manager and agents take a firm stand in the interest of the public, but in the great crowd sur rounding the box office spectators will get supplied People dressed as countrymen will apply for s'seats for their family" Rail- road employees will secure seats for ''party of ladies and gentlemen coming in on the train" Ielegrams from various points will order number of seats for certain per- formance, and as many of the dispatches are genuine it is impossible to detect those em- anating from spectators. District telegraph messengers will buy seats and skip around the corner to the speculator, who pay iber- ally for the service. It is utterly impossible to guard against this outside speculation, and in all cases of unusual excitement the public should be in season and deal only with the box office or at the advertised depot for the purchase of tickets in the city.
 The management have found since they started out that their exhibition is of such tremendous proportions that they cannot give three daily performances as the exhibi- tions are too much for their great artists They will therefore give only two perform and p. m. The doors will open one hour earlier for inspection of the menag- erie and museum, and the street display will occur half an hour later than advertised. The railroads centering here will run cheap excursion trains.