The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-01-18

For the first time in Dallas the modern
eud sensational drama, "lhe Danitos,' wss
played. The Golden operate and dramatic
combination presented it last night with
Bella Golden, the Texas fsysrite, ia the
leEding role, Nancy Williams, and Martin
Golden as Sandy Niece. "The Dani!os''
is, Rs wO said before, modern sensational
dramG, oRtensibly By joaquin Miller, ia f.ct
by Mckee Rankin. The scenes are laid in
Utah and the Sierra Nevada noun.
taias, snd tho most of the chsrsc'
tsrs arc rough miners with
the varnGcular of the guloh, the places and
the "digging5" fresh on their tongues.
1.-THE DANTE" ere tho avengipg angels OF
the Mormon church, and they hunt to the
death The family of Nancy Williams, Staying
all but her and brother whom they and
sho thought was killed. Disguised as aaan,
Nancy escapes the keen vigilance Of these
sleuth hounds of murder for long time,
living in the same mining camp with
"Sandy" NcGeo, whom she loves, but who
falls in love vita "the wider" a
school marin, who wander5 out in those
regions hunting for school and marriea
her. "I'he wiader'' accidentally discovers
the sex Of Nancy" known in the camp as
Billie Piper, to whom Nancy reveals all, even
her love for Nancy. WE'LL the play goes en-,
until finally the denouement comes Billie
Piper IS traced out by the .Danites, who try to
jncite mob to hang him, but Sandy inter
teres, tells the miners who tho Danito5 arc
and has them hung, and then Nancy Will
liams reveals herself 10 the great surprise of
Sandy aai the rest of the camp. This
is but an imperfect sketch of
the drama, but from it the reader can form a
general idea Of it. II is not elevatiug in
tOnO, particularly startling or exciting in its
climBxes, or noteworthy in the character Of
its vegbiage but it is popular play OF the
day, commanding immense success every
where, and the Golden troupe simply keeps
pace with the times and its demands in having
it in their repertoire. H. is not play, in our
opinion, TO show the full powers OF Bella
Golden 10 an actress. In all the climaxas
she eyinCed no ordinary capabilities
for the rendition Of emotional roles. 1t WIS
evident from her presentation of the charac-
ter Of Macy Williams that ahe was possessed
of g latent power that could, in en- imparson-
alton requiring it, DO developed and brought
out with most thrilling effects. AL that
there is in tho character iho made oft. In the
scene where "the wiidor' discovers her SEX
she was excellent indeed, aud moved every
heart in the audience. Her voice is full,
clear and perfect in articulation; her
gesture natural, easy and graceful
and her adaptation of herself
10 the character assumed the seme Of ma.
ture, and in being true to nature, is the secro!
Of success on the stage. Mr.. Martin Golden
rendered in his impersonstioa Of "Saudy"
McGee, most efficient support He sdapts
himself admirably to the character. The
"Judgs," SIS given by Mr.. Harry Robinson, was
what it should have been, humorous and
mirth provoking, The "Parsoh," Mr.
George Kendall, was decidedly better after
he was parslyzed than before. 1t benefits
some people to "psralyze" them. In con
elusion, suffice it 70 say that this
is an excellent troups, and oil who 60 to sec
them At tho matinee this afternoon, whom
Tho Child OF the Regiment" will be
played, and TO night when "Rightsd ct Last I"
drama, by Mrs. Scott Fort Worth lady,
will DO well entertained and leave most favor
ably impressed.