Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-12


 $2O to $70 pair beautiful laquer sets and card receivers, moustache and shaving cups, and toilet sets and perfumery and lovely fan cy boxes of all descriptions, celluloid and di- attic sets, albums and dressing and glass goods and Japanese ornaments without limit, together with steel jet, gold plate and other jewelry in profusion, and much else that it would take a whole column to begin to enumerate.
 Entertainments.
 SELECT READINGS.
 On Thursday evening of this week Miss Jessie Couthoui will give series of select readings at the Atheneum. Admission, in cluding reserved seat, is 50 cents side gal lery 35 cents. Seats are on sale at Peases bookstore, 1O2 Church street.
 DUPREz AND DENEDICT.
 Duprez iS Benedict's famous minstrel troupe, composed of forty famous artists. is announced to appear ct Carlls Opera House on next Saturday evening" The company has been newly reorganized grand scale and a fine entertainment is assured.
 CHURCH ENTERTAINMENT.
 The ladies of Christ chureh parish will hold a sale of fancy articles, ice cream, etc, at the residence Mrs. E. A. Todd, No. 1 WhalleyaVenue, to morrow afternoon and eysfa1ng. If stormy the sale will take place the first fair day. Patrons of the sale will help a most worthy object.
 NEIL BURGESS.
 Tho well known character comedian Neil Burgess will appear at Carll's Opera House tomorrow evening as ''Josiah Aliens Wife, D l in his new comedy entitled My Opinions. " His support will be the original Widow Bedott company, and most amusing evenings per formance may be relied upon.
 CALLENDEE's MINISTRIES. The original and genuine Callender's min ckr oil 1xui1l of y1c a 1 Opera House on Thursday evening of this 1 week. The company is composed of fifty Africans, men, women and children. The | company will give grand street parade on the day of the concert Tickets on sale at l Pease's bookstore, 102 Church street. TIREaIEN's BALL.
 l This evening the active firemen connected with the Firemens Mutual Aid association | will give their first annual ball and prone made concert at Peck's Grand Opera House. l Tickets admitting gentleman with ladies are l only $1. Thomas orchestra will furnish the music, and Captain Flaherty will call the fig ures The association have arranged for suppers at Max Thalheimer's.
 l EMMA ABBOTT IN ''LUo1A'
 The engagement of Emma Abbott, the popular prima donna, and her excellent opera company to appear at Carlls Opera House next Monday evening in Donizette's immortal work, Lucia, Bride Of Hammer moor" will afford welcome musical trea to lovers of the best class Of amusements The Abbott company, as it is at present con stituted, is the foremost English opera or ganization in the country, and is meritins and receiving critical comnlendation for it artistic work. It numbers fifty exceIlen artists, among them being Madame Rose wald, Lizzie Annandale, Marie Hindle, ClarI Weber, Valentine Fabrini Alonzo Stoddard John Gilbert, Gustavus Hal William Casti l otb l1u ir 8 large chorus and orche stra. In Lucia Nils ! Abbott is seen and heard at her best. He | vocalization and dramatic intensity in tn l famous mad scene have been pronounced un | rivaled. That there will be a large attend ance next Monday is foregone conclusion | Seats may now be secured at LOOnlls'.
 AMERICAN THEArER.
 Many turned away from the American Thea ter last evening and the house crowded with a audience composed of many of our best citizens, wh military drama of the French Spy,' with Mis l Fanny Herring in the title role. The performance largo crowds every evening this week. Miss Herring rendition of the Spy was enc of the finest pieces in the main good. Some weak points were app :ren but these will probably Do strengthened and the SD wi enjoy deserVedly large wo:k busjn.s'. oLIvETTE.
 The performance given at Carll's Opera House Ia evening by Catherine Lewis and her company , some respects very good and in others very poor
 was verJ uneven, and while at one time the audisnt wers yawnng with tried patience, at another the
 were vocfero9s in applause. The centre of attrat
 tion was, of course, Catherine Lewis, who is yer
 captivating as Olivette as indeed she is in most all l character she undertakes. Her cunning and fasc
 hating little ways and little @ kick which nigl
 well arouse the envy of many of her agile si ters in the profession have long made her prom , favorite with the public. She has the style
 opera bouffe artist ia graceful and with just enoua abandon to make one expect more. Her voice is fu 1 sweet, and much more pleasant to hear than that , the average opera singer Her "olivette" vas yer pretty, but might have been better supported. II
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 not De calico strong s one, ana IS decidedly Weaf tain DeMerrimac and MT. Fred W, Lannox cap
 tal 4oauecGt cft His His drol of u Bob up serenely" was sung half dozeD times ovt s ter, the ''sentlment" contained in ths new verse having great deal to do with it. however The ac l. The chorus not sufficiently provided with roa @ voices and therefore lacked in body. As the comp with the orchestra of noticeable. but M
 c. Towle musical director did good work, mal 1 them we'll together. The orchestra, thoue a not large. rendered the music very sati
 catching with the audience. The costumes of tt
 fresh @ dnd ds bFian ntaa The striped 1 the sailor madens in the foreground of 8 admirable shore made the whole a very pictu f | esque and uncommonly good setting The cloae
 the second act also marked for its brilliancy, this is where the 'little kick" in. it cidedly popular portion of the act After the lit kicker lad pointed her toe heaVenward for half
 curtain Wss allowed to roll down This evening u z 1 performance will be repeated.
 r 'How far did Adam fall, dad :' askc
 Jimmy Tuffboy at tea last evening. ''Int
 woman's power, my son." "Golly '" e. 0 claimed Jimmy, as he remembered the boxe t ear of an hour earlier - Boston CfI0Jc. : Mir. R. B. Askew, late assistant postmastt @ at Baltimore, said some time ago. ''Havir : had occasion to try Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup 8 I unhesitatingly pronounce it the best remed ] I have ever used. A small bottle relieve !. me of 8 severe cold''