Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-27
Entertain menfs.

MARY ANDERSON.
 The great favorite, Mary Anderson, will appear at the Carll Oprra House March 6 and 7. Her reappearance here will afford great pleasure to the public, and she will have full house. The play has not yet been an- nounced.
 sToDDARD LECTURES.
 Another one of those highly instructive and entertaining Stoddard lectures will be dellv- cred in Pecks Grand Opera House March 1. This will be the second one in the series to be delivered The subject selected is ''Down the Danube, through Austria and Hungary. " FosTEL1E COMEDY COMPANY. The Fostelle Comedy company from the Howard -Atheneum, Boston, will appear at Pecks Grand Opera House under the man. agement of MT. Harris, of the Howard, on Friday and Saturday, March 10th and 11th. They have had big run with their new sue cess, Mrs. Burlington" which they will give here both nights.
 JOLLY BACHELORS
 The 'Jolly Bachelors" will be presented at Peck's Grand Opera House Tuesday, March ', by the John A. Stevens Comic Opera company. The company have fine chorus and their own orchestra. Among the principal artists are Miss Jennie Winston, Miss Amy Gordon, Leonora Bradley, Carrie Williams, Messrs. W. A. Morgan, A. H. Bell, F. M. Howard, J. F. Raymond, Charles H. Kmball, J. c. Kline.
 CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG.
 Clara Louise Kellogg will appear at Carlps Opera House next Wednesday evening, as- sisted by 8 strong company, consisting of Miss Clara Poole, contralto; Sig Brignoh, the famous tenor; Sig. Pietra, Mir. Timothy Adamowsky, violinist Herr s. Liebling, pianist; MT. Adolph Close, accompanist and musical director. The return to this city of this noted singer, after an absence of some years, will be hailed with delight, and 8 crowded house will no doubt greet her. The demand for seats will be lively.
 SKATING RINK.
 The orphan children had a nice time at the Skating Rink Saturday, through the kind in- vitation of Manager Benton.
 On Wednesday evening next there will be an excursion party from Hartford at the rink Some of the attractions will be fancy skating by the visitors. Good music by the rink band and game of polo between the reds and blues of the city team. A large assemblage will no doubt be present. On Friday evening an exhibition of fancy skating will be given by Mir. Thatcher.
 AMERICAN THEATRE.
 attraction for this week will be spe- oisllSy Col1pany No. 22, headed by the great est of all Irish teams, 1.-The Shamrock A. and comprising a long list of stars which cannot fail to give satisfaction to the many patrons of this popular little theatre. Crowd ed houses nightly have been the rule here, and anybody wishing to enjoy good hearty laugh and see refined variety entertainment cannot do better than visit the American. The number of ladies in attendance at the evening performances is steadily increasing, as there is nothing to offend either on or off the stage. Gentlemanly ushers are in attend ance and it is the aim of the management to make the American a family theatre in every sense of the word
 CHAMBER CONCERTS.
 One of the string quartettes to be gwen to- evening at the Atheneum is the one taken from the London Musical World and speaks Of Mime. Norman Neruda's violin playing in this great master work: '"This consummate artiste makes her last appear ance for the season at an evening Popular concert on Monday night. Let every anna teur who may have time at disposal Che should make it) go and hear her in Schu- bert's A minor quartette-a dream in itself, and interpreted by the enchanting Moravian like one who dreams that he is dreaming. We cannot imagine more complete poeticaI abstraction. Schubert would have gazed at her with wondering ears-just as Pygmalion contemplated his own creation of an ideal perfection, the offspring of his fancy, the art work of his hands, yet never quite within his intellectual reach. Who would not be Pygmalion for sake of such Galatea? Poor Schubert would, thence forth, have never composed anything but A minor quartettes."
 HAYERLY'S OPERA COMPANY.
 
 play the opera of 'Patience'' on next Thurs day night at Peck's Grand Opera House, and on Friday evening the 'Mascotte'' will be produced by this fine company of fifty voices. They also bring the scenes for this opera from Haverlys Fourteenth Street Theater, New York; also their own orchestra The ConanaerciaS A6gert5ser says: New Workers were last evening afforded another to judge of the merits of Gil bert and Sullivan's most successful comic opera 'Patience," by the first metropolitan appearance of Haverly's Comic Opera company at the Casino; The popu- larity of ''Patience,'' like it's pred cannot be better demon strated than by the large number of compa- nies that are now playing it. The company last night, as good as the original has much merit to commend and few faults to condemn, and the opera was admirably sung. The hit of the evening was scored by MT. W. H. Seymour, as Bunthorne, whose acting as the deshy poet excited the disabilities of the au- dience. This gentleman's conception of the part is perfect, he seeming to catch the true vein of the authors meaning. Miss Emma Howson, who has fine soprano voice, as Pa- tience, Miss Gertrude Orne, as Lady Jane, were excellent, rendering their parts with an artistic finish that left nothing to be desired. The sale of reserved seats will commence to-