Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-25
EntertRfnnne entS
HELEN POTTER'S pLEIADFs.

HELEN PoTTER'S PLEIADEs. Helen Potter's Pleiades will be given at Peck's Grand Opera House. February G. As usual a pleasing entertainment may be ex- pected.
 OSCAR WILDE.
 Oscar Wilde is booked to lecture at Peck's Grand Opera House, Wednesday evening, and the beautiful from the apostle who ! would dwell in the head of lily.
 CALVARY CHURCH LECTURE COURSE. Professor Brewer, of Yale, gives the third ! in the Calvary Baptist church course of lec- l lures this evening. His subject is ''The | Tropics" It will be worthy of large audi ence. e-. -s.
 COMMANDER cHEYNE's LECTURE. Commander Cheynes lecture, to be given at Peck's Grand Opera House, will be illus trated with striking scenes in the arctic regions produced by the aid of a strong lime light. The lecture will be very interesting. to the North Pole is attracting much notice throughout the country.
 OUR BOYS.
 This very entertaining play was repeated at Minnie Cummings New Haven Opera House last evening to good audience. The patrons of the play were composed of the better class of citizens, and there was gen. eral feeling that the play and the company were both good. The presentation of the
 play ran more smoothly than on the night previous, and this evening it will be better still It is safe to predict that Miss Cum mings' new venture will be success finan- 1 cially and otherwise.
 THE SKATING RINK.
 Rinking parties are growing very popular at the rink now. Miss Mosely, of the New Haven House, gave large rinking party Monday evening There is to be another this "Wednesday evening given by another lady, and there are several more in progress. The City polo team is progressing finely. It was organized last Saturday evening and Walter c. Camp chosen captain with Wallace Buell. sub-captain. There will be but four l teen on the team out of all the rink patrons
 and but seven on the picked team. The college boys organize their team this afternoon and will no doubt make strong op- ponents for the city team when they meet in 8 matched game.
 MICHAEL sTRoGoFF.
 Considering the extreme cold, which it was l impossible to keep from penetrating the thea l Ire, large audience WAS present at Carll s | Opera House last evening to witness the presentation of Michael Strogotf," one of
 Jules Verne's popular romanoes, by the Bos- | ton Theatre company. The play abounds in
 
 l tacular order, and while full of interest 1 throughout is relieved by amusing incidents chiefly occasioned by the cunning and wit of two newspaper war correspondents | in their endeavor to furnish their respective
 journals with the latest news. These charac- 1 ters, O'Brien, an Irish American, and Jolivet, Frenchman, were admirably sustained by ! D. J. Maguinnis and John B. Thee. Their clever conception and rendering of the l nh ad5ed much to the ef1iOvrnant of the play. William Redmund did excellent work in the character of Michael Strogoff and
 MT. George R. Parks as Ivan Ogareff showed 1 himself to be an actor of more than
 ordinary ability. Mrs Thomas
 Barry qu, is a+oaT capital - actress a,, 4snt and could be desired to make the character acceptable. The company as a whole are good, but special mention is deservedly made | of the above. Of the corps de ballet 1t could 1 hardly be said that they were maidens fair or 1 of tender years but that they showed good drilling and were not novices at their work was evidenced by their excellent dancing, an
 exercise which must have been highly desir- l able to them while arrayed in their airy cos tunes with the mercury trying hard to get out at the bottom of the thermom eter. l Mile Amalia Lepri, the leader of the ballet, l is very skillful danseuse and won marked I attention and applause from the audience. 1 The tableaux and scenic effects were for the
 most part excellent, but the novel way of
 floating boat down a river by moving the
 scenery past it is hardly advisable without
 the necessary machinery to aid in giving it somewhat natural look. The long waits between the acts were
 tedious and annoying and necessarily made l the performance half hour too long The ] entertainment as a whole was very much en- 1 ioyed and should receive large patronage l from the public this and tomorrow evenings. | This afternoon there will be a matinee with prices at 25, 50 and 75 cents, which also should be largely attended.