Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-09

On Friday ana Saturoay evenings or Lnls week Miss Carrie Swain will appear at the New Haven Opera House in her new play, entitled 'sMab, the Miners Daughter" She
 will be supported by strong dramatic com
 pany. Seats on sale at the box office.
 AT THE SKATING RINK.
 grand illumination and calico party will
 take place at the Skating Rink, Dwight
 street, on Thursday evening, when the ladies
 will wear calico dresses and hats and the gen
 tlemen will be in costume. None will be
 allowed on the floor who are not in costume.
 The American band will play. The skating will last till 1O:3O.
 LED AsTRAY.
 On Monday and Tuesday evenings of next
 week at Peck's Grand Opera House the Sars- field Dramatic association will give produc- tion of the emotional comedy entitled Lied Astray," and the Guard will appear in their famous exhibition drill The entertainment is to be given for the benefit of the St. Francis and New Haven Orphan asylums- Reserved seats may be obtained at Loomis'. FoRTY-NINE.
 The Palmer and UImer company will ap- pear at the New Haven Opera House this and tomorrow evenings and Wednesday matinee
 in the new American play entitled "49," which is authorized by Mir. and Mrs. Mckee Rankin. They will be supported by com pany of superior artists, and will no doubt give a fine show. Reserved seats on sale at the box office.
 The revival of this popular opera brought large audience to the American Theater l last evening, who went away thoroughly de- | lighted. The hit of the evening made by MT. Harris portrayal in Dutch of l the character of the Admiral, and
 each of his clever sayings brought | forth repeated applause. The Bartlett sisters, as Josephine and Ralph, were excel o1,o ir1k he
 Press Eldridge as the Captain was clever as | in all his presentations, while the ia. vorite soubrette, Miss Lou Sanford, was especially good as Buttercup; indeed few, 1 if any. visiting companies have ever brought 1 lady who gavo more intelligent interpre-
 tation of the part. The scenery and stage settings were very fine, and with an unusual l ly good olio performance the entertainment
 was very pleasing to the large audience pres ent. Pinafore will be given every evening this week and Wednesday and Saturday af-
 ternoons, and should have full houses. ILLUSTRATED LECTURE OF THE WAR. The indications are good for very large audience at Peck's Grand Opera House to-
 morrow evening, at the lecture to be given
 under the auspices of Henry c. Merwin Post No. 52, G. A. R., by Gen. Luther Stephen | son, jr., subject, ''The Battle of Gettye- l burg" To not few in this city the lecture
 will possess a special interest, from their own special reeollections of that highly i'm portant battle of the war of the rebellion There will be many illustrations given of the great conflict, some thirty or forty in num- Der, besides which will be given pictures of l many of the most noted Union and Confed- crate generals who were in the battle. A view will be given representing New Haven's
 gallant Lieut. Col Henry c. Merwin in con.
 nection with the 27th C. V. in the fight, and
 view of the memorial tablet erected by the
 family of that gallant young officer, marking the spot where he fell. Tickets fifty cents,
 and can be had at the office of the Opera House or of members of the Post.
 SNYDER AND GRAU's OPERA COMPANY IN BILLIE TAYLOR.
 But little encouragement was given, by the
 small audience, to the company that presented the opera of stBillee Taylor'' at CarlTs Opera House last evening, and it may be said here that the public have become used to such ex- cellent renderings of the popular light operas of the day that any perform ances of them little short of perfection
 will but barely give satisfaction.
 There were features appearing in last even
 tractive than those common to much better companies on the whole, and as they were of that character which usually add greatly to the success of ordinary entertainments they | were looked upon as redeeming elements of | an otherwise weak performance. The l 1ealuT0S we parClcu1aEty ESI0r CO were those of the charity girls. l The company were unfortunate in losing the
 services of one of their leading ladies, Miss Bessie Grey" who was unable to appear on | account of illness. The character, s.Phoebe, "
 in which she was to appear, was sustained | by Miss Helen Dayne. She was unable to sing the part correctly, but considering that
 she was assuming an entirely new role, it was | a very creditable performance. In her usual
 place at the head of the "charity girls'' we can imagine that she is quite successful. | While there were spasms of excellence, 8 great part of the singing was very | poor, and there was an evident intent on the part of the chorus to distance the orchestra | when the opportunity favored. Mir. G. B. | Snyder, the musical director, is competent | and skilled, but the difficulties of obtaining a 1 unison of chorus and orchestra when they
 are for great part strangers to each other
 were naturally poorly overcome.
 The costumes were fresh and
 pretty but little attempt was
 made at sstage settings, which are so nec-
 essary for proper effect, and the usual pie turesque scenes were not produced. Of the
 male portion of the company there were none of them that aroused any great amount
 of enthusiasm, although they fairly sustained
 the parts.
 A Michigan boy ate bar of soap, drank a lot of soda water and went to bed to cure his cold. The doctor had a hard time to pull
 him through, but the boy now says the next fima he catches a cold he will use Dr. Bulls