The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-09-01
IDEAL JOURNALISM.
A Candid Musical Critic On Deck al
Last-Ihe Frozen Truth.

"A NSoA0s0 sAtUS w JoAa
having been detailed to write up 4 mu
steal performance, forgot and wrote up
the performance just as it occurred
Grand COncert-The regular anncal
exhibition of good clothes and bad mu
sic. that has grown to be a feature of
the musical world in ShawneetOwn.
came eo1f last evening ut the Opera
House.
Every seat in the hall was full, for
Our patient community has become &C
customed to this affection, and sub
mits to it without a murmnr four or
i've times a year. very much Is they
take Quinins IN the spring.
Those people who came stamping 10
lste sSausVuas after the Shawnee style,
aEe to b congratulated this time, as
they escaped the Arioo Quartette sing :,
s3{ere in Cool Croft" It 10 due to the
Arion Quartette. however, to say this
was not the worst singing Of the even
ing. The audience thought it certainly
would b the worst /; aud 70 .pdeed it
wal until later ID the evenin. the same
Qusrtotte bufchesed "Come Where Nv
Love Lies Dreasning.' It was dreadful
UeyOUO 00WCbtYstssos 0s1hs t19e ueSleUIuk
applsuss which followed ie only te.ti-
fed the greatjoy ofthe ssdience on being
assured that the Ariea Qaastette would
sing no moro that evening.
Miss Abigail AcGinnesy rendered a
recitation and an aria, by Cappola, in
. manner that has long become fami
liar to our suffering people. and is al
ways y sosro Of profound embarrass-
meat to the accompanies. who founder
Cd along last night in the patient but
vain hope of getting sven with the sin
ger somewhere. by scrsmbling across
IoeI and heading her of. in some~snu
sually prolonged ran. Bat this was i'm
possible and singer and accompaniment
were never within elk bars of each 9th
Of during the whole Of the performance.
Nj. Poundaway. the time hon6red &C
companist IN al these Affairs. by the
way. did even worse than usual last
evening. We are panied to notice
that his playing on the edge OF the pia
no, two inches away from the KEYS,
grows upon him. and he should have
either changed his drink or his voca-
ton.
Mrs. Bangalong played "Monastery
Belle a. usual. It was disguised IN
der = French name on the programme,
but every q knows what is coming
after Mrs. Bangalong finally gets the
piano moved into precisely the right
place-which is always Just where it
stood before she had it moved the first
time-and after seating herself for the
2%hs~kA t:ron Gn0lvv 0nnAo6An a. -
main seated. Mrs. BaDgalong's
unvaryiug habit Of wearing her gloves
to the piano and then occupying seven
minutes in removing them, is not an If
fectation. 1t is an act of mercy and
gives the people nearest the door an op
portunity to slip ont before she begins
to play. The reporters of the city
press used to go out at this time ; but
since Bangalong has taken to standing
at the door to watch refugees. they
have with excellent taste and better
judgment abandoned the custom and
silently swallowed their tull cup Of mis-
CRY.
AZ Mrs. Bansslong left the stage,
John Garbey, who was asleep il the
gallery, fell of his chair, and mistaking
the noise for an encore, Mrs. Banga-
long retu rned aud pounded ont the
"Maiden's Prayer" Somebody ought
to kill that man Garbey.
s.Prof.' Slowpost played asiolin solo
DE Beriot's Seventh Air. Every
body was grateful that he didn't try
the eighth. The professor dresses like
q graduate from q side show. He is in
great demand at all dances down at
Wyseker's Branch and the Sassafras
Bottoms. and it is believed, in fact, that
all his musical education was acquired