Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-14
AMUaEmENTs.
In Paradise.


mond and his excellent company with
his new play, in Paradise" The
comedysdrama, as it is called, has
made decided hit here. Mr.. Ray
nond in his mirth-prOvOking charac-
ter Of Major Bob is exceedingly
briskin action while he rattles
through a fund of sparkling dia-
logue so lively that his auditors are
kept in hilarious temper all the time
he is on the stage. Miss Stella
Boniface acts the part of the
young heroine very charmingly. This
pleasing and handsome young lady is
the daughter Of that finished actor,
Mr.. George G. Boniface, and she made
her first appearance here in company
with her mother and father, with the
celebrated Kurdish troupe decade or
so ago, playing the part of Florida
planters youthful and artless daugh.
ter in a sweet and graceful manner.
Since that time she has steadily ad-
vanced in her histrionic calling, and
now the lady is among the most pleas
ing and accomplished actresses in her
line. She has made a most excellent
impression here during her present
visit. The Raymond company are
engaged in presenting I'm Paradise"
at a matinee to-day, and it is to be
repeated for the last time tonight.
Tomorrow night the play will be
performed at Nashville.
SaItatOrial Festival.
AT the ZOuaye Guards armory next
Monday night a grand ball is to be
given, at which Prof. A. Balls cele-
brated band will discourse sweet
strains. The admission to this select
entertainment will be but twenty five
cents. The committees to manage
the entertainment include Messrs.
James Kirk, Buck Talbert, John
BOcton, VIM. Thomas, John Ford,
Edward Wright, Sherman Sledge,
Nelson Shears, Frank Martin, VIM.
Baker, Henderson Martin. The com
mittees, in their circulars, say they
have spared no pains to make this
the grandest affair Of the season. The
best of order will be maintained.
Friends are most respectfully solicited
to attend. A 6ne time may be ex-
pected by all. The finest of fresh
meats will be barbecued in first class
style and served"
Mrs. Fosters Address.
As Memphis is looking for ward to
the coming Of Mrs. Foster, the great
woman lawyer and temperance lee.
turer, the subjoined extract from the
Washington Critic, of January 3lst,
may not prove uninteresting:
Wesley Chapel was well filed last
evening to hear the address of Mrs.
j. Ellen Foster on the prohibition
of the Liquor Traffic" The prelimi
nary exercises we're commercially
short, and, Mrs. Foster being intro
duced, began her lecture by saying
that all who ever accomplished any
good thing must first learn to endure.
She spoke Of the recent decision of
the Supreme Court of Iowa making
the prohlbitory amendment void on
account Of a simple technicality,
thereby wholly disregarding the will
of the people expressed by a $4,000
majority, She said she appreciated
the full meaning Of the term she used,
when she called it outrageous, She
quoted Blackstone as her authority
for saying that mo human law is en-
during, except as it is founded on
divine law" Gods law is in oppo
sition TO the liquor traffic, and the
liquor traffic must 90 down" The
recent elections were referred
to, and some strong reasons
given for the defeat OF the Republican
party. The people tailed to see great
principle upheld in tho issue, and the
people could not rally around a
vacuum. The lecturer spoke for one
and half hours and was frequently
applaqded BY her appreciative audi.
ence. AT the cIose oi tue ADDRESS
Mrs. Foster took late train fol
Wheeling, where she is to speak before
the Legislature Of the State this eve
ming. She is accompanied by her hus.
band, Hon. Il. Q. Foster, who i:
equally as earnest an advocate Of tenn
perance as herself. From Wheeling
and vicinity they will make tour
through the South as far as Mobile
Ala, and return to New York about
March 10.
Mrs. Foster will deliver q series o.
lectures here, beginning Friday, Feb
ruaFy 18th, at the Central NJ. u
church, Union street. As the lectures
are free Of charge and swearing of
is not demanded of everyone who
wishes to be edited by her eloquen
talk, it is reasonable to presume tina
she will have crowded houses. Lee
lures begin at 1880 pm.
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