Morning journal and courier., 1884-01-24
Entertainments.
THE BANKERS DAUGHTER.

THE BANKERS The Gilbert Dramatic company produce ''The Bankers Daughter" at the New Haven Opera House next week Friday and Satur. day.
 THE AMERICAN
 The performances at the American Thea ter this week are giving good satisfaction | The oyster opening contest Friday night promises to be an attractive novelty.
 THE WHITE SLAVE.
 Friday and Saturday evenings, and Satur- day afternoon of this week, Tompkins & Hills Boston Theater company will produce the White Slave at the New Haven Opera House. The play is fine one and the scen- cry grand.
 PENIKEEsE.
 Prof. Shepard's taking operetta will be given in this city next week Monday, Tues day and Wednesday at Carll's Opera House with an exceedingly strong cast. Tickets are selling rapidly at Loomis' at popular prices.
 HUMPTY DUMPTY.
 Tony Denier's Humpty Dumpty company gave matinee performance at Carll's Opera House yesterday afternoon, and also gave A performance in the evening. Both were well attended. The company is very good one, and the two olowns-O. W. RayeI and G. D. Melville-keep things lively. The trained donkey and Professor Gleason's the entertainment, which, as a whole, was very satisfactory.
 OLD FOLKS ooNoERr
 Dr. Barker's Old Folks concert was re- peated last evening to full house ct the Atheneum- It was a very good entertaining concert throughout. Dr. and Mrs. Barker sang the duets of the "Old Arm Chair'' and were warmly applauded. The description of a trip to Niagara Falls by Cousin Reuben was greeted with uproarious laughter.
 Dr. Barker gave description of the differ. ent style Of dress worn in former times and also showed 8 cane made from pieces of hfs torlc wood. Pieces. of the sOld Ironsides, 1" ot Ohsrter Oak, the oldest house in Guilford, anu others or equal historic fame were in it.
 MIR. CARRIES READINGS.
 The oox shee6 at Peck's bookstore for MT. Cables readings on Friday night is already well ll-pencilled, and those who wish to secure good places will do well to apply early. The Grandlssimes, from which MT. Gable reads four scenes, is pr operly called by the Hart ferd CourAnt iIl many respects the most original contribution to American fietion To many persons MT. Cables reading ia , revelation of the sweetness and pictures. queness of his works. and they will turn from hearing his voice to find in the printed page of his works keen zest and relish that was ahsent before Reserved seats for out dollar and seventy-ive cents are on sale a Peck's bookstore.
 THE sToDDARD LECTTREs. John l.. Stoddard will, for the fourth con secuttve season, open his series of illustrated souvenirs of foreign travel at CarII's Opers House this evening. A large and briIIian house is again assured. For his initial lee ture MT. Stoddard will speak on his travels il Spain and Portugal. in which, while dwelling principally upon the the sister capitals, Mad rid and Lisbon, he also recalls visit to tho famous old city of Cordo "a, once the seat ol the highest culture of the day, so that it wal known as the Spanish Athens Nea, Madrid are the summer resort of Spanish royalty LaGranga, and the curious folly o1 the fanatical Philip II, known as the Escurial which well repay visi t., Mr. Stoddard's vivid account of his experiences at Spanish bull fight has been given hHndreds of times, and yet season never passes without re- quest for its repetition. The following lec- lures on Paris, Berlin, St. Petersburg and Constantinople do not yiald in promise of value and interest to any MT. Stoddard has ever given, and by means of the fine illustra- tlons must convey impressions but little short or those gained by m actual visit.