Morning journal and courier., 1885-01-20

| The very successful comedy, "The Private Secretary" will be presented at Carll's Opera House January 27 and 2s by the Madison Square Theater company.
 MARGARET MATTER. Margaret Mather will be supported by a very strong dramatic company in 'The | Honeymoon" at Carlls Opera House this evening. An exchange says: There is a freshness and charm about the plot and in cidents of "The Honeymoon" which makes it seem strange indeed that comedies of such enchanting interest are not more frequently substituted for the heavy and oftentimes turgid melodramas, or the vapid and mean ingless society plays of the present day. The Mather.
 THE BOY DEFECTIVE.
 N. s. Wood made his first appearance at the American Theater last evening in his celebrated drama "The Boy Detective" and was we'll received by the large audience in attendance In the seven different charac- ters which he personated he showed an ex- cellent makeup and clever conception of dialect and mental and physical characteris- tics which amused the audience greatly Wiley Hamilton and Press Eldridge, as old rounders, were very effective and divided favors with the star. Miss Lou Sanford Miss
 
 parts very finely. The olio which preceded the drama had some excellent features, especially noticeable teing the singing and grotesque dancing ofsthe Hogan brothers, late of Haverly's minstrels. "The Boy Detective" will be played this and tomorrow evenings and tomorrow afternoon being replaced on Thursday night by stThe Boy Scout D
 BUNNELL's MUSEUM
 The reappearance of Mrs. General Tom Thumb at Bunnell's Museum yesterday was the signal for warm reception from hun dreds of the little lady's enthusiastic admir- CTS. She appeared twice on the programme, once with song and once in an serial sus- pension performance which was extremely pleasing. While suspended in the air she embodied some beautiful tableaux Other fine features or the programme were Major Newell's great skating act, the wonderful female Hercules, Mile. Georgia, whose aston ishiug feats drew forth great applause, and Major Burk, in his novel and phenomenal performance with musket and bayonet. The latter Is 8 genuine novelty on the New Haven stage. Major Burk handles musket with wonderful ease and celerity and goes through movements that would seem impossible. The concluding comedy, "Up Stairs,'' is a very amusing piece. There are other fine attrac- tions at the museum and the show will un- doubted1y give entire satisfaction to Mana ger Bunnell's numerous patrons
 THE DEVILS AUCTION.
 The Devils Auction" as presented at the New Haven Opera House last evening gave great satisfaction to avery large audi ence The scenery was beautiful and the parts well played, the only mar on the en- tree entertainment being the hoarse voice of Count Fortuno." In the ballet Mile. Von l Rockey called forth prolonged applause, and l Miss Nellie Parker, at the conclusion of her | solo, was greeted with applause that extend | d through great part of the next scene in he attempt for an encore. The characters of | Chaos" and ''Toby" gave tone of jollity o the excellent rendering of the other parts, md the dancing and solos completed the eatures of good play well presented and thoroughly enjoyable in almost every particu- ar. It may be mentioned in this connection hat five policemen and one police commis- toner were present at the Opera House to guard the interests of the public" but they ere soon convinced that the presentation as moral in every particular, and as proof this they stayed and thoroughly enjoyed as programme. This excellent company ln no doubt be greeted with full houses lls and tomorrow evenings, when the same { lay will be presented.