The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-02-21

desires to acknowledge the wcll-meant cour-
tesy of the manager of the Opera House. Inc
d. c. wanted to pay, but Mr.. Sherwood would
not have it, and actually forced him 10 accept
dead head tickets to all the shows this week
This was as unexpected us 1t was generous,
even though the public may think it slight
exaggcraton.
Last Tuesday night Arthur Rchan's compa'
ny, in "7-20-S," played to poor but appre'
clatye house here. The plot abounds IN
laughable incidents. Harry Hottie, as Laun'
cclot Bargiss, and Floss, Miss Virginia Brooks,
the 7-20-S conundrum, with John +, Raymond
as Slgnor Palmiro Tamborino, were the pow
erful characters. The acting of the rest OF
the company was scarcely above mediocre
The opera house was well filled last night
by the elite of the masculine sex 10 see Llily
Clays Company of ladies in "An Adamless
Eden" The actors were far superior 10 the
general idea prevailing regarding such y
travelling troupe. II may be that the severity
of the weather required them to dress them
selves more becomingly then would otherwise
have been the case; anyway the entertain.
ment afforded the audience satisfaction, II
the applause showered on the girls be taken
rs o criterion. The music, especially the
clarionet solo by Miss Coleman and the violin
solo by Miss Julia De Bertrand, were fine,
and the singing would DO credit to shows that
have pretense to more tlne-haired morality.
The press of the city were, with few
exceptions, well represented, and occupied
front seats. There were Kendig, sapp, Ste
vens, Witte, Nattinger and Zwanzig, with
bouquets and opera glasses enjoying the spec.
tacular pageant
The Opera House, on both Friday and Sat
urday nights, Feb. "a and 2S, with \ matinee
Saturday for ladies and chiden, will be occu.
MED by Prof. Voldo and his magnificent views,
eighty three Of which are scenes in the battle
of Gettysburg and the principal battles Of
the war, which will be represented on Friday
night. On Saturday night the Professor has
over one hundred views of the wonderful
scenes Of the northwest. The views are SINH
Jar to those produced by Prof. Stoddard, who
has gained so much reuown by his illustrated
lectures on European scenes, except that
Prof. Voldo's views are of the battles OF the
rebellion, and are very striking ard attractive,
but are hard to describe, and our readers
should see them in order to fully realize their
wonderful effect. The Professor comes high
" recommended, and prices to this entertain
ment are very lows cents first floor and %
cents in the gallery on the evenings mention
ed, and IS cents for ladies and only 10 cents
for children at the matinee.
The engagements of Lolita and Alfred Bron-
son, Aimee and Ficompte de Senless, are an
nounced
The three comedians of the Two Johns COM
edy company were weighed here and tipped
the beam at 1, $50 pounds.
The Canary -Linesey- Gilmore troupe, bicy-
clists and roller-skatists, who were billed to
show at Streator Thursday night, put up at
the Clifton, being unable to "get there" on
account of the blockade.
The Lights o. London com any were dc.
tanned in this city last Monday on account OF
the blockade on the c. B. & g., and were un.
able to fill their date ii StreatOr, where S4OO
worth Of seats had been sold.
When Minnie Palmer was in Rockford, a
few nights ago, her badly mashed admlrer
and agent, John Rogers, stuffed the Rockford
newspaper reporters with fabulous tales OF
her wealth lie told those greenes that Min
ME had quarter of million dollars worth
of diamonds and iewelry, aud that one OF her
diamonds cost $50 900; all of which they con-
fdngly took in, only TO learn afterwards
that Rogers had good laugh at their eX.
pense.
Last Monday night, in the office Of the
Clifton, three or four members Of the Lights
o London company were gathered around
James l.. Carhart, Seth Prcene" in the play
and as he finished reading the Journals no.
tice of the show, burst OF laughter greeted
its finish. Mr.. Carhart said that the Sedgling
who wrote it got the report badly mixed; bu,
a bystander volunteered the remark that his
mission on earth was to get everything mixed
up. Among other things mixed up was the
following: The company labOred under a
great disadvantage here, owing to the death
at Rockford, of the manager and principal
man, who regularly took the part of Harold
Armytage" 1t was not the manager who
died at Rockford, but the stage manager; he
was not the principal man; he did not play
Harold Armytage, his character was that
of "Joe, Trotter Man" Three misstate-
mcnts in one sentence should satisfy the most
accomplished liar Eli Perkins couldn't beat
that record.
If there is any village, town, hamlet or city
in this state that has got rink on the brain
more than Streator that city, hamlet, town or
village has not yet been heard from, and the
returns are about all in. Let man 90 down
there now and attempt to talk horse, and he
couldn't get one syllable in edgewise If he
tried it for a month In Streator rink has the
freedom of the city, and nothing else is done
or talked of at the fircside, dinner table or on
the streets but rink rink, rink.
Miss May Ward, Chicago'S favorte skater
was the attraction at the rink Wednesday
nirht laSt While She i a neat graceful