Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-31

The more we ponder over the attempted
wit OF the Five and Forty Blackblrds that
came down from Springfield the other even
ing and inflicted one of their performances
upon us the more we become disgusted with
their endeayors at something funny. Ii GER
tsinly lacked in good taste and good sense to
allow A vein of sneer and contempt to run
through the entire programme OF the evening,
at the expense OF the city they were visiting
and the audience they were endeavorlng to
entertain.
The baseness of their endeavors reached a
climax in the insults offered Col. Kinney.
Coming into that gentlemsn's native town,
his family and friends before them in tie
audience, and indulging in such insulting
conduct, does not come within our estimation
of good sense or good breeding. If nothing
else, the gross ingratitude which 1t charac-
teriSed was sufficient to brand it as infamous.
Before the performance given in their own
city we know that Col. Kinney's paper, the
GLoBE-REPUBLIC, was full every day OF compli-
mentsry notices of the company, the worthy
object of its organization, and many tiatterins
notices of every kind. Without knowing
the amount OF this advertising, We would
guess that if it mad been charged for at regu-
$l00, but we understand not one cent was
charged every line being gratuitous. We
can rot understand how the company could
so far forget themselves, after all this, as to
come down to Xenis and cast those insults
into the very faces OF Col. kinney's family
and friends.-Xenis Torchlight.
The GLoBE-REPUBLIC' 5 gratuitous adver-
tising of the Five and Forty Blackbirds
performance, charged at our regular rates
| for other dramatic entertainments, amount
ed to over 500. All the request of promi-
nent citizens, we agreed to make no charge,
because the proceeds of the exhibition
were to be given to the poor. Our local
columns were almost edited with pufs Of
the Five and Forty Blackbirds for nearly a
month. We put in everything they sent
us, and wrote ID great deal of eulogy for
them ourselves. The immense audience
they had here attested the value of the
GLOBE REPUBLICS advertising. But the
GLoBE-REPUBLIc had only a paragraph
account of the performance after it was
over, because we supposed our grafu'tous
duty was done when we had given our
500 contribution and the grand audience
were in the building with their several 81
| contributions. We did not suppose these
Young gentlemen would expect any further
| contributions from the GLoBE-REPUBLIC.
Brt it seems they did. They expected our
! dramatic editor to pay has ray into the
stow, and then write it up. But it is the
rule OF newspaper Offices not to write up a
show unless tickets are furnished to enabl
them to witness it. The F. and F. Black
birds forgot this. They forgot even to
thank us for what we had done for their
show. Nay, they went down to Aenla and
tried by weak ridicule to hurt the feelings
OF innocent women and children in order
to vent their spite at the guilty editor OF
the GLOBE REPUBLIC. The editor will
make a supreme endeavor to survive the
displeasure of such OF these young gentle
men as think they did a gracious and
manly thing.