The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-28

indoor exhibitions, mus Gales, ice
cream and terpschores n iyn nastiCs in
their handsome hall in the SIeed 4
Bethel building, increasing their mem.
bership, meanwhile, to about 800 OF
the best.dTessed youth OF the city. |
And it was here that he Mikado IDEA
WAS born, and it grew and grew uttil |
the ISOLATION had one OF the bigges;
kind Of dollhouse xotics on its hands.
IN FULL BLOOM
The dress circle and psrque'te last
night at 8 O'Clock was a sea OF smi ing,
though flushtd iscss, waves of fans,
capped with hundTeds Of noddiDg
white plumss. The milliners must
have had arvett. In point OF ele-
CANT dressing the audience has not
been equa ed by any this season or
the Last.
When the curtain rose the stage
| oked like a coed sized section OF ia
pan. The male chorus, about Thirty
strong, doomed up in graz style, and
the own mothers of the pseudo'Japs
would not hive known them. The
opening strains Of the opera, strangely
in keeping with the general idea OF he
Japanese, were well given, putting The
conn any and the audience at once Ga
friendly footing. At oher time',
when the ladies OF tbs Chorus, who
were all from among the loveliest OF
toe city, wss added to the male chorus
the aIe was quite filed from wing to
wing, and the volume OF sound, SWELL
ing Ioundly aud in good time, remind
ed one OF the hest companies which
have attempted the Mikddo here.
THE TENOR ENTERS.
The entrance Of Nanki.Poo was the
first thing TO bring the friends OF The
society to o IeIilZltion oil the fact
that the success Of the performance
would frequently depend upon sn in
dividual, eni that tiugle miBstep on
bis part would bring ruin. But he did
not tumble in dec 'ndiug the mnble
stats The second irlmt one was 30
far a success. But the lady friends Of
the tenor we're at LOSE. They looked
at the bills end found the name OF Me-.
Riopelle. They looked a,iha tenor and
four d a pair Of gorgeou'ttiped tights
encasing aoering bui uncertain legs,
q dashing JACKIE, q big sash and a
mandolin, but no mustat ne. The dia-
Ii grishing mark bad disappeared.
But "Nanki-Poo's" voice was not dam
aged or even disfigured. He was net
q bit ashamed of his legs, hut rather
liked it, and the second trombone was
q success.
DIGNITY PEI soNIFIED.
A t'p.knot bobbed from behind the
left wing. twas almost imm d a'ely
FOLLOWED ~ the round IA 70 and p Irlly
figure OF "Pooh. BGh," in a retplend-
emit red gown. The audience was quite
awe stricken by his grest dignity. II
was at once apparent tnat he had a
distinct and well-dt fined ConCep.
ton OF the part, and tba, be
hSd the nerve 10 carry 1t out iu tpite
of the array of his young lady
acouaintances in the dress circle
From fir.t to last Mr.. Clarke Knowl-
ton did ros lose bis equilibrium, but
left more than half the audience under
the belief thai he was the hest "Po)h'
Bah" who ever Appeared before 6
Memphis audience.
THE FUNNY MAN.
A flourish Of trump u announced
the arrival of the "Lurd High Execu
toner" upon thu 8 enc. II all Japan
al ess executioners are as villaiuuu'
in appe araDce as his mske.up woulC
| haltaun Nuhtin
fenced to death in japan would Deve
have to go through the lat ordeal. HI
would be ighten d to death before
he got to it, and II they we're all hal
az funny, he would escape
by burs log blood-veseel q
splitting rib. Denham would
Rave been Jealous had he seer
him. Mr.. Hotton was as nearly
like Den am AZ Imperative amstel
can be like a professional. With th'
exception OF his rather weak atemp
at recitative in the first sct, he die
charged the duties If his blood
office in manner which on iht to havt
uetn ssti fac ory TO tie japanese gov
eminent and was celta My 10 to tn
audience.
THREE MAIDS FROM SCHOOL.
The First, Second and Third ward
can never send in better d le
gst on than they did in the per
sons Of Miss A ice TIeadwel
Miss Emma Peale aud Miss F>nDi
Hort IN, lbB VI, rds OF Koko. Tnei
sweet, girlish VOICES, ue'cre+and
cream )mplexions, and d li.iously
tinted co tunes, made them In
idtal three little maids frOI
SCHOOL" 1t would have en- as nue.
as any mans life was worth to 'ay i
the pre- ence OF last nights aud enc
that they we're net the three prelt OF
Ii tie ma DIS in or out of school Il
Japan OF anywhere ellie Their voice
were well at uned, their little hob
and Curvets g'sce its'lf, and eve
the delested Ri9gle was musica
In a aol0 Pfterwarl Mis- TreaC
we'll ("Yum YUM g-infd rouods {
Applause, and Mrs Horton C'Pet
, BCo") then aud af erwtrd capture
! The audience by a wonderfully grsc,
iul movement which SEEMED to
uaturel r training to rave had an!
thing TO d. with u. Miss Pc Ike vs.
charming. 70 Petit S ne" one oi j
D e.tisst otis in tie VIII lle opera ia'l
"He ia going to marry 'Yum-Yum,
aud she did ito exq1isitely as to 6,
the audience nearly wild.
OTHER PARTS.
Mr.. Frank Pc ton had his own IL,
OF now the "Nikado" should b3hay
3 and carried IL out.
] Miss Mere Hizteld sang the lin
OF ''Ka.jsha" very sEeetly.
p Asa wto'e, ths opera was 8 b
s success. The c)sumes were IN
ported from New York, aud ~
entire cost Of production "