Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-01-28
The Booth Barrett Excursion.

A gayer excursion party never left
McMinnville or had a more enjoyable
trip than that which went from here
to Nashville last Monday evening to
attend the Booth and Barrett per-
formances at the Theatre Vendome.
The Nashville, Chattanooga, & st.
Louis Railway gave the party most
liberal and generous rate, $500 for the
round trip, and Mr.. M, J. G. Wrenne,
the accommodating General Superin-
tendent, put on handsome and COM
Portable extra coach for the party,
both going and coming. A great
many took advantage of the low ex-
cursion rate to make both pleasure
and business trips to Nashville, and
over one hundred tickets were sold
by the agent here, Mr.. Carson.
Among those who occupied the
special coach and held theatre tickets,
were Mr.. G. w. Mead and wife, Mr..
John Beech, wife and daughter, Mr..
j. S. Burroughs and wife, Mrs. n. j.
Finney, Mrs. }. c. Ramsey, Mrs.
ROmeyn Mead, Misses Mary Reed
Mary Mcclure, Laura Ramsey, Hal
lie Biles, Ann Black, Jessie Coffee,
Matte Burroughs, Lillian Smallman,
Maggie Wallace, Evie Morford, Lena
Womack, Lizzie Ross, Fannie Bru-
ster, Leila West, Mollie Griswold,
Messrs. ID. b. Carson, G.. NJ. Morford,
w. II. Ross, Frank Spurlock, Frank
Colville, r. Nj. Reams, w. a. Ruth
erford, A. IL. Conkwright, Edgar
Magness, Thos. Black, w. w. Wal
lace, Sebon Rains, b. P. Cantrell, C..
l.. Faulkner, Hervy Price, Charley
Smart, S. T. O'Neal, Jas. Gardner,
c. T. Thurman, n. A. Neeley, f. M.
Smart, and several others whom we
cannot now remember. The party
reached Nashville at I o'clock, and
most of them got hasty supper at
the Nicholson House, and all who
had tickets were in their seats at the
theatre promptly at s O'Clock.
t Just here it may be in order to re-
mark that Nashville is very much in
f need of more hotels. Every hotel in
2 the city was overrun, and a good
many of the McMinnville party had
considerable difficulty in securing
: lodgings. Nashville has outgrown
t its hotel capacity. It's present hotel
facilities will just about comfortably
f accommodate the ordinary trave
through the city. The sessions of the
Masonic Grand Lodge drew a large
number OF visitors to Nashville this
week, and the theatrical attraction!
great many more. Such gathering.
are quiet frequent there, and the city
II should have sufficient hotel accommo
, dations to make them all comforta
i BILE.
/ On Monday night the party wit
messed the presentation of Othello
e with Mr.. Barrett as OthellO, and Mr.
is Booth as Iago; an Tuesday night
y Hamlet, with Mr.. Booth in that roll
IF and Mr.. Barrett as Laertes. Tn
n stars were supported by company O
v extraordinary merit and the excel
lence of the performances were be
Of yond the power of our pencil to de
d scribe. We print in another column
he a brief critique of Othello from tn
N pen of an appreciative auditor in tn
Of McMinnville party who promise
he us another on Hamlet for mex
week.
- Most Of the party returned HON
Q Wednesday, but few remained til
- the following day. TO say all enjoy
r ed the trip and performances of thes
world-iamed stars in Shakespearea
= delination, is putting it entirely to
~ mild. 1t was such a feast as NJ
Minnvillepeople have but few oppol
- tunities Of enjoying in life time.
To Mr.. ID. b. Carson, the cleve
Il. agent of this place, is due much cree
a. itfor the success Of the trip. He Wa
I'll untiring in his efforts to secure ever
e. pleasure and accommodation pOssibl
III for the party, and for his attentions
Us kindnesses and cOurtesies, he has tn
. sincere thanks of every member {
" the party.
~ In choice family groceries an
H. table deliciaciCs of all kinds ID. {
r. jenkins keeps up with the wants