New-York tribune., 1888-03-22
AMENDS JO ADONIS.

Messrs. Dixey, Miles and Barton, the classical
trumvirate who direct tho fortunes OF that temple
of the arts, the Bjou Opera House. have suffered
serious injustice at the hands Of THE TRIBUNE
which wo wish to repair so far as 1t is In our power
For some time past the institution Of learning
referred to has been contributing the munificent
sum of ten dollars week-no, let us be accurate,
ten dollars and fifty cents-to The IBrNE
treasury for advertising. We need not say that
this was important source OF revenue. Our
success las depended-in o measure-upon that
N0bo II we had been deprived Of it long ago,
who knows whether THE TRIBuNr would have
been what it is-one of the finest newspaper
properties in the countryp But even now, in the
day Of great and growing prosperity, the stock
holders cheek will pale as he reads this letter,
which reached us yesterday:
BIJoU OPERA HOUSE,
New-York March 20. 1883
MANAGER OF THE TRIBUNE.
Dear Sir Please withdraw the advertisement OF tho
Bljou Opera House from your columns Yours respy
DIXEY, MILES BARTON.
To this was attached the notice printed In our
columns of the Pearl of reldn", which had it's
first appearance at that home Of chaste and refined
burlesque Monday evening. A clear case OF cause
and effect Messrs. Dixey, Miles and Barton pro
posed to punish US for something we had said by
withdrawing from US our weekly $40 30. and
bringing the poor stockholder suddenly face to face
with the painful question whether noxt winter, he
would have to regard his duster In the light of an
ulster But what was 1t we had said? Had we
insinuated that there was too generous display,
at this favorite home of the muses., Of nature
adorned in the way In which the poet says it is
adorned the mostp No, this would have been q
grievous charge. Every one knows that while the
costumes Of the Bijou young women do begin late
de- aI-
ways careful Of the propreties. No Bijou young
woman is allowed to appear without wearing at
least a bang and smile Sometimes, out of
scrupulous delicacy wink is made part OF the
costume. and sometimes in extreme cases, spear
is added for drapery. What The TRIBUNr was
so unfortunate as to do was to direct public at
tention to the fact that in this piece the characters
wore real clothes 1t said that this was the
only completely clad affair which Rice and Dixey
have yet put on the stage.' Again, the costumes
are docorous enough In the main for an Arctic ex-
ploraton trip" This was fearful blow to the man.
agement in their effort to revive the gories Of cas-
sic art What dude or masher other student Of the
beautiful would caro- to see an Arctic exploration
trip Hence the Indignation Of the triumvirate,
hence the withholding Of our cherished SIC so.
An honest confession Is good for the soul To
show how penitent we are, we are going to exhibit
our offence in full, ana so reprint here that
heartless notice, precisely as we find it thought
fully pasted by Messrs Dixey, Miles and Barton
on the crushing letter above quoted;
An audience eager applaud waited patiently through
dull nrst sct-dull music and in tslk-of the
Pearl Of Pekn' at the Bou Opera House last evening
in the piece iveer both music
and dialogue brighter and the curtain went down
amid noisy In the thrl, Louis Harrsons
topical Hope 1t Won't Happen Again." pleased
fI,A o.1a fha houa In OOOd
humor. The piece obtained much is usual
with Bjou buresques first night. These productions
at the outset frameworks which the ingenious Mr..
Rice later clohe with pecunary success although In
has found It impossible disguise their de-
formies by any addition Of rpperies and tnse From
the Pearl Of Pen" his first step be TO diminish the
drspery for this is the only completely clad affair which
Rice and Dxey have yet put the stage The Bou has
gained notorety by the audacity OF It's undressing
but Dr. Dlxs Lenten lecture have struck home
at this te temple Of the nude and the dec
orous enough In the main for Arctic exploration trip
Yet this may not be wholly due to penitence Chinese
costumes a rule reveal little Donney cryptic
gram of Lecoqs early and longago forgot
ten Feur de The rom which most Of the music Of the
Pearl OF Pekin" conveyed. of course put in
China. Hence Mr. Rce's passion for the unconcealed
was forced to bride itself
In box group Of Orlentals who said to be
attached to the Chinese Legation. They certainly
joyed themselves but they laughed most the Jokes
in English while the puns Chinese excited the velest
pleasure among the occdentas topical appeal to the
audience to look for dark horss when they saw red
nosed politician turned the general gaze TO tho box
pied by Controller Myers the conspicuous delegate
present from the City Hall Louis Harrsons startling
resemblance in makeup TO Colonel Robert g. Ingerso
amused the house greatly, did the music OF genuine
Chinese band of small size from Mottst
Louis Harrison, though Ill at ease in the dreary
first act to be failure, proved fairly entertaining
aerward He had the chief comic part that Of Tyfoo"
and seconded with some skill by J. w. Herbert as
Susoriki." Plump and pretty Irene Verona Fin
ete" made all eyes linger and did the best
evening. Most Of the other members Of the company
extremely bad the four French maids shocking every
and making their presence the ghastly
infection